• Democrats clashed over shutdown strategy, but party's crisis runs far deeper

    Democrats clashed over shutdown strategy, but party's crisis runs far deeper

    Mar 19, 2025 05:38 PM EDT

    ... versus 54% who held an unfavorable view in a March CNN poll. And about 6 in 10 Democrats said they preferred to see the party work to stop the Republican agenda, compared with about 4 in 10 who preferred Democrats work with Republicans. That represents a stark shift from the ...

  • News Wrap: National Weather Service warns Americans of dangerous heat, humidity

    News Wrap: National Weather Service warns Americans of dangerous heat, humidity

    Jul 01, 2023 09:45 PM EDT

    ... transformative deal rather than compromising too soon. SAG AFTRA members have already authorized the leaders to call a strike. For both actors and writers, the shift to streaming has meant less work and less pay. Still to come on PBS News Weekend, why the decline of a.m. radio is ...

  • See how campaign money is being spent ahead of midterms

    See how campaign money is being spent ahead of midterms

    Oct 17, 2022 10:35 PM EDT

    ... to see a lot more money and a lot more corresponding ideology in elections that were previously considered somewhat sleepy. Lisa Desjardins: This is a shift, he's saying, in how elections work. But one other thing I want to say. This money obviously is very important. People -- voters are ...

  • Unemployment pushes more men to take on female-dominated jobs

    Unemployment pushes more men to take on female-dominated jobs

    Jan 07, 2020 04:26 PM EDT

    ... many female-dominated jobs. Moreover, men’s entrance into female-dominated jobs may push along what we, and many other scholars, see as a needed shift in how the culture values work traditionally done by women. If female-dominated jobs were as highly valued as comparable male-dominated jobs, the ...

  • Kentucky is first state granted approval for Medicaid work requirements

    Kentucky is first state granted approval for Medicaid work requirements

    Jan 13, 2018 04:26 PM EDT

    ... program approved Friday by the Trump administration. With the long-expected decision, Kentucky becomes the first state to win federal approval to test a new work requirement in Medicaid, a controversial policy shift likely to result in a court battle over whether the administration overstepped its legal authority. “I was ...

  • In Trump's EPA, industry has more voice in shaping science

    In Trump's EPA, industry has more voice in shaping science

    May 24, 2017 11:56 PM EDT

    ... a lot of their own new people. What kind of responses were you hearing about this action? MILES O'BRIEN: Well, it's a definite shift. And there is something at work here that's been going on for quite some time. I spoke to a former assistant administrator for ...

  • Census: Poverty numbers stay just about the same

    Census: Poverty numbers stay just about the same

    Sep 16, 2015 02:55 PM EDT

    ... time, year-round jobs increased by 1.2 million and 1.6 million, respectively, between 2013 and 2014. Census officials said the change suggested a shift from part-time, part-year work status to full-time, year-round employment. Associated Press Race & Ethnicity writer Jesse J. Holland wrote this report.

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    How Apple, Other Tech Companies Take Advantage of U.S. Tax Code

    Apr 30, 2012 10:16 PM EDT

    ... can move across borders without any disruption to business. And because our tax laws are leaky, the consultants and the economists and the lawyers that work for these corporations are able to shift the profits out of the reach of the IRS and into the tax havens. JEFFREY BROWN: Well ...

  • America already tried permanent daylight saving time. Could it work now?

    America already tried permanent daylight saving time. Could it work now?

    Jul 16, 2026 08:09 PM EDT

    ... be the charm? What's going on this time around? The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill that makes the shift to daylight saving time, when clocks are moved forward one hour, become permanent. Currently, the shift is forward in spring and back to standard ...

  • U.S. and Venezuela agree to reestablish diplomatic ties in major shift after Maduro's ouster

    U.S. and Venezuela agree to reestablish diplomatic ties in major shift after Maduro's ouster

    Mar 06, 2026 01:18 AM EDT

    CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States and Venezuela agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations in a major shift in a historically adversarial relationship, the State Department said on Thursday. The move comes after rounds of Trump administration officials have visited the South American nation following a U.S. military operation that ...