• Is Trump’s revised travel ban constitutional?

    Is Trump’s revised travel ban constitutional?

    Mar 07, 2017 01:18 AM EST

    ... Kris Kobach, he was a top adviser to President Trump during his 2016 campaign and through the transition. Welcome to both of you. Let me start with you, Kris Kobach. The first attempt failed in the courts. What do you see as the key change that might allow this one ...

  • One million U.S. students could be studying Mandarin by 2020

    One million U.S. students could be studying Mandarin by 2020

    Aug 19, 2016 04:28 PM EST

    ... reach that goal, the initiative aims to create a model Chinese language and culture curriculum that is flexible enough to allow local school systems to tailor it to their needs. The foundation also hopes to promote development of language-learning technology and online instruction tools, form a vocal coalition of ...

  • On cutting-edge voter data, Trump critically behind Clinton

    On cutting-edge voter data, Trump critically behind Clinton

    May 30, 2016 04:40 PM EST

    ... winning two terms and the Clinton campaign has worked on for nearly a year. And while it is too early to tell whether the late start signals trouble for Trump, it illustrates the difference between Trump's proudly outsider campaign and the institutional knowledge within Clinton's. "She's been ...

  • How one Minnesota school district handles a rising immigrant population

    How one Minnesota school district handles a rising immigrant population

    Mar 23, 2016 07:30 PM EST

    Bishar Hassan spends his days navigating the halls and classrooms of Talahi Elementary School, working to embrace and empower the dozens of Somali students who have arrived since the start of the year. Across town, his brother, Ahmed Hassan, fills a similar role at Discovery Community School, another campus that ...

  • How do lawmakers feel about the plan to close Guantanamo?

    How do lawmakers feel about the plan to close Guantanamo?

    Feb 24, 2016 12:53 AM EST

    ... the shifting of the detainees to somewhere else? SEN. CORY GARDNER: Well, I think there's two separate questions. I think Guantanamo Bay is a tailor-made facility for terrorists, and that's where they should stay. I also recognize that the law the president signed just last month, late ...

  • GOP, Democratic races tight as Iowa kicks off first day of voting

    GOP, Democratic races tight as Iowa kicks off first day of voting

    Feb 01, 2016 05:01 PM EST

    ... announced Sunday it had raised $20 million in January alone. While Sanders has a large team in Iowa, his operation got off to a later start, particularly compared with Clinton, who has had staff on the ground in the state for nearly a year. Monday's contest will also offer ...

  • Why 20,000 Israelis are suing Facebook over Palestinian attacks
  • News Wrap: Turkey strikes Kurdish rebels after soldier death as NATO meets on Islamic State
  • A push to use the human genome to make medicine more precise

    A push to use the human genome to make medicine more precise

    Jan 31, 2015 12:00 AM EST

    President Obama introduced a new plan to create a database of genetic information of a million Americans in order to better tailor medical treatments for groups of patients. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien interviews Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, about the potential of precision medicine, privacy concerns and political roadblocks.

  • How doctors can use social media as an obesity reduction tool

    How doctors can use social media as an obesity reduction tool

    Sep 10, 2014 08:00 PM EST

    The obesity epidemic has put a strain on health services around the globe. London-based bariatric surgeon Dr. Hutan Ashrafian sees the effects of the disease daily, and his long patient list signals no end in sight. And so he and a team of researchers began a search for digital-age tools that could help physicians effectively...