Feb 04 Watch 4:39 News Wrap: Smartmatic files suit against Fox News, Trump’s lawyers over election claims In our news wrap Thursday, the voting technology company Smartmatic USA filed a $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News and two of former President Trump's attorneys over election fraud claims, the pandemic is still throwing large numbers of Americans out… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch 5:06 How Americans can coexist after the deadly insurrection In the aftermath of the attack at the Capitol many Americans continue to be distrustful of the election results despite it being free and fair, raising the question of where the U.S. goes from here as a country. Anne Applebaum,… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch 8:13 Bipartisan report urges the Biden administration to remain committed to Afghanistan One of the Biden administration's primary foreign policy challenges is how to end the United States' longest war. A new bipartisan report urges the administration to remain committed to Afghanistan and ongoing peace talks. Nick Schifrin reports. Continue watching
Feb 04 WATCH: Psaki holds White House press briefing on Hunter Biden book, COVID-19 relief act By Associated Press The statement, read by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, said: “We admire our son Hunter’s strength and courage to talk openly about his addiction so that others might see themselves in his journey and find hope.”… Continue reading
Feb 04 WATCH: Labor Secretary nominee Marty Walsh testifies before Senate committee By Associated Press If the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approves the Walsh nomination, the full Senate will make a final vote in the coming days. Continue reading
Feb 03 Why reforming the U.S. approach to deportations could be Biden’s biggest immigration challenge By Courtney Vinopal Biden’s immediate effort to reverse course on enforcement has not necessarily made immigrant communities safer, say advocates who represent clients facing deportation. Continue reading
Feb 03 Buttigieg says Transportation Department will push ‘bold’ thinking By Hope Yen, Associated Press Pete Buttigieg, newly sworn in as transportation secretary, is urging his 55,000 employees to embrace “imaginative, bold, forward thinking.”… Continue reading
Feb 03 WATCH: White House press secretary Psaki calls on Russia to release U.S. detainees By Associated Press Biden told House Democrats on Wednesday he's “not married" to an absolute number on his $1.9 trillion COVID rescue plan but Congress needs to “act fast” on relief for the pandemic and the economic crisis. Continue reading
Feb 03 WATCH: Isabel Guzman, nominee for small business administrator, testifies during Senate confirmation hearing By Candice Norwood If confirmed, Guzman will be tasked with overseeing the Paycheck Protection Program and other initiatives to support small businesses that have been forced to close or scale back operations during the pandemic. Continue reading
Feb 03 WATCH: Education Secretary nominee Miguel Cardona pledges new guidance, more virus testing By Collin Binkley, Associated Press If approved, Cardona would oversee an Education Department that employs thousands and has an annual budget of more than $60 billion. He would also oversee the agency’s $1.5 trillion student loan portfolio. Continue reading