Sep 23 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. Continue reading
Sep 23 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. Continue reading
Sep 23 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. Continue reading
Sep 23 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. Continue reading
Sep 23 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… Continue reading
Sep 22 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. Continue reading
Sep 22 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. Continue reading
Sep 22 Petraeus apologizes for giving classified info to mistress By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus apologized to Congress on Tuesday for sharing classified information with his biographer and mistress, Paula Broadwell. It was his first public testimony before lawmakers since resigning as CIA director. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch 10:30 What Walker's campaign bow out means for the GOP race By PBS News Hour Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced he was dropping out of the presidential race after falling behind in the polls. Gwen Ifill discusses Walker’s decision with Susan Page of USA Today and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report, plus Ben… Continue watching