May 16 Watch 5:17 Inside the U.S. raid that took out a key ISIS leader in Syria By PBS News Hour U.S. special forces killed a senior Islamic State commander during a raid overnight Friday in eastern Syria, the Pentagon said Saturday. Doug Ollivant, the former director for Iraq in the National Security Council, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington, D.C., to… Continue watching
May 16 Despite setbacks, U.S. says military strategy against ISIS is working By Robert Burns, Associated Press Despite major new setbacks in Iraq, the U.S. military command leading the fight against Islamic State militants insists that its strategy is working and that the militants' takeover of a key oil refinery and a government compound are fleeting gains… Continue reading
May 16 Kerry: Iran nuclear deal could have ‘positive influence’ on North Korea By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday he is hopeful that the successful conclusion of a nuclear deal with Iran will send a positive message to North Korea to restart negotiations on its own atomic program. Continue reading
May 15 Watch 4:21 GOP renews abortion battle with eyes on the Supreme Court By PBS News Hour This week Republicans passed a bill to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, which House Speaker John Boehner called the "most pro-life legislation” to ever come before the House. The bill depends on a recent study that found… Continue watching
May 15 Watch 11:28 Shields and Brooks on the Senate’s trade battle, train safety funding 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 a death sentence for Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, an Amtrak funding and safety debate after the deadly derailment, the Senate… Continue watching
May 15 Women on Capitol Hill dish on their experiences with sexism By Anna Sillers Sexism on Capitol Hill is by no means new. But a new survey from the National Journal shows how widespread the problem still is. Continue reading
May 15 Dozens of Cubans stranded at sea aboard Coast Guard vessel By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Thirty-eight Cuban migrants caught trying to sail to the U.S. are stranded aboard a U.S. Coast Guard vessel, waiting for permission from the Cuban government to return home, The Associated Press has learned. The would-be immigrants had tourist… Continue reading
May 15 Forget Mayweather-Pacquiao, Holyfield-Romney (yes Romney) is a fight worth watching By Associated Press Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and five-time heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield are set to square off at a charity fight night event in Salt Lake City on Friday night. Continue reading
May 15 ABC faces credibility crisis over Stephanopoulos donations By David Bauder, Associated Press George Stephanopoulos apologized to viewers Friday for donating $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation and failing to disclose it earlier, as ABC News now finds its chief anchor in a credibility crisis on the eve of a presidential campaign. Continue reading
May 15 Gwen’s Take: Politics through a glass, darkly — trade edition By Gwen Ifill Is Washington transparent? Certainly not. Are all lawmakers friends, even within their own parties? No way. So it helps to have a glossary when you listen to them speak. Continue reading