Sep 18 Watch 12:19 Shields and Brooks on politics in science, Biden's working-class outreach Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump’s vaccine rhetoric, the administration’s political manipulation of science, Joe Biden’s campaign message for working-class voters and Trump’s… Continue watching
Sep 18 Democrats set to unveil stopgap bill to prevent shutdown By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press House Democrats are preparing a temporary spending bill that’s needed to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. It’s a lowest-common-denominator, bare-minimum measure that befits a deeply polarized Congress. Continue reading
Sep 18 WATCH: Trump seeks rural votes in Minnesota battleground By Will Weissert, Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press Minnesota has backed Democratic presidential candidates for nearly half a century and rarely receives much attention during the final stages of the race. This is when campaigns typically focus their resources on more traditional swing states like Florida or Pennsylvania. Continue reading
Sep 18 USDA plans additional $14 billion for farmers reeling from coronavirus By David Pitt, Associated Press The U.S. Department of Agriculture released details of its plan Friday, saying it will provide "financial assistance that gives producers the ability to absorb increased marketing costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic."… Continue reading
Sep 18 Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney quits U.K. role over 'lamentable' Brexit plan By Pan Pylas, Associated Press Amal Clooney has become the highest profile lawyer to quit an official job over her opposition to the British government's suggestion that it could break international law in the event it fails to agree a trade deal with the European… Continue reading
Sep 18 Mississippi justices reject broad absentee voting during pandemic By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press Mississippi law does not allow absentee voting by all people who have health conditions that might make them vulnerable to COVID-19. That's according to a ruling from the state Supreme Court on Friday. Continue reading
Sep 18 Assange lawyer says Trump offered deal to avoid extradition to U.S. By Pan Pylas, Associated Press A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has told a London court that her client was indirectly offered a deal by President Donald Trump that would see him avoid extradition if he revealed the source of a leak of documents… Continue reading
Sep 18 WATCH: Pelosi tells Catholic archbishop to 'follow science' on COVID-19 restrictions By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone is protesting limits on larger public gatherings. He said that worshipers First Amendment rights are being "unjustly repressed" by the government. Continue reading
Sep 18 CDC drops controversial testing advice that caused backlash By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press U.S. health officials are dropping a controversial piece of coronavirus guidance and telling all those who have been in close contact with infected people to get tested. Continue reading
Sep 18 Calls for reform bring renewed focus to community policing, but does it work? By Candice Norwood Despite funding from the federal government and support among many police departments, community policing has become an amorphous concept that encompasses a myriad of tactics. Continue reading