• Recreational fishing rules to be overhauled under new law

    Recreational fishing rules to be overhauled under new law

    Jan 13, 2019 08:44 PM EST

    ... a suite of changes that proponents call the Modern Fish Act that were approved by the House and Senate in December. Supporters of the new rules have said they will boost an industry that contributes billions to the economy, though some members of the fishing industry felt deeper rule changes ...

  • Report: FBI probed whether Trump secretly worked for Russia

    Report: FBI probed whether Trump secretly worked for Russia

    Jan 12, 2019 08:32 PM EST

    ... s behavior in the days around Comey’s May 2017 firing, specifically two instances in which he seemed to tie Comey’s ousting to the Russia investigation, helped trigger the counterintelligence part of the investigation, according to the newspaper. https://youtu.be/yry9PV3DNfw Trump tweeted early Saturday that the report ...

  • How Trump has rewritten the rules of the presidency

    How Trump has rewritten the rules of the presidency

    Dec 27, 2018 04:56 PM EST

    ... the school doesn't rank students). Just last week, after making an abrupt, unilateral decision to pull U.S. troops from Syria, Trump tweeted that Russia was "not happy" about the decision. Hours earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin had cheered the move. The cumulative effect has been to diminish the ...

  • What changes to this fingerprinting rule could mean for migrant children in U.S. custody

    What changes to this fingerprinting rule could mean for migrant children in U.S. custody

    Dec 20, 2018 12:13 AM EST

    ... group of migrant children had already cleared the background check, the official said, adding that the hold up was over other household members being reviewed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skeocYl6tdo Michelle Brane of the Women’s Refugee Commission joins the PBS NewsHour's Amna Nawaz to explain why ...

  • Nations at UN climate talks back universal emissions rules

    Nations at UN climate talks back universal emissions rules

    Dec 16, 2018 02:02 AM EST

    When it came to closing potential loopholes that could allow countries to dodge their commitments to cut emissions, “the U.S. pushed harder than nearly anyone else for transparency rules that put all countries under the same system, and it’s largely succeeded.” “Transparency is vital to U.S. interests ...

  • Trump pushes Congress for new health law after court ruling

    Trump pushes Congress for new health law after court ruling

    Dec 15, 2018 05:56 PM EST

    The five justices who upheld the health law in 2012 in the first major case — Chief Justice John Roberts and the court's four liberals — are all still serving. https://youtu.be/rK2pxJF70ts Since then, public opinion on the overhaul has shifted from mostly negative to generally favorable. Preserving the ...

  • How new details about Cohen and Manafort could shape the Russia investigation

    How new details about Cohen and Manafort could shape the Russia investigation

    Dec 08, 2018 05:16 PM EST

    ... nor whether Mueller has gotten him to answer key questions about his time as campaign chair, including his involvement in a June 2016 meeting with Russian actors at Trump Tower. Broader implications for national elections In seeking “a substantial term of imprisonment” for Cohen, federal prosecutors in the New York ...

  • Mueller's Russia report should be made public, new poll says

    Mueller's Russia report should be made public, new poll says

    Dec 07, 2018 10:00 AM EST

    Most Americans say special counsel Robert Mueller should be allowed to finish his Russia investigation, and that the full findings of that probe should be made public, according to a new poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist. Sixty-seven percent of U.S. adults said Mueller should be ...

  • Mueller's Russia probe, by the numbers

    Mueller's Russia probe, by the numbers

    Dec 04, 2018 10:32 PM EST

    https://youtu.be/M3vAzhTYGx8 34 The number of people who have been charged with crimes since the probe began. This includes 12 Russian intelligence officers and 13 other Russian nationals. (Three companies have been charged as well.) 5 The number of Trump's former business and campaign staffers who have ...

  • Voting access takes center stage in Georgia runoff election

    Voting access takes center stage in Georgia runoff election

    Dec 03, 2018 02:33 PM EST

    ... and administrative guidance in slightly different ways. Another major question facing the candidates is whether either would step aside from overseeing an election they were running in. Kemp was criticized for not resigning while overseeing his own election for governor. Barrow has said he would either resign or recuse himself ...