Category Archives: News

Political Analysis: Tamara Keith And Amy Walter On Capitol Hill Attacks (PBS)

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including former President Donald Trump’s rewriting of the January 6 attacks, President Joe Biden’s stance on police reform and what it says about the Democratic Party.

Morning News: Global Corporate Tax Hurdle, Virgin Galactic In Space

A.M. Edition for July 12. WSJ’s Paul Hannon on how the international plan for a corporate minimum tax may face hurdles with U.S. lawmakers. Billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space flight. 

Big U.S. bank earnings are expected this week. Companies see business opportunities in stressed-out Americans. Keith Collins hosts. 

Sunday Morning: Latest Headlines From Zurich, London & The Balkans

Monocle’s Emma Nelson, Latika Bourke and Rob Cox cover the weekend’s biggest news. Also in the programme: a check-in with our correspondent in the Balkans and what’s on the pages of Austria’s ‘Profil’ magazine.

Political Analysis: Brooks & Tumulty On Congress’ Earmarks, Afghanistan

New York Times columnist David Brooks and deputy opinion editor for The Washington Post, Karen Tumulty, join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the return of congressional earmarks, withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, the latest on the New York City mayor’s race and what it means about the Democratic Party.

Morning News: South Sudan, Indigenous People Of Canada & A Folk Queen

The world’s youngest state was born amid boundless optimism. But poverty is still endemic and ethnic tensions still rule politics; what hope for its next decade? 

Mass graves found at Canada’s “residential schools” have sparked a reckoning about past abuses of indigenous peoples. And marking 50 years since the final album of Karen Dalton, the forgotten queen of folk.