May 26 GOP conservatives sink spending bill over LGBT rights By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The sweeping 305-112 vote to kill an energy spending measure imperils efforts by GOP leaders to pass any more of the 12 annual spending bills for the upcoming budget year. Continue reading
May 26 Trump uses energy speech to outline general election pitch By Jill Colvin and Matthew Daly, Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will deliver his first policy speech on energy on Thursday, hours after locking up enough delegates to secure the GOP nomination. Continue reading
May 26 Donald Trump wins GOP presidential nomination By Associated Press Trump, the only remaining GOP candidate left in the race, will go on to accept the nomination at the party's national convention in Cleveland. Continue reading
May 26 House reverses course, supports LGBT rights measure By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press More than 40 Republicans helped Democrats power the gay rights measure through late Wednesday, despite the opposition of GOP conservatives who dominate the House. Continue reading
May 26 5 things you might have missed in the Clinton email report By Lisa Desjardins The 83-page State Department report on Hillary Clinton and the use of private email accounts at the department, released Wednesday, brought some new information to light and confirmed other findings. Here are five of the more interesting points. Continue reading
May 26 Obama: World leaders rightfully 'rattled' by Trump By Nancy Benac, Associated Press SHIMA, Japan — President Barack Obama said Thursday that foreign leaders are "rattled" by Donald Trump and have good reason to feel that way, as he accused the presumptive Republican presidential nominee of ignorance about world affairs. Continue reading
May 25 Watch 4:07 Long wait times for health care still dogging troubled Veterans Affairs department By PBS News Hour When Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald compared the exceptionally-long wait times veterans still endure to get health care to lines at Disneyland, a national firestorm erupted. House Speaker Paul Ryan said his words reflected a “culture of indifference” and McDonald… Continue watching
May 25 Watch 5:33 Why Clinton's private email use is deemed more serious than predecessors' By PBS News Hour The State Department’s report condemning Hillary Clinton has brought the debate over her conduct as Secretary of State back to the forefront of the political landscape, and throws the race for the White House into uncharted territory. Judy Woodruff talks… Continue watching
May 25 Watch 5:55 News Wrap: State Department watchdog slams Hillary Clinton over email server By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, a leaked audit from the State Department’s inspector general concluded that Hillary Clinton violated federal standards by using a private email server during her tenure as Secretary of State. Also, eleven states filed suit against… Continue watching
May 25 Watch 53:38 PBS NewsHour full episode May 25, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, the State Department finds that Hillary Clinton’s private email server violated federal rules. Also: Donald Trump finds himself under new scrutiny, the VA Secretary’s Disney controversy, tracking the health effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years… Continue watching