Mar 21 Senators urge Trump officials to ramp up security for 2018 ballots By Christina A. Cassidy, Mary Clare Jalonick and Chad Day, Associated Press The committee is recommending that states make sure voting machines have paper audit trails and aren't capable of being connected to the internet. Senators also are pushing for better communication among the various U.S. intelligence agencies and federal, state and… Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch 3:55 Days behind schedule, can Congress pass its huge spending bill before the next shutdown? By PBS News Hour Congressional leaders have finalized their $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that will keep government funded through September, and now they have two days to pass it to avoid another government shutdown. John Yang learns more from Lisa Desjardins about what’s… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch 3:04 Trump call to Putin draws condemnation as leaked details show widening rift with staff By PBS News Hour President Trump's phone call congratulating Russian President Vladimir Putin on his landslide re-election drew criticism on Wednesday from lawmakers and former national security officials. On Tuesday, the Washington Post reported that Trump had ignored instructions from advisors not to congratulate… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch 8:07 Sen. King: 2018 elections are ‘vulnerable’ and U.S. is failing to deter our adversaries By PBS News Hour Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, says King joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the ongoing Russia investigation, failures by Facebook to regulate the use of its own data, President Trump’s congratulatory call to Russian President Vladimir Putin and securing state election systems. Continue watching
Mar 21 Facebook ‘made mistakes,’ Zuckerberg says of data scandal By Associated Press Zuckerberg is breaking more than four days of silence as he posts an update about the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Continue reading
Mar 21 Federal Reserve raises key interest rate, says it expects 2 more hikes this year By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press These steps show confidence that the economy remains sturdy nearly nine years after the Great Recession ended, officials said. Continue reading
Mar 21 5 overlooked politics stories that are worth your time By Saher Khan The 24-hour news cycle is filled with political coverage, but not everything gets the attention it deserves. Here are five politics stories you may have missed in the past week. Continue reading
Mar 21 What’s in the massive omnibus spending deal By Lisa Desjardins Congressional leaders are finalizing the massive omnibus spending bill. Here's a guide to the spending package. Continue reading
Mar 21 Briefing papers warned Trump: ‘DO NOT CONGRATULATE’ Putin By Jonathan Lemire and Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump was warned in briefing materials to refrain from congratulating Russian President Vladimir Putin on his re-election, but he did so anyway, a senior administration official said Wednesday. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 4:27 Facebook faces scrutiny for how user data was used to influence elections By PBS News Hour British-based research firm Cambridge Analytica has been accused of harvesting data from more than 50 million Facebook users, and misleading the tech giant about it. New undercover video captured the CEO talking about their work for the Trump campaign. Meanwhile,… Continue watching