Jan 16 Live chat: Gwen Ifill on politics, media and 'F Gwenifill' By News Desk Chat with Gwen Ifill of Washington Week Washington Week moderator and PBS NewsHour co-anchor Gwen Ifill hosts monthly live chats. For her January chat, Gwen shared her thoughts on potential 2016 presidential candidates, the media's handling of the Chris… Continue reading
Jan 16 Benghazi in Congress' spotlight again By Terence Burlij, Katelyn Polantz The interior of the burnt U.S. consulate building in Benghazi, Libya following the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the building. Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/GettyImages The conclusion in the Senate Intelligence Committee report released Wednesday that the September 2012… Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch Supreme Court weighs clash between freedom of speech, abortion rights By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch Do abortion clinic buffer zones protect public safety or restrict free speech? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch News Wrap: House sends $1.1 trillion budget approval onto Senate By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 15 Bipartisan $1.1 trillion spending bill pushed through by House By Alan Fram, Associated Press Party leaders pushed a massive $1.1 trillion spending bill for this year through the House on Wednesday, shunning the turmoil of recent budget clashes with a compromise financing everything from airports to war costs and brimming with victories and concessions… Continue reading
Jan 15 Senate Intelligence Committee finds 2012 Benghazi attacks were 'preventable' By News Desk After months of investigations, meetings, interviews and oversight hearings, the Senate Intelligence Committee issued a declassified report which reviews the Sept. 11-12, 2012, attacks against two U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya. The committee found the attacks were preventable, based on… Continue reading
Jan 15 NSA has open door into 100,000 computers, thanks to radio waves By News Desk The National Security Agency placed software on almost 100,000 computers that give the agency the ability to not only spy on the affected technology, but use them in possible cyber attacks, the New York Times reported Wednesday. The report stated… Continue reading
Jan 15 Obama to announce new manufacturing consortium in NC By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Highlighting the growing manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy, President Barack Obama is proposing new ways for the government and the private sector to help keep those jobs coming. The White House said Obama will announce Wednesday in Raleigh, N.C.,… Continue reading
Jan 15 First Amendment case brings abortion protesters' rights before Supreme Court By Katelyn Polantz, Bridget Bowman Security escort, left, and protesters stand behind the 35-foot buffer zone outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Boston on December 7. Photo by Wendy Maeda/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The Supreme Court takes up abortion politics… Continue reading