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Story of migrants displacing homeless veterans was false

Story of migrants displacing homeless veterans was false

The story was picked up by numerous conservative outlets before local newspapers debunked allegations that homeless veterans were displaced by migrants at a New York hotel. Albany Times Union reporter and editor Lana Bellamy joins.

Durham report, long-awaited by Trump supporters, fails to deliver on hype

Durham report, long-awaited by Trump supporters, fails to deliver on hype

Rachel Maddow looks at the very high expectations Donald Trump and his supporters had for John Durham’s special investigation into the origins of the Trump/Russia investigation and imagines the immense disappointment they must be feeling as the investigation ends after four years with no much to show.

Why this expert thinks Tucker Carlson and Fox News parted ways

Why this expert thinks Tucker Carlson and Fox News parted ways

Frank Sesno, former CNN Washington Bureau Chief who is now a professor at George Washington University, was set to be an expert witness in the Fox News-Dominion trial. He joins CNN’s Michael Smerconish to break down the latest about Fox News and the recent decision by the network to part ways with Tucker Carlson. #CNN #News

WATCH: An Oklahoma City bombing survivor on why he’s worried about extremism today

WATCH: An Oklahoma City bombing survivor on why he’s worried about extremism today

Dennis Purifoy survived the largest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history, the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. Sitting in his cubicle on the ground floor of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, he saw the flash of an explosion on his computer screen and was covered by debris. Sixteen of his co-workers and 24 visitors died. The attack opened his eyes to the reality of hate and terrorism, and he now urges law enforcement agencies to pay more attention to the rising threat of far-right extremism in the country. He believes that the divisions and polarizations in society make it easier for people to think in terms of “me or us versus them,” and he is more concerned about it today than he has been in a while.

Fox News to pay $787M settlement to Dominion Voting Systems over stolen election lies

Fox News to pay $787M settlement to Dominion Voting Systems over stolen election lies

The defamation trial against Fox News concluded before it even began. Dominion Voting Systems alleged the right-wing network knowingly broadcast lies that its voting machines were used to steal the 2020 presidential election. On Tuesday, Fox agreed to settle the case and pay Dominion $787 million. Geoff Bennett discussed the settlement with NPR’s David Folkenflik.

House Republicans hold NYC hearing targeting DA bringing criminal charges against Trump

House Republicans hold NYC hearing targeting DA bringing criminal charges against Trump

The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee headed to New York for a hearing honing in on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. He’s the prosecutor who brought criminal charges against former President Trump. The hearing was billed as a look at Bragg’s record on prosecuting crime, but turned into a back and forth between protesters, witnesses and members of Congress. Lisa Desjardins reports.

Rural healthcare access at risk as public health efforts become politicized

Rural healthcare access at risk as public health efforts become politicized

The pandemic highlighted the power of local health departments and brought backlash from people who said these authorities were overreaching. In the wake of the turmoil, many were overhauled, leaving an outsized impact on rural parts of the country. With support from the Pulitzer Center and in collaboration with the Global Health Reporting Center, Dr. Alok Patel reports for our series, Rural RX.

Louisville police release body camera video of officers responding to bank shooting

Louisville police release body camera video of officers responding to bank shooting

Louisville released police body camera video of the shooting that left five people dead and eight others injured. Police said the gunman legally bought the AR-15 style rifle used in the attack just six days ago. Democrats representing Louisville called for tougher gun safety laws saying state and federal officials have not done enough. Geoff Bennett discussed the latest with Rep. Morgan McGarvey.

WATCH: Special interest push behind 2nd Amendment a ‘fraud,’ former chief justice said in 1991

WATCH: Special interest push behind 2nd Amendment a ‘fraud,’ former chief justice said in 1991

During a 1991 interview on the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, former Chief Justice Warren Burger was asked what he would change in the Bill of Rights. He called out the Second Amendment.

“If I were writing the Bill of Rights now there wouldn’t be any such thing as the Second Amendment,” Burger told the NewsHour’s Charlayne Hunter-Gault. “This has been the subject of one of the greatest pieces of fraud – I repeat the word ‘fraud’ – on the American public by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime.”

The interview was part of a series marking the 200th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

He pulled out his tiny copy of the constitution and read the Second Amendment aloud, which states that “a well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

“If the militia, which was going to be the state army, was going to be well-regulated,” Burger asked, “why shouldn’t 16 and 17 and 18, or any other age, persons be regulated in the use of arms the way an automobile is regulated?”

Months before Burger’s appearance on the NewsHour, former President Ronald Reagan called on Congress to pass the Brady bill, a piece of legislation named for his press secretary who was wounded during the 1981 assassination attempt against him.

“Every year, an average of 9,200 Americans are murdered by handguns, according to Department of Justice statistics. This does not include suicides or the tens of thousands of robberies, rapes and assaults committed with handguns,” Regan wrote in a March 1991 New York Times op-ed. “This level of violence must be stopped.”

It took another two years before President Bill Clinton signed the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act into law.

U.S. scrambles as classified documents detailing military intelligence are leaked online

U.S. scrambles as classified documents detailing military intelligence are leaked online

It’s being described as the most serious intelligence leak in years. Dozens of pages of classified material are spreading online, after being originally posted on a gaming platform. U.S. officials are investigating the origin of the leaks and the impact of information meant to be secret about the war in Ukraine, Russian forces and even U.S. spying on American allies. Nick Schifrin reports

News Wrap: Nashville council votes to reappoint ousted state lawmaker Justin Jones

News Wrap: Nashville council votes to reappoint ousted state lawmaker Justin Jones

In our news wrap Monday, Nashville’s Metro Council voted to reappoint Justin Jones to the state house on an interim basis, a grand jury in Virginia indicted the mother of a first grader who shot his teacher, China says its forces are ready to fight after finishing combat exercises around Taiwan and there’s word Russian forces have turned to scorched-earth tactics in the battle for Bakhmut.

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