Jul 06 Illinois approves spending plan, ending nation's longest budget stalemate By John O'Connor and Sophia Tareen, Associated Press The Illinois House voted to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's vetoes of a budget package, giving the state its first spending blueprint in more than two years and ending the nation's longest fiscal stalemate since at least the Great Depression. Continue reading
Jul 06 Scalise readmitted in serious condition after June baseball practice shooting By Associated Press Scalise and four other people were injured last month when a gunman opened fire on a Republican baseball practice in nearby Alexandria, Virginia. U.S. Capitol Police and other officers returned fire and killed the gunman. Continue reading
Jul 05 After missile launch, U.S. warns China about North Korea trade By Associated Press Nikki Haley's remarks came in a hard-hitting speech Wednesday to an emergency meeting of the Security Council following Pyongyang's successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. Continue reading
Jul 05 Column: How cannabis patents could pave the way for future lawsuits By Craig Nard, The Conversation Although marijuana continues to be classified as a Schedule 1 drug, private companies are quietly securing patents. Here's why that matters. Continue reading
Jul 05 5 important stories that have nothing to do with Trump's tweets By Erica R. Hendry, Kristen Doerer, Joshua Barajas, Iman Smith After another week and another series of Trump tweets that stole the media’s attention, these important stories may have gotten lost in your news feed. Continue reading
Jul 05 U.S. schools rethink 'lunch shaming' policies that humiliate children with meal debts By Morgan Lee, Associated Press New Mexico this year became the first to outlaw school meal shaming. Several other states are weighing similar laws. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch 4:06 How this remote national park made a mammoth discovery By PBS News Hour California's Channel Islands National Park is the site of a recent mammoth discovery: a pygmy mammoth skull, to be precise. This report was produced as part of our Student Reporting Labs by students from Etiwanda High School in Southern California. Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 4:52 Trump's rollback of Obama-era rules hits setback in court By PBS News Hour The Environmental Protection Agency cannot delay implementation of a rule limiting methane emissions from new oil and gas drilling wells, according to an appeals court ruling on Monday. William Brangham speaks with Juliet Eilperin of The Washington Post about the… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 5:03 Tough times and tumbling prices test Midwestern farmers By PBS News Hour Farmers in the Midwest are facing yet another lean financial forecast. A few years ago, high prices for crops like corn and soybeans translated to more income, but now those prices have tumbled, leaving farmers in a ditch. Special correspondent… Continue watching
Jul 03 Watch 8:04 These undocumented Wisconsin parents 'live with fear every day' By PBS News Hour Every morning, parents and undocumented Mexican immigrants Lola and Jose live in fear that they will be separated from their children, who are U.S. citizens. Special correspondent Portia Young of Milwaukee Public Television reports from Wisconsin on life for their… Continue watching