• NAACP president will step down in June

    NAACP president will step down in June

    May 19, 2017 10:41 PM EDT

    ... said Friday. Brooks has been the NAACP's leader since 2014 but will not be kept on past June 30, the end of his current term. NAACP Board Chairman Leon W. Russell and Vice Chair Derrick Johnson will lead the organization until a new president is selected. Russell and Johnson ...

  • President Trump says he's 'very close' to naming an FBI director

    President Trump says he's 'very close' to naming an FBI director

    May 19, 2017 01:01 PM EDT

    ... him out of the country for more than a week. "We're very close to an FBI director," Trump said Thursday when asked about the search during an Oval Office appearance with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. He said an announcement could come "soon" and that former Sen. Joe Lieberman ...

  • Here are the 4 candidates Trump interviewed for FBI director

    Here are the 4 candidates Trump interviewed for FBI director

    May 18, 2017 04:04 AM EDT

    ... the interviews. The meetings came more than a week after Trump fired James Comey from his post as FBI director. Trump said Monday that the search for a successor to Comey was "moving rapidly." He also has said he could name a candidate by the end of the week, before ...

  • President Trump fires FBI Director James Comey

    President Trump fires FBI Director James Comey

    May 09, 2017 09:50 PM EDT

    ... Judiciary subcommittee investigating the Russian campaign interference. Comey, 56, was nominated by President Barack Obama for the FBI post in 2013 to a 10-year term, though that appointment does not ensure a director will serve the full term. Praised frequently by both parties for his independence and integrity, Comey ...

  • How Trump’s first 100 days compares to past presidencies

    How Trump’s first 100 days compares to past presidencies

    Apr 26, 2017 11:09 PM EDT

    ... initiatives in the near future, such as the promised infrastructure rebuilding, there are indications the White House intends to chart its own course as they search for the victories the president wants to turn his vision of making America great again into a reality. For the PBS NewsHour, I'm ...

  • After viral story on D.C. girls, understanding the real perils for missing children of color

    After viral story on D.C. girls, understanding the real perils for missing children of color

    Apr 21, 2017 11:31 PM EDT

    ... runaway because I ran away when I was a juvenile. So, it was still in their -- it's still in their system. WOMAN: The desperate search for missing teens in Washington, D.C. WOMAN: Outrage about missing children in the District. WILLIAM BRANGHAM: A spate of more recent cases in ...

  • Trump boasts of hiring only the best, but picks haunt him

    Trump boasts of hiring only the best, but picks haunt him

    Apr 13, 2017 02:09 PM EDT

    ... picks appear to have left his campaign — and perhaps his White House — vulnerable to the influence of foreign powers. At best, they expose the long-term implications of his understaffed and inexperienced campaign organization and undermine his promises to surround himself with top-notch talent. "Vetting new hires is standard ...

  • News Wrap: Russian officials, hackers charged in Yahoo case

    News Wrap: Russian officials, hackers charged in Yahoo case

    Mar 15, 2017 11:36 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Wednesday, two Russian intelligence officers and two cyber hackers have been charged in a Yahoo data breach that compromised 500 million accounts. Also, the Federal Reserve announced that short-term interest rates are going up again, for the second time in three months. Chair Janet Yellen promised more rate increases to come...

  • 5 stories that have (almost) nothing to do with politics

    5 stories that have (almost) nothing to do with politics

    Mar 13, 2017 11:44 PM EDT

    Last week, Republicans unveiled a new health bill (and it’s going great, President Donald Trump says), women and Native Americans marched on Washington and White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s fashion faux pas lit Twitter on fire. But there’s a great big world out there beyond the House, the Senate and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Here...

  • Jonathan Franzen remembers author Paula Fox, whose work he helped bring back to light

    Jonathan Franzen remembers author Paula Fox, whose work he helped bring back to light

    Mar 07, 2017 07:27 PM EDT

    Novelist Jonathan Franzen shares an appreciation for Paula Fox, the adult and children's author whose work he brought back to light. Fox died last week at the age of 93.