Sep 22 Watch 4:34 News Wrap: Senate Dems, GOP end police reform talks, face stalemate over debt ceiling By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Wednesday, Democratic Senators say they ended bipartisan negotiations on police reform and collecting data on use of force. Senators have also reached a stalemate on the fight over the debt ceiling. There's word that large numbers… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch 6:34 EU’s top diplomat says it can deploy military forces without U.S., NATO approval By Nick Schifrin President Joe Biden spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron Wednesday for the first time since France erupted with anger over a new Indo-Pacific defense alliance between the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Nick Schifrin looks at European-U.S. relations with… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch 4:26 Extending government funding and raising debt ceiling face uphill Senate battle By PBS NewsHour Congress must act soon just to keep the federal government functioning. But Democratic leaders are navigating internal divides and logjams as they try to pass two bills that would together dole out trillions of dollars toward infrastructure, child care and… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch 7:19 Rep. Jayapal on progressive priorities, compromise on reconciliation and infrastructure By PBS NewsHour Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington state, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss Congress' efforts around reconciliation and infrastructure. Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch 8:59 How America faced ‘Peril’ in final days of Trump presidency By PBS NewsHour The first draft of history is being written about the final, chaotic days of Donald Trump's presidency and the earliest days of Joe Biden's. A new book by Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa reveals the alarm and… Continue watching
Sep 22 WATCH: House Democrats blast treatment of Haitian migrants By Associated Press Rep. Maxine Waters, a Democrat from California, likened the treatment of the migrants to slavery after scenes of border patrol agents on horseback using their reins to control the crowds. Continue reading
Sep 22 Senators say bipartisan police overhaul talks end with no deal By Alan Fram, Associated Press The congressional effort followed high-profile, fatal police shootings last year of Black people including George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: Jordan’s king recalls Gaza War in U.N. General Assembly speech By Associated Press Jordan’s monarch recalled the 11-day Gaza War of this past summer in his speech before the United Nations, saying Tuesday the latest round of conflict was a reminder that the status quo is unsustainable. Continue reading
Sep 22 U.S.-French tension seems to simmer down after Biden-Macron call By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press French President Emmanuel Macron and President Joe Biden agreed in a phone call to meet next month over a submarine spat that sent relations between the longtime allies into a tailspin. Continue reading
Sep 22 German president asks country to confront its colonial past By Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press Germany's president has called on the country to face its cruel colonial past as he opened a new museum in the capital's center that will be home to two of Berlin's state museums which include looted artifacts from countries in… Continue reading