Mar 27 Watch 7:09 How theater helps these Syrian refugees manage the trauma of war By Malcolm Brabant How does one manage the trauma of war? A group of refugees from Syria, which has been consumed by fighting for eight years, is trying theater. In Glasgow, Scotland, a therapeutic drama program is staging an ancient play about the… Continue watching
Mar 27 Durbin set to reintroduce his anti-domestic terrorism bill. Here’s how it would work By Ali Rogin The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, a piece of legislation Durbin originally introduced in 2017, would require federal agencies to issue an annual report on domestic terrorism and codify an interagency domestic terrorism task force, according to the draft legislation, details… Continue reading
Mar 27 UK’s Theresa May says she’ll resign if Parliament backs Brexit plan By Associated Press The comments marked the first time May signaled she was prepared to quit in order to secure the necessary votes for the passage of the Brexit divorce deal she has negotiated with the EU. Continue reading
Mar 27 British lawmakers weigh Brexit alternatives to leave European Union By Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless, Associated Press The debate comes two days after lawmakers took control of the parliamentary agenda away from the government amid alarm that Britain was heading toward a chaotic Brexit within weeks with no exit plan in place. Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 6:15 News Wrap: House fails to override Trump veto on emergency declaration In our Tuesday news wrap, the House failed to override President Trump's veto of a bill to block his national emergency declaration. The 248 lawmakers voting to override fell 38 short of a required two-thirds majority. The declaration still faces… Continue watching
Mar 26 Lawsuit says Felix Sater looked to launder cash through Trump projects By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press A Soviet-born convicted felon who worked on real estate deals with President Donald Trump was accused in a lawsuit Monday of plotting to use Trump-branded skyscrapers to launder money allegedly stolen from a Kazakhstan bank. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch 4:51 News Wrap: More missile and rocket strikes in Gaza Monday in our News Wrap, Israel launched a new wave of airstrikes in Gaza, retaliating for a Hamas rocket attack. Israeli missiles flattened buildings in Gaza City, including one housing the offices of Hamas’ leader; they were answered by another… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 6:06 Who was behind Russia’s ‘information warfare’ campaign There is no doubt that Russia’s government attempted to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. As William Brangham reports, once the U.S. intelligence community reached that consensus, as well as high confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered the… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 7:39 Prolonged Brexit impasse causes rising angst in the UK By Malcolm Brabant European leaders agreed to delay the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union for at least a few weeks, but there is still no deal for how the withdrawal will occur. As the impasse drags on, protesters take to the… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 26:42 The Mueller Report – A PBS NewsHour/FRONTLINE special The nearly two-year investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has concluded, with Mueller's final report delivered to Attorney General William Barr for review. Now, a groundbreaking collaboration between PBS NewsHour and FRONTLINE… Continue watching