Jan 05 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: Top U.S. intelligence official addresses Trump criticism over Russia hacking By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the nation’s top intelligence official James Clapper told senators in a hearing he has “very high confidence” that Russia hacked Democratic Party computers in a bid to interfere with the U.S. election. Also, it was… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 23:05 Biden: Trump’s belittling of U.S. intelligence agencies is ‘dangerous,’ ‘mindless’ By Judy Woodruff, Rachel Wellford As the Obama years come to a close, Vice President Joe Biden sits down with Judy Woodruff to discuss his thoughts on his tenure, the election and the future of the country. They discuss the fate of the Affordable Care… Continue watching
Jan 05 Trump may pursue border wall promise without new legislation By Erica Werner and Jill Colvin, Associated Press Under the evolving plan, the Trump administration would rely on existing legislation authorizing fencing and other technology along the southern border. Continue reading
Jan 05 ‘Grow up, Donald… Time to be an adult,’ Biden says in PBS NewsHour interview By Daniel Bush Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized President-elect Donald Trump's attacks on the U.S. intelligence community and his grasp of health care policy, which is now up for debate on Capitol Hill as Republicans move to undo the Affordable Care… Continue reading
Jan 05 AP source: Trump selects former Sen. Dan Coats as director of national intelligence By Julie Pace, Deb Riechmann and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Coats is a conservative who spent 16 years in the Senate. He announced his retirement last year and did not seek re-election. Continue reading
Jan 05 Ryan: GOP to ‘defund’ Planned Parenthood in Obamacare repeal By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that Republicans would slash federal dollars for Planned Parenthood as part of the GOP effort to repeal the health care law. Continue reading
Jan 05 Why Obama’s last-minute pardons probably won’t include Manning, Bergdahl or Snowden By Josh Lederman and Eric Tucker, Associated Press President Barack Obama is planning at least one more batch of pardons and commutations before leaving office in two weeks, but don't expect many famous offenders to make the list. Continue reading
Jan 05 WATCH LIVE: John Kerry to speak ahead of release of Russian hacking report By Elizabeth Flock Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to speak at 2 p.m. ET from the State Department. Continue reading
Jan 05 WATCH: Top U.S. intelligence officials to testify on Russian hacking By Richard Lardner, Associated Press The Armed Services Committee's cyber threats hearing on Thursday comes a day before the president-elect is to be briefed by the CIA and FBI directors on the investigation into Russia's alleged hacking efforts. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 53:23 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 4, 2017 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, President Obama and Vice President-elect Pence head to Capitol Hill to make opposing cases on the future of health care. Also: CIA Director Brennan looks ahead to the Trump administration's relationship with Russia and U.S. intelligence,… Continue watching