Dec 26 Obama hopes to stave off lame-duck status in final year By Michael D. Regan and Julie Pace, Associated Press President Obama is planning widespread international travel and may use executive actions on gun laws and the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center in an effort to avoid lame-duck status in his final year in the White House. Continue reading
Dec 26 Report: U.S. planning immigration raids in early January By Michael D. Regan and Associated Press The Homeland Security Department is planning nationwide raids aimed at deporting adults and children who have already been ordered removed by an immigration judge. Continue reading
Dec 26 Post reporter imprisoned in Iran granted Christmas visit with family By Michael D. Regan and Alan Fram and Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post correspondent being held by the Iranian government for more than 500 days, was allowed a Christmas Day visit with his wife and mother. Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch 8:12 How L.A. is trying to get veteran homelessness down to zero By PBS News Hour In September, Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti allocated an additional $13 million dollars in city funds to expand subsidies for homeless people. And in November the L.A. City Council declared a “shelter crisis” which provides expanded access to temporary shelters as… Continue watching
Dec 26 Analysis: Trump ‘uniquely obsessed’ with media portrayal of campaign By Michael D. Regan and Jill Colvin, Associated Press Nobody understands the power of the media on public perception quite like Donald Trump. Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch 6:52 Why it took 36 years to compensate Iran hostage victims By PBS News Hour In 1979, the U.S. Embassy in Tehran was overrun by militant Iranian students who took 53 people captive for 444 days. The ordeal left a long-lasting toll and no chance of Iranian compensation. Now Congress has changed that under the… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 6:08 News Wrap: Killer storms blast the South with tornadoes By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, tornadoes touched down across five states on Wednesday evening. In Mississippi, which saw the worst of the extreme weather, a state of emergency was declared across seven counties. Also, a record number of people are… Continue watching
Dec 24 Ending HIV may hinge on erasing economic disparities By Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser Health News While life expectancies are approaching the national norm among white, affluent gay men, about 66 percent of the 1.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States are not in treatment. Continue reading