Aug 11 Armed man killed after trying to breach Cincinnati FBI office By Associated Press The confrontation came as officials warned of an increase in threats against federal agents in the days following a search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Continue reading
Aug 11 Jury can’t reach verdict on whether engineering firms should bear responsibility for Flint water crisis By Ed White, Associated Press The jury couldn't reach a verdict after hearing months of evidence against two engineering firms, Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newman. Continue reading
Aug 11 Investigators searching for cause of Indiana house explosion that killed 3 By Associated Press Authorities are working to determine the cause of a house explosion in a southern Indiana neighborhood that killed three people and left another person hospitalized. Continue reading
Aug 11 U.S. wholesale inflation fell in July for first time in 2 years By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press Prices at the wholesale level fell from June to July, the first month-to-month drop in more than two years and a sign that some of the U.S. economy's inflationary pressures cooled last month. Continue reading
Aug 11 Gas prices dip under $4 a gallon for the first time in 5 months By Associated Press U.S. gas prices have dipped under $4 a gallon for the first time in more than five months. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 4:43 News Wrap: Trump refuses to answer questions in civil investigation Wednesday on the NewsHour, former President Trump says he refused to answer questions in a civil investigation into his real estate dealings, inflation in the U.S. has eased with consumer prices up 8.5 percent in July from a year ago,… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch 5:46 Iranian man charged for trying to assassinate former national security adviser John Bolton By Nick Schifrin The U.S. Justice Department charged an Iranian national with plotting to kill John Bolton, who was national security adviser to President Trump. Federal officials say the suspect was a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, who allegedly tried to hire a… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch 8:36 Sen. Tim Scott discusses his new book ‘America, a Redemption Story’ The month of August has been full of surprises, from President Biden's recent legislative victories, to the overwhelming victory for abortion rights in Kansas and the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago. But it's unclear if such events will influence the midterms. Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch 6:41 America’s most vulnerable bear the brunt of high inflation By William Brangham While inflation eased slightly last month, it continues to remain high and new data shows it's having an outsized, negative impact on Native American, Black and Latino families in particular, according to a poll out this week from NPR, the… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch 6:21 How the Inflation Reduction Act could affect your taxes By Lisa Desjardins, Courtney Norris There’s a $1 trillion gap between what Americans owe in taxes and what the government collects. The Democrats’ budget deal would unleash nearly 100,000 new IRS agents to round up all that missing money. Former IRS Commissioner John Koskinen joins… Continue watching