Jul 31 Watch Divided House GOP delays recess to find agreement on border bill By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch Holder: DOJ needs Congress' support to reduce immigration backlog By PBS News Hour Attorney General Eric Holder sits down with Gwen Ifill to discuss the House vote to allow the speaker to sue President Obama, the backlog of immigration cases and the political fight over border crisis, death penalty reforms, voting rights and… Continue watching
Jul 31 Holder: Big data is leading to 'fundamental unfairness' in drug sentencing By Joshua Barajas Attorney General Eric Holder told PBS NewsHour's Gwen Ifill on Thursday that he's worried about the criminal justice system relying on so-called big data, in some states, for its drug sentencing. States should, the attorney general said, base a sentence… Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch Holder: Big data is leading to 'fundamental unfairness' in drug sentencing By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 31 Senate races to move VA, highway bills; House postpones its vacation for one more day By David Espo, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Congress ran full-tilt into election-year gridlock over immigration Thursday and staggered toward a five-week summer break with no agreement in sight on legislation to cope with the influx of young immigrants flocking illegally to the United States. Continue reading
Jul 31 Divided House abandons vote on border bill By Erica Werner, Associated Press The House has abandoned a vote on legislation to address the immigration crisis on the border after tea partyers withdrew their support in a dispute over a separate measure on deportations. Continue reading
Jul 31 Eric Cantor steps down as House majority leader By Alan Fram, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Rep. Eric Cantor used his farewell as House majority leader Thursday to lament what he calls a diminished U.S. role in a world that he said is rife with instability and terror. Continue reading
Jul 31 Congress in fight against clock to pass legislation before summer break By Donna Cassata, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Rushing toward the exits, Congress on Thursday scrambled to wrap up legislation addressing the problem-plagued Veterans Affairs Department and a looming shortfall in highway money. House Republicans sought to win over reluctant, tea party conservatives on a border… Continue reading
Jul 31 Gwen Ifill answers your questions live at noon By Margaret Myers Gwen Ifill will host a live chat beginning at 12 p.m. EDT today. As the managing editor of both PBS NewsHour and Washington Week, Gwen has a keen eye on the inner workings of policy and politics in the nation's… Continue reading
Jul 31 Obama takes aim at labor violators with new executive order By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Some companies that earn billions of dollars as government contractors are among the worst violators of U.S. labor laws, yet year after year they keep winning new contracts. So President Barack Obama is aiming to end impunity for… Continue reading