Dec 02 We took your questions about the Senate tax bill. Here are the answers By Lisa Desjardins and Corinne Segal What about the deficit? What happens to the Affordable Care Act? You had questions and NewsHour's Political Director Lisa Desjardins answered them. Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch 3:48 What were the last-minute changes to the Senate tax bill? By PBS News Hour The Senate passed a $1.5 trillion tax package early Saturday, pushing closer to one of the largest overhauls of the U.S. tax code in decades. But the vote came just hours after the final text of the nearly 500-page bill… Continue watching
Dec 02 Hawaii sounds first nuclear warning siren since Cold War By Kamala Kelkar The chilling sound of a nuclear warning siren echoed in Hawaii on Friday, renewing a monthly exercise that has not been in place since the end of the Cold War. Continue reading
Dec 02 San Francisco defends sanctuary status as backlash mounts By Paul Elias and Janie Har, Associated Press The attacks on San Francisco and other cities with similar immigration policies began moments after a jury acquitted a Mexican man of killing a woman on a popular pier. Continue reading
Dec 02 Army issuing more waivers for recruits who used marijuana By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press As more states lessen or eliminate marijuana penalties, the Army is granting hundreds of waivers to enlist people who used the drug in their youth — as long as they realize they can’t do so again in the military. Continue reading
Dec 01 Federal regulators just cleared the way for your stamps to get much more expensive By Hope Yen, Associated Press The move could eventually add millions more dollars to companies’ shipping rates from prescription drugs to magazine subscriptions. Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch 3:07 News Wrap: Trump reportedly urged GOP senators to end Russia probe By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, The New York Times reports that President Trump spoke to several Republican senators over the past summer to urge them to end an investigation of Russia's meddling in last year's election. Sen. Richard Burr confirmed… Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch 4:14 Murder case invoked by Trump on the campaign trail ends in acquittal for undocumented immigrant By PBS News Hour Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, was found not guilty by a jury on Thursday for murdering San Francisco resident Kate Steinle, a case that was repeatedly invoked by President Trump to rally support for an immigration crackdown. Continue watching
Dec 01 Sanctuary city debate intensifies after jury acquits undocumented immigrant in San Francisco murder trial By Paul Elias and Janie Har, Associated Press President Donald Trump led a new round of criticism of sanctuary cities after a San Francisco jury found an undocumented immigrant man not guilty in the murder of a woman in 2015. Continue reading
Dec 01 Opponents in high court wedding cake case differ over terms By Associated Press A Supreme Court case about a baker’s refusal to make a cake for a same-sex couple is also a dispute over terminology. Continue reading