Jan 23 2 dead, 17 wounded after shooting at Kentucky high school By Hannah Grabenstein Officials said that the shooter, a 15-year-old male student, was taken into custody nonviolently at the scene and will be charged with both murder and attempted murder. Continue reading
Jan 23 How a pro-Trump county elected a pro-immigrant reformer as sheriff By Simone Weichselbaum, The Marshall Project Sheriff Michael Chitwood is a brash and uncensored police leader who is a vocal defender of undocumented immigrants. Continue reading
Jan 23 5 important stories you missed while the government was shut down By Joshua Barajas, Hannah Grabenstein, 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
Jan 22 Sessions: DOJ will leave 'no stone unturned' on missing texts from agent removed from Russia probe By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The department last month began providing lawmakers with copies of text communications to and from the veteran counterintelligence agent, Peter Strzok, who was reassigned from Mueller's Russia investigation following the discovery of anti-Trump messages he had traded by phone with… Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 6:09 Will Trump's wall ever be built? By PBS News Hour President Donald Trump signed an executive order last year calling for the construction of a new border wall spanning the length of the U.S.-Mexico border. While prototypes have been built in California, there is still no funding from Congress to… Continue watching
Jan 22 Ruth Bader Ginsburg's #MeToo moment By Molly Finnegan "Every woman of my vintage knows what sexual harassment is, though we didn't have a name for it," Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told an audience at the Sundance Film Festival. Continue reading
Jan 21 At Women's Marches, a spotlight on missing and murdered Indigenous women By Jenni Monet In a weekend of Women's Marches, families and friends across the country spotlighted missing and murdered Indigenous women and transgender people. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch 3:41 Party leaders trade jabs as senators continue discussions By PBS News Hour As the government shutdown entered its second day, a group of lawmakers were working on a deal to reopen the government. Both the House and Senate were in session Sunday and leaders from both parties said they wanted to end… Continue watching
Jan 21 The racial history of the Electoral College -- and why efforts to change it have stalled By Kamala Kelkar As conversations emerge about the history of slavery and the Electoral College, Republicans are losing interest in revisiting the system. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch 2:48 Women's March focuses on voter registration at Las Vegas event By PBS News Hour As cities across the U.S. held Women’s Marches to mark the anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration, thousands attended the “Power to the Polls” rally in Las Vegas on Sunday. Led by 2017 Women’s March organizers, the rally kicks off a… Continue watching