Dec 21 Watch 10:38 How Obama’s unique background shaped his outlook on race By PBS News Hour The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates has criticized President Obama’s policies toward black Americans. Perhaps for that reason, he was invited to discuss such issues with Mr. Obama several times throughout the president's second term. As part of a collaboration with The… Continue watching
Dec 21 Energy Dept. offers $2B loan to carbon-storage project By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Energy Department said Wednesday it is offering a conditional, $2 billion loan guarantee to capture and store carbon dioxide at a planned Louisiana methanol plant. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch 7:59 Kellyanne Conway: Russian interference claims are ‘pure politics’ By PBS News Hour Kellyanne Conway, senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the conclusion by the U.S. intelligence community that Russia tried to influence the election, the president-elect’s tweets in the wake of violence in Germany and Turkey, relations… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 5:27 Worries about access fuel women’s rush to get contraception By PBS News Hour In the immediate aftermath of the election, concerns about access to birth control have spiked. For many women, there’s a fear that the incoming Trump administration will repeal the Affordable Care Act, and with it, access to free contraception. Lisa… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 5:47 Inside Obama’s final push to transfer Guantanamo detainees By PBS News Hour According to a New York Times report, the Obama administration has notified Congress of its plans to transfer more than a dozen of the 59 prisoners who remain at the Guantanamo Bay detention center before President-elect Trump takes office. Charlie… Continue watching
Dec 20 Obama bans future oil, gas leasing in areas of Arctic and Atlantic oceans By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The move helps put some finishing touches on Obama's environmental legacy while also testing President-elect Donald Trump's promise to unleash the nation's untapped energy reserves. Continue reading
Dec 19 Obama pardons 78 people, shortens the sentence for another 153 By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The White House said this was the greatest number of individual clemencies in a single day by any president. Continue reading
Dec 19 Obama administration sets rule to protect streams near coal mines By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The long-anticipated move met quick resistance from Republicans today who vowed to overturn it under President-elect Donald Trump. Continue reading
Dec 17 Trump’s Cabinet selections signal a bold shift after Obama By Ken Thomas, Associated Press Trump's incoming Cabinet embodies a sharp turn from the outgoing Obama administration. Continue reading
Dec 17 Obama, rapping Putin, says U.S. could strike back on cyberattacks By Julie Pace and Josh Lederman, Associated Press President Barack Obama put Russia's Vladimir Putin on notice Friday that the U.S. could use offensive cyber muscle to retaliate for interference in the U.S. presidential election. Continue reading