Apr 26 Biden pardons Kennedy-era Secret Service agent and others convicted on drug-related charges By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Joe Biden has granted the first three pardons of his term. Biden is providing clemency to a Kennedy-era Secret Service agent from Chicago convicted of federal bribery charges that he tried to sell a copy of an agency file. Continue reading
Apr 26 Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for COVID-19 By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the White House announced. Continue reading
Apr 26 What 3 experts think about Elon Musk buying Twitter By Kenichi Serino, Justin Stabley, Hannah Grabenstein After weeks of speculation, Elon Musk will buy social media platform Twitter for $44 billion, PBS NewsHour spoke to three experts in the fields of social media, communications and democracy about the purchase. Continue reading
Apr 26 WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki says without funding, U.S. will lose out on COVID treatments By Zeke Miller, Associated Press The White House is warning that other countries are already moving ahead of the U.S. in putting in their advance orders for the next generation of therapies. Continue reading
Apr 26 WATCH: Russian oligarch money should go ‘directly to Ukraine’, says Garland By Associated Press U. S. Attorney General Merrick Garland told Congress Tuesday he supports legislation to allow some of the proceeds from assets the U.S. Justice Department seizes from Russian oligarchs to go "directly to Ukraine."… Continue reading
Apr 26 WATCH: Sec. Antony Blinken and Sen. Rand Paul clash over support for Ukraine to join NATO By News Desk and Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the Biden administration's support for Ukraine's admission to NATO, after Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul said that support, at least in part, led to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading
Apr 26 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments for Remain in Mexico policy, prison transportation By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned lower-court orders that have blocked the Biden administration from ending a controversial Trump-era immigration program for asylum-seekers. Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch 4:41 Macron wins reelection as his challenger demonstrates the rise of the French far-right By Malcolm Brabant, Simon Ford-Coron France's President Emmanuel Macron has promised to unite his divided country after winning reelection for a second five-year term. Macron defeated the extreme right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen by a substantial margin even as she still managed to secure almost… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch 5:37 Supreme Court hears a coach’s argument for prayer on the football field By John Yang, Saher Khan, Kyle Midura The Supreme Court on Monday once again tackled a question that's lingered since our country's founding: where exactly to draw the line between church and state. Correspondent John Yang breaks down the arguments in this case as they played out… Continue watching
Apr 25 Trump says he has no plans to rejoin Twitter after Musk reaches deal to buy platform By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump told Fox News that he will instead focus on his own platform, Truth Social, which has been mired in problems since its launch earlier this year. Continue reading