• Amid a barrage of negative headlines, VA chief faces push for more privatization

    Amid a barrage of negative headlines, VA chief faces push for more privatization

    Mar 15, 2018 10:35 PM EDT

    ... Koch brothers, who really want more private care and what they call more choice, so the veteran would be able to basically have the option to see a doctor of their choice. William Brangham: All right, Lisa Rein of The Washington Post, thank you. Lisa Rein: Thank you so much.

  • Tillerson is one of a wave of departures. Why is Trump cleaning house?

    Tillerson is one of a wave of departures. Why is Trump cleaning house?

    Mar 13, 2018 10:45 PM EDT

    ... first. We have been hearing for months that Rex Tillerson either might be forced out or might resign on his own. What led to this right now? Robert Costa: There wasn't an event that led directly to this decision, Judy. It was a long-simmering frustration by the president ...

  • How the NRA flexes its political muscle

    How the NRA flexes its political muscle

    Mar 05, 2018 02:43 PM EDT

    ... the governor's race centered on economic woes gripping the state. The NRA's endorsement commended Strickland as "an unwavering defender of our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms" and noted his opposition to a 2004 ban on certain semi-automatic weapons while in Congress and his signature ...

  • Trump links tariff relief for Canada, Mexico if 'new and fair' NAFTA deal is signed

    Trump links tariff relief for Canada, Mexico if 'new and fair' NAFTA deal is signed

    Mar 05, 2018 02:26 PM EDT

    ... too long, China has been making cheap steel and they've been flooding the market with it. It's not fair and it's not right. So I actually think this is long overdue," said Democratic candidate Conor Lamb. "Unfortunately, many of our competitors around the world have slanted the ...

  • This poet imagines black victims of police violence 'alive someplace better'

    This poet imagines black victims of police violence 'alive someplace better'

    Feb 26, 2018 09:52 PM EDT

    ... is for that first scene anyway: the little black boy on the bus with a toy dinosaur, his eyes wide & endless his dreams possible, pulsing, & right there. “All things and poems are about balance,” they said. "A poem is small enough, but also mighty enough to hold many things at ...

  • Fate of bipartisan bill on criminal justice reform uncertain

    Fate of bipartisan bill on criminal justice reform uncertain

    Feb 17, 2018 09:47 PM EDT

    ... liberals as well as libertarians are in agreement on? CARRIE JOHNSON: Yeah there's been an unusual consensus. Everyone from Koch Industries and the Koch Brothers to the American Civil Liberties Union to the Cato Institute has come together over the last five years or so in D.C. around ...

  • Everything you need to know about family-based migration

    Everything you need to know about family-based migration

    Feb 16, 2018 09:45 PM EDT

    Current U.S. immigration law severely limits family-based immigration, one of the policies at the heart of the current immigration debate in the Senate.

  • A window into love and marriage in modern-day Mumbai

    A window into love and marriage in modern-day Mumbai

    Feb 06, 2018 04:42 PM EDT

    In Mumbai, people say the monsoons make everyone fall in love. But this year the rains are late and the June nights are hot. So are tempers.

  • Sen. Bernie Sanders on how Democrats see the state of the Union under Trump

    Sen. Bernie Sanders on how Democrats see the state of the Union under Trump

    Jan 31, 2018 11:35 PM EDT

    Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says the U.S. is moving very rapidly into an oligarchy, and his goal is to rally Americans around a progressive agenda The senator, who offered one of several responses to President Trump’s State of the Union, also tells Judy Woodruff that he thinks that Republicans are doing everything to obstruct Robert...

  • News Wrap: Court tosses out Pennsylvania’s gerrymandered congressional map

    News Wrap: Court tosses out Pennsylvania’s gerrymandered congressional map

    Jan 22, 2018 11:45 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Monday, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court threw out the state's congressional map for being heavily gerrymandered to benefit Republicans. Also, Turkey continued its military offensive against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria for a third day.