Mar 10 Watch 11:09 News Wrap: Trump tells Congress to 'act now' on health bill By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, President Trump warned that Congress must act on a Republican health care bill in order to head off a crisis with Obamacare. Also, the U.S. economy added a net of 235,000 new jobs in February. Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch 6:02 House Budget chair predicts success for GOP health bill By PBS News Hour Before the House Republican’s health care plan can receive its final vote in the House of Representatives, it needs to clear one more hurdle. Judy Woodruff speaks with Tennessee Rep. Diane Black, chair of the Budget Committee, about the bill’s… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch 5:26 Marines caught sharing photos of female colleagues draw condemnation By PBS News Hour It started with a private Facebook page that had hundreds of explicit photographs of female Marines, accompanied by obscene, degrading comments. Women who have so far been identified said it had been done without their consent. Military officials have launched… Continue watching
Mar 10 Strengthened by Standing Rock, Native Americans march on D.C. What's next for the movement? By Elizabeth Flock, Iman Smith Despite bitter cold, wind, rain and hail, hundreds of members of Native American tribes and supporters from around the country turned out Friday to march on the White House, in an effort to turn the momentum of the Standing… Continue reading
Mar 10 Muslim female athletes wear hijabs. Until now, no major athletic company made them. By Dayana Morales Gomez The Nike Pro Hijab was designed using feedback from Muslim athletes who wear the headscarf. Continue reading
Mar 10 Should states require seatbelts on school buses? By Jenni Bergal, Stateline Despite changes in attitudes, the high cost of paying for seat belts on school buses remains a major stumbling block to adopting mandatory laws. Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch 33:46 PBS NewsHour full episode March 9, 2017 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, Republicans win an early victory for their health care bill. We take a look at how it could seriously impact Medicaid. Also: U.S. Marines land in Syria to help take back Raqqa, how our devices may… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 3:00 She wanted to express her love for her dad. It took 300 pages of writing By PBS News Hour Kelly Corrigan’s dad always used to tell her she was going to write the “great American novel.” At age 36, she was diagnosed with cancer, and soon after, her father got the same bad news. The prognosis unleashed a panic… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 4:57 News Wrap: Illegal border crossing arrests fell in February By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Homeland Security Department reported that about 23,000 people were arrested trying to cross the southern U.S. border in February, down from 42,000 in January. Also, President Trump's revised travel ban faced its first challenge… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 4:35 How the Republican health care bill would change federal funding for Medicaid By PBS News Hour Continue watching