January 23, 2012  |   The Supreme Court's decision Monday -- saying police must have a warrant before attaching a GPS tracker to vehicles -- shows the court "wants to move carefully" in weighing the privacy rights of individuals against law enforcement's need for information...

September 1, 2011  |   On Thursday's broadcast, Gwen Ifill talks to historian and NewsHour regular Richard Norton Smith and journalist Carl Cannon about failed presidential candidates who still managed to change political history. The subject is explored in a C-SPAN series starting this month...

May 25, 2011  |   Former President Bill Clinton said the unlikely Democratic victory in New York's 26th congressional district Tuesday was most certainly a referendum on Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan's plan to overhaul Medicare, but cautioned Democrats against reading the win as an...

May 23, 2011  |   Supreme Court Monday's sharply divided ruling ordering California to release tens of thousands of inmates from its overcrowded prisons was just one of several widely-anticipated decisions the Supreme Court is expected to issue...

April 26, 2011  |   Reince Priebus conducts committee business after he was elected to be the new chairman of the National Republican Committee during the RNC Winter Meeting January 14, 2011 in National Harbor, Maryland. Reince Priebus doesn't mince words...

March 30, 2011  |   At 2:27 p.m. on March 30, 1981, John Hinckley, Jr. opened fire from behind a ropeline at the Washington Hilton Hotel. It took him less than two seconds to wound President Ronald Reagan, Press Secretary James...

March 15, 2011  |   Mississippi governor and potential Republican presidential contender Haley Barbour addressed a Chamber of Commerce audience in Chicago Monday, where he spent most of his time on criticizing President Obama's handling of the economy. He will likely continue to do the...

February 22, 2011  |   On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that has it all: passion, betrayal, revenge, and hair loss. There's something for everyone, including constitutional law scholars, political strategists, readers of supermarket tabloids, and groups pushing to...

February 9, 2011  |   One year ago today, first lady Michelle Obama sat down with the NewsHour's Jim Lehrer to discuss the launch of her new "Let's Move" campaign to tackle childhood obesity. Photo at right: Michelle Obama at a "Let's Move" event in...

December 7, 2010  |   Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal was inside the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday for arguments on the scope of job discrimination protection in Thompson v. North American Stainless. We asked Coyle some questions on the case. The justices...

October 29, 2010  |   At first blush, the U.S. Senate races in West Virginia and Alaska seem to have little in common. In both states, however, conservative superstar Sarah Palin has endorsed the Republican candidate, and the national mantra of frustration toward Washington is...

October 20, 2010  |   Political ad-makers on both sides of the aisle are distorting the truth this campaign season. Nothing new there. But for voters looking for candidate information, political operatives are far from the only source available. There are several nonpartisan fact-checking groups...

October 14, 2010  |   Nineteen days before voters head to the polls for the 2010 midterm elections, the head of the Democratic National Committee is cautiously upbeat about his party's chances for success. But that won't halt his plans to keep hammering Republicans...

October 6, 2010  |   Attorney Margie Phelps argues for the respondents in Snyder v. Phelps. Courtroom sketch courtesy William Hennessy Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal was inside the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to hear arguments in a much anticipated case on...

October 5, 2010  |   Courtroom sketch courtesy William Hennessy How much personal information should a job applicant have to give up to a prospective employer? That's the question the Supreme Court wrestled with Tuesday as it heard arguments in the privacy case NASA...

September 29, 2010  |   Do a Kansas preacher and his anti-gay followers have a constitutional right to picket and protest during the burial of a Marine who was killed in Iraq? How far can the government go in checking the background of a...

August 20, 2010  |   News Corp.'s $1 million contribution to the Republican Governors Association has drawn fire from journalism schools, ethics analysts and progressive political organizations this week. Owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. is the parent company of The Wall Street...

August 12, 2010  |   White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs drew fire from the liberal Democratic base this week after his comments denouncing the "professional left" in an interview with The Hill newspaper. In an interview with The Rundown, presidential historian Richard Norton...

July 28, 2010  |   Democrats Wednesday tried to paint Republicans and tea party supporters as members of the same political party, with a common goal: to move the country backward. Democratic National Committee Chair Tim Kaine, flanked by six congressional Democrats, ticked off a...

July 22, 2010  |   Crowds gathered Thursday outside a federal courthouse in Phoenix as lawyers for the Department of Justice ask U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton to stop Arizona's controversial new immigration law from going into effect on July 29. The law makes it...

July 21, 2010  |   Minnesota Republican Rep. Michelle Bachmann did not ask House Minority Leader John Boehner for permission before launching her new Tea Party Caucus, which met for the first time Wednesday. In a luncheon sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, Boehner told...

July 15, 2010  |   A federal judge in Phoenix heard arguments Thursday in the first of seven lawsuits filed against the state's controversial new immigration law. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton questioned both sides sharply, but gave no indication of how she might...

July 13, 2010  |   The latest Pew Research numbers found widespread public support not only for Arizona's controversial new immigration law, but also for comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to citizenship for those here illegally. Immigration is already shaping up to be a...

December 18, 2009  |   A Google search for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia turns up phrases like "the Court's most colorful Justice," "defies simple characterization," and "brainy and flamboyant." Scalia, known as a largely conservative voice on the high court, granted USA Today...