Jun 02 Watch 6:24 News Wrap: Obama cracks down on predatory payday loans By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Obama administration called for strict regulations on short-term, high-interest payday loans used by an estimated 12 million Americans each year. Also, Donald Trump picked up a major endorsement from House Speaker Paul Ryan after… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 6:18 Can Bernie Sanders pull off upset win over Hillary Clinton in California? By PBS News Hour As the primary season heads toward its final weekend of campaigning, all three remaining candidates are canvassing feverishly in California ahead of Tuesday’s vote, especially trailing contender Bernie Sanders, who’s banking on a big win in the Golden State to… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 5:44 Prince’s fentanyl overdose gives new urgency to opioid epidemic By PBS News Hour The opioid epidemic sweeping the nation once more took center stage after law enforcement officials revealed that music icon Prince’s death in April was due to an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid far stronger than morphine. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 7:59 In the eye of legal storm battering Trump — and Trump U. By PBS News Hour Donald Trump’s defunct “Trump University” real estate seminar business continues to garner controversy, especially after hundreds of documents were released this week detailing the aggressive tactics used by Trump employees. Political director Lisa Desjardins reports on the legal firestorm surrounding… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 8:23 The San Francisco activists who say please build in my backyard By PBS News Hour Job growth in the San Francisco Bay Area has exploded in recent years and many people are being priced out. Blame the NIMBYS, including progressives fighting to protect their quaint neighborhoods by blocking any new construction. Activists battling income equality… Continue watching
Jun 02 Justice Dept. backs fired VA official in legal challenge By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Justice Department is siding with a legal argument by a fired Department of Veterans Affairs official at the center of a nationwide scandal over long wait times for veterans seeking medical care and secret lists covering up the delays. Continue reading
Jun 02 Staffer who set up Clinton’s email server to take 5th again By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press The ex-staffer who set up former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's home email server intends to refuse to testify, again, in an upcoming deposition. Continue reading
Jun 02 Clinton: Trump is ‘temperamentally unfit’ for American foreign policy By Catherine Lucey, Associated Press Hillary Clinton is set to unleash a major foreign policy attack on Donald Trump, using a speech in San Diego to cast the Republican as unqualified and dangerous. Continue reading
Jun 02 Army’s gay civilian leader calls his promotion ‘remarkable’ By Associated Press Army Secretary Eric Fanning is the first gay head of a military service branch. Continue reading
Jun 02 Trump University model: Sell hard, demand to see a warrant By Jeff Horwitz and Michael Biesecker, Associated Press Trump University guides unsealed this week by a federal judge in southern California undercut Trump's portrayal of his one-time real estate seminar course as an uncontroversial operation. Continue reading