Politics

Will the pope's visit to Congress bring a political miracle of unity?

By PBS News Hour

When Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of Congress, he'll speak from the same podium where Father Patrick Conroy, chaplain of the House of Representatives, delivers the opening prayer each morning. Father Pat joins Gwen Ifill to reflect on the…

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Congress doesn't want another shutdown but has no plan yet

By PBS News Hour

The clock is ticking for a divided Congress to come together and avoid a government shutdown: another funding deadline is just one week away. Political director Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to explain where the situation stands.

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Pope canonizes 18th-century missionary; not everyone happy

By Ben Nuckols, Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- In the first canonization on U.S. soil, Pope Francis has elevated to sainthood an 18th-century missionary who brought Catholicism to the American West Coast.

Twitter Chat: A follow-up to 'America After Charleston'

By Jaclyn Diaz

NewsHour will host an "America After Charleston" follow-up Twitter chat from 1-2 p.m EDT, Thursday, Sept. 24.

2016 presidential, vice presidential debate sites chosen

By Jim Salter, Jim Suhr, Associated Press

Four universities were chosen Wednesday to host the 2016 presidential and vice presidential debates, including veteran host Washington University in St. Louis and, marking the first such debate in Nevada, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

GOP pragmatists unhappy with tea party efforts to shut down government

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

Rank-and-file Republican lawmakers are increasingly protesting the tactics of tea party colleagues who demand that legislation to keep the government open also take away federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

OPM: Millions more government fingerprints deemed stolen

By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration says the fingerprints of 5.6 million people who applied for or received a federal security clearance were stolen -- not 1.1 million as first believed.

Pope Francis at White House: Climate change action can't wait

By Nancy Benac and Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Jumping into the issues of the day, Pope Francis opened his visit to the United States with a strong call Wednesday for action to combat climate change, calling it a problem that "can no longer be left to…

Judge orders quicker review of emails from Hillary Clinton aide

By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the State Department to speed up its review of emails from two key aides to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Quiz: What do you know about foreign leaders addressing Congress?

By Lisa Desjardins

The address to Congress by Pope Francis marks the 117th time a foreign dignitary has stood and spoken before a jointly-gathered House and Senate. Test your knowledge of the high-profile political and diplomatic tradition.