• What can we learn from record-busting state budget standoffs?

    What can we learn from record-busting state budget standoffs?

    Aug 04, 2016 02:03 PM EDT

    ... the governor tried to get everything done in the first year.” The situation was exacerbated by the fact that Pennsylvania is recovering very slowly from the Great Recession, leaving tax revenue lagging. The budget impasse finally ended in late March, when Wolf allowed what he called an “unbalanced” $6 billion ...

  • What to watch: Clinton, Sanders square off in last debate before Iowa

    What to watch: Clinton, Sanders square off in last debate before Iowa

    Jan 18, 2016 12:00 AM EDT

    ... liberals. Sanders on Saturday said he would support legislation that would reverse the 2005 law granting gun manufacturers legal immunity. He said he wants the bill to include an amendment that would require the federal government to monitor and report on the law's effect in rural areas. In the ...

  • 20 years later, a look at the legacy of Hurricane Katrina

    20 years later, a look at the legacy of Hurricane Katrina

    Aug 29, 2025 10:20 PM EDT

    ... it means we have to defend it. And back 20 years ago and even now, we still turn to the Dutch, look how to build better dams, better levee systems. I believe the Army Corps of Engineers this time around has built durable levees, but you never know what's ...

  • Space telescope launched on daring quest to behold 1st stars

    Space telescope launched on daring quest to behold 1st stars

    Dec 25, 2021 10:13 PM EDT

    ... to peer back in time 13.7 billion years as anticipated, within a mere 100 million years of the universe-forming Big Bang. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson called Webb a time machine that will provide “a better understanding of our universe and our place in it: who we are, what ...

  • News Wrap: Senate Intelligence Committee cancels private interview with Trump lawyer

    News Wrap: Senate Intelligence Committee cancels private interview with Trump lawyer

    Sep 20, 2017 02:52 AM EDT

    ... a public statement beforehand. Later, they invited him to testify in public. The lawyer left the Capitol after 90 minutes, and offered no details about what had happened. MICHAEL COHEN, Personal Lawyer for President Trump: It was a request by the Senate Intel to postpone. And I will be back ...

  • McConnell has about $200B to make deals on 'Obamacare' repeal

    McConnell has about $200B to make deals on 'Obamacare' repeal

    Jul 02, 2017 03:38 PM EDT

    ... week seemed skeptical that the Better Care Reconciliation Act could be saved, they said they could envision a way for McConnell (R-Ky.) to succeed in crafting a bill that would partially replace the Affordable Care Act. McConnell has significant wiggle room in his repeal bill. Under the budget rules ...

  • After a confident speech, which priorities can Trump achieve?

    After a confident speech, which priorities can Trump achieve?

    Mar 02, 2017 12:40 AM EDT

    ... president. You wrote about that today in The Washington Post. It was a change from what we have been hearing. DAN BALZ, Chief Political Reporter, The Washington Post: It was a dramatic change from what we have been hearing. And I looked back to the inaugural address, which was described ...

  • How Americans see President Trump, according to three regional newspapers

    How Americans see President Trump, according to three regional newspapers

    Feb 23, 2017 12:17 AM EDT

    What do Americans think of President Trump’s time in office so far? Judy Woodruff asks newspaper editors from around the nation -- David Bradley of the St. Joseph News-Press, David Haynes of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Lee Ann Colacioppo of The Denver Post -- to weigh in on what they are hearing from their...

  • Who will pay for water pollution cleanup divides urban and rural Iowa

    Who will pay for water pollution cleanup divides urban and rural Iowa

    Oct 25, 2016 11:38 PM EDT

    Iowa is home to some of the richest farmland in the country, but the Des Moines Water Works says that has come with an environmental price. The city water authority has filed a lawsuit against three rural counties claiming that nitrate from fertilizer is contaminating their urban water supply. Special correspondent David Biello reports for...

  • What would it take for a third-party candidate to make it to the White House?

    What would it take for a third-party candidate to make it to the White House?

    Sep 25, 2016 04:20 PM EDT

    In an election driven by voter frustration with the political establishment, Gary Johnson and Jill Stein could do reasonably well in November -- and potentially play a spoiler role in the election. The prospect of a solid showing this year highlights one of the most confounding aspects of American politics: the electorate’s inconsistent, back-and-forth appetite...