Jan 13 Saudi energy minister concerned about oil price volatility By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said Sunday that major oil producers need to do better to narrow swings in prices that dip below $60 a barrel and rise above $86. Continue reading
Jan 13 Day 23: Graham says Trump isn’t giving in on southern border wall By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Sen. Lindsey Graham says he encouraged Trump Sunday to reopen the government for a period of weeks to try to negotiate a deal with Democrats. But the South Carolina Republican said Trump wants a deal first. Continue reading
Jan 13 Shutdown puts strain on hundreds of Native American tribes By Felicia Fonseca The pain is especially deep in tribal communities with high rates of poverty and unemployment, where one person often supports an extended family. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 25:00 January 12, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Jan. 12, the partial government shutdown enters day 22, making it the longest on record. Also, the ongoing court battle that is leaving many transgender people serving in the U.S. military uncertain of their future. Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch 4:42 Is banning trans troops a legal tactic to reverse civil rights? By Ivette Feliciano U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the discrimination of trans people, either by banning them from the military or firing them because of their sex, have much more at stake than is often perceived. Chase Strangio, an attorney at ACLU’s LGBT… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch 9:06 In ‘TransMilitary,’ troops fight for the country, banned or not By Megan Thompson, Melanie Saltzman A recent documentary "TransMilitary," follows four trans troops in their military journeys as the federal government flip-flops on whether they should be banned. As the battle over the ban continues in federal courts, NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson talks to a… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch 4:01 Rhetoric, disputes persist in country’s longest-ever shutdown By PBS News Hour With talks breaking down and no sign of compromise, the partial government shutdown became the longest in U.S. history on Saturday, at 22 days. President Trump continued to blame Democrats for a “massive humanitarian crisis” at the border and Democrats… Continue watching
Jan 12 In Sudan, no one is clear on what happens after al-Bashir By Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press As violent anti-government protests enter their fourth week, Sudan appears headed toward political paralysis, with drawn-out unrest across much of the country and a fractured opposition without a clear idea of what to do if the country’s leader of 29… Continue reading
Jan 12 Report: FBI probed whether Trump secretly worked for Russia By Associated Press Law enforcement officials became so concerned by President Donald Trump’s behavior in the days after he fired FBI Director James Comey that they began investigating whether he had been working for Russia against U.S. interests, The New York Times reported. Continue reading
Jan 12 With Trump’s nominee in limbo, envoy post in UAE stays empty By Robert Burns, Associated Press When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, no U.S. ambassador was there to welcome him. Continue reading