• White House aims to ease supply chain bottlenecks with deal to make LA port 24/7

    White House aims to ease supply chain bottlenecks with deal to make LA port 24/7

    Oct 13, 2021 06:21 PM EST

    ... year, their actual purchasing power has been cut,” McConnell said in a Senate speech last week. "Even dollar stores are having to raise their prices. Just ask any American family about their last few trips to the supermarket, the gas station or the toy store. Heaven forbid if they’ve ...

  • WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on deal to make LA port a 24-hour operation

    WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on deal to make LA port a 24-hour operation

    Oct 13, 2021 05:30 PM EST

    ... year, their actual purchasing power has been cut,” McConnell said in a Senate speech last week. "Even dollar stores are having to raise their prices. Just ask any American family about their last few trips to the supermarket, the gas station or the toy store. Heaven forbid if they’ve ...

  • Sen. Sanders on raising corporate and wealth taxes, combating climate change

    Sen. Sanders on raising corporate and wealth taxes, combating climate change

    Sep 13, 2021 10:45 PM EST

    ... the existential threat of climate change. Judy Woodruff: I know you're saying this has to go to the Senate Finance Committee, but let me just ask about one other element of this bill that the House committee looked at. And this is something that Senator Joe Manchin, who has ...

  • More security, less privacy: How 9/11 changed air travel

    More security, less privacy: How 9/11 changed air travel

    Sep 06, 2021 03:38 PM EST

    ... has grown to what some consider unreasonable proportions, it will never neutralize all threats — or even be able to enforce the rules it has written. Just ask Nathan Dudney, a sales executive for a sporting goods manufacturer in Nashville who says he occasionally forgets about ammunition in his carry-on ...

  • Former U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming dies after bicycle accident

    Former U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming dies after bicycle accident

    Jul 27, 2021 12:17 PM EST

    ... on the 80% of an issue where legislators tended to agree and discard the 20% where they didn’t. “Nothing gets done when we’re just telling each other how wrong we are,” Enzi said in his farewell address to the Senate in 2020. “Just ask yourself: Has anyone ever ...

  • What exactly is Congress doing on infrastructure?

    What exactly is Congress doing on infrastructure?

    Jun 16, 2021 10:40 PM EST

    Lisa Desjardins: Finally, one other big category, structures around work and family, like childcare. Again, Democrats feel strongly. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI): Just ask a working mom if childcare is a part of her family's infrastructure. Lisa Desjardins: Specifically, Democrats want to build more childcare centers, enable preschool ...

  • How did the stimulus checks impact everyday Americans?

    How did the stimulus checks impact everyday Americans?

    Jun 05, 2021 09:23 PM EST

    ... of impact it had on people? Luke Shaefer: Well, after COVID hit the federal government, the Census Bureau started a monthly survey where they'd just ask Americans how they're doing with things like putting food on the table and paying their essential expenses. And so we were curious ...

  • White House plans to donate 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses internationally

    White House plans to donate 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses internationally

    Jun 03, 2021 10:50 PM EST

    ... is the (AUDIO GAP) Nick Schifrin: I think there's an acknowledgment, of course, that the U.S. needs to be vaccinated. But let me just ask you about Europe, for an example. The European Union has exported more than 160 million doses of vaccine. That's actually more than ...

  • The 'enormous' pressures of professional sports and its toll on players' mental health

    The 'enormous' pressures of professional sports and its toll on players' mental health

    Jun 01, 2021 10:30 PM EST

    ... with this individually, they go to Wimbledon. Then they consult with the U.S. Open. Then they consult with Tennis Australia. And now it looks like you have got this entire industry ganging up on a 23-year-old. Amna Nawaz: Howard, let me just ask you, what about that?

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Liz Cheney, Trump and the GOP

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Liz Cheney, Trump and the GOP

    May 10, 2021 10:30 PM EST

    ... Just ask Adam Kinzinger and Mitt Romney and the late John McCain and everyone else that former President Trump has gone after. So, if they just don't talk about it, if Republicans can -- whether they agree with the big lie or not, whether they -- if they can just move ...