Apr 21 Watch Was the Supreme Court ruling a setback for voting rights? By PBS News Hour In the months since the Supreme Court struck down a key portion of the Voting Rights Act, five states have tightened access to voting. The ruling has sparked nationwide debate, and the Obama administration is pushing back with an investigation. Continue watching
Apr 21 Putin, Ukraine continue to test Obama By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Simone Pathe, Rachel Wellford Today in the Morning Line: Ukraine violence threatens peace deal Keystone delay won't eliminate the pipeline midterm politics The Jeb scrutiny cometh Where money's spent as important as how much Ukraine: The fragile peace deal in Ukraine looks to be… Continue reading
Apr 19 National energy boom blurs traditional political allegiances By Associated Press The U.S. energy boom is blurring the traditional political battle lines across the country. Democrats are split between environmentalists and business and labor groups, with the proposed Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline a major wedge. Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch Socialism after Chavez: Political divisions deepen amid unrest in Venezuela By PBS News Hour It’s been a year since Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro -- the hand-picked successor of long-time, charismatic leader Hugo Chavez -- entered office. Demonstrations against rising crime have mushroomed into massive marches over insecurity, scarcity and demonstrator arrests. Chief foreign correspondent Margaret… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch Shields and Brooks on Keystone politics, Nevada land dispute 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 the Keystone pipeline decision delay, a conflict in Nevada over private use of public land, Putin’s motives in the ongoing… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch News Wrap: Keystone oil pipeline decision delayed again By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the State Department extended the federal review of the controversial plan to add on to the Keystone oil pipeline, citing a Nebraska legal fight for the delay. Environmental groups welcomed the news, but House Speaker… Continue watching
Apr 18 Keystone pipeline review delayed by State Department By Josh Lederman, Dina Cappiello, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The State Department is giving federal agencies more time to review the Keystone XL pipeline before deciding whether to issue a permit. Continue reading
Apr 18 IRS audits less than 1 percent of big partnerships By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press The Internal Revenue Service audits fewer than 1 percent of large business partnerships, according to a government report released Tuesday. That means some of Wall Street's largest hedge funds and private equity firms are largely escaping close scrutiny by the… Continue reading
Apr 18 8 million health care sign-ups take sting out of GOP attacks By Domenico Montanaro, Simone Pathe, Rachel Wellford Today in the Morning Line: 8 million health care sign-ups mean good news for Democrats Reality check: Top seven key Senate races are in very red states But does GOP map expansion recede? Hillary Clinton's numbers back to politics as… Continue reading
Apr 17 8 million Americans have signed up for health care, Obama says By Joshua Barajas Video by PBS NewsHour President Barack Obama announced Thursday that the number of Americans who have signed up for health care under the Affordable Care Act has grown to eight million, adding that 35 percent of enrollees are… Continue reading