Feb 20 2 Myanmar protesters killed by police fire, reports say By Associated Press Two anti-coup protesters were shot dead by riot police who fired live rounds Saturday in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, local media reported. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 10:50 As peace talks with the Taliban stall, deadline to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan looms By Jane Ferguson, Emily Kassie Last February, former President Trump made a deal with the Taliban to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by May 1st, 2021. After two decades of partnership with the U.S. and its NATO allies, foreign forces are preparing to go home,… Continue watching
Feb 20 Biden declares major disaster in Texas as federal aid flows By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Add Mother Nature to the pile of crises on President Joe Biden’s plate. A month into the job and focused on the coronavirus, Biden is seeing his disaster management skills tested after winter storms plunged Texas, Oklahoma and neighboring states… Continue reading
Feb 19 U.S. unwinds Trump policy making asylum-seekers wait in Mexico By Elliot Spagat, Julie Watson, Associated Press The Biden administration is moving to restore the asylum system to the way it worked for decades by releasing a group of asylum-seekers into the U.S. It ends their long wait in Mexico. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 12:34 Brooks and Capehart on President Biden’s first month in office and Rush Limbaugh’s legacy New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including Republican infighting, the legacy of Rush Limbaugh and President Biden's first month in office. Continue watching
Feb 19 Air Force orders new review into racial, ethnic disparities By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Air Force inspector general will conduct a second investigation into racial and ethnic disparities across the force. Service leaders say the review will include gender and additional racial categories such as Asian and American Indian. Continue reading
Feb 19 Manchin’s opposition threatens to sink Biden budget nominee By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said Friday that he will oppose Neera Tanden's confirmation. Continue reading
Feb 19 WATCH: Texas governor speaks on status of winter storm, power outages By Associated Press The cascading crises of power outages across Texas due to winter weather lead to another problem — lack of clean water. Continue reading
Feb 19 WATCH: Biden defends progress on COVID-19 as weather delays 6 million shots By Zeke Miller, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press While acknowledging the weather is "slowing up the distribution," Biden said at the Pfizer plant in Michigan that he believes "we'll be approaching normalcy by the end of this year."… Continue reading
Feb 19 WATCH: What foreign policy challenges will the Biden administration face? By News Desk PBS NewsHour special correspondent Jane Ferguson, based in Beirut, joins other journalists -- New York Times Pentagon correspondent Helene Cooper, New York Times Washington bureau chief Elisabeth Bumiller, and Washington Post senior national security correspondent Karen DeYoung -- to discuss… Continue reading