• News Wrap: Supreme Court lets Trump strip humanitarian parole protections from migrants

    News Wrap: Supreme Court lets Trump strip humanitarian parole protections from migrants

    May 30, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    In our news wrap Friday, the Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to strip the legal status of people from countries facing war and political turmoil, former President Biden gave his first public remarks since he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer and PBS is suing ...

  • Provision in GOP budget bill puts millions at risk of losing SNAP benefits

    Provision in GOP budget bill puts millions at risk of losing SNAP benefits

    May 29, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    ... would pay 25 percent of the benefits in their state. There's some time to work out the error issues here. But, just this week, Wisconsin, which has a low error rate, said that this would cost it hundreds of millions of dollars and sent out a warning about that ...

  • Elon Musk leaving Trump administration after efforts to slash federal budget through DOGE

    Elon Musk leaving Trump administration after efforts to slash federal budget through DOGE

    May 29, 2025 03:06 PM EST

    Musk's concerns are shared by some Republican lawmakers. "I sympathize with Elon being discouraged," said Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson. Speaking at a Milwaukee Press Club event on Wednesday, Johnson added that he was "pretty confident" there was enough opposition "to slow this process down until the president, our leadership ...

  • Jimmy Carter, 39th president, humanitarian and Nobel laureate, dies at 100

    Jimmy Carter, 39th president, humanitarian and Nobel laureate, dies at 100

    Dec 29, 2024 09:33 PM EST

    ... a general election fight with Ford. “There’s an intensity of commitment to my campaign,” he told the MacNeil/Lehrer Report, a predecessor to the PBS News Hour, in April 1976. “A depth of sacrifice among people who volunteer to go all the way to New Hampshire at their own ...

  • News Wrap: Biden administration allows Ukraine to fire long-range missiles into Russia

    News Wrap: Biden administration allows Ukraine to fire long-range missiles into Russia

    Nov 17, 2024 10:45 PM EST

    ... had sexually assaulted many young athletes. Karolyi maintained he was unaware of Nassar's actions. Bela Karolyi was 82 years old. Still to come on PBS News Weekend, the deep ties American evangelical Christians have to Israel, and the desperate journey a refugee from Cameroon went through to make Wisconsin ...

  • The early results from battlegrounds and key races we'll be watching

    The early results from battlegrounds and key races we'll be watching

    Nov 05, 2024 11:40 PM EST

    ... there is a kind of backlash against Kamala Harris there, maybe third-party voting there. So we will watch that carefully. Let's talk about Wisconsin, and about the same sort of area of Wisconsin. You have got Milwaukee right here. Want to point out another county right there, sort ...

  • Breaking down the paths to Electoral College victory for both Harris and Trump

    Breaking down the paths to Electoral College victory for both Harris and Trump

    Nov 04, 2024 11:40 PM EST

    ... races. Arizona, Trump plus-two, Georgia plus-one. Look at this, Michigan, Harris plus-one, Trump plus-one. Even in North Carolina, even in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin plus-one.I don't know if I have ever seen a Group of Seven battleground states this close. Now, of course, this isn ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on voter sentiment and last-minute poll surprises

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on voter sentiment and last-minute poll surprises

    Nov 04, 2024 11:20 PM EST

    Amy Walter: Of all the eves. (Laughter) Amna Nawaz: I want to ask you about that new PBS News poll we have got, Tam, because you saw there, as Lisa reported earlier, Harris with her first national lead that's outside the margin of error, just four-point lead among ...

  • WATCH: Debunking common election law myths — Knight Election Law Forum

    WATCH: Debunking common election law myths — Knight Election Law Forum

    Oct 30, 2024 03:45 PM EST

    Watch the event in the player above. With a focus on the seven pivotal swing states, legal experts in the Knight Election Law Forum series explore and debunk common myths around the election process. PBS News presents this event in partnership with the Knight Election Law Forum and the American ...

  • Trump faces major backlash for New York rally rife with racist and sexist rhetoric

    Trump faces major backlash for New York rally rife with racist and sexist rhetoric

    Oct 28, 2024 10:55 PM EST

    ... Lopez: Senator J.D. Vance dismissed the backlash to the comedian's racist joke about Puerto Ricans before heading to a rally tonight in Racine, Wisconsin. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Vice Presidential Candidate: I haven't seen the joke. I -- maybe -- maybe it's a stupid racist joke ...