Jul 12 Who is Stephen Ayres and why is he testifying in the Jan. 6 hearings? By Hannah Grabenstein Stephen Ayres, who pleaded guilty to entering the Capitol on Jan. 6, testified Tuesday before the House committee investigating the insurrection. Continue reading
Jul 12 Video of school hall during Uvalde mass shooting to be shown for town residents By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press A Texas lawmaker says surveillance video from the Robb Elementary School hallway where police waited as a gunman opened fire in a fourth-grade classroom will be shown this weekend to residents of Uvalde. Continue reading
Jul 12 WATCH: Biden meets with Mexican counterpart López Obrador to discuss immigration and trade By Associated Press López Obrador used a visit to the White House to call for rejecting the "status quo" on the border, but also praised a relationship with the U.S. that both he and Biden insisted remained strong despite a series of high-profile… Continue reading
Jul 12 Who is Jason Van Tatenhove and why is he testifying in the Jan. 6 hearings? By Hannah Grabenstein The former spokesperson for the Oath Keepers is testified during the Jan. 6 committee’s seventh public hearing Tuesday. Continue reading
Jul 11 Gas pipeline shut down starts as Germany works to cut ties to Russia By Geir Moulson, Associated Press A major natural gas pipeline from Russia to western Europe has shut down for maintenance amid concerns that Russia may not resume the flow of gas as scheduled. Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch 7:01 News Wrap: Death toll rises in Ukraine after Russian strike on apartment block In our news wrap Monday, The death toll rose to 31 in a Russian missile strike on an apartment block in Ukraine's Donetsk region, police in South Africa hunt for gunmen who killed 15 people, a contagious Covid mutation gains… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch 2:24 Sri Lankan protesters occupy presidential palace By Lizz Bolaji and Peter Smith, Independent Television News The political chaos in Sri Lanka took a new turn Monday. Officials on the Indian Ocean island nation said parliament will vote on a new president next week. That's after mass protests in the capital forced the president and prime… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch 15:15 Calls to release more graphic images of deadly attacks meet opposition The new bipartisan gun safety law that President Biden hailed at a White House ceremony Monday is the first significant gun legislation enacted in decades. A strong debate is also emerging over the role journalism might play. Ed Wasserman of… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch 6:16 What to expect with upcoming Jan. 6 hearings and legislative actions The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is scheduled to hold a hearing Tuesday focused on the role extremist groups played that day. This as the Senate gears up for a busy July. Lisa Desjardins… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch 8:49 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Biden's low approval ratings NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including how domestic issues like inflation, high-profile mass shootings and the overturning of Roe v. Wade is… Continue watching