Jul 31 Morning Line's Top 10 Senate Races for July By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Our updated Top 10 Senate races Iowa jumps four spots to No. 5 Kentucky, Georgia slide a little for Democrats Can Congress get it all done with hours to go before recess? Battle for… Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch Senators propose improvements to how colleges handle sexual assault By PBS News Hour One in five female students has been affected by sexual assault, according to the White House. Now a bipartisan group of senators is calling for colleges and universities to take action. Gwen Ifill joins sponsors of the bill Sen. Claire… Continue watching
Jul 30 House GOP lawsuit is unprecedented By Andrew Troast The House made history Wednesday. But not in a positive way. For the first time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has authorized institutionally suing a president. Continue reading
Jul 30 House approves lawsuit against Obama By Alan Fram, Associated Press A sharply divided House approved a Republican plan Wednesday to launch a campaign-season lawsuit against President Barack Obama, accusing him of exceeding the bounds of his constitutional authority. Obama and other Democrats derided the effort as a stunt aimed at… Continue reading
Jul 30 In Kansas City, Obama asks Congress to 'stop just hating all the time' By Kim Chexnayder, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Kimberly Chexnayder, a reporter with the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs program, interviewed two local youths who attended President Obama's speech in Kansas City on Wednesday. Continue reading
Jul 30 Sen. Bob Corker says more will get done with GOP Senate By Domenico Montanaro WASHINGTON -- With Republicans close to taking back the Senate, many have concluded the most likely outcome will be even worse partisan gridlock. After all, it’s not like bipartisan coordination has been a hallmark of the last few years. But… Continue reading
Jul 30 Senate passes $8B bill to fund highways through December By Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Senate delivered an unexpectedly strong vote Tuesday in favor of taking action later this year to resolve the chronic funding problems that have bedeviled highway and transit programs, a sign that Congress may have reached the limit… Continue reading
Jul 30 Republicans to vote on suing President Obama -- is impeachment next? By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Health care, immigration intertwined for GOP lawsuit and opposition Timeline of a lawsuit Is impeachment for real - or just a Democratic (and some Republicans') fantasy? House GOP set to move on border bill;… Continue reading
Jul 30 House passes $17B VA bill By Matthew Daly, Associated Press With a new Veterans Affairs secretary in place and an August recess looming, Congress is likely to move quickly to approve a compromise bill to refurbish the VA and improve veterans' health care. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Rand Paul, Cory Booker team up for bipartisan reform of criminal justice system By PBS News Hour Continue watching