Jan 28 IMF urges El Salvador to scale back its push for Bitcoin as legal tender By Claudia Torrens, Associated Press The International Monetary Fund says that El Salvador should dissolve the $150 million trust fund it created when it made the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender and return any of those unused funds to its treasury. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 7:01 Can the U.S. and Russia agree on Ukraine? Here's the latest on the negotiations By Nick Schifrin, Morgan Till, Dan Sagalyn On the Ukraine crisis, there was a sharp juxtaposition Friday as the Pentagon warned that Russian troops could invade at any time, while Ukraine’s president accused the West of sowing panic. Both statements came as Moscow provided its first comments… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 4:58 Judge cites climate crisis, cancels oil and gas leases approved by Biden administration By William Brangham, Courtney Norris President Joe Biden has made tackling climate change a central piece of his agenda. He's secured more money for renewable energy and proposed tougher regulations on carbon and methane emissions. But it's been a more complicated story when it comes… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 6:51 How a new law 'turbocharges' difficulties of voting in Texas By Geoff Bennett, Matt Loffman, Ian Couzens Later in this midterm election year, voters in 19 states will head to the polls with new, more restrictive voting laws on the books. One of those states is Texas, where the party primaries are just a few weeks away. Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 12:42 Brooks and Capehart on Texas voting law, Breyer retirement and replacement New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including Texas’ new restrictive voting law, the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer and who may replace him on the… Continue watching
Jan 28 Jan. 6 committee subpoenas individuals who tried to declare Trump winner of 2020 election By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has subpoenaed more than a dozen individuals who it says falsely tried to declare Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 election. Continue reading
Jan 28 Burkina Faso at risk for more unrest after coup By Sam Mednick, Associated Press Already there appear to be tensions between the military and gendarme security forces. There is also the risk that some elements within the military could stage a counter-coup against the junta now leading the West African country. Continue reading
Jan 28 State and local governments see rebound after billions of dollars in losses during pandemic By David A. Lieb, Camille Fasset, Associated Press State and local governments lost at least $117 billion of expected revenue early in the pandemic, according to an Associated Press analysis, but many are now awash in record amounts of money, boosted partly by federal aid. Continue reading
Jan 28 WATCH: Biden visits collapsed bridge in Pennsylvania, touts infrastructure law By Steve Peoples, Colleen Long, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press President Joe Biden is heading to Pittsburgh to promote the benefits of his infrastructure package — and he's set to appear just two miles from the site of an early-morning bridge collapse that underscores his frequent calls to do more… Continue reading
Jan 28 Biden's vow of Black justice a nod to his most loyal voters By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Black women are the most loyal Democrats — 93% of them voted for Biden in the 2020 presidential election, according to AP VoteCast, a national survey of the electorate. Continue reading