Dec 19 Famed Hungarian actress Zsa Zsa Gabor dies at 99 By Alison Thoet Zsa Zsa Gabor, the Hungarian actress made glamorous American celebrity, died Sunday of a heart attack at age 99. Continue reading
Dec 19 Chief Justice Roberts denies bid to force Senate action on Garland nomination By Associated Press Chief Justice John Roberts has denied a lawyer's bid to get the Supreme Court to force the Senate to consider the high court nomination of Judge Merrick Garland. Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch 3:26 Under Trump, White House staff shifts to right By PBS News Hour Since winning the election six weeks ago, Donald Trump has nominated most of his cabinet and picked top White House staff, all significant players in shaping U.S. policy. He’ll also have Republican majorities in both houses of Congress on his… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch 3:31 Heroin deaths exceeded gun homicides in 2015 By PBS News Hour Last year, more than 30,000 people died from opioid overdoses, which cause almost two-thirds of all overdoses in the U.S., according to data released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those data also show that last… Continue watching
Dec 18 Election questions leave U.S. distrustful, like other nations By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press Americans' enduring confidence that their elections are unimpeachably fair is teetering. Continue reading
Dec 18 From media cutoffs to lockdown, tracing the fallout from the U.S. prison strike By Kamala Kelkar On Sept. 9, thousands of inmates began a labor strike across the country. Here's what followed that strike. Continue reading
Dec 18 Trump aides push back on suggestions of Russian interference By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press The CIA says U.S. intelligence agencies agree that Moscow was behind the cyber break-in of the Democratic National Committee. Continue reading
Dec 18 GOP electors cite rural voice in Electoral College By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Some Republican electors say they are defending rural and small-town America against big-state liberalism. Continue reading
Dec 18 Trump action on health care could cost Planned Parenthood By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press One of President-elect Donald Trump's first acts next year could come on Republican legislation to cut off taxpayer money from Planned Parenthood. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 25:59 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 17, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 17, President-elect Donald Trump wraps up his post-election tour. Later, Cubans are scrambling to accommodate a new surge in American tourists. Alison Stewart anchors from New York. Continue watching