Sep 12 10,000 women march to demand that Belarus president resign By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press About 10,000 women marched noisily through the Belarusian capital on Saturday, beating pots and pans and shouting for the resignation of the country’s authoritarian president in the 35th consecutive day of large anti-government protests. Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch 10:55 In Lehigh Valley, PA, economic concerns predate the pandemic By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman NewsHour Weekend’s new series “Road to Elections 2020” kicks off in the swing state of Pennsylvania, which flipped for Republicans in 2016. Christopher Booker reports from the Lehigh Valley in Northeast Pennsylvania where concerns over the economy predate the COVID-19… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch 3:59 Biden, Trump campaign in working-class Pennsylvania The demographics and the economy of Pennsylvania, which voted for President Trump in 2016 and is also the home state for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, have been changing. But jobs are still one of the biggest issues in the battleground… Continue watching
Sep 12 Trump looks west, eyeing new paths to White House By Jonathan Lemire, Scott Sonner, Associated Press Pushing for new roads to reelection, President Donald Trump is going on the offense this weekend in Nevada, which hasn’t supported a Republican presidential candidate since 2004. Continue reading
Sep 12 AP FACT CHECK: Trump vs. Trump on virus; Biden missteps By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Explaining his deceptive assurances about the pandemic, President Donald Trump suggested he was doing what Winston Churchill had done, soothing the public in a time of danger. That’s not how it went down in World War II. Continue reading
Sep 11 About 8,800 unaccompanied children have been expelled at U.S. border By Associated Press The disclosure came Friday in the government's appeal of an order to stop using hotels for long-term detention of children. Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch 6:06 Trump, Biden make 9/11 trip to Pennsylvania, where battle over mail-in ballots continues The 2020 presidential race struck a somber note Friday, as President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden observed the 19th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Both candidates visited the Pennsylvania memorial to Flight 93 but did not cross… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch 11:49 Shields and Brooks on virus aid impasse, Woodward’s Trump revelations Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the congressional stalemate over pandemic relief legislation, revelations from Bob Woodward’s interviews with President Trump and the political impact… Continue watching
Sep 11 Prosecutor looking into the origins of Russia probe resigns By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Nora Dannehy was a top prosecutor on a team led by U.S. Attorney John Durham of Connecticut, who was appointed last year to lead an investigation into how the FBI and other federal agencies set out to investigate Russian interference… Continue reading
Sep 11 Trump Homeland Security pick faces hurdles to confirmation By Ben Fox, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Republican senators, who are fighting to keep their majority in November, appear in no rush to launch a heated confirmation that will force uncomfortable questions about whether agency actions were driven by Trump's political agenda. Continue reading