May 14 Watch 12:38 Brooks and Capehart on masks, the Middle East and House GOP shake up By PBS NewsHour New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including what the Isreali-Palestinian conflict and the CDC's new mask guidance means for President Joe Biden, as well as… Continue watching
May 14 Armenia asks for Russian help amid tensions with Azerbaijan By Avet Demourian, Associated Press The tug-of-war between the two South Caucasus neighbors exacerbated this week when Armenia protested what it described as Azerbaijani troops' incursion into its lands. Continue reading
May 14 Vandenberg Air Force Base to be renamed Space Force Base By Associated Press The sprawling base on the state's Central Coast tests ballistic missiles and conducts orbital launches for defense, science and commercial purposes. The Space Force was created as the sixth uniformed military branch in 2019 during the Trump administration. Continue reading
May 14 WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds briefing By Jeff Martin, Frank Bajak, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Gas shortages have spread from the South, almost exhausting supplies in Washington, D.C. The runs on gasoline follow a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline. Continue reading
May 14 House GOP elects Trump defender Elise Stefanik to No. 3 post By Alan Fram, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press House Republicans elevated Rep. Elise Stefanik to a leadership post Friday, highlighting how the party whose lodestar has long been conservative policies increasingly views allegiance to Donald Trump as its indispensable key to electoral success. Continue reading
May 13 Watch 3:30 News Wrap: Thousands of DC police’s intelligence and disciplinary reports leaked online In our news wrap Thursday, thousands of sensitive documents were leaked online after a cyberattack on Washington, D.C. Police. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas came under fire over a historically high number of migrant children at the southern border. Continue watching
May 13 School nurses, health service corps part of $7.4 billion virus plan By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Zeke Miller, Associated Press That will mean hiring school nurses to vaccinate kids and creating a service corps around health care as well as bolstering traditional disease detection efforts. Continue reading
May 13 Missouri governor drops voter-approved Medicaid expansion By David A. Lieb, Associated Press Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has dropped plans to expand the state's Medicaid program after the Legislature declined to provide money for a measure approved by voters. Continue reading
May 13 WATCH: Biden calls it a ‘great day for America’ after CDC eases mask requirements By Associated Press In a move to send the country back toward pre-pandemic life, the CDC on Thursday eased indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to safely stop wearing masks inside in most places. Continue reading
May 13 EPA revokes Trump-era policy that loosened clean-air rules By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The previous rule was part of a wave of deregulatory actions under President Donald Trump, who rolled back dozens of environmental rules he considered overly burdensome on businesses. Continue reading