Nov 30 Trump says he's stepping out of his business empire By Laurie Kellman and Julie Pace, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's leaving his business empire to focus on being the nation's 45th president. Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch 2:38 Trump announces administration health officials By PBS News Hour President-elect Donald Trump chose orthopedist and six-term Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and health policy expert Seema Verma to head Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump’s pick for… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch 5:44 News Wrap: Plane carrying a top Brazilian soccer team crashes, killing 71 By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, a chartered plane carrying a top Brazilian soccer team crashed in Colombia overnight, killing 71 people on board. The plane went down in the mountains near Medellin as athletes and a group of journalists covering… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch 10:41 Will Tom Price take a 'surgical approach' to revising Obamacare? By PBS News Hour Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga) is an orthopedic surgeon and a vocal critic of the Affordable Care Act. He's also President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Sabrina Corlette of Georgetown… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch 54:28 PBS NewsHour full episode Nov. 29, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, President-elect Donald Trump picks top health care officials. Also: a plane crash in Colombia kills Brazilian soccer players, what Tom Price could accomplish in health care policy, increased violence in Aleppo, views on charter schools within… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch 4:20 Relentless bombing kills dozens in Aleppo; residents are starved for aid By PBS News Hour In rebel-held Aleppo, the violent fight against the Islamic State is escalating, with 50 people killed and another 150 injured on Tuesday. Though Secretary of State John Kerry has been pushing for a cease-fire in the city, administration officials suspect… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch 8:23 In the black community, a division over charter schools By PBS News Hour With the election of Donald Trump, a big proponent of school choice, and his like-minded pick for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, the topic of charter schools is likely to attract more attention. But among African-American parents and the NAACP,… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch 9:12 How Trump's trade policy could affect jobs in the U.S. and Mexico By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch 2:58 For kids too sick to play, a chance to join the team By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a program that enables critically and chronically ill children to be part of a sports team. Seven-year-old Ava loves to play soccer. When she was diagnosed with leukemia, she was sidelined from… Continue watching
Nov 29 Video: Why Mexico won't pay for the border wall By Larisa Epatko Mexico won’t pay for building a wall along the U.S. border, nor negotiate anything about it, said Mexico’s Foreign Secretary Claudia Ruiz Massieu. Continue reading