President Biden’s plans for curbing the most devastating impacts of a changing climate are ambitious.
His administration is not only planning a sharp U-turn from the previous White House — former President Donald Trump openly mocked the science behind human-caused climate change — but those aims go even further than the Obama administration’s.
Today, we look ... Show More
Jul 17
The President, His Plane and the Press
Last Friday night, F.B.I. agents showed up at the homes of several New York Times journalists and summoned them to testify before a grand jury. The move was a response by the Trump administration to an article about the safety of the new Air Force One. Tyler Pager, one of the jou ... Show More
29m 1s
Jul 16
ICE Ramps Back Up, With Deadly Results
Two fatal shootings by federal immigration agents in Texas and Maine have put the spotlight back on the Trump administration’s deportation tactics. Hamed Aleaziz, who reports on immigration policy, explains how these killings signal a return to a more aggressive form of enforceme ... Show More
25m 27s
Nov 2021
Biden Says The US Has Gotten Serious About Climate
President Biden continues his travel this week in Scotland, where he is attending the United Nations climate conference, COP26. Despite trouble passing his climate change proposals at home, Biden told the gathering of world leaders that the U.S. will become a net-zero emissions e ... Show More
14m 38s