Feb 23 Transportation Secretary Buttigieg visits train derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio By Associated Press Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in East Palestine, Ohio, to tour the site where a train wrecked nearly three weeks ago as the government faces growing criticism over the federal response to the derailment. Continue reading
Feb 23 Most Americans want Congress to compromise as debt ceiling looms By Laura Santhanam About four out of 10 Americans think both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are responsible for incurring the national debt, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. Continue reading
Feb 22 States look to remove legal protections for gun industry amid mass shootings By Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press It not only repeals the state's 2000 law — which prohibits firearm companies from being held liable for violence perpetrated with their products — but also outlines a code of conduct that targets in part how weapons are designed and… Continue reading
Feb 22 How new Biden asylum rule affects immigration, compared to Trump By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press The rule generally requires people to use what the administration calls "lawful, safe and orderly pathways" to get to the U.S., but critics say this goes against U.S. immigration law and plan to sue as soon as the rule is… Continue reading
Feb 22 UN court calls for end to Nagorno-Karabakh roadblock in Azerbaijan By Mike Corder, Associated Press The United Nations' highest court has ordered Azerbaijan to "take all steps at its disposal" to allow free movement of traffic along the only road between Armenia and the ethnic Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan. Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch 5:49 News Wrap: Massive winter storm bears down on huge part of U.S. In our news wrap Wednesday, a massive winter storm is bearing down on a huge swath of the U.S., President Biden called Russia's decision to withdraw from the nuclear arms control treaty a "big mistake," Palestinian officials say an Israeli… Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch 6:01 New poll gives insight into challenges 2024 candidates face in their own parties By Lisa Desjardins, Matt Loffman With less than a year until the first primaries of the 2024 presidential contest, the battle lines are becoming clearer. As President Biden readies for a reelection campaign, his would-be Republican opponents are figuring out which voters could back them. Continue watching
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