Dec 09 Obama orders review of election-season hacking By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence officials to conduct a broad review on the election-season hacking that rattled the presidential campaign and raised new concerns about foreign meddling in U.S. elections, a White House official said Friday. Continue reading
Dec 09 Judge refuses to stop Wisconsin recount; Michigan judges recuse themselves from Stein appeal By Todd Richmond, Associated Press A federal judge refused to halt Wisconsin's presidential recount Friday, telling President-elect Donald Trump's supporters that the recount probably won't change anything anyway. Meanwhile, two Michigan Supreme Court members who made Trump's list of possible U.S. Supreme Court nominees on… Continue reading
Dec 09 McConnell urges coal-state Democrats to accept stopgap deal on miner health benefits By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The spending bill to keep the federal government operating beyond Friday's midnight deadline is stuck in the Senate as Democrats facing re-election in 2018, including West Virginia's Joe Manchin, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, fight for… Continue reading
Dec 09 Trump is keeping his business connection to 'Apprentice' reality show By Lynn Elber, Associated Press President-Elect Donald Trump's continued stake in a TV series is yet another unusual aspect of the election of a businessman and reality star to the presidency. Questions have been raised on how his extensive holdings may intersect with his actions… Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch 54:13 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 8, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, President-elect Donald Trump meets with first responders of the Ohio State stabbings. Also: The House approves a government funding bill containing state aid, Mr. Trump’s pick to head the EPA, three women train for combat positions… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 3:27 Trump meets with first responders to Ohio State stabbings By PBS News Hour President-elect Donald Trump left New York on Thursday and flew to Columbus, Ohio, to meet with first responders to last week’s stabbings at Ohio State University. Meanwhile, he formally announced Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma's attorney general and a critic of climate-change… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 8:29 Does a Wall Street Cabinet discredit Trump's Main Street message? By PBS News Hour From the early days of his campaign, one of Donald Trump's rallying cries was to “beware of Wall Street.” But the president-elect’s Cabinet picks of Steve Mnuchin and Wilbur Ross are stalwarts of the financial establishment. Special correspondent Paul Solman… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 10:04 How far will Scott Pruitt take EPA regulatory reform? By PBS News Hour President-elect Donald Trump has selected Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma's attorney general and a critic of climate-change regulations, to head the EPA. Judy Woodruff sits down with Scott Segal of Bracewell and Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, to… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 4:15 News Wrap: House passes government funding bill By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the House approved a bill to fund the government through April. It includes disaster relief for Louisiana and aid for the contaminated water system in Flint, Michigan. Despite its passage, members of both parties complained… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 2:48 The 'thin legitimacy' of social media as a news source By PBS News Hour Due to the proliferation of social media, getting people to read serious journalism is harder than ever, says New York University professor Jay Rosen. Anyone with a smartphone can produce content, and Facebook doesn’t have an editor in chief --… Continue watching