• We annotated the full Nunes memo on the Russia probe

    We annotated the full Nunes memo on the Russia probe

    Feb 02, 2018 09:10 PM EDT

    ... source, he maintained contact with DOJ via then-Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr, a senior DOJ official who worked closely with Deputy Attorneys General Yates and later Rosenstein. Shortly after the election, the FBI began interviewing Ohr, documenting his communications with Steele. For example, in September 2016, Steele admitted ...

  • What we know -- and what we don't -- about the New York City truck attack

    What we know -- and what we don't -- about the New York City truck attack

    Nov 01, 2017 05:01 PM EDT

    ... identified as a paintball gun and a pellet gun. The driver was taken into custody and is expected to survive. New York officials, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, initially called the incident an “act of terror.” WHO ARE THE VICTIMS? The attack left eight people dead and another 20 injured ...

  • Afghan girls robotics team arrives in U.S. just in time

    Afghan girls robotics team arrives in U.S. just in time

    Jul 15, 2017 01:26 PM EDT

    ... President Donald Trump. The six-girl team and their chaperone completed their journey just after midnight from their hometown of Herat, Afghanistan, to enter their ball-sorting robot in the three-day high school competition starting Sunday in the U.S. capital. Awaiting them at the gate at Washington Dulles ...

  • What the #$@! Democrats are swearing more. Here's why

    What the #$@! Democrats are swearing more. Here's why

    Jul 11, 2017 08:22 PM EDT

    ... audience -- language that might offend society at large. Politicians often seek covert prestige by using “local political dialect” to appeal to certain voters, Adams said. “Bill Clinton could speak in a fairly statesperson-like way, but [when] he was talking to people in a small town in Louisiana, he would ...

  • In swing districts, voters vent over health care, fear Trump

    In swing districts, voters vent over health care, fear Trump

    May 14, 2017 07:27 PM EDT

    ... in next year's midterm elections. Republicans in some districts faced a backlash at raucous town halls over their votes for the House health care bill. There were plenty of complaints about a provision that would allow insurers to charge seriously ill people higher rates if they let their coverage ...

  • This insurance company wants to analyze your saliva to predict when you’ll die

    This insurance company wants to analyze your saliva to predict when you’ll die

    Mar 14, 2017 03:00 PM EDT

    ... to deploy its prediction models. “What we’re trying to do is like precision medicine, but ‘precision insurance’ — and so you get more customized, personalized rates,” Chen said. Several independent scientists questioned whether the technology is ready for prime time. “I would doubt whether it gives a prediction of life ...

  • Few women run the nation's school districts. Why?

    Few women run the nation's school districts. Why?

    Dec 30, 2016 09:50 PM EDT

    Even though K-12 education is largely a female enterprise, men dominate the chief executive's office in numbers that look especially bleak given that the pool of talent is deep with women.

  • Why the Trump allegations are consuming campaign coverage

    Why the Trump allegations are consuming campaign coverage

    Oct 13, 2016 11:20 PM EDT

    Donald Trump says a new story by The New York Times about two women claiming the Republican presidential candidate sexually assaulted them is a lie. Judy Woodruff gets reaction to the latest developments in the presidential campaign from Carolyn Ryan of The New York Times, David Maraniss of The Washington Post and presidential historian Jon...

  • Hiring got a bounce in 2015, while wages stayed flat

    Hiring got a bounce in 2015, while wages stayed flat

    Jan 09, 2016 12:43 AM EDT

    The U.S. economy added 2.6 million jobs overall in 2015, part of a two-year gain that was the best since the late '90s. Yet wage growth remained relatively slow. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez explores the final jobs report of last year and more with Judy Woodruff.

  • The nation's first Hispanic president?  Why no one's talking about that

    The nation's first Hispanic president? Why no one's talking about that

    Dec 24, 2015 10:33 PM EDT

    Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio both have a legitimate shot at becoming the nation’s first Hispanic presidential nominee. And yet their ethnicity has received far less attention than Barack Obama’s race did when he ran for president eight years ago.