Mar 28 McCaskill launches investigation of opioid drugmakers By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Sen. Claire McCaskill said prescription opioid sales have quadrupled since 1999, taking a financial toll on the government and a deadly toll on consumers. Continue reading
Mar 28 Devin Nunes faces growing pressure to recuse himself from Russia probe By Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press House intelligence chairman Devin Nunes acknowledges he went to the White House grounds to review intelligence reports and meet a secret source. Continue reading
Mar 27 Trump executive order seeks to reverse Obama's clean energy regulations By Matthew Daly and Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday that will suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half-dozen Obama-era measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production in the form of fossil fuels. Continue reading
Mar 27 Schiff calls on Nunes to recuse himself from Russia probe By Associated Press Rep. Adam Schiff of California says Chairman Devin Nunes should step away from the investigation because of a secret meeting he had with a source last week on the White House grounds. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch 8:56 After health care fail, can Republicans enact their agenda? By PBS News Hour Republicans are facing the failure of their health care law to replace the Affordable Care Act, and questions over the investigation into Russia and the Trump administration. Judy Woodruff talks with Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch 10:16 How healthy are the Affordable Care Act marketplaces? By Jason Kane, Matt Ehrichs The Affordable Care Act withstood a Republican effort to "repeal and replace," but there are problems with the current law that lawmakers acknowledge need to be addressed. We meet a few Americans who have concerns about Obamacare. Then Mary Agnes… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch 53:43 PBS NewsHour full episode March 27, 2017 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, the Trump administration attempts to move past the defeat on health care only to be hit by mounting questions over Russian ties. Also: Protests across Russia galvanize Putin's critics, claims of civilians killed by a U.S. Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch 5:05 News Wrap: White House struggles to shift gears amid Russia questions By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, White House efforts to move beyond the failed attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act were overshadowed by mounting questions over House Intelligence Chair Devin Nunes' revelation about intercepted Trump communications. Also, Turkish… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch 7:56 Why young Russians are mobilizing against corruption By PBS News Hour Widespread protests broke out across Russia on Sunday to denounce government corruption, the biggest show of defiance against President Vladimir Putin in years. Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Moscow and elsewhere. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports, then… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch 8:14 Turmoil and terrorism breed economic uncertainty for Turkey By PBS News Hour Turkey's tourism outlook has never been so bleak. Increasing terrorism by the Islamic State group and the PKK have driven the country into its worst tourism slump ever, a major sector of the economy. International concerns about political uncertainty, as… Continue watching