Sep 28 Watch 6:31 High mortgage rates compound housing affordability challenges By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins, Molly Mazilu The average rate on a 30-year mortgage is back above 7% for the first time in twenty months. It’s rough news for the housing market and homebuyers already struggling with rising prices elsewhere. It comes as Treasury yields, which impact… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 5:27 How Blanche is shattering DOJ's standard of political independence By Ali Rogin, Ali Schmitz, Leila Jackson The nation’s top federal law official is drawing scrutiny for his recent political appearances. With just five weeks left until the midterms, some experts say Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring lines meant to keep the Justice Department free of… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 10:14 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on taxpayer funds used for TV ads promoting Trump By Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including the U.S. government paying for TV advertisements promoting President Trump, what voters think about Trump's handling… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 7:28 WFP official on addressing global hunger in face of wars and climate disasters By Nick Schifrin The United Nations recently announced a new executive director for the World Food Programme. Luke Lindberg was a Trump administration Agriculture Department official and inherits one of the UN's toughest jobs. Hundreds of millions around the world go hungry every… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 8:09 Jessica Tarlov on navigating political differences and her new book, 'I Disagree' By Geoff Bennett, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold Jessica Tarlov has made a career out of disagreeing, often while outnumbered. As the liberal voice on Fox News’ "The Five," she spends her days debating people who see the world very differently than she does. In her new book,… Continue watching
Sep 28 At UN, Denmark says Greenland pact benefits all parties involved By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The security agreement signed by the U.S., Denmark and Greenland last week “strengthens the defense of Greenland, the NATO area, and the American continent."… Continue reading
Sep 28 As work requirements kick in for Medicaid, some states are taking a tougher stance By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press At least six states will require documentation that individuals are too sick to meet Medicaid work requirements kicking in next year. The rules are stricter than what the federal government is requiring. Continue reading
Sep 28 WATCH: Jack Smith testifies before Senate Judiciary as GOP targets past Trump probes By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Former special counsel Jack Smith forcefully defended his prosecutions of President Donald Trump and his investigative tactics, pushing back against repeated Republican efforts to paint him and his team as partisan political operators during a Senate hearing Tuesday that divided… Continue reading
Sep 28 In a relatively mild speech, North Korea uses UN platform to lament 'mutual distrust' and tension By Ted Anthony, Associated Press North Korea has used its yearly U.N. platform to warn other world leaders of “a harsh reality rampant with unprecedented mutual distrust and confrontation.”… Continue reading
Sep 28 WATCH: Trump says Perdue 'was probably talking about Taiwan' in saying Trump offered Xi arms sales By Ben Finley, Michelle L. Price, Didi Tang, Associated Press President Donald Trump disputed that he asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States, contradicting an account from the U.S. ambassador to China. Continue reading