Aug 25 Trump administration pushes back against Chicago lawsuit over sanctuary city policy By Associated Press The new filing responds to Chicago's motion for a preliminary injunction that would halt the safety-grants policy at least until the civil case plays out. Continue reading
Aug 25 WATCH LIVE: Hurricane Harvey batters Texas By Dan Cooney, Courtney Norris In its 5 p.m. EDT update, the National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Harvey was less than 100 miles from Corpus Christi with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour, adding that the middle and upper Texas coast could see… Continue reading
Aug 25 Trump directs Pentagon to ban transgender people from joining the military By Robert Burns, Associated Press He appeared to leave open the possibility of allowing some already in uniform to remain in the military. Continue reading
Aug 25 Column: How colleges need to stop sustaining white supremacy By Shaun R. Harper, Inside Higher Ed Shaun R. Harper, executive director of the USC's Race and Equity Center, writes about a speech he delivered to faculty and staff members at the University of Virginia one week after white supremacists showed up on the campus. Continue reading
Aug 25 WATCH: Texas governor addresses looming Hurricane Harvey By Dan Cooney Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is set to hold a news conference Friday afternoon on Hurricane Harvey. You can watch it here. Continue reading
Aug 25 Column: I was an Exxon-funded climate scientist By Katharine Hayhoe, The Conversation Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe has a unique perspective on ExxonMobil’s deliberate attempts to sow doubt on the reality of climate change because she was there. Continue reading
Aug 25 Rosa Parks' house may be returned to U.S. from Germany By David Rising, Associated Press BERLIN — Section by section, American artist Ryan Mendoza painstakingly disassembled the small wood-frame home of civil rights icon Rosa Parks after learning that the struggling city of Detroit was going to have it demolished. Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch 7:02 Can the president launch a nuclear strike on his own? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 3:15 How the USS Indianapolis, WWII Navy ship with a dramatic history, was finally rediscovered By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, after more than seven decades, the remains of one of the worst U.S. Naval disasters in history has been found, thanks to a wealthy philanthropist, historian and a state-of-the-art research vessel. Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 4:58 News Wrap: Texas Gulf Coast braces for hurricane 'Harvey' By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Texas Gulf Coast is bracing for a major hurricane. The storm, dubbed “Harvey," could have winds of up to 125 miles per hour when it comes ashore. Also, the California Supreme Court upheld a… Continue watching