Jan 08 Watch 3:19 News Wrap: Trump travels to Atlanta for college football game By PBS News Hour President Donald Trump visited Tennessee on Monday to tout the GOP’s tax bill to the American Farm Bureau, before heading to Atlanta, where he planned to attend a college football championship game. In Nevada, a federal judge dismissed criminal charges… Continue watching
Jan 08 Energy panel rejects Trump administration plan to boost coal, nuclear power plants By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The decision by the Republican-controlled Federal Energy Regulatory Commission was unexpected and comes amid repeated promises by Trump to revive coal as the nation's top power source. Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch 5:42 What the loss of temporary protected status will mean for Salvadorans in the U.S. By PBS News Hour The Trump administration announced Monday that it will end the temporary protected status of more than 260,000 Salvadoran immigrants living in the United States by September 2019. Vox reporter Dara Lind tells Lisa Desjardins to learn what this means for… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 4:39 Oprah leads Hollywood’s call to end sexual harassment By Jeffrey Brown At the Golden Globe awards Sunday night, Hollywood’s biggest stars wore pins saying “Time’s Up,” a nod to a campaign to end sexual harassment in the industry. Several stars, including Oprah Winfrey, also made impassioned calls to speak up about… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 7:56 Will ‘Fire and Fury’ split the Republican Party? By PBS News Hour How did Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury” gain traction and did it affect the Republican Party? What are the chances of an Oprah Winfrey presidential run? Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR talk… Continue watching
Jan 08 Does sexual harassment training work? By Rhana Natour Will companies respond to the #MeToo movement by pouring more money into trainings or will they focus on developing other solutions?… Continue reading
Jan 08 U.S. to end protections for Salvadoran immigrants By Zeke Miller and Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The Trump administration faces a Monday deadline on whether to extend protections that would allow nearly 200,000 Salvadorans to stay in the U.S. legally. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch 4:30 New federal guidance raises questions for legal marijuana By PBS NewsHour California this week joined a growing list of states and the District of Columbia where it is now legal to sell marijuana. But on Thursday Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded an Obama-era policy that discouraged federal prosecutors from bringing charges… Continue watching
Jan 07 Told their treehouse must go, owners appeal to Supreme Court By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press Local authorities are fighting a Florida couple who constructed a treehouse on their property overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. But unless the Supreme Court intervenes, the treehouse must be torn down. Continue reading
Jan 07 ‘These conversations are not comfortable’ — How colleges can address racial inequality By Corinne Segal, Ivette Feliciano Months after Evergreen State College became the center of a national debate on race and education, one woman is working to build a more inclusive culture there. Continue reading