2024Talks - July 26, 2024

Harris meets with Israeli PM Netanyahu and calls for a ceasefire. MI Rep. Rashida Tlaib faces backlash for a protest during Netanyahu's speech. And VA Sen. Mark Warner advocates for student debt relief.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - July 26, 2024

Arson attacks paralyze French high-speed rail network hours before start of Olympics, the Obamas endorse Harris for President; A NY county creates facial recognition, privacy protections; Art breathes new life into pollution-ravaged MI community; 34 Years of the ADA.

2024Talks - July 25, 2024

The White House says Biden's decision to leave the race isn't health related. Israeli PM Netanyahu stands by Gaza war in a speech to Congress, but sparks sharp protests. Iowa's near total abortion ban takes effect Monday.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - July 25, 2024

The Kamala Harris veepstakes is well underway; NM voters get lowdown on far right's Project 2025; AZ voters focus on immigration as GOP ramps up anti-migrant attacks; Advocates call proposed CT insurance rate increases too high.

PNS Daily Newscast - July 24, 2024

Kamala Harris holds first campaign rally in Wisconsin; WA nursing home workers get White House boost in union struggle; Colorado hospitals charge commercial insurers up to six times Medicare rates; Hunger is another struggle for Arkansas' 'ALICE' residents.

2024Talks - July 23, 2024

Democrats consolidate support behind Vice President Harris, Republicans threaten legal action over changes to the presidential ticket, and a possible bipartisan consensus forms on the failure of the Secret Service to protect former President Trump.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - July 23, 2024

Secret Service director steps down amid resignation calls after Trump assassination attempt; Harris donations top $100m after Biden's exit from presidential race; Politics take center stage at national convention for educators; EV industry praises federal investments in Michigan; Farm waste ups dangers of climate change-related weather events.

PNS Daily Newscast - July 22, 2024

VP Kamala Harris says she plans to 'earn and win' Democratic nomination after Joe Biden drops out and endorses her; New Alabama bill threatens voter rights, legal challenge ensues; Fact-checking GOP claims on immigrants; Water contamination a concern in Midwest flood aftermath.

2024Talks - July 19, 2024

As Trump accepts nomination for President, delegates emphasize themes of unity and optimism envisioning 'new golden age.' But RNC convention was marked by strong opposition to LGBTQ rights, which both opened and closed the event.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - July 19, 2024

Airline travel and more disrupted by global tech outage; Nevada gets OK to sell federal public lands for affordable housing;Science Moms work to foster meaningful talks on climate change; Scientists reconsider net-zero pledges to reach climate goals.

PNS Daily Newscast - July 18, 2024

President Biden tests positive for COVID; Report: SD ethanol plants release hazardous air pollutants; CA's giant sequoia groves in peril after megafires.

Public News Service - Thursday Afternoon update July 18, 2024

GOP VP Nominee Vance calls Republicans champions of the middle class; President Biden is isolating with Covid while sources say Schumer privately urged Biden to step aside in the 2024 election: NY bill addresses monopolies, anti-trust loopholes; ACLU of Alabama launches Project MOVE to boost voter turnout.

PNS Daily Newscast - July 17, 2024

CNN Exclusive: Secret Service ramped up security after receiving intel of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump; no known connection to shooting; Supports available for migrant workers' families during peak harvest in Oregon; East Texas nonprofit works to register young voters of color.

PNS Daily Newscast - July 16, 2024

After the Trump assassination attempt, defining democracy gets even harder; Trump picks Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, a once-fierce critic turned loyal ally, as his GOP running mate; DC residents push back on natural gas infrastructure buildup; and a new law allows youth on Medi-Cal to consent to mental health treatment.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - July 16, 2024

New video shows Police were warned of Trump rally shooter at least 86 seconds before gunfire; Ohio group voices caution about Vance's record for helping working class; Report: CT government pay equity, representation needs work; NH duckweed study aims to counter impacts of manure, farm runoff.

PNS Daily Newscast - July 15, 2024

President Joe Biden calls on the nation to 'lower the temperature' on politics; Utah governor calls for unity following Trump assassination attempt; Civil rights groups sound the alarm on Project 2025; New England braces for 'above-normal' hurricane season.

2024Talks - July 12, 2024

The House passes the SAVE Act, but fails to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in inherent contempt of Congress, and a proposed federal budget could doom much-needed public services.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - July 12, 2024

VA law prevents utility shutoffs in extreme circumstances; MI construction industry responds to a high number of worker suicides; 500,000 still without power or water in the Houston area; KY experts: Children, and babies at higher risk for heat illness.

2024Talks - July 11, 2024

Hollywood's Democratic allies enter Biden withdrawal debate. AOC moves to impeach Justices Thomas and Alito, and GOP commissioners face backlash after they refuse to certify Nevada county recount results.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - July 11, 2024

Colorado housing costs 8th least affordable in the nation; Restrictions on transgender health care slipped into Senate's must-pass defense bill; Proposed GOP budget could harm NYers, critics say; MI high court re-evaluates life sentences for young offenders.

PNS Daily Newscast - July 10, 2024

Colorado posts 2nd-highest loss of Medicaid coverage in the nation; Biden opens NATO summit by announcing new air defenses for Ukraine; New map reveals high wildfire risks for Florida; Advocacy groups want NM's governor to halt the special legislative session.

2024Talks - July 9, 2024

In a sermon, the GOP's candidate for North Carolina governor says "some folks need killing," Trump's campaign adopts moderate abortion language, and New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez's corruption trial nears its conclusion.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - July 9, 2024

Advocates to flood social media to promote Black Women's Equal Pay Day; At least 7 dead and more than 2M without power in Hurricane Beryl aftermath; Richmond city workers' first union contract to take effect; Fed judge restores higher WA farmworker wages.

PNS Daily Newscast - July 8, 2024

Clean-water advocates head back to court over Colorado factory farms; Tropical Storm Beryl expected to make landfall in Texas as a hurricane; 'Drive-thru' blood network addresses critical shortage in rural Montana; Kentucky to provide health coverage for people leaving incarceration.