Feb 28 Airports, legal volunteers prepare for new Trump travel ban By Gene Johnson, Associated Press Airport officials and civil rights lawyers around the country are getting ready for President Donald Trump's new travel ban. Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch 3:59 News Wrap: Trump followed generals' advice on Yemen raid By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, President Trump said in an interview on FOX News that he followed his generals' advice in ordering a U.S. military raid that left a Navy SEAL dead. Also, billionaire investor Wilbur Ross was sworn-in by… Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch 5:09 Trump administration freezes Obama rule on water protection By PBS News Hour EPA chief Scott Pruitt recently promised an aggressive rollback of regulations that had been put in place by former President Obama, and President Trump made good on Pruitt’s promise with an order to dismantle a rule about smaller bodies of… Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch 6:19 Photos show undeniable history of the civil rights movement By PBS News Hour A new photo exhibit captures a crucial period in the civil rights movement through the work of nine photographers. Special correspondent David C. Barnett of WVIZ/PBS Ideastream reports from the Maltz Museum in Cleveland. Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch 8:47 What the White House can do to help HBCUs thrive By PBS News Hour Historically black colleges and universities are the focus of President Trump's new executive order, which will move the government's program for coordinating HBCUs back directly to the White House. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Johnny Taylor, president and CEO of the… Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch 54:42 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 28, 2017 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, President Trump says the time is right for a new immigration law as he prepares to lay out his priorities in his first address to Congress. Also: White House efforts to support historically black colleges, students… Continue watching
Feb 28 Trump orders review of Obama rule protecting small streams By Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump has signed an executive order mandating a review of an Obama-era rule aimed at protecting small streams and wetlands from development and pollution. Continue reading
Feb 28 Trump signs executive order on black colleges By Errin Haines, Associated Press President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at signaling his commitment to historically black colleges and universities, saying that those schools will be "an absolute priority for this White House."… Continue reading
Feb 28 FBI to investigate Kansas shooting of two Indian men as a hate crime By Joshua Barajas Witnesses have said the shooter told the two Indian men to "get out of my country."… Continue reading
Feb 28 Georgia couple gets prison time for racist threats at child's birthday party By Joshua Barajas In 2015, the couple shouted racial slurs and made armed threats outside a child's birthday party, according to court documents. Continue reading