Jun 21 Women’s congressional softball game sets fundraising record By Dan Cooney The ninth annual Congressional Women's Softball Game on Wednesday set a record for fundraising. The game took place one week after a shooting at a men's congressional baseball practice. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch 7:12 News Wrap: Republicans celebrate Georgia special election win By PBS News Hour In the our news wrap Wednesday, congressional Republicans and the Trump White House celebrated Karen Handel's win in a special election race for a House seat in Georgia. Also, the FBI confirmed that the gunman who opened fire on House… Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch 7:43 Sen. Lankford: Michael Flynn accusations ‘more open to interpretation’ By PBS News Hour Current and past U.S. government officials including former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson testified Wednesday before the House and Senate Intelligence Committees in order to offer more accurate picture of how Russia meddled in the 2016 elections. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch 7:57 What we learned from GOP victories in Georgia and South Carolina By PBS News Hour Karine Jean-Pierre or MoveOn.org and David Avella of GOPAC join John Yang to discuss the results of Tuesday’s special elections in Georgia and South Carolina and what both parties can learn from these congressional races as the nation looks ahead… Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch 2:28 Will the Senate’s health care proposal sway key Republicans? By PBS News Hour Republican Senate leaders plan to release their proposal for health care on Thursday after weeks of work behind closed doors. The Washington Post reported a draft largely mirrors the House version, but with some notable changes. Hari Sreenivasan learns more… Continue watching
Jun 21 Senate health-care plan would halt Obamacare penalties, taxes By Alan Fram and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Top Senate Republicans prepared Wednesday to release their plan for dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law, a proposal that would cut and revamp Medicaid, end penalties on people not buying coverage and eliminate tax increases that financed the statute's… Continue reading
Jun 21 WATCH LIVE: Tillerson and Mattis to hold joint news conference after talks with China By Associated Press The US and China began high-level security talks Wednesday focused largely on North Korea, amid outrage in Washington over the death of an American college student after his imprisonment in the North. Continue reading
Jun 21 Who are the lawyers helping Robert Mueller in the Russia investigation? By Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The team of lawyers investigating potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign is still growing, but its early composition reveals a breadth of experience in criminal law and in following the money. The team includes a former… Continue reading
Jun 21 Jeh Johnson says hacking didn’t alter ballot counts By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says cyberattacks orchestrated by the Russian government did not alter any ballots, ballot counts or the reporting of election results. But Johnson tells the House Intelligence committee that he doesn’t know whether… Continue reading
Jun 21 Intel officials detail how Russian cyberattacks sought to interfere with U.S. elections By Richard Lardner and Deb Riechmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Current and former government officials painted a sinister portrait Wednesday of Russian cyberattacks on the United States aimed at interfering in the U.S. presidential election last year. Moscow stockpiled stolen information and selectively disseminated it during the campaign… Continue reading