May 26 This case may help states gain billions in tax dollars from online companies By Rebecca Beitsch, Stateline Online businesses have long contended that collecting taxes in the 45 states that tax retail sales would be too burdensome. But states say that argument is outdated because new software can calculate the tax and about half the states have… Continue reading
May 25 Watch 4:07 Long wait times for health care still dogging troubled Veterans Affairs department By PBS News Hour When Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald compared the exceptionally-long wait times veterans still endure to get health care to lines at Disneyland, a national firestorm erupted. House Speaker Paul Ryan said his words reflected a “culture of indifference” and McDonald… Continue watching
May 25 Watch 5:55 News Wrap: State Department watchdog slams Hillary Clinton over email server By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, a leaked audit from the State Department’s inspector general concluded that Hillary Clinton violated federal standards by using a private email server during her tenure as Secretary of State. Also, eleven states filed suit against… Continue watching
May 25 Watch 53:38 PBS NewsHour full episode May 25, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, the State Department finds that Hillary Clinton’s private email server violated federal rules. Also: Donald Trump finds himself under new scrutiny, the VA Secretary’s Disney controversy, tracking the health effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years… Continue watching
May 25 Watch Did Afghan troops manipulate the U.S. into bombing Doctors Without Borders hospital? By PBS News Hour Last October, U.S. forces bombed an Afghan hospital in Kunduz, killing 42 people. An Army inquiry last month found that the attack was an accident, but Matthieu Aikins of the Nation Institute blames Afghan troops who told the Americans that… Continue watching
May 25 S.C. governor signs bill banning most abortions after 20 weeks By News Desk South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill into law Wednesday that bans most abortions after 20 weeks. Continue reading
May 25 TSA chief: Hundreds of new scanners will help ease long airport lines By Alicia A. Caldwell and Matthew Daly, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The head of the Transportation Security Administration said the agency will add 768 new screeners by mid-June to deal with increasingly long airport security lines. Continue reading
May 25 11 states to sue over Obama administration's transgender directive By Joshua Barajas Texas plans to sue the Obama administration after it told school districts in the U.S. to allow transgender students use bathrooms and other facilities that matched their gender identity, state politicians said Wednesday. Continue reading
May 25 Government wastes billions of dollars on old computers, report says By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The White House has been pushing to replace workhorse systems that date back more than 50 years in some cases. But the government is expected to spend $7 billion less on modernization in 2017 than in 2010, said the Government… Continue reading
May 25 Rare bipartisan deal attempts to shore up Puerto Rico's runaway finances By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The bill to create a financial control board and restructure some of the U.S. territory's $70 billion debt has support from House Republican and Democratic leaders, as well as the Obama administration. But some bondholders, unions and island officials have… Continue reading