• How the NRA flexes its political muscle

    How the NRA flexes its political muscle

    Mar 05, 2018 02:43 PM EDT

    ... by the group to portray its one-time ally as an anti-gun politician interested only in money and power. "That was painful," said Strickland, recalling the NRA's effort to tear down the public trust he'd spent years building. "They were out to get me." The anti-Strickland ...

  • What we learned and didn't learn from Sessions' testimony

    What we learned and didn't learn from Sessions' testimony

    Nov 15, 2017 02:42 AM EDT

    ... he said during that meeting.” The attorney general said in his opening statement that the pace of the campaign and his Senate workload could make recalling specific encounters difficult. Sessions said he "gladly would have reported” the interaction with Papadopoulos in his earlier testimonies had he recalled it. Lawmakers also ...

  • Her family tragedy was breaking news. Now she makes students into better media consumers.

    Her family tragedy was breaking news. Now she makes students into better media consumers.

    Nov 14, 2017 11:01 PM EDT

    ... told by the news media. "And I believed that story was my dad’s story," Ciulla Lipkin said. "Finding out three and a half years later later that that actually wasn’t his story -- it was part of the whole story of the plane crash, but it was nowhere near ...

  • Rural veterans face long paths to health care

    Rural veterans face long paths to health care

    Aug 07, 2017 04:32 PM EDT

    ... before crossing into Louisiana, Graham gets the hiccups. His cancer exhausts him, and makes it hard for him to digest food. He rubs his chest, recalling a time he had to drive himself home from chemotherapy. “I got the cold sweats,” he said, as Texas ranches flew by outside the ...

  • Honda recalls 2.1 million Accords worldwide, citing risk of engine fire

    Honda recalls 2.1 million Accords worldwide, citing risk of engine fire

    Jul 14, 2017 08:06 PM EDT

    Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co is recalling an estimated 2.1 million Accord models worldwide because of defects in the vehicle’s battery system that cause engines to light on fire. The recall affects 1.15 million cars in the U.S. The issue lies in the 12-volt battery ...

  • News Wrap: Cyberattack cripples institutions, companies around the world

    News Wrap: Cyberattack cripples institutions, companies around the world

    May 12, 2017 11:06 PM EDT

    ... place under former President Obama, which sought to reduce prison overcrowding. We will have more on the impact of the new sentencing directive a little later in the program. The Trump administration has unveiled its new trade deal with China. As part of the agreement, Beijing will lift a 13 ...

  • Why Sen. Jeff Sessions' record in Alabama could complicate his confirmation

    Why Sen. Jeff Sessions' record in Alabama could complicate his confirmation

    Jan 09, 2017 05:58 PM EDT

    At his confirmation hearing this week, Jeff Sessions will face tough questions about his 20-year tenure in the Senate. But he’ll also be pressed on his record before he entered Congress, when he served as U.S. attorney and Alabama’s attorney general.

  • With eight Supreme Court justices, an undecided election could be 'nightmare scenario'

    With eight Supreme Court justices, an undecided election could be 'nightmare scenario'

    Nov 03, 2016 04:37 PM EDT

    As controversial as that decision was, it was made by a nine-justice court. This time around, there are only eight justices and the possibility of a tie vote. That would leave a lower federal or state court ruling in place, with no definitive judgment from the nation's highest court.

  • Federal contractor arrested for taking classified information

    Federal contractor arrested for taking classified information

    Oct 05, 2016 05:47 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — A contractor for the National Security Agency has been arrested on charges that he illegally removed highly classified information and stored the material in his house and car, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

  • Clinton says wave of shootings show need to protect children

    Clinton says wave of shootings show need to protect children

    Oct 02, 2016 06:59 PM EDT

    Hillary Clinton said Sunday that the spate of gun violence in the United States should call the nation to do more to protect "all of God's children."