Dec 21 After violence in Turkey and Germany, Trump meeting with security adviser By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump is planning to meet with his incoming national security adviser in the aftermath of a rattling day of violence around the world. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch 4:47 Investigations reveal startling scope of lead in drinking water By PBS News Hour On Tuesday, Michigan’s attorney general filed new criminal charges in Flint’s lead contamination case. But Flint is not alone. Reports from both USA Today and Reuters find that lead contamination is widespread, affecting some millions of Americans, usually in rural… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 7:59 Kellyanne Conway: Russian interference claims are ‘pure politics’ By PBS News Hour Kellyanne Conway, senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the conclusion by the U.S. intelligence community that Russia tried to influence the election, the president-elect’s tweets in the wake of violence in Germany and Turkey, relations… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 52:44 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 20, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, the Islamic State claims responsibility for a Berlin truck attack that killed 12 people. Also: An update from Donald Trump's senior advisor, President Obama's final push to transfer Guantanamo prisoners, women scramble for contraceptives before the… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 5:27 Worries about access fuel women’s rush to get contraception By PBS News Hour In the immediate aftermath of the election, concerns about access to birth control have spiked. For many women, there’s a fear that the incoming Trump administration will repeal the Affordable Care Act, and with it, access to free contraception. Lisa… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 5:47 Inside Obama’s final push to transfer Guantanamo detainees By PBS News Hour According to a New York Times report, the Obama administration has notified Congress of its plans to transfer more than a dozen of the 59 prisoners who remain at the Guantanamo Bay detention center before President-elect Trump takes office. Charlie… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 4:53 News Wrap: Turkish police detain seven over Russian ambassador assassination By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Turkish police detained seven people in connection to the assassination of Russia’s ambassador, Andrei Karlov, who was shot dead Tuesday at an art gallery. Also, in Syria, buses evacuated more people from east Aleppo, as… Continue watching
Dec 20 Why Trump’s Electoral College win is hardly a ‘landslide’ By Jessica Yarvin While Trump and his top aides have described his Electoral College margin as a “landslide” and a “blowout,” these claims are simply not true. When compared to the previous 57 elections, Trump barely eked out a win, securing 57 percent… Continue reading
Dec 20 McConnell rejects push for select committee probe of Russian hacking By Matthew Daly, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is rejecting bipartisan calls for a special committee to investigate Russian interference in the U.S. election, which American intelligence says was aimed in part at helping Republican Donald Trump defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton. Continue reading
Dec 20 North Carolina governor calls special session to repeal HB2 law By Alison Thoet North Carolina lawmakers will meet this week to repeal the state’s controversial transgender bathroom law, Governor-elect Roy Cooper said. Cooper, a Democrat, said the state legislature would convene a special session on Tuesday on the law, known as HB2, after… Continue reading