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Yates’ Senate testimony on ‘compromised’ Flynn returns Russia probe to the...
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: In the U.S. Senate, the attention today was on the investigation into the Trump administration’s relationship with Russia, as senators heard from a man who has been in the...
View ArticleSally Yates Testifies to Senate Panel on Russia Investigation
Emmarie Huetteman, congressional reporter for The New York Times, discusses testimony from former acting U.S. attorney general Sally Yates and former director of national intelligence James Clapper...
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Chelsea Manning to stay on active duty when released from prison tomorrow
People hold signs calling for the release of imprisoned WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning while marching in a 2015 gay pride parade in San Francisco, California. Photo by Elijah...
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U.S. extends Obama-era sanctions relief for Iran, but imposes other sanctions
An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Photo by Leonhard Foeger/ReutersWASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Wednesday...
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U.S. to extend protections for Haitians for 6 months, but future remains...
Members of the Haitian community shout slogans in favor of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants during a 2009 visit by former President Barack Obama to Miami, Florida. Photo by...
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White House wants to halt ethics office’s inquiry into ex-lobbyists in...
President Donald Trump watches as Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan departs at the entrance to the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo by Joshua Roberts/ReutersWASHINGTON — The...
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Despite promise to ‘drain the swamp,’ Trump administration waives...
Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price testifies on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Blueprint before the Committee on Appropriations at the U.S. Capitol in D.C. Photo by Joshua...
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Why child abuse in military families may go unreported
Sailors man the rails onboard the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier as they depart on deployment from Naval Station North Island in Coronado, California. Photo by Mike Blake/ReutersAdvocates for...
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House GOP passes bill to roll back Dodd-Frank regulations
A street sign for Wall Street is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City. Photo by Andrew Kelly/ReutersWASHINGTON — The Republican-led House has backed legislation...
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Under President Trump, U.S. militias not ready to lay down arms
Chris Hill (L), the leader of the Georgia Chapter of the III% Security Force militia, speaks to members during a field training exercise in Jackson, Georgia. Picture taken in October 2016. Photo by...
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Supreme Court strikes down gender differences in citizenship law
Photo by Molly Riley/ReutersWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of an unusual law that treats fathers and mothers differently when it comes to conferring citizenship on children...
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Scaling back Bears Ears monument pleases GOP, angers Western tribes
The Bears Ears buttes, located in Utah. The Bears Ears National Monument in Utah is one of two designations President Barack Obama made at the end of his term, granting protection to land considered to...
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What’s at stake for children’s health care?
Photo by Adobe StockA few weeks after Jessica Jayne learned she was pregnant, she lost her job.It was spring 2012 and she and her husband, Tyler Jayne, lived in Eugene, Oregon, where she had been...
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How lack of transparency became ‘regular order’ on Capitol Hill
(Photo courtesy of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol)Congress struggling to finish a huge budget reconciliation bill. A GOP president pushing a major overhaul of federal payments for health...
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Average Cubans likely hurt by Trump’s return to stricter rules
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: As we reported earlier, President Trump took steps to roll back some parts of the Obama administration’s opening to Cuba, which began two-and-a-half...
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Intel officials detail how Russian cyberattacks sought to interfere with U.S....
Bill Priestap, Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Division at the FBI, testifies about Russian interference in U.S. elections to the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington, D.C. Photo by...
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Senate health-care plan would halt Obamacare penalties, taxes
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, accompanied by Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), speaks to the media following the weekly policy luncheons on...
View ArticleWATCH LIVE: Ryan expected to address Senate GOP health care bill
Senate Republicans are holding a private meeting to hear from leaders about their long-awaited plan for eliminating much of President Barack Obama’s health law.House Speaker Paul Ryan is expected to...
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Michelle Obama says some people still ‘won’t see me for what I am because of...
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama waves after her speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 25, 2016. REUTERS/Scott AudetteDENVER — Michelle Obama says breaking...
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President Trump grudgingly signs Russia sanctions bill
Photo by Jonathan Ernst/ReutersWASHINGTON — Dealt a striking congressional rebuke, Donald Trump grudgingly signed what he called a “seriously flawed” package of sanctions against Russia, bowing for the...
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What it’s like to be President Trump’s White House photographer
Chief Official White House Photographer Shealah Craighead photographs President Donald J. Trump during a tour of the Sistine Chapel, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Vatican City. Photo by Andrea Hanks From...
View ArticleWATCH LIVE: White House may address DACA decision at news briefing
The Trump administration announced its decision today to “wind down” former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee...
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Obama says decision to phase out DACA is ‘cruel’ and ‘self-defeating’
Former President Barack Obama calls President Donald Trump’s decision to phase out the so-called DACA program “cruel” and “self-defeating.” File photo by REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst – RTX2YEJXFormer...
View ArticleWATCH: Top Democrats speak about Trump’s DACA decision
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says that if Congress doesn’t pass protections for immigrants brought to this country illegally as children, Democrats will move to attach it to other items this...
View ArticleWATCH LIVE: Senate health committee holds first hearing on stabilizing...
WASHINGTON — Both parties must give ground to craft a compromise bill shoring up the nation’s individual health insurance markets or they’ll be blamed for hurting millions of consumers, the chairman of...
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The Man Who Made Obama Funny
“Funny” isn’t in the job description for the president of the United States, but it’s a trait that helps U.S. leaders connect with voters.President Obama’s comedic timing became something of a...
View ArticleWATCH LIVE: Obama speaks at global health event
Watch former President Barack Obama speak at 12:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday.Former President Barack Obama will speak at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Goalkeepers event in New York on Wednesday to...
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DeVos scraps Obama-era guidance on campus sexual assault
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos makes remarks during a major policy address on Title IX enforcement, which in college covers sexual harassment, rape and assault, at George Mason University, in...
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Poll: Most Americans say ‘dreamers’ should be granted citizenship
People march and chant slogans against U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed end of the DACA program that protects immigrant children from deportation at a protest in New York City, U.S., August 30,...
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Former Trump aide Steve Bannon had ties to Harvey Weinstein
White House Senior Advisor Steve Bannon attends a March roundtable discussion held by President Donald Trump with auto industry leaders in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan. Photo by Jonathan...
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on the unfair expectation that one black president could...
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: Now some perspective on the presidency of Barack Obama and the election of Donald Trump.Hari Sreenivasan has this latest addition to the NewsHour Bookshelf.HARI SREENIVASAN:...
View ArticleNat'l Politics; Samantha Power on Obama's Foreign Policy Legacy; Time's Up at...
Coming up on today's show: POLITICO White House correspondent Annie Karni talks about the latest news coming out of the White House -- including the Trump administration's scramble to react to the...
View ArticleHow the Obama Administration Worked to Define His Foreign Policy Legacy
Samantha Power, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Greg Barker, the director of a new documentary about the Obama administration’s work to establish his foreign policy legacy,...
View ArticleBeyond Art: The Powerful Significance of The Obamas' Official Portraits
The official portraits of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were unveiled on Monday at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. The Obamas, who were known for...
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As national attention is focused on the Obama portraits this week, we offer this archival Fishko Files on portraits of a less “official” variety. (Produced in 2007)Fishko Files with Sara...
View ArticleThe New York Times Podcast Club, IRL: 'Making Obama'
Podcast obsessives, take a break from your earbuds to attend a live meetup of The New York Times Podcast Club, a weekly geekout over the best in on-demand audio.Join us to hear and discuss an episode...
View ArticleChicago Organizers Protest One of Their Own: Barack Obama
Barack Obama’s storied ascent to the U.S. presidency is anchored in his roots as a community organizer. The planned Obama Presidential Center, which includes his presidential library, is supposed to...
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No Filter: Amy Sherald
Her portrait of Michelle Obama went viral. Painter Amy Sherald dismisses the haters. “Some people want their poetry to rhyme.”Plus, Allison P. Davis, Senior Culture Writer at The Cut, on how picking...
View ArticleObama Lends His Endorsement To New York And New Jersey Democrats
Former President Barack Obama lent a hand to four New York and New Jersey Democrats looking to knock off Republican incumbents this fall. Two are former Obama administration employees. Tom Malinowski...
View ArticleThe Pasta That Won Obama Re-Election
Sam Kass shares stories of his time as the Obama family’s chef -- cooking on Air Force One, smuggling special ingredients in to the White House, and creating a dish that came to be known as 'lucky...
View ArticleAn Obama Staffer's 'Good Idea'
Alyssa Mastromonaco, co-host of Crooked Media's Hysteria Podcast, former assistant to President Obama and the author of Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to...
View ArticleWeekly Music Roundup: VÉRITÉ and The Raconteurs
Week of Dec. 24: This week, another farewell from Lin-Manuel Miranda (and Barack Obama), a surprise return by the Raconteurs, and a big ol’ box of gospel. The Raconteurs Return With Two New Songs Jack...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Weighs the End of DACA
Jeff Sessions, then the Attorney General, announced in 2017 the cancellation of the Obama-era policy known as DACA—Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. A number of plaintiffs sued, and their case...
View ArticleChance the Rapper’s Art and Activism
My generation was taught that the civil-rights movement ended in the sixties, and that the Civil Rights Act put things as they should be,” Chance the Rapper tells David Remnick. “That belief was...
View ArticleChance the Rapper’s Art and Activism
“My generation was taught that the civil-rights movement ended in the sixties, and that the Civil Rights Act put things as they should be,” Chance the Rapper tells David Remnick. “That belief was...
View ArticleAn Unconventional Democratic National Convention
Last night, President Barack Obama delivered a searing takedown of the current president as part of the third night of the Democratic Party’s virtual convention. Until now, the former president and...
View ArticleA Virtual Democratic Convention
This week, Joe Biden officially became the Democratic nominee for president in the first-ever virtual convention. While there were no crowds, handshakes, or applause to demonstrate excitement, the new...
View ArticleThe History of Biden and Obama's 'Bromance'
Gabriel Debenedetti, national correspondent at New York Magazine and author of The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama (Henry Holt and Co., 2022), joins to discuss his...
View Article'Books Unbanned' at the Brooklyn Public Library
President Obama recently posted an open letter to librarians, praising them for their work amid book bans and other forms of censorship. Nick Higgins, chief librarian of the Brooklyn Public Library,...
View ArticleHow Did Our Democracy Get so Fragile?
We’re in the midst of another election season, and yet again American democracy hangs in the balance, with a leading Presidential candidate who has threatened to suspend parts of the Constitution. How...
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