Mar 29 Why scrutiny of Starbucks’ alleged union violations is boiling over now By Justin Stabley Public scrutiny is brewing for former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on Wednesday as he testifies before a Senate committee about the company's alleged anti-union practices. Continue reading
Mar 29 Majority of Americans reject anti-trans bills, but support for this restriction is rising By Laura Santhanam Forty-three percent of Americans now say they support laws that criminalize the act of providing gender-transition-related medical care to minors, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, marking a 15-percentage point increase in less than two years. Continue reading
Mar 28 Vice President Harris confronts painful past, envisions future during visit to Africa By Chris Megerian, Colleen Long, Associated Press Harris on Tuesday stepped through the black doors of a colonial-era seaside fort and down into the dungeons, touring a site where millions of enslaved Africans were held captive before they were loaded onto ships bound for the Americas. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch 6:50 News Wrap: Judge rules Pence must testify in DOJ’s Jan. 6 investigation By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal judge has reportedly ruled that former Vice President Mike Pence must testify in the DOJ's Jan. 6 investigation, hundreds of thousands of people turned out again in France to protest raising the retirement… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch 6:16 Harris visits Africa to strengthen U.S. ties and counter Chinese influence By Laura Barrón-López, Tess Conciatori, Zeba Warsi, Teresa Cebrian Aranda Vice President Kamala Harris is in Africa this week for a three-country tour focused on economic development and security. Over nine days, she’ll meet with leaders in Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia. Her travel follows other high-level trips to the continent… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch 5:27 The changing relationship between the U.S. and African nations By Amna Nawaz As Vice President Kamala Harris tours Africa, Amna Nawaz explores the realities on the ground there and the changing relationship between the U.S. and the 56 nations of the continent with Gyude Moore, the director of the Africa Initiative at… Continue watching
Mar 28 Minnesota youth vaping trial of e-cigarette maker Juul opens By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison plans to lead the opening statements Tuesday in his state's lawsuit against Juul Labs. Continue reading
Mar 28 WATCH: ‘When babies die,’ it is time to move beyond prayers, Senate chaplain says By Hannah Grabenstein, Associated Press Senate Chaplain Barry Black prayed for legislative action on Tuesday, a day after a deadly shooting took place in Nashville, Tennessee. Continue reading
Mar 28 Federal judge rules Pence must testify before grand jury in Trump investigation By Jill Colvin, Eric Tucker, Associated Press A federal judge has ruled that former Vice President Mike Pence will have to testify before a grand jury in the federal probe into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. Continue reading
Mar 28 WATCH: State Department holds news briefing follow reports House GOP subpoena Blinken By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press House Republicans plan to deliver a subpoena to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday for classified cables related to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, marking an unprecedented effort to force the release of sensitive documents to Congress. Continue reading