Mar 21 Watch 6:19 With Trump's Golan Heights move, Netanyahu may be the biggest winner President Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. will now recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a strategic 40-mile strip of land on the Syrian-Israeli border. The decision, which Trump announced via Tweet, overturns decades of U.S. policy in the… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch 12:52 How Trump's executive order on campus free speech could affect colleges President Trump signed an executive order Thursday requiring that U.S. colleges seeking federal research funding must certify that their policies support free speech in order to receive it. Amna Nawaz talks to Jerry Falwell Jr., and Georgetown University’s Sanford Ungar… Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch 7:39 Preet Bharara on how Trump is eroding faith in law enforcement President Trump often expresses disdain for law enforcement agencies investigating him. The Southern District of New York has attracted particular ire, with Trump firing the U.S. attorney heading it in 2017. Judy Woodruff talks to that U.S. attorney, Preet Bharara,… Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch 6:46 How residents from El Paso feel about border barriers By Angela Kocherga, Albuquerque Journal Amid the roiling national debate about immigration and a border wall, construction crews in El Paso, Texas, are busy replacing 20 miles of wire mesh fencing with a bollard-style structure. Border Patrol says this kind of barrier is crucial for… Continue watching
Mar 08 How Trump changed the Obama-era rule on reporting civilian airstrike deaths By Courtney Vinopal The decision has renewed the stark debate over who dies, and how, in U.S. military action abroad. Continue reading
Feb 16 Watch 10:11 On the front lines: One doctor's decades-long fight to heal Haiti By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green A devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti created an unprecedented health crisis that led the U.S. to grant Haitians Temporary Protected Status. But with the Trump administration's plan to eliminate TPS, 60,000 Haitians living in the U.S. may be deported. NewsHour… Continue watching
Feb 16 Judge bars immigration policing criteria for 2 grants By Brian Melley, Associated Press A federal judge on Friday permanently blocked the Trump administration from imposing conditions that police departments cooperate with immigration authorities to receive law enforcement grants. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 4:31 California attorney general calls Trump's national emergency 'reckless' Several states and organizations are preparing legal challenges to President Trump’s national emergency declaration over immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border. One of them is California, whose attorney general, Xavier Becerra, talks to Amna Nawaz about why Trump’s “reckless” action inappropriately… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch 5:26 Kobach: Illegal immigration constitutes emergency under 'extraordinarily broad' act Although some Republicans have criticized President Trump's national emergency declaration, others endorse it. One of them is Kris Kobach, former Kansas secretary of state, who talks to Amna Nawaz about the “extraordinarily broad” nature of the National Emergencies Act, why… Continue watching
Jan 11 'Substantial number' of women could lose birth control coverage under rule, judge says By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press The changes set to go into effect on Monday would allow more employers, including publicly traded companies, to opt out of providing no-cost contraceptive coverage to women by claiming religious objections. Continue reading