• How Americans are reacting to George Floyd’s death one year later

    How Americans are reacting to George Floyd’s death one year later

    May 25, 2021 08:56 PM EST

    ... for all of this, then the change will come.” Shameka Parrish-Wright Two months before Floyd’s death, police in Louisville shot and killed Breonna Taylor while executing a no-knock search warrant in her apartment. Taylor’s death brought protesters to the streets, including Shameka Parrish-Wright. She’s ...

  • 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

    ... talking about it. He's not going to stop putting out statements. And it looks like he's going to at some point relatively soon start doing rallies. His supporters in Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz, who have all kinds of other issues, held a rally at The ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the infrastructure package, fundraising in the GOP

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the infrastructure package, fundraising in the GOP

    Apr 19, 2021 10:25 PM EST

    ... how people really feel, if they're able to get those vaccine appointments or they continue to be frustrated, whether hesitancy breaks through and people start getting vaccinated and start going to restaurants and concerts start happening. I think it could have an effect on the outlook. Lisa Desjardins: Amy ...

  • Indianapolis mayor calls for national action on gun laws after FedEx shooting

    Indianapolis mayor calls for national action on gun laws after FedEx shooting

    Apr 16, 2021 10:55 PM EST

    ... enveloped in grief. Already reeling from a recent series of mass shootings, last night, it became the site of the nation's latest attack. Randal Taylor: This morning, for the third time since January, our community woke up to news of a senseless crime that will not soon leave our ...

  • After months of simmering conflict, thousands of Russian troops amass on Ukraine's border

    After months of simmering conflict, thousands of Russian troops amass on Ukraine's border

    Apr 13, 2021 10:30 PM EST

    ... former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor. Ambassador Taylor, welcome back to the "NewsHour," and thank you for making the time. Let me just start with what your understanding is of what is driving this escalation right now and, in particular, Russia's framing of it. William Taylor: So ...

  • GOP firebrand U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks enters Alabama Senate race

    GOP firebrand U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks enters Alabama Senate race

    Mar 23, 2021 12:02 AM EST

    ... said as he introduced Brooks. Brooks, 66, has come under fire for telling the rally that preceded the Capitol riot that it was time to “start taking down names and kicking ass.” Brooks said the phrase was intended to fire up the crowd for the next election cycle and is ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on the Republican Party's identity crisis

    Brooks and Capehart on the Republican Party's identity crisis

    Feb 05, 2021 11:35 PM EST

    ... York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart, columnist for The Washington Post. Very good to see both of you this Friday night. Let's start by talking about the Republican Party. Jonathan, the Republicans in the House of Representatives this week voted -- just in the last day voted not ...

  • WATCH: Republicans raise first objection in Congress to Biden win

    WATCH: Republicans raise first objection in Congress to Biden win

    Jan 06, 2021 07:18 PM EST

    ... call Wednesday, though Ossoff declared he won. Perdue, who was seeking reelection, is ineligible to vote in the Senate because his term expired with the start of the new Congress Sunday.The group led by Cruz is vowing to object unless Congress agrees to form a commission to investigate the ...

  • Older workers are facing fewer job prospects and higher COVID risks

    Older workers are facing fewer job prospects and higher COVID risks

    Dec 22, 2020 11:30 PM EST

    Paul Solman: Is that your entire cushion? Celia Stevens: Yes, it is. Paul Solman: Of course, this year has been crushing for almost all of us because of COVID, but especially for older Americans without savings or a well-paying work-from-home job. Donna Rushing: I did start taking ...

  • What's behind the sharp rise in murders across the U.S.?

    What's behind the sharp rise in murders across the U.S.?

    Dec 21, 2020 11:35 PM EST

    ... of this pandemic. John Yang: Another major factor? Lingering distrust between law enforcement and communities of color after officers killed Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville. Darren Faulkner: There's a huge trust factor that we are seeing in the community as it pertains to law enforcement. And ...