Jun 04 Watch 6:24 Americans struggle with the high cost of living amid record inflation By Winston Wilde It's clear that the realities many Americans face are vastly different from some of the economic indicators on paper. The burden of record-high inflation has continued to push the limits for people across the country. We hear from people who… Continue watching
Jun 04 Biden, first lady evacuated after plane entered airspace near Delaware vacation home By Associated Press The White House said there was no threat to the Biden or his family and that precautionary measures were taken. After the situation was assessed, Biden and his wife, Jill, returned to their Rehoboth Beach home. Continue reading
Jun 04 DOJ spares Meadows and Scavino from contempt charges By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro has been indicted on charges that he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. But the Justice Department spared two other advisers, including the… Continue reading
Jun 03 Landmark bill to limit energy-intensive cryptomining passes New York Legislature By Michael Hill, Associated Press The New York Legislature has approved a milestone environmental measure designed to tap the brakes on the spread of cryptocurrency mining operations that burn fossil fuels. Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 5:07 New Wrap: Federal grand jury indicts Trump adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress In our news wrap Friday, a federal grand jury indicted former Trump adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress, the school police commander in Uvalde, Texas, reportedly did not have a radio following the mass shooting, a congressional committee will… Continue watching
Jun 03 David McCormick concedes to Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary By Marc Levy, Associated Press Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick is conceding the Republican primary in Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate to celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz. Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 5:58 What the May jobs report says about the nation's economic outlook The May jobs reports showed U.S. employment is still going strong despite higher prices and interest rates. Employers added a net 390,000 jobs last month as the unemployment rate remained steady at 3.6 percent. Betsey Stevenson, a public policy and… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 7:18 Communities affected by mass shootings face 'reverberating loss' in the years ahead Gun violence and the lasting impacts of mass shootings in the U.S. have consumed much of the nation in recent weeks, after the massacres in New York, Texas, Oklahoma, and elsewhere. The New York Times' Elizabeth Williamson, author of “Sandy… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 3:39 Students speak out about the impact gun violence has on their daily lives By Leah Clapman, Beyza Vural, Chris Schwalm Tragically, school shootings have become all too common in America. While the attack at a Uvalde elementary school is the deadliest in nearly a decade, it's also the 27th school shooting this year alone. Our national network of young reporters… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 13:07 Brooks and Capehart on the wave of gun violence in America New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including President Biden's plea for "common sense" gun reform amid a spate of mass shootings and the potential… Continue watching