Sep 02 Watch 5:25 Hiring in the U.S. slows as employers in some industries still struggle to fill positions By Paul Solman The U.S. job market showed steady growth again in August, but hiring slowed from a torrid pace. Unemployment ticked up to 3.7% even though employers added 315,000 new jobs. That's because more people tried to get back into the workforce. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 4:58 News Wrap: Empty classified folders found at Mar-a-Lago, deadly bombing in Afghanistan In our news wrap Friday, the Justice Department says FBI agents found dozens of empty folders marked "classified" at former President Trump's estate in Florida. Pat Cipollone, Trump's White House counsel, went before a federal grand jury in its January… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 6:51 Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses approval of updated COVID booster shots that target omicron Americans twelve and older should be able to start getting updated boosters for COVID within days. The CDC and FDA approved new Pfizer and Moderna shots that will hopefully provide more protection against the latest variants this coming winter. Dr. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 6:32 Biden accuses Trump and his supporters of undermining the nation's democratic values By Laura Barrón-López, Saher Khan The 2022 midterm election season is in full swing and President Biden says existential dangers are looming large. In a speech Thursday night, Biden raised the alarm about extremist forces within the Republican Party and the escalating threat they pose… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 12:49 Brooks and Capehart on Biden's criticism of Republicans, Trump document investigation New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including President Biden calling "MAGA Republicans" a direct threat to democracy, the investigation into former President Trump's handling… Continue watching
Sep 02 Biden seeks $47 billion in emergency dollars for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox and natural disasters By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $47 billion in emergency dollars that would go toward the war in Ukraine, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing monkeypox outbreak and help for recent natural disasters in… Continue reading
Sep 02 Pecan farmers on Texas border get caught in immigration enforcement battle By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press A Texas pecan farm nearly the size of Disneyland has become entangled in a turf war between the Biden administration and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over immigration enforcement on the southern border. Continue reading
Sep 02 G7 pledges to impose a price cap on Russia oil By Geir Moulson, David McHugh, Associated Press Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers have pledged to put in place a system designed to cap Russia’s income from oil sales, an idea the nations’ leaders had promised to explore in June. Continue reading
Sep 02 'I can breathe a little bit more.' How student debt relief will affect 8 borrowers, in their words By Hannah Grabenstein, Tim McPhillips What eight borrowers of federal student loans told the PBS NewsHour about student loan debt relief. Continue reading
Sep 02 Aid pours into Pakistan as deaths from flooding cross 1,200 mark By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Officials say planes carrying fresh aid from the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan have landed overnight at an airport near Pakistan's capital. Continue reading