Jun 30 Obama vows to move quickly to sign Puerto Rico bill By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press President Barack Obama is vowing to move quickly to sign a last-minute rescue package for the financially-strapped U.S. territory and its 3.5 million Americans. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 2:56 News Wrap: Obama warns against Trump isolationism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 8:04 CIA director says Iran must do more in fight against ISIS By PBS News Hour CIA Director John Brennan sat down with Judy Woodruff to discuss the repercussions of the Istanbul attack and whether the U.S. was vulnerable to similar attacks. He was asked about Secretary of State John Kerry’s comments that Iran has been… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 54:11 PBS NewsHour full episode June 29, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, an update on the deadly attack at Istanbul’s busy airport. Also: CIA Director John Brennan talks global security, the education of incarcerated teens, the Juno spacecraft’s five-year mission to Jupiter, why the head of the 2016… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 7:34 NASA promising July 4 big bang — and lots of science — when Juno probe reaches Jupiter By PBS News Hour On Independence Day NASA’s Juno spacecraft reaches the largest planet in our solar system and is expected to transmit pictures the 1.8 billion miles back to Earth. But even more interesting than pictures, scientists hope to collect tons of data… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 7:54 Breaking the school-to-prison pipeline for young offenders one class at a time By PBS News Hour In most states across America, education for teen offenders pales in comparison to what they'd receive on the outside. Just one third mandate that these kids meet the same standards as their public school counterparts. Massachusetts is one of them,… Continue watching
Jun 29 CIA director: We are ‘not immune’ to terrorist violence By Larisa Epatko CIA Director John Brennan said Wednesday that although the United States is an “ocean away” from Islamic State group strongholds, the U.S. is not immune to its attacks. Continue reading
Jun 29 NYC’s gender-neutral bathrooms urge people to ‘look past pink and blue’ By Joshua Barajas New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a new law Tuesday that would require all single-occupant bathrooms citywide to be designated as gender-neutral. Continue reading
Jun 29 Twitter Chat: How do constitutions address sexual orientation and gender identity? By Jaclyn Diaz, Corinne Segal At 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 30, PBS NewsHour will host a Twitter chat to discuss LGBT constitutional rights in countries around the world. Continue reading
Jun 29 Puerto Rico rescue package survives Senate vote, two days before default By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The White House-backed measure would create a control board that would oversee the U.S. territory's finances and could supervise some debt restructuring. Senators voted 68-32 to advance the bill to a final vote. Continue reading