Jan 31 WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds a news briefing amid tensions in Ukraine By News Desk The White House says it's important "to be open and candid" about the threat Russia poses to Ukraine and notes the administration's goal is to inform the American public and the global community "of the seriousness of the threat."… Continue reading
Jan 31 Georgia DA investigating Trump asks FBI for security help By Kate Brumback, Associated Press The request comes after the former president railed against prosecutors investigating him. Continue reading
Jan 31 Spotify adds COVID advisories after protest, podcaster Joe Rogan responds to controversy By Jake Coyle, Associated Press Spotify said Sunday that it will add content advisories before podcasts discussing the coronavirus. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch 5:16 Recent surge in violent crimes has made 'law & order' a hot button topic, again By Jeff Greenfield This week, President Biden is traveling to New York City to meet Mayor Eric Adams in the wake of a shooting that killed two NYC police officers. With crime rates including murder, lootings and shootings going up nationwide over the… Continue watching
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