Jun 06 Watch 22:54 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 6, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, June 6, 2015, are Chinese hackers accessing U.S. databases to recruit spies? After more violence, new promises to fight Boko Haram in Nigeria. And in our signature segment, some drug companies may be paying to… Continue watching
Jun 06 Egyptian court overturns designation of Hamas as a terrorist group By Daniel Costa-Roberts An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday overturned a lower court ruling that designated the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas as a terrorist organization, court officials said… Continue reading
Jun 06 Audit estimates Social Security overpaid on disabilities by nearly half By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Social Security overpaid nearly half the people receiving disability benefits over the past decade, according to a government watchdog, raising questions about the management of the cash-strapped program. Continue reading
Jun 06 G-7 leaders face tough reality of Russia sanctions strategy By Julie Pace, Associated Press None of the world powers believes the economic and diplomatic punishments levied on Russia for its alleged aggression in Ukraine are changing President Vladimir Putin's calculus, yet there are no plans to shift strategies… Continue reading
Jun 06 Obamas, Clintons among thousands who turn out for Beau Biden funeral By Josh Lederman, Associated Press Mourning a loss that touched people from the streets of Delaware to the White House and beyond, President Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton joined Vice President Joe Biden in bidding farewell Saturday to his eldest son, Beau. Continue reading
Jun 06 New sexual assault claims against Hastert jarring, former colleagues say By Alan Fram, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Dennis Hastert's former House colleagues say the emergence of sexual abuse allegations against him has been jarring, at odds with a reason they anointed him speaker in the late 1990s - his squeaky-clean reputation. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 3:34 Is Erdogan stirring election tensions? By PBS News Hour Chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the high tensions ahead of the Turkish election, including a deadly attack on a Kurdish political rally. Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch 2:57 Election approaching, Turkey’s Erdogan seeks to expand powers By PBS News Hour Turkey heads to parliamentary elections Sunday, and Turkish President Erdogan wants his party to win at least 60 percent of the seats in order to change the constitution and grant executive-style powers to his office. Will millions endorse or stop… Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch 12:22 Shields and Brooks discuss Clinton on voting rights, Republicans on Islamic State By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the 2016 candidacies of former Gov. Martin O’Malley, Sen. Lincoln Chafee, former Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Lindsey Graham, why… Continue watching
Jun 05 Gwen’s Take: A blacksmith and a gamer walk into a bar … What you didn’t know about the 2016 candidates By Gwen Ifill In my business we’re often criticized for focusing too heavily on the horse race nature of a political campaign. This is often a fair and just criticism. We do it because it’s easy, and because sometimes it’s fun. Here’s the… Continue reading