Jan 06 Watch 6:07 McCarthy still short of votes to become speaker, but emerging deal chips away at holdouts By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz After four days and 13 rounds of voting, the House made some progress Friday but has still failed to elect a speaker. More than a dozen Republicans switched their votes to support Congressman Kevin McCarthy, but a handful of hard-right… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 3:16 Jan. 6 attack anniversary marked with ceremonies at Capitol and White House By Geoff Bennett, Sam Weber Friday marks two years since the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The anniversary was marked in ceremonies in front of the Capitol building itself and at the White House. Geoff Bennett reports. Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 4:43 News Wrap: New border restrictions in place for asylum seekers In our news wrap Friday, asylum seekers from Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti ran into new restrictions along the southern border that sends them back to Mexico if they cross illegally, Mexican authorities are working to restore order in Culiacan after… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 4:59 Journalist and critic of Indian government faces sham charges designed to silence her By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi Indian journalist and Washington Post contributor Rana Ayyub is one of the main critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government. She recently won the highest award for press freedom from the National Press Club but is now headed back… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 9:28 Where Jan 6. prosecutions stand two years after Capitol attack By Lisa Desjardins, Maea Lenei Buhre, Mike Fritz Two years on from the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Congressional Correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports on where efforts to hold those responsible stand. Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 10:20 Brooks and Capehart on the political chaos in the House New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the political fight in the House unlike any seen since the Civil War and the second anniversary… Continue watching
Jan 06 Kevin McCarthy makes big gains for speaker, but still short as House adjourns till evening By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press House leader Kevin McCarthy is getting closer to victory in the grueling, hard-fought struggle to become speaker of the new Congress. Continue reading
Jan 06 Violence breaks out after ‘El Chapo’ son detained, Mexican authorities say By Mark Stevenson, María Verza, Associated Press The operation to detain Ovidio Guzman, the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, unleashed firefights that turned the northern city of Culiacan into a war zone, authorities said Friday. Continue reading
Jan 06 WATCH: The effect of Jan. 6 on America’s democracy, 2 years later By Casey Kuhn, Laura Barrón-López Yascha Mounk, author of “The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure,” said while he is concerned and wary about how the 2024 election will go, there is good news about how the 2022 elections… Continue reading
Jan 06 Idaho Supreme Court tosses lawsuits aiming to block abortion bans By Andrew Selsky, Associated Press The court dismissed lawsuits brought by Planned Parenthood against the governor and leaders of the Legislature that had sought to block the implementation and enforcement of the state's new abortion bans. Continue reading