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
Feb 19 WATCH: Biden lays out foreign policy priorities at Munich summit By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Joe Biden has used his first big appearance on the global stage to call on fellow world leaders to demonstrate “democracies can still deliver" for people. Continue reading
Feb 18 Sen. Ted Cruz returns from Cancun after uproar, says traveling 'obviously a mistake' By Steve Peoples, Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press The Republican senator said he began second-guessing the trip since the moment he first got on the plane Wednesday. "In hindsight, I wouldn't have done it," he told reporters. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch 5:17 News Wrap: Democrats introduce bill offering a path to citizenship for millions By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Thursday, Democrats formally introduced President Biden’s immigration bill offering an eight-year path to citizenship for 11 million people, protests continue across Myanmar against military coup, thousands of farmers in India staged sit-ins at railroad police stations,… Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch 8:57 South Carolina places stringent new restrictions on abortions South Carolina is the latest state to place tough new restrictions on abortions. It is part of a renewed focus on abortion access with a new conservative majority on the Supreme Court. Gavin Jackson, a public affairs reporter for South… Continue watching
Feb 18 State Department scrambles to distribute scarce COVID-19 doses to diplomats By Ali Rogin The State Department has so far received less than a quarter of the 315,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses it requested for employees in the United States and worldwide. Continue reading