Jun 05 Watch 9:48 What California voter trends could mean for the national election By PBS News Hour In 1994, strict immigration policies in California, supported by then-GOP Gov. Pete Wilson, mobilized the Latino community into political action. The work of immigrants rights advocates, along with demographic changes in the Golden State, turned the home of Ronald Reagan… Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch 4:11 How new voter ID laws may affect the 2016 presidential contest By PBS News Hour 17 states will have new voting regulations in place for the presidential election this November. 12 states will join the ranks of those requiring voters to show a government-issued photo ID, including North Carolina and Texas. For more insight on… Continue watching
Jun 05 GOP leaders warning Trump to drop attacks on judge By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press A pair of powerful Senate Republicans on Sunday warned Donald Trump to drop his attacks on a Latino judge presiding over a lawsuit against Trump University, joining the widespread rejection of their presumptive presidential nominee's treatment of the federal jurist. Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch 6:04 Venezuela struggles with shortages as oil prices plummet By PBS News Hour Venezuela has the world’s largest reserves of oil, but with the price of oil in a free fall, the country’s economy is shrinking, and the South American nation of 30 million people is suffering. New York Times reporter Nicholas Casey,… Continue watching
Jun 04 Trump OK'd business partner with alleged Iran laundering ties By Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press Six months before he entered the presidential race, Donald Trump announced a new real estate project in Baku, Azerbaijan. Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 53:00 PBS NewsHour full episode June 3, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, another Donald Trump rally ends with chaotic crowd violence as hostilities between protesters and supporters continue to escalate. Also: Why job growth is at a five-year low, Chicago releases hundreds of police shooting videos, Shields and… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 4:07 Another Trump campaign rally ends in chaotic crowd violence By PBS News Hour Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump’s Thursday night rally in San Jose, California, quickly descended into chaos as protesters exchanged blows with Trump supporters and police. The melee was the latest instance of escalating violence that has dogged the real estate… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 12:42 Shields and Brooks on persistent violence at Trump rallies, Clinton's new line of attack By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week in politics, including the continued violence at Donald Trump’s rallies, how the Obama administration could have approached the recession differently, House Speaker… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 52:58 PBS NewsHour full episode June 2, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, candidates canvass California in advance of Tuesday’s penultimate primary. Also: The legal firestorm over Trump University, how to fix the opioid epidemic, why San Francisco activists are telling developers to build in their backyards, Obama’s opinion… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 6:24 News Wrap: Obama cracks down on predatory payday loans By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Obama administration called for strict regulations on short-term, high-interest payday loans used by an estimated 12 million Americans each year. Also, Donald Trump picked up a major endorsement from House Speaker Paul Ryan after… Continue watching