Jul 26 WATCH: Jen Psaki holds White House news briefing By Associated Press White House press secretary Jen Psaki cited an increase in vaccinations against the coronavirus in states with high infection rates as a "positive trend."… Continue reading
Jul 26 Senators race to seal infrastructure deal as pressure mounts By Hope Yen, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Key senators and staff spent the weekend trying to reach a final agreement. Continue reading
Jul 26 WATCH: Biden marks anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act By Associated Press President Joe Biden celebrated the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act Monday, highlighting the progress made over the past three decades in advancing equity for people with disabilities. Continue reading
Jul 25 Official: 1960s civil rights activist Robert Moses has died By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail while leading black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died. He was 86. Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch 5:07 Biden's new bill a 'grab bag' of social infrastructure By PBS NewsHour Six months into Biden's presidency, he's facing numerous challenges: a resurgence of COVID-19, mainly among the unvaccinated, a nation still highly polarized, and a battle to get both a bipartisan infrastructure bill, and a highly ambitious, democrats-only package of social… Continue watching
Jul 25 Fauci says U.S. headed in 'wrong direction' on coronavirus By Associated Press The United States is in an “unnecessary predicament” of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert said Sunday. Continue reading
Jul 25 AP FACT CHECK: Trump is relentless in election fabrications By Calvin Woodward, Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press In mid-May, partisan investigators hired by Arizona state lawmakers backed off their allegation that the state’s most populous county had destroyed its 2020 election database. Confronted with proof that the data still existed, they admitted everything was there. Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 4:54 Activists demand Biden end deportation of Haiti migrants By Ivette Feliciano Amid political instability and violence in Haiti, human rights activists are demanding the Biden administration do more to protect Haitian migrants, especially those at the U.S.-Mexico border. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano spoke with Guerline Jozef, founder and executive director of… Continue watching
Jul 24 Groups urge state to protect last wild Atlantic salmon in US By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press Atlantic salmon once teemed in U.S. rivers, but now return from the sea to only a handful of rivers in eastern and central Maine. The fish are protected at the federal level under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, but a… Continue reading
Jul 23 Unlikely partners Pelosi and Cheney team up for Jan. 6 probe By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The emerging partnership between Pelosi and Cheney is remarkable, if not astonishing, as the longtime political adversaries join forces to investigate what happened the day former President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol. Continue reading