Sep 16 Child care choices limited for those working outside 9-to-5 By Sally Ho, Associated Press Parents who work outside traditional business hours are often lost in the national conversation around child care. Continue reading
Sep 16 How a shifting definition of ‘white’ helped shape U.S. immigration policy By Kamala Kelkar The definition of "white" has changed over time, but historians say it has always influenced immigration policy in the United States. Continue reading
Sep 16 Trump skips town, but still focus of competing rallies in D.C. By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press Competing rallies in the nation's capital highlighted the stark political divisions in the United States. Continue reading
Sep 16 They got hundreds of thousands to rally. Where does the March for Science go from here? By Lev Facher, STAT The rally was a demonstration of enthusiasm and political clout. But organizers now hope to turn a march into a movement. Continue reading
Sep 16 California lawmakers approve presidential primary in March By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press California lawmakers voted early Saturday to set the state's presidential primary in March, a move that would force candidates to mount expensive campaigns earlier in the state that awards the most delegates. Continue reading
Sep 16 Suicide among veterans highest in western U.S., rural areas By Hope Yen, Associated Press Montana, Utah, Nevada and New Mexico had the highest rates of veteran suicide as of 2014. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch 22:01 Dissecting the election, Hillary Clinton sees dangers for democracy By Judy Woodruff, Rachel Wellford Calling the Trump presidency "a clear and present danger to our country and to the world,” Hillary Clinton says there is no leadership from the White House on exposing how Russia tried to destabilize American democracy. The former senator, secretary… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch 11:39 Shields and Brooks on Hillary Clinton’s election candor, Trump’s dealing with Democrats By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss takeaways from an in-depth interview with Hillary Clinton on her election memoir “What Happened,” President Trump’s move to work with Democrats on protections for… Continue watching
Sep 15 Transgender troops can re-enlist in military for now, Pentagon says By Richard Lardner, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press New guidance released Friday by the Pentagon makes it clear that any transgender troops currently in the military can re-enlist in the next several months, even as the department debates how broadly to enforce a ban on their service ordered… Continue reading
Sep 15 ‘What Happened,’ according to Hillary Clinton (full interview) By Erica R. Hendry Hillary Clinton criticized President Donald Trump on a number of fronts in a PBS NewsHour interview Friday, saying “he’s being played” by dictators like Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, and also criticizing the president’s… Continue reading