Sep 22 WATCH: Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder lays out new food, housing programs for troops By Associated Press The Pentagon announced a number of new programs Thursday that are aimed at helping service members who are struggling with housing shortages and steep food and living expenses as they move from base to base. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: President Biden vows U.S. won’t walk away from storm-struck Puerto Rico By Dánica Coto, Associated Press President Joe Biden says the full force of the federal government is ready to help Puerto Rico recover from the devastation of Hurricane Fiona. Continue reading
Sep 22 Why a third of American workers changed jobs during the Great Resignation By Hannah Grabenstein Over one-third of Americans working for pay changed jobs in the past two years, according to a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, and more than 60 percent received raises over the last year. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: 2022 United Nations General Assembly – Day 3 By Pia Sarkar, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press The United States has made its case at the U.N. Security Council for why Russia should face further censure and isolation over the Ukraine invasion. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: Heads of major banks testify in Senate Banking Committee hearing By Ken Sweet, Associated Press The CEOs of the nation’s biggest banks were in for a second day of tough questioning from lawmakers Thursday, as Americans face inflation not seen since the early 1980s and a midterm election is only weeks away. Continue reading
Sep 21 Home Depot workers petition the federal labor board to form 1st store-wide union By Alexandra Olson, Associated Press Home Depot workers in Philadelphia have filed a petition with the federal labor board to form what could be the first store-wide union at the world's largest home improvement retailer. Continue reading
Sep 21 Federal appeals panel lifts hold on Mar-a-Lago records for use in Trump investigation By Eric Tucker, Associated Press A federal appeals court has lifted a judge's hold on the Justice Department's ability to use classified records seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate in its ongoing criminal investigation. Continue reading
Sep 21 Virginia Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, agrees to interview with Jan. 6 panel By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Conservative activist Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has agreed to participate in a voluntary interview with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. Continue reading
Sep 21 WATCH: Jan. 6 Committee hearings – Day 9 By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has scheduled its next hearing for Oct. 13. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch 7:18 Biden asks global leaders to counter Russia as Putin calls more troops to Ukraine By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda, Shoshana Dubnow In the largest escalation of the war in Ukraine since Russia invaded, President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of reservists. Moscow vows to send 300,000 additional troops into Ukraine and support sham referenda in Ukrainian territory that Russian troops… Continue watching