Dec 02 Los Angeles City Council unanimously votes to ban oil and gas drilling By Drew Costley, Associated Press The vote comes after more than a decade of complaints from city residents that pollution drifting from wells was affecting their health. Los Angeles was once a booming oil town, but many of its oilfields are now played out. Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch 7:52 Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa on ‘How to Stand Up to a Dictator’ More than a year after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, journalist Maria Ressa still faces a series of criminal charges in her native country of the Philippines. She spent much of her time reporting on former President Rodrigo Duterte’s… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch 5:12 How Muslim American candidates made history in the midterms By Geoff Bennett The 2022 midterms saw the greatest number of Muslim Americans elected to office. According to a report from Jetpac Resource Center and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, 153 Muslim Americans ran for office across all levels of government. Ruwa Roman… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch 12:31 Brooks and Capehart on the Democrats’ plan to shake up the presidential primary calendar New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the Democrats' plan to shakeup the road to the White House, President Biden and Congress halt a… Continue watching
Dec 02 WATCH: Biden speaks to Boston IBEW union members at phone bank for Sen. Warnock campaign in Georgia By Zeke Miller, Bill Barrow, Colleen Long, Associated Press Biden hit the phones with fellow Democrats Friday for Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock's runoff election. He fetched hot coffee for volunteers, too, and thanked them for their work. But this busy phone bank was nowhere near Georgia. Continue reading
Dec 02 In closing remarks, prosecutors say evidence shows Trump ‘explicitly’ knew about tax fraud By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Prosecutors have resumed their closing argument in the Trump Organization's criminal tax fraud trial, promising to share previously unrevealed details about Trump's knowledge of a tax dodge scheme hatched by one of his top executives. Continue reading
Dec 02 Russian news agencies say Edward Snowden receives passport, takes citizenship oath By Associated Press Russian news agencies say former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who fled prosecution after revealing highly classified surveillance programs, has received a Russian passport and taken the citizenship oath. Continue reading
Dec 02 Democrats vote to make South Carolina, not Iowa, 1st primary state By Will Weissert, Associated Press The Democratic National Committee's rule-making arm made the move Friday to strip Iowa from the position it has held for more than four decades after technical meltdowns sparked chaos and marred results of the state's 2020 caucus. Continue reading
Dec 02 Russia rejects pullout from Ukraine as condition for talks By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Russia has rejected Western demands that it pulls out completely from Ukraine as part of any future talks to end the war, saying they effectively rule out any talks on settling the conflict. Continue reading
Dec 02 Ukraine bans religious organizations linked to Russia By Associated Press Ukraine has banned the activities of religious organizations "affiliated with centers of influence" in Russia and says it will examine the links between the Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox churches. Continue reading