Oct 13 Watch 8:50 Jan. 6 committee votes unanimously to subpoena Trump By Amna Nawaz, Lisa Desjardins In a major move, the January 6 Committee voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump. It will likely be the last major action of the committee before the upcoming midterm elections. The committee’s aim is to question the former president… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 7:18 Analyzing the latest Jan. 6 Committee hearing and what happens next By Amna Nawaz The House Jan. 6 committee held its latest hearing on Thursday. Mary McCord, director of Georgetown University's Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, and Jamil Jaffer, a law professor at George Mason University, joined Amna Nawaz to discuss what was… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 5:00 News Wrap: Supreme Court refuses Trump request in Mar-a-Lago documents case In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused former President Trump's request for an independent arbiter to examine classified White House documents found at his Mar-a-Lago estate, the U.S. Labor Department turned in another tough report on inflation… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 6:48 Parkland parents respond to jury’s recommended sentence of life in prison for gunman By John Yang A Florida jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole for the gunman who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in 2018. The decision spares Nikolas Cruz from the death penalty. Cruz admitted… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 3:58 Inflation remains stubbornly high despite Federal Reserve’s efforts to stabilize costs By Amna Nawaz The latest inflation numbers are still above 8%, a 40-year high with prices rising for housing, medical care, new cars, air travel and more. It will almost surely mean another significant interest rate hike in a few weeks. Economist Diane… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 5:36 Will the bump in Social Security benefits be enough to offset inflation? By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Karina Cuevas For older Americans and retirees, there was some helpful news to accompany the latest inflation report. Americans taking Social Security will see an 8.7% bump in their benefits. That's starting in January thanks to the 2023 cost of living adjustment,… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 6:27 United States announces legal pathway into country for Venezuelan migrants By Amna Nawaz, Laura Barrón-López The Biden administration announced a plan to provide a legal pathway into the country for more than 20,000 Venezuelan migrants. At the same time, thousands of others who enter the U.S. illegally will be sent back to Mexico. White House… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 7:56 Wisconsin’s close Senate race could determine control of Congress By Judy Woodruff, Matt Loffman, Sam Lane The midterm elections are less than a month away and a small handful of states will be critical in deciding the balance of the Senate. One of those states is Wisconsin, where Democratic Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes is looking to… Continue watching
Oct 13 Florida Gov. DeSantis eases voting rules in counties devastated by Ian By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued an executive order expanding voting access for the midterm elections in three counties where Hurricane Ian destroyed polling places and displaced thousands of people. Continue reading
Oct 13 ‘We’re on our own.’ How people with disabilities are left out of climate planning By Drew Costley, Associated Press As climate-related disasters become more common and more severe, most countries in the world are “neglecting their obligations to respect, protect, and fulfill the rights of persons with disabilities in their responses to the climate crisis,” according to a June… Continue reading