• How climate change risks impact people with disabilities

    How climate change risks impact people with disabilities

    Nov 09, 2023 11:20 PM EST

    ... will go back and decide whether or not and how we go about doing that. And I'm saying there has to be a fundamental shift in how that process works. Judy Woodruff: Part of that shift, advocates say, must come in the long-term planning for climate change. Last ...

  • What the United Auto Workers will gain in their historic contracts

    What the United Auto Workers will gain in their historic contracts

    Nov 09, 2023 09:57 PM EST

    ... where pensions have been slowly phased out in the private sector. Lastly, the workers aimed to move the Big Three companies toward a four-day work week, an idea that’s grown in popularity over the last several years, but automakers didn’t budge. What comes next Emboldened by this ...

  • WATCH: Biden says workers need 'a fair shot' as he celebrates the UAW labor deal

    WATCH: Biden says workers need 'a fair shot' as he celebrates the UAW labor deal

    Nov 09, 2023 03:46 PM EST

    O'Malley Dillon said the UAW contracts and the auto plant reopening reflect a larger focus on workers by the president. Unionized nurses, truck drivers and others also negotiated to receive pay raises by pushing their employers to recognize the value of their work. On Wednesday, Hollywood actors joined script ...

  • Democrat Gabe Amo becomes Rhode Island's first Black candidate elected to Congress

    Democrat Gabe Amo becomes Rhode Island's first Black candidate elected to Congress

    Nov 08, 2023 02:00 AM EST

    ... said he would fight against what he described as extremist Republican attempts to slash funding for Social Security and Medicare. He also said he would work to legalize abortion rights nationwide again and fight for more legislation at the federal level to combat climate change.He said he will also ...

  • Serbia and Kosovo leaders break off talks without result despite EU push for improved relations

    Serbia and Kosovo leaders break off talks without result despite EU push for improved relations

    Oct 26, 2023 10:27 PM EST

    ... that Vucic had refused to sign their February agreement aimed at normalizing their bitter relations as well as an action plan for making the deal work. “Acceptance entails a signature; only a signature entails acceptance and guarantees implementation,” Kurti said in a statement. Vucic dismissed that claim as “tricks,” saying ...

  • Former lawmaker Maria Corina Machado dominates opposition's presidential primary in Venezuela

    Former lawmaker Maria Corina Machado dominates opposition's presidential primary in Venezuela

    Oct 24, 2023 12:42 AM EST

    ... his mentor, governed and established his self-described socialist policies. Maduro and an opposition faction backed by the U.S. government last week agreed to work together on basic conditions for the presidential contest. That prompted the government to release six political prisoners and the Biden administration to lift key ...

  • Pentagon rushes advisers to Middle East as Israel's ground invasion of Gaza looms

    Pentagon rushes advisers to Middle East as Israel's ground invasion of Gaza looms

    Oct 23, 2023 08:59 PM EST

    ... the Eisenhower strike group to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The ship had previously been en route to the Eastern Mediterranean. The shift means that the Navy will have a carrier strike group off the shore of Israel — the Ford carrier strike group — and another, the Eisenhower ...

  • Norma downgraded to tropical storm in Mexico as Hurricane Tammy leaves minor damage in Caribbean

    Norma downgraded to tropical storm in Mexico as Hurricane Tammy leaves minor damage in Caribbean

    Oct 23, 2023 12:05 AM EST

    ... with ships, helicopters, trucks, food, water and first aid. Meanwhile, Antigua and Barbuda escaped with no reported injuries from Hurricane Tammy. A late and sudden shift spared the Antigua from a direct hit, but left the sister island in line for the system’s full force during the late night ...

  • How $6 billion in U.S. aid to Ukraine collapsed in the deal to avoid a government shutdown

    How $6 billion in U.S. aid to Ukraine collapsed in the deal to avoid a government shutdown

    Oct 07, 2023 08:23 PM EST

    ... assistance after the upheaval on Capitol Hill, which was punctuated by the ouster of the Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. As Washington regroups, the sudden shift has unleashed political blame over the inability of the White House and Congress to work around the small but intensifying minority of lawmakers who ...

  • Some Republicans worry Kevin McCarthy's ouster will weaken fundraising ahead of 2024 election

    Some Republicans worry Kevin McCarthy's ouster will weaken fundraising ahead of 2024 election

    Oct 05, 2023 04:02 PM EST

    ... fundraising dynamo and party builder. The House isn't scheduled to vote on who could replace McCarthy until at least next week with all legislative work suspended as the chamber navigates a situation never before seen in the nation's history. In the meantime, House Republicans have no clear leader ...