Month: June 2022
Inflation rises faster than expected, pinching pocketbooks and spooking the markets
New inflation numbers out Friday show the nation’s economic pain has not peaked, and is still getting worse. The U.S. Labor Department reports consumer prices rose 8.6 percent in May from a year ago, marking the biggest increase in more
Read MoreNews Wrap: White House lifts COVID requirement for overseas travelers entering the U.S.
In our news wrap Friday, the Biden administration says overseas travelers to the U.S. will no longer have to test negative for COVID-19 within a day before they fly after the CDC determined the requirement is no longer necessary, the
Read MoreNews Wrap: White House lifts COVID requirement for overseas travelers entering the U.S.
In our news wrap Friday, the Biden administration says overseas travelers to the U.S. will no longer have to test negative for COVID-19 within a day before they fly after the CDC determined the requirement is no longer necessary, the
Read MoreNews Wrap: White House lifts COVID requirement for overseas travelers entering the U.S.
In our news wrap Friday, the Biden administration says overseas travelers to the U.S. will no longer have to test negative for COVID-19 within a day before they fly after the CDC determined the requirement is no longer necessary, the
Read MoreWhat we learned from the first public hearing on the Jan. 6 investigation
The Jan. 6 congressional committee is set to lay out its evidence in detail starting Monday after a dramatic opening night. In primetime Thursday, the panel accused then-President Trump of an attempted coup. In turn, the former president went online
Read MoreRep. Banks on Republican opposition to the Jan. 6 committee’s findings
Opposition to the select committee is nearly unanimous from House Republicans, who’ve attacked the work as illegitimate and politically motivated. Indiana Rep. Jim Banks was House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s pick to serve as ranking member on the committee, but
Read MoreRep. Raskin on what the Jan. 6 committee accomplished in the first public hearing
For more takeaways from Thursday night’s hearing, we turn to a member of the Jan. 6 select committee, who also served as the lead impeachment manager in President Trump’s second impeachment trial. Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin joins Judy Woodruff to
Read MoreJoint Readout of President Joe Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris’ Meeting with Leaders of The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Dominican Republic – The White House
Joint Readout of President Joe Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris’ Meeting with Leaders of The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Dominican Republic The White House
Read MoreAnthology Album Proof Tells Us Where BTS Has Been But Leaves Their Future Uncertain
If you were to distill BTS’s nine-year career into a single sentence, it might read something like the first lyric of their anthology album Proof. “I’m a born singer… I swear,” sings Jungkook on “Born Singer,” a track released a
Read MoreUkraine struggles to defend one of its last strongholds in the east
As the war in Ukraine grinds on its fourth month, the fight for the eastern Donbas continues. Relentless Russian shelling and Ukrainian counter-strikes have laid waste to vast swathes of the region. As William Brangham reports, the daily struggle for
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