Leila Fadel appears in the following:
News brief: Congress returns, Arizona governor's race, voices from Kherson
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Congress is back for a lame-duck session as midterm results are being decided. A Democrat defeats an election denier in Arizona's governor race. Tales of Russian occupation emerge from Kherson.
As Biden and Xi meet in Bali, rest of Asia watches closely, too
Monday, November 14, 2022
President Biden talks to China's President Xi Jinping at the G20 meeting in Bali while the two countries' tensions are high. Disagreements includes status of Taiwan, trade and Russia's war in Ukraine.
How Democrats were able to perform better than expected in midterm elections
Monday, November 14, 2022
Democrats have retained their control of the Senate, but the House is still up for grabs. How will the midterm election results shape the two parties and their agendas moving forward?
News brief: Biden-Xi meeting, midterm election results, Istanbul explosion
Monday, November 14, 2022
President Biden and China's leader are meeting at the G20 summit. Democrats retain control of the U.S. Senate. Turkish authorities say at least six people were killed in a blast on an Istanbul street.
Texas judge strikes down Biden administration's student loan-forgiveness plan
Friday, November 11, 2022
A judge in Texas has vacated President Biden's student loan relief plan, calling it unconstitutional. The ruling will almost certainly be appealed by the U.S. Justice Department.
Biden assesses midterm results — even as some key races remain undecided
Thursday, November 10, 2022
In his first formal news conference since January, President Biden laid out his legislative agenda for the next two years and teased a 2024 reelection run.
Georgia will hold a runoff between U.S. Senate candidates Warnock and Walker
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Neither U.S. Senate candidate got enough votes to win the election outright. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker will face each other in a runoff in December.
Ukraine is skeptical of Russian claims that it is withdrawing from Kherson
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Russian officials made an announcement that they are withdrawing troops from the key city of Kherson. The city is the capital of a region Russia claims to have annexed.
Several state ballot measures resulted in victories for abortion rights supporters
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Voters generally favored abortion rights in abortion-related ballot initiatives this year. That could have implications for both policy and strategy.
News brief: Georgia runoff, GOP's 'red wave' is stopped, Russia to leave Kherson
Thursday, November 10, 2022
U.S. Senate candidates in Georgia head to a December runoff. Democrats avoided a "red wave" in the midterm elections. Russia says it's withdrawing from a key port city, but Ukraine is skeptical.
Meghan Trainor rediscovers her self-love as a new mom
Tuesday, November 01, 2022
The pop star first drew attention with the 2014 hit "All About That Bass" — she's back with a new full-length album hearkening to that era, called Takin' It Back.
Candidates for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat traded barbs in a formal setting
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
The only debate in the highly contentious Pennsylvania Senate race took place Tuesday night in Harrisburg, Pa. Democrat John Fetterman faces Republican Mehmet Oz.
News Brief: Pa. Senate race debate, LA City Council scandal, Haiti's hunger crisis
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Candidates for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat clash in a debate. Two LA City Council members involved in a racist conversation refuse to step down. Haiti's hunger crisis gets worse each day.
Some 19,000 people in Haiti are facing catastrophic levels of hunger
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Haiti is now in the sixth week of a fuel blockade by armed gangs in the capital Port-au-Prince. It means that escalating hunger, along with a cholera crisis, is getting more dire by the day.
Russia has been threatening to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
The threats come 60 years since the world held its collective breath during the Cuban Missile Crisis. What lessons does that 1962 crisis offer today?
News brief: dirty bomb accusations, Davos in the desert, Trump Organization trial
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
The West warns Russia over its accusations that Ukraine is preparing a dirty bomb. Top bankers and investors flock to a Saudi conference. Trump's family business goes on trial for tax evasion.
Rishi Sunak leads the race to become the U.K.'s next prime minister
Monday, October 24, 2022
The former treasury chief was runner-up to Liz Truss in the contest to replace scandal-plagued Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister. Truss quit after a turbulent 45-day term.
Haiti is dealing with multiple crises. Is international intervention the answer?
Monday, October 24, 2022
Haiti is experiencing high levels of gang violence, crime, poverty and disease that has intensified since last year's assassination of the president.
Morning news brief
Monday, October 24, 2022
Boris Johnson drops out of the U.K. prime minister race. Harvey Weinstein faces a sexual assault trial in Los Angeles. Despite chaos in Port-au-Prince, Haitians don't want outside intervention.
Ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein faces a sexual assault trial in Los Angeles
Monday, October 24, 2022
Opening statements are set to start Monday in Los Angeles in Harvey Weinstein's latest trial. This time, the disgraced movie producer is facing 11 counts of sexual assault.