Apr 23 Feds unlock iPhone in NY drug case, drop fight with Apple By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department said it has withdrawn a request to force Apple to reveal data from a cellphone linked to a New York drug case after someone provided federal investigators with the phone's passcode. Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch 53:39 PBS NewsHour full episode April 22, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, new CDC statistics point to an alarming rise in nationwide suicide rates. Also: Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe restores voting rights to convicted felons, Shields and Brooks talk politics, how al-Shabab is winning the propaganda battle in… Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch 5:46 Felons who've paid their debt deserve to vote, says Virginia Gov. McAuliffe By PBS News Hour Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed a sweeping order Friday to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 convicted felons within the state. McAuliffe described the action as an effort to reverse decades of voter repression, but state Republicans accused the… Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch 12:17 Shields and Brooks on Va. voting rights for felons, toning down the Trump campaign By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s move to reinstate voting rights to former felons, whether Donald Trump has been putting on… Continue watching
Apr 22 Obama says North Carolina law should be overturned By Darlene Superville and Kevin Freking, Associated Press LONDON -- President Barack Obama called on Friday for the overturning of a North Carolina law that requires transgender people to use public bathrooms conforming to the sex on their birth certificates and restricts protections for LGBT people. Continue reading
Apr 22 Ted Cruz, likable guy? He's working on that By Julie Pace and Scott Bauer, Associated Press WASHINGTON — After spending a year campaigning as a hardened, uncompromising conservative, Ted Cruz wants voters to see him in a different light. Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch 2:41 Talk of rules, for restrooms and the RNC, dominates the campaign trail By PBS News Hour Rules took center stage in the election cycle Thursday, as Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz clashed over rules regulating transgender people’s access to restrooms. Meanwhile, RNC officials left the Republican party’s rules unchanged going into July’s convention, and Bernie… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 45:12 PBS NewsHour full episode April 21, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, controversies over rules dominate the day on the campaign trail. Also: Inside the electoral battles for Pennsylvania and Maryland, how trade policy is playing out in the race for the White House, why the U.S.-Saudi relationship… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 3:36 News Wrap: Death toll in Ecuador climbs higher By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the death toll in Ecuador reached 577 in the wake of Saturday’s earthquake, with at least 160 still unaccounted for and more than 23,000 left homeless. Also, Volkswagen submitted a formal plan today to settle… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 6:11 What the Maryland and Pennsylvania primaries can offer the presidential candidates By PBS News Hour Though front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton picked up big wins in New York’s delegate-rich primary, there are still key upcoming contests that could make a difference in the presidential race, especially Maryland and Pennsylvania. John Fritz of the Baltimore… Continue watching