Apr 25 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on economic agenda during campaign event in Syracuse By News Desk Biden's speech comes as a report shows the nation's economy slowed sharply last quarter to a 1.6 percent annual pace in the face of high interest rates. Continue reading
Apr 25 WATCH: National Cathedral hosts memorial for World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Israeli drone strikes killed the seven during an aid mission in Gaza on April 1. The killings heightened international pressure on the Israeli military to change treatment of aid workers and Palestinian civilians in Gaza during the war with Hamas. Continue reading
Apr 25 Trump back in New York court for hush money trial while the Supreme Court considers presidential immunity case By Jennifer Peltz, Michael R. Sisak, Colleen Long, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press A reluctant Donald Trump is back in a New York City courtroom as his hush money trial resumes at the same time that the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Washington over whether he should be immune from prosecution for… Continue reading
Apr 25 U.S. economic growth slows to 1.6 percent, sign that interest rates may be taking toll By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press The gross domestic product — the economy's total output of goods and services — decelerated from its brisk 3.4% growth rate in the final three months of 2023. Consumers continued to drive growth last quarter but slowed their spending. Continue reading
Apr 24 Arizona indicts 18 Republicans, including Giuliani, Meadows, over 2020 fake elector scheme By Jacques Billeaud, Jonathan J. Cooper, Josh Kelety, Associated Press An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their efforts to use so-called fake electors to try to overturn Trump's loss to Joe Biden in the… Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 6:30 Supreme Court weighs whether federal law allowing emergency abortions overrides state bans By Geoff Bennett, Sarah Varney, Saher Khan, Ian Couzens It was a charged atmosphere at the Supreme Court as justices heard arguments in a major abortion case. The court looked at whether a federal law requiring hospitals to provide abortion care in emergencies would apply to states with strict… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch 6:30 News Wrap: Blinken visits China for talks aimed at stabilizing relations In our news wrap Wednesday, Secretary of State Blinken arrived in China for three days of talks aimed at stabilizing relations, Hamas released video of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an American-Israeli hostage who was abducted on Oct. 7, Arizona's Republican-led House voted… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch 5:25 A look at what's in the $95 billion foreign aid package and what the money does By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura President Biden signed the massive foreign aid package after months of delay amid Republican opposition. The $95 billion measure includes assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Lisa Desjardins reports on what happens next. Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch 11:19 How a North Carolina community is confronting divisions, talking through its differences By Judy Woodruff, Frank Carlson Issues such as inequality, gender identity and education have become the subjects of national debate, with the focus often on what elected leaders in Washington say and do about them. Yet many of these issues play out on the local… Continue watching
Apr 24 U.S. aid deemed crucial for Ukraine to avoid defeat against Russia, path to victory uncertain By Jill Lawless, Samya Kullab, Associated Press Hope for future breakthroughs for Ukraine still hangs on more timely deliveries of Western aid, lawmakers acknowledge. Continue reading