Apr 18 S.C. activists demand DOJ probe local police killings since 1994 By Daniel Costa-Roberts Civil rights groups in North Charleston, South Carolina have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to launch an investigation into all the fatal officer-involved shootings in Charleston County since 1994. Continue reading
Apr 18 Obama plans Everglades trip to highlight cost of climate change By Associated Press President Obama says he'll visit the Everglades on Wednesday to talk about how global warming threatens the U.S. economy. Continue reading
Apr 18 Rare bipartisanship breaks out on Capitol Hill By Erica Werner, Associated Press On Iran, Medicare, education and trade, Republicans and Democrats have come together to make deals, and that's something rarely seen lately. Continue reading
Apr 18 GOP contenders target New Hampshire voters for 2016 By Associated Press Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is making it a family affair while campaigning in New Hampshire, while Mike Huckabee is still playing coy about his presidential ambitions. Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch 12:12 Shields and Brooks on Pacific trade deal politics, Clinton and Rubio on the trail By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss this week’s news, including the potential domestic and global effects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, defining the role of Congress in the Iran… Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch 8:03 News Wrap: Obama urges Senate to vote on Lynch confirmation By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, President Obama hosted Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at the White House, and addressed a list of issues, including the way GOP leaders are handling one of his main cabinet appointments. Also, financial leaders from… Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch 5:13 What’s next for Obama’s immigration actions in court? By PBS News Hour In November, President Obama announced new executive actions on U.S. immigration policy; 26 states then sued the president for what they say is an overstep of his Constitutional authority. Today, a panel of federal judges in New Orleans heard arguments… Continue watching
Apr 17 Obama calls delay of his attorney general nominee ‘crazy’ By Connie Cass, Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press President Barack Obama on Friday said it was "crazy" and "embarrassing" the way the Republican-led Senate has held up confirmation of his attorney general nominee, Loretta Lynch. Continue reading
Apr 17 Ex-U.S. Sen. Griffin, who hastened Nixon resignation, dies By Ed White, Associated Press DETROIT — Former U.S. Sen. Robert Griffin, a Michigan Republican whose withdrawal of support hastened President Richard Nixon's resignation during the Watergate scandal, has died at age 91. Continue reading
Apr 17 Gwen’s Take: Dames and leadership By Gwen Ifill Here’s a quiz: when you think of Civil War heroes, can you name a single woman? Unlikely. But in a new book, journalist Coke Roberts proves that women were not invisible during the War Between the States. What these women… Continue reading