Jun 20 Supreme Court upholds conviction of woman who challenged expert testimony on her 'mindset' in a drug case By Associated Press The case revolved around how much expert witnesses can say about a defendant's mindset. Delilah Guadalupe Diaz was sentenced to seven years in prison after on drug charges after Border Patrol agents discovered methamphetamine worth nearly $370,000 stashed inside the… Continue reading
Jun 20 The Supreme Court upholds tax on foreign income against challenge backed by business interests By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices left in place a provision of a 2017 tax law expected to generate $340 billion, mainly from foreign subsidiaries of domestic corporations that parked money abroad to shield it from U.S. taxes. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 6:11 What the latest primary election results say about the state of the GOP in 2024 By Lisa Desjardins, Saher Khan Virginia, Georgia and Oklahoma held primary and runoff elections Tuesday night and the results in some key races could say a lot about the state of the Republican Party this election cycle. Lisa Desjardins reports. Continue watching
Jun 19 Biden's expansive move toward citizenship brings joy to immigrant families, though some remain excluded By Valerie Gonzalez, Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Hundreds of thousands of immigrants had reason to rejoice when President Joe Biden unveiled a highly expansive plan to extend legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens but, inevitably, some were left out. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 7:29 How Biden's immigration order shields undocumented spouses and children of citizens By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Ian Couzens President Biden unveiled an executive action that offers protections to undocumented spouses and children of U.S. citizens. At a White House event marking the 12th anniversary of DACA, the Obama-era action that protects young undocumented immigrants, Biden laid out his… Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch 6:49 Poll shows presidential race in dead heat and most people unsatisfied with candidates By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz, Saher Khan The race for the White House remains in a dead heat with just months to go before Election Day. Lisa Desjardins breaks down the numbers from our latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. Continue watching
Jun 18 Trump says he loves Milwaukee after reportedly calling the RNC host city 'horrible' last week By Christine Fernando, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeatedly praised Milwaukee just weeks before it hosts the Republican National Convention, playing cleanup ain talking about swing-state Wisconsin’s largest city. Continue reading
Jun 18 Northwest dams have devastated the region's Native tribes, U.S. government acknowledges By Gene Johnson, Associated Press A report details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes’ ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. Continue reading
Jun 18 Congressional Budget Office raises federal budget deficit projection by $400 billion By Fatima Hussein, Josh Boak, Associated Press Deficits are a problem for lawmakers in the coming years because of the burden of servicing the total debt load, an aging population that pushes up the total cost of Social Security and Medicare and rising health care expenses. Continue reading
Jun 18 Here's what's in Biden's plan to offer some migrants a pathway to citizenship, and how it will work By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press It is one of President Joe Biden's most sweeping immigration policies and one that migrant advocates had been heavily lobbying the administration to undertake. Continue reading