Sep 25 Watch 5:12 News Wrap: Mexico City slowly reopens schools after quake By PBS News Hour In our News Wrap Monday, the death toll in the wake of Mexico’s earthquake reached at least 324. As crews in Mexico City continue to search for survivors through rubble, officials cleared 103 of the city’s 9,000 schools as safe… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch 3:31 How Trump’s travel ban changed and what comes next By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court is dropping scheduled oral arguments over President Trump’s controversial travel ban, a day after the White House announced a revised travel ban that added Chad, North Korea and Venezuela to the list of restricted countries. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Sep 25 Puerto Rico has asked for more aid in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Will the federal government provide it? By Joshua Barajas The crisis grips an island whose population is larger than that of 21 U.S. states. Here's what we know about the damage and what other funding the U.S. will provide. Continue reading
Sep 25 U.S. says it’s not pushing for regime change in North Korea By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press The Trump administration clarified Monday that it's not seeking to overthrow North Korea's government after the president tweeted that Kim Jong Un "won't be around much longer" and Pyongyang interpreted it as a declaration of war. Continue reading
Sep 25 WATCH: White House says it has not declared war on North Korea By Joshua Barajas White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will hold a news briefing at 2 p.m. ET today. Watch her remarks here. Continue reading
Sep 25 North Korea calls Trump comments a ‘declaration of war’ By Erica R. Hendry North Korea's foreign minister told reporters Monday that President Donald Trump's weekend tweet about leader Kim Jong Un was a “declaration of war” that gives his country the right to take "countermeasures," including the right to shoot down U.S. bombers… Continue reading
Sep 25 Trump’s travel ban unlikely to affect North Korea By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s new restrictions on visitors from several nations are largely symbolic in North Korea’s case, because not many of its citizens visit the United States. Continue reading
Sep 24 Trump signs proclamation restricting travel from 8 countries By Jill Colvin, Associated Press The new rules, which will impact the citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen, go into effect on October 18. Continue reading
Sep 24 Merkel claims victory in German election as far-right party joins parliament By Michael D. Regan Angela Merkel's conservative coalition, made up of the Christian Democratic Union party and the Christian Social Union, combined to take an estimated 33 percent of the vote. Continue reading
Sep 24 Scientists closing in on the dawn of plate tectonics By Shannon Hall, Scientific American The massive slabs of Earth’s crust might have started their journey more than 3.5 billion years ago. Continue reading