Feb 22 Watch 8:56 Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the economy, immigration and how to shore up Social Security By Amna Nawaz, Kyle Midura Consumer protection drove Sen. Elizabeth Warren's academic work, launched her entrance into politics, and served as a central plank in her 2020 run for president. In President Biden's State of the Union, he pledged to tackle something long on Warren's… Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch 11:51 How today’s divisions in America are different from what we’ve seen before By Judy Woodruff, Frank Carlson After deciding to step away from the anchor desk, Judy Woodruff wanted to use this time to hone in on a topic she feels is the most urgent one facing our country: the deep divisions and distrust among us. She… Continue watching
Feb 22 Supreme Court rules for Arizona inmate in death penalty case By Associated Press The Supreme Court has ruled that a man on Arizona's death row should be resentenced because jurors in his case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure he would never walk free was to sentence him to death. Continue reading
Feb 22 Trump visits East Palestine train derailment site, calls response a ‘betrayal’ By Jill Colvin, John Seewer, Associated Press Donald Trump has visited East Palestine, Ohio, where a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed earlier this month. The former president describes the federal response to the incident as a "betrayal."… Continue reading
Feb 22 West Virginia transgender athlete ban halted during federal appeal By John Raby, Associated Press A federal appeals panel has ruled that West Virginia transgender athletes can compete in female school sports while an appeal is heard on a state law banning their participation. Continue reading
Feb 22 China blasts Pentagon official’s Taiwan visit By Associated Press China has sharply criticized a visit to Taiwan by a senior Pentagon official and reaffirmed sanctions against Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying military equipment to the self-governing island. Continue reading
Feb 22 WATCH: Pentagon releases close-up photo of Chinese spy balloon By Tara Copp, Associated Press A U-2 pilot flying high above the Chinese spy balloon took a close-up photo of the large white orb just a day before the Air Force shot it down off the South Carolina coast. Continue reading
Feb 22 Biden calls Putin’s suspension of nuclear arms treaty a ‘big mistake’ By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Joe Biden says Russian President Vladimir Putin made a "big mistake" by suspending his country's participation in the the last remaining U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control treaty. Continue reading
Feb 22 Speaker McCarthy grants Tucker Carlson access to Jan. 6 surveillance footage By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press A hard-right political commentator, Carlson says his team is spending the week at the Capitol poring through the video and preparing to reveal their findings. But granting such high-profile access to sensitive security details to such a deeply partisan figure… Continue reading
Feb 22 WATCH: State Department holds briefing as Biden concludes trip to Poland, Ukraine By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press One month into the invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden declared that sanctions against Russia had rendered the ruble almost immediately "to rubble." U.S. officials say Russia is now the most sanctioned country in the world. Continue reading