Apr 10 FEMA faulted for failed contracts to deliver hurricane aid By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded contracts for hurricane supplies without adequately researching whether winning bidders could deliver what they promised, according to a new investigation by Democrats on a Senate oversight committee. Continue reading
Apr 09 Trump says Syria attack will be met ‘forcefully’ By Associated Press Trump made the remark in the Cabinet Room of the White House during a meeting Monday evening with his top military leaders, including Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford. Continue reading
Apr 09 5 important stories that have nothing to do with the White House By Ryan Connelly Holmes, Joshua Barajas, Erica R. Hendry These days, it’s hard to stop news from Washington, D.C., from flooding your news feed. We take a moment every week to bring you important stories beyond the White House and the Capitol. Here’s what we’re reading now. Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch 9:33 How should Facebook change to protect privacy? By Hari Sreenivasan Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, will face a grilling on Capitol Hill Tuesday. The company has been in damage control mode since news broke about a major breach of Facebook users’ personal information. Hari Sreenivasan reports and William Branham… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch 6:06 ‘We have got an absentee landlord’: Denver Post calls out owners for dramatic newsroom cuts By PBS News Hour In a blistering editorial, journalists at the Denver Post sounded the alarm about years of devastating job cuts and took the newspaper’s own hedge fund owners to task, begging to be sold. Amna Nawaz speaks to Chuck Plunkett, editorial page… Continue watching
Apr 09 Trump calls probe by special counsel Mueller into election meddling ‘an attack on our country’ By Associated Press President Donald Trump calls probe by special counsel Mueller into election meddling "an attack on our country."… Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch 10:06 Giving vulnerable residents help before mental health issues land them in jail By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson Each year, an estimated 2 million people suffering from mental illness are booked into county jails. In Kansas City, Missouri, like other places around the country, officials are looking for a better way to get those people the help they… Continue watching
Apr 09 WATCH: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Senate committee By Barbara Ortutay, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to speak at 2:15 p.m. ET Tuesday in a joint hearing before two Senate committees. Watch live here. Continue reading
Apr 09 As many as 146 million people on Facebook may have received information from Russian agency, Zuckerberg says By Associated Press The Facebook CEO says his company found about 470 accounts and pages linked to the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency, which generated around 80,000 Facebook posts over roughly a two-year period. Continue reading
Apr 09 Tax cuts, spending to raise deficit to $1 trillion by 2019, according to new analysis By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The Trump administration had promised the cuts would pay for themselves. Continue reading