Jan 04 In farewell, DeVos urges Congress to reject Biden's policies By Collin Binkley, Associated Press In a farewell letter to Congress, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos urged lawmakers to reject policies supported by President-elect Joe Biden, and to protect Trump administration policies that Biden has promised to eliminate. Continue reading
Jan 04 D.C. mayor calls in National Guard for protests as Congress is expected to affirm Biden victory By Ashraf Khalil, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Bracing for possible violence, the nation’s capital has mobilized the National Guard ahead of planned protests by President Donald Trump’s supporters as Congress votes Wednesday on affirming Joe Biden’s election victory. Continue reading
Jan 04 WATCH: Georgia election officials reject Trump call to 'find' more votes By Jeff Amy, Darlene Superville, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Georgia's top election official responded after the release of a phone call where President Donald Trump can be heard pressuring him to "find" enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state. Continue reading
Jan 04 What's at stake in the Georgia Senate runoffs By Amna Nawaz, Sam Lane, Vika Aronson, Erica R. Hendry, Emily Carpeaux Amna Nawaz talks to Emory University political science professor Andra Gillespie about why the state found itself with not one, but two runoff elections Jan. 5 – and what we can learn from the state’s changing political landscape. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 8:24 Politics wrap: Trump threatens GA secretary of state, Senate runoffs too close to call By PBS NewsHour Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Michael Hill to discuss what he calls a ‘poisonous’ political atmosphere: an explosive audio recording of President Trump threatening the Georgia Secretary of State to overturn the state’s election result, the too-close-to-call Senate runoff on… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 4:00 2020 in review: "The story is right outside." By PBS NewsHour We’ve been looking back at some of the stories from 2020 with our team of producers here at NewsHour Weekend. Segment producer Mori Rothman joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how producing changed in 2020: reporting on stories, like the George… Continue watching
Jan 03 Congress opens new session as virus, Biden's win dominate By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Congress convened Sunday for the start of a new session, swearing in lawmakers during a tumultuous period as a growing number of Republicans work to overturn Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump and the coronavirus surges. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 6:22 2020 in review: Summing up an unimaginable year By PBS NewsHour Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Christopher Booker about some of the most memorable stories he covered in what turned out to be an out-of-the-ordinary year: New York state’s first mobile COVID-19 testing site, the George Floyd protests in New York City,… Continue watching
Jan 03 Pelosi narrowly reelected speaker, faces difficult 2021 By Alan Fram, Associated Press Nancy Pelosi was narrowly reelected Sunday as speaker, giving her the reins of Democrats’ slender House majority as President-elect Joe Biden sets a challenging course of producing legislation to tackle the pandemic, revive the economy and address other party priorities. Continue reading
Jan 03 Trump, on tape, presses Ga. official to 'find' Trump votes By Jeff Amy, Darlene Superville, Kate Brumback, Associated Press The renewed intervention and the persistent and unfounded claims of fraud by the first president to lose reelection in almost 30 years come nearly two weeks before Trump leaves office and two days before twin runoffs in Georgia that will… Continue reading