Jan 26 Watch News Wrap: Russia sends Trump a warning on setting up Syrian refugee safe zones By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, a Kremlin spokesman warned that the U.S. should "thoroughly calculate all possible consequences" of setting up refugee safe zones in Syria. That came after President Trump in an interview said he favors the idea. Also,… Continue watching
Jan 26 Schools scrub signs of ISIS rule in battle-scarred Mosul By Larisa Epatko Soccer balls are bouncing again and schools are reopening their doors in eastern Mosul, a city in Iraq where government troops recently wrest back control from Islamic State militants. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 53:24 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 25, 2017 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, President Trumps orders a border wall and moves to crack down on illegal immigration. Also: The president's unsubstantiated claims that millions voted illegally, silencing federal agencies' public communications, a meeting to outline the GOP agenda, using… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch 8:20 What do Trump's new orders on immigration really do? By PBS News Hour President Trump is tackling one of his election promises by ordering a border wall and cracking down on illegal immigration by stripping funding from “sanctuary cities” and ending a policy of releasing undocumented immigrants. Judy Woodruff gets views on what… Continue watching
Jan 25 Bolt loses gold medal after teammate fails anti-doping test By Michael Rios Usain Bolt has been stripped of one of his nine Olympic gold medals after a teammate tested positive for a banned substance. Continue reading
Jan 25 Mattis to visit Japan, South Korea on first overseas trip as Pentagon chief By Associated Press Defense Secretary James Mattis will travel to Japan and South Korea next week for his first overseas visit since taking office, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Continue reading
Jan 25 Trump draft order could lead to new CIA-run 'black sites' By Desmond Butler and Bradley Klapper, Associated Press President Donald Trump is asking for a review of America's methods for interrogating terror suspects and the possible reopening of CIA-run "black site" prisons outside the U.S. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch Seeing impediments to jobs, Trump prioritizes pipelines over environmental protections By PBS News Hour The Dakota Access Pipeline and Keystone XL Pipeline were put on hold during the Obama administration. But new executive orders by President Trump begin putting them back on track, as part of efforts to undo former President Obama's legacy. How… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch A meeting of nationalist leaders sows division in Europe By PBS News Hour A day after President Trump's inauguration, European right-wing leaders met in Koblenz, Germany, to issue a rallying cry for voters to upset the establishment in key elections across the continent. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports that their message, seeking to… Continue watching
Jan 23 President Trump signs memo to leave TPP trade pact By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Monday to leave the proposed Pacific Rim trade pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership. In another executive action, Trump reinstated a ban on providing federal money to international groups that perform abortions… Continue reading