Oct 02 Watch 9:22 The grim political routine of responding to a mass shooting By PBS News Hour Will the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history move the needle on the debate over access to guns? Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamra Keith of NPR join Lisa Desjardins to discuss the politics of gun… Continue watching
Oct 02 Interior Department watchdog investigating Secretary Zinke over charter flights By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Zinke disclosed last week that he has taken three charter flights, including a $12,375 late-night trip from Las Vegas to his home state of Montana. Continue reading
Oct 02 WATCH: White House says now is not the time to debate gun control By Associated Press White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said President Donald Trump was focused on the victims and stressed that it was a "time to unite the country."… Continue reading
Oct 02 WATCH: Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, retired astronaut Mark Kelly call for stronger gun laws By Joshua Barajas Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will speak at 1 p.m. ET Monday in Washington, D.C., with her husband, retired NASA astronaut Mark Kelly. Watch their remarks here. Continue reading
Oct 02 Trial begins for suspected mastermind of Benghazi attacks By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press A trial of the suspected mastermind of the 2012 Benghazi, Libya, attacks will unfold this week in a federal courtroom in Washington, three years after he was captured by U.S. special forces in Libya and brought to the U.S. on… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 9:01 Supreme Court to hear case testing the limits of partisan gerrymandering By Sam Weber, Laura Fong In the 2012 elections, Republicans in Wisconsin won 60 of the 99 Assembly seats, despite Democrats having a majority of the statewide vote. The disparity lead to the federal lawsuit Gill v. Whitford, in which plaintiffs alleged that voting districts… Continue watching
Oct 01 Trump says envoy 'wasting his time' talking to North Korea By Matthew Lee, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Sunday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was "wasting his time" trying to negotiate with North Korea. Continue reading
Oct 01 Supreme Court opens pivotal term with Trump nominee in place By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Disputes over a wedding cake for a same-sex couple and partisan electoral maps top the Supreme Court's agenda in the first full term of the Trump presidency. Continue reading
Oct 01 Trump puts NFL players on notice: Stand for national anthem By Associated Press President Donald Trump on Saturday night stoked the controversy over his call for punitive action against NFL players who take a knee or otherwise protest during the national anthem, tweeting anew that they should remain standing out of respect for… Continue reading
Oct 01 Tillerson says U.S. has direct channels to talk to North Korea By Christopher Bodeeen and Matthew Pennington, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged on Saturday that the United States is maintaining direct channels of communications with North Korea. Continue reading