Jan 03 Watch 6:32 How Trump offers a mixture of incentive and shame for business leaders By PBS News Hour Ford announced Tuesday it’s scrapping plans to build a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico and will instead invest $700 million into an existing Michigan plant, and hire 700 workers in the U.S. Though it’s a drop in the bucket in… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 14:44 Part 1 -- Russian meddling doubters should wait to see report, says Brennan By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 5:54 First day of new Congress reveals GOP divisions over ethics By PBS News Hour It’s opening day of the 115th Congress, and there’s already tension. Under pressure, House Republicans deserted plans some had made on Monday to rapidly gut an independent congressional ethics board. Lisa Desjardins reports from Capitol Hill and joins Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 4:46 News Wrap: Veteran of Reagan administration tapped for trade representative By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Ford announced it’s scrapping plans to build a factory in Mexico and will instead create 700 jobs at Michigan plant. The announcement came after President-elect Donald Trump chastised General Motors on Twitter. Also, Mr. Trump… Continue watching
Jan 03 CIA chief addresses 'doubters' of Russian hacking report By Larisa Epatko Outgoing CIA Director John Brennan said Tuesday that those who doubt Russia’s alleged election hacking should take a look at the forthcoming intelligence report “before they make those judgments.”… Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 9:12 Internet history is fragile. This archive is making sure it doesn't disappear By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson What’s online doesn’t necessarily last forever. Content on the Internet is revised and deleted all the time. Hyperlinks “rot,” and with them goes history, lost in space. With that in mind, Brewster Kahle set out to develop the Internet Archive,… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 9:56 How the GOP plans to begin dismantling Obama's legacy By PBS News Hour The new Congress starts work this week, with the Republicans in control of both houses. Soon, they’ll also have the White House. What’s on the GOP agenda? William Brangham talks to Lisa Desjardins, Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 53:24 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 2, 2017 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, a look at Turkey’s struggle to stop terror attacks, as a manhunt continues for for the perpetrator of a New Year’s attack on an Istanbul nightclub. Also: A new year and a new president, a look… Continue watching
Jan 02 Column: 10 ways the tech industry and the media helped create President Trump By Damian Radcliffe, University of Oregon Three weeks after Donald Trump won a historic victory to become the 45th president of the United States, the media postmortems continue. In particular, the role played by the media and technology industries is coming under heavy scrutiny in the… Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch 5:54 Post-election, how should news outlets shift focus? By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo As 2016 comes to a close, journalists and media outlets are confronting the questions raised by this year's election and planning for what comes next. James Geary, the deputy editor of the Nieman Foundation's Nieman Reports Magazine, joins the NewsHour… Continue watching