Mar 07 Watch 4:51 COVID-19 relief bill passage hinged on compromise By PBS NewsHour President Biden’s COVID-19 relief plan passed in the Senate with a vote along party lines. Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the significance of the bill and what this means for the president’s legislative agenda and the… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch 3:16 Senate debate intensifies ahead of critical votes on Biden’s COVID relief bill By Lisa Desjardins The latest jobs report showed a surprising rebound in the labor market, with employers adding a net of 379,000 new jobs in February. And the unemployment rate fell a tenth of a percentage point, to 6.2 percent. The dip in… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 6:24 Sen. John Thune on COVID relief: ‘this is a big, wasteful, bloated bill’ As the U.S. Senate moves toward floor debate on this next round of stimulus, we get the perspective of South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune. He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss some of the components of the legislation and other… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch 3:14 Trump’s return at CPAC puts GOP divisions back in the spotlight By Yamiche Alcindor, Meredith Lee Former President Donald Trump on Sunday delivered his first speech since leaving office more than a month ago. He was centerstage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida, where he took aim at Republicans who voted for this impeachment. Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch 4:30 Republican senators who voted to convict Trump face political peril at home By Yamiche Alcindor, Saher Khan, Geoffrey Lou Guray It is a time of political peril for the seven Republican senators who voted to convict the dominant figure of their party. State and local Republican parties have censured -- or are thinking about censuring -- several of those senators. Continue watching
Feb 10 Republican Josh Mandel joins race for open Senate seat in Ohio By Associated Press Republican Josh Mandel, a Marine veteran and former state treasurer, says he will make a third run for the U.S. Senate in Ohio. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 6:49 Congress irons out final details on the eve of Trump’s historic impeachment trial By PBS NewsHour Congress and the American people are preparing for the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, which is set to begin on Tuesday. It's a historic first for the nation, as a president has never been impeached twice. Yamiche… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch 8:42 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump’s impeachment and his enduring influence NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including how former President Trump's second impeachment trial will be different from the first, how partisanship plays in to the… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch 6:09 Biden focuses on stimulus plan as Dems gear up for Trump’s Senate trial By PBS NewsHour Former President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial begins on Tuesday, with Democrats, who have 50 seats in addition to VP Harris’s vote, gearing up to convict him of inciting the Capitol insurrection. Meanwhile, President Biden is focusing on his $1.9 trillion… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch 6:29 Sen. Bill Cassidy on Rep. Greene: ‘She’s part of the conspiracy cabal’ Sen. Bill Cassidy, of Louisiana, is one of 10 Republicans to meet this week with President Biden about the administration's COVID relief bill, and one of only a handful of medical doctors serving in Congress. He joins Judy Woodruff to… Continue watching