Mar 09 General Motors offers buyouts to most U.S. salaried workers to trim costs By Tom Krishner, Associated Press General Motors' salaried workforce will be offered buyouts in an effort to trim costs as it makes the transition to electric vehicles. Continue reading
Mar 09 McConnell hospitalized after fall at hotel By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell suffered a concussion after a fall at a local hotel and remains hospitalized “for a few days of observation and treatment,” a spokesman said Thursday. Continue reading
Mar 08 DeSantis’ new Disney World governing board hints at future controversial actions By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Board members on Wednesday faced calls for better firefighter equipment, lessons on public records requests and bond ratings. But the five board members appointed by DeSantis on Wednesday hinted at future controversial actions they may take. Continue reading
Mar 08 Senate votes to block new D.C. crime laws, Biden plans to sign resolution By Mary Clare Jalonick, Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press The Senate voted Wednesday to block new D.C. crime laws and overrule the city government as lawmakers in both parties have expressed concern about rising violent crime rates in cities nationwide. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch 9:04 DOJ rebukes Louisville police for pattern of civil rights abuses By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris, Shoshana Dubnow The U.S. Justice Department issued a damning review of the Louisville Police Department in Kentucky on Wednesday in the wake of Breonna Taylor's fatal shooting nearly three years ago. The findings lay out a pattern of abuses against Black citizens… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 4:06 News Wrap: Russian mercenaries claim control of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine In our news wrap Wednesday, Russian mercenaries claimed they have gained control of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, President Biden will propose slowing the growth of federal deficits by $3 trillion, worker strikes in France paralyzed parts of the country, tens… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 11:41 Examining how U.S. politics became intertwined with personal identity By Judy Woodruff, Frank Carlson America's divisions often go beyond disputes over policy, regularly spilling into clashes over identity and culture and pitting friends and family against one another. Judy Woodruff explores how that came to be and what it means for our shared future… Continue watching
Mar 08 Minnesota governor signs executive order protecting rights to gender affirming care By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Gov. Tim Walz has signed an executive order protecting the rights of LGBTQ people from Minnesota and other states to seek and receive gender affirming health care. Continue reading
Mar 08 Listening to a divided America By Judy Woodruff America is as divided today as it’s been in a very long time. I want to know why. Continue reading
Mar 08 Biden upends precedent in backing GOP resolution to block D.C. crime law By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press President Joe Biden's support of a resolution to block new District of Columbia crime laws has split members of his own party amid rising concerns about crime in the nation's capital and other cities. Continue reading