• Dad pitches Major League Baseball teams on wooing their newest fan

    Dad pitches Major League Baseball teams on wooing their newest fan

    Jun 13, 2017 12:24 AM EDT

    ... up to me, we're having such a good year, we'd go this season, but that would be unfair for Jack. (CROSSTALK) JULIA GRIFFIN: Right, because he wouldn't remember it. PETE VAN VLEET: He wouldn't remember it. JULIA GRIFFIN: Jack wouldn't remember a Houston Astros game ...

  • Think you're too old for a bucket list? These 90-somethings disagree

    Think you're too old for a bucket list? These 90-somethings disagree

    Jun 05, 2017 05:07 PM EDT

    ... be in line with our core values.” He suggests that people simply look around and see the riches they have and the potential for adventure right in their own communities. Reeves, whose grandson eagerly came along with her on her maiden flight to capture the moment on video, totally gets ...

  • What it’s like to be a veteran of a war that never ends

    What it’s like to be a veteran of a war that never ends

    May 26, 2017 11:25 PM EDT

    ... ordnance disposal technician, EOD, we call it, the bomb squad. After my last Iraq tour, I was worn out mentally and physically. But my EOD brothers and sisters were dying, and I needed to stay to protect them. Such a feeling provides intense meaning, but also, in the forever war ...

  • How the GOP health care bill is fueling Democratic opposition

    How the GOP health care bill is fueling Democratic opposition

    May 08, 2017 11:39 PM EDT

    ... s right. And the Kushner organization has apologized for any misunderstanding or any impression that could be left that she was trying to use her brother's position. Jared Kushner has said that he will not involve himself in anything involving these visas as they're considered. This is a ...

  • Corporations go overseas to avoid U.S. taxes

    Corporations go overseas to avoid U.S. taxes

    Apr 29, 2017 09:19 PM EDT

    ... SABGA: Veronique de Rugy is a Senior Fellow with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University -- a conservative think tank partially funded by the Koch Brothers. She says corporate taxes ultimately fall on workers. VERONIQUE DE DERUGY: Economics 101 -- we know now that the person writing the check is not ...

  • Immigration crackdown fears fuel uncertainty for undocumented students

    Immigration crackdown fears fuel uncertainty for undocumented students

    Apr 25, 2017 11:23 PM EDT

    ... immigrants in her free time. YAEL: I feel privileged to be here at UCLA. When I think about my future, unfortunately, everything seems really uncertain right now. KAVITHA CARDOZA: For high school senior Elena, classes are a refuge. ELENA, Undocumented High School Student: I motivated myself to take challenges, like ...

  • After life-shattering loss, Sheryl Sandberg reaches out to others in grief

    After life-shattering loss, Sheryl Sandberg reaches out to others in grief

    Apr 24, 2017 11:22 PM EDT

    As one of the best known female executives in the world, Sheryl Sandberg had resources and support when her husband died at 47, but that didn't stop grief from engulfing her and their children. In her new book "Option B," Sandberg writes about grief and resilience in the face of adversity, and offers advice for...

  • Did Obamacare help or hurt you?

    Did Obamacare help or hurt you?

    Mar 23, 2017 09:27 PM EDT

    The PBS NewsHour asked people if they were concerned or encouraged by possible, future changes to the Affordable Care Act. More than 1,000 people responded from across the country -- from Maine to Missouri and California.

  • GOP push on health plan; conservatives, Democrats oppose it

    GOP push on health plan; conservatives, Democrats oppose it

    Mar 08, 2017 03:10 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — Over the strong objections of key conservatives and Democrats, House Republican leaders are forging ahead with a health care plan that scraps major parts of the Obama-era overhaul. The House Ways and Means Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee intended to convene what were expected to be marathon sessions Wednesday to start...

  • Conservative backlash threatens to sink new GOP health bill

    Conservative backlash threatens to sink new GOP health bill

    Mar 06, 2017 11:51 PM EDT

    A powerful conservative backlash threatened to sink the new Republican health care bill less than 24 hours after its launch, even as President Donald Trump began trying to sell the legislation as the long-promised GOP cure for Obamacare.