• Trump administration lifts transgender bathroom guidance

    Trump administration lifts transgender bathroom guidance

    Feb 23, 2017 12:51 AM EDT

    ... more than 10 states are considering similar legislation, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Trump administration guidance on transgender students' bathroom access by PBS NewsHour on Scribd Associated Press writers Ben Finley in Norfolk, Virginia, and Todd Richmond in Madison, Wisconsin, contributed to this report. What happens if ...

  • Republican bills counter Russia's apparent violation of nuclear arms treaty

    Republican bills counter Russia's apparent violation of nuclear arms treaty

    Feb 18, 2017 09:54 PM EDT

    ... logic dictates that we respond,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) who co-sponsored the bill with Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), said in a statement. “Pleading with the Russian regime to uphold its treaty obligations won’t bring it into compliance, but strengthening our nuclear ...

  • In Liberia, crafting school uniforms -- and social consciousness

    In Liberia, crafting school uniforms -- and social consciousness

    Dec 22, 2016 12:28 AM EDT

    ... son of a diplomat whose family sought asylum in the U.S. during the country's 14-year-long civil war. Liberty was raised in Wisconsin, became an American citizen, and was working in Silicon Valley, living the American dream, he says, when he had a revelation. CHID LIBERTY, Co ...

  • How 2016 put pressure on the Electoral College

    How 2016 put pressure on the Electoral College

    Dec 20, 2016 12:40 AM EDT

    ... the simple majority of 538 electoral votes. It's a number Mr. Trump clearly reached on election night. JUDY WOODRUFF: The Associated Press is calling Wisconsin, so that puts him over the top. Donald Trump is the next president of the United States. WILLIAM BRANGHAM: That's the theory, at ...

  • News Wrap: Silicon Valley comes to Trump Tower

    News Wrap: Silicon Valley comes to Trump Tower

    Dec 15, 2016 12:16 AM EDT

    ... t name the third one? RICK PERRY: I can't. The third one, I can't. Oops. JOHN YANG: Last night, at a rally in Wisconsin, the president-elect defended his choice of ExxonMobil chairman Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state. Critics say Tillerson's too close to Russia ...

  • What's next for the Dakota Access Pipeline?

    What's next for the Dakota Access Pipeline?

    Dec 10, 2016 06:08 PM EDT

    ... lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Scott Segal, a partner with Bracewell LLP, a government relations firm that serves oil and gas industry clients, told the PBS NewsHour that Pruitt will revisit energy regulation and that some regulations "are probably going to be pared back." READ NEXT: For Native ‘water protectors ...

  • At Ohio rally, Trump ‘unofficially’ announces defense pick Mattis

    At Ohio rally, Trump ‘unofficially’ announces defense pick Mattis

    Dec 03, 2016 12:34 AM EDT

    ... KELLYANNE CONWAY: Hey, guys. We won. You don't have to respond. I mean, seriously. JOHN YANG: Today, Trump supporters moved to block recounts in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. The president-elect was in New York today, meeting with longtime supporters Republican Senator David Perdue of Georgia and former U ...

  • With recount efforts brewing in three states, what now?

    With recount efforts brewing in three states, what now?

    Nov 27, 2016 09:17 PM EDT

    ... how votes are recounted or processed. STEWART: Can you walk us through the nuts and bolts process of this, what’s going to happen in Wisconsin, and then possibly in Michigan and Pennsylvania? KEITH: Yes, so what’s happening right now is that the Elections Commission in Wisconsin has reached ...

  • What does voter turnout tell us about the 2016 election?

    What does voter turnout tell us about the 2016 election?

    Nov 20, 2016 08:03 PM EDT

    Hillary Clinton trails President Obama's 2012 totals by more than 2 million votes, while President-elect Donald Trump is nearly even with the tallies of former GOP nominee Mitt Romney.

  • WATCH: Trump vows to unify a deeply divided nation

    WATCH: Trump vows to unify a deeply divided nation

    Nov 09, 2016 08:43 AM EDT

    President-elect Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to unify a deeply divided nation, having scored a stunning victory backed by extraordinary support from working-class America.