July 31, 2012  |   Indian porters push a parcels cart over railway tracks near a web of high voltage line feeders at a train station in New Delhi on July 31, 2012. A massive power failure hit India for the second day running...

July 26, 2012  |   For the first time in 22 years, the United States will host the International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., from July 22-27. As many as 25,000 people from around the globe will converge on the nation's capital to discuss...

July 26, 2012  |   Correspondent Gwen Ifill has traveled the country covering presidential campaigns, for both the NewsHour and Washington Week. On Thursday at 1 p.m., she'll answer your questions. Up for discussion: anything and everything election-related. Chat with Gwen Ifill of Washington Week...

July 25, 2012  |   Science magazine's Jon Cohen speaks with Jackie Judd of the Kaiser Family Foundation about preliminary science that may show why East Africans could be at a disadvantage when being treated for HIV. Read the full transcript below the video....

July 24, 2012  |   In a peg to national security this week, President Obama and Mitt Romney addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Reno, Nev. The president spoke Monday and Romney followed Tuesday. Romney outlined his foreign policy clashes with President Obama...

July 23, 2012  |   Science magazine reporter Jon Cohen speaks with the Kaiser Family Foundation's Jackie Judd about the willingness of scientists to discuss the possibility of a "cure" for HIV/AIDS. Here, Cohen highlights a report that will be released later this week that...

July 19, 2012  |   Both Yokamon Hearn and Warren Hill were scheduled to die on Wednesday. While Texas put to death Hearn as planned, in the state's first execution using a new process for lethal injection -- with one drug instead of a three-drug...

July 18, 2012  |   A new report on the global toll of AIDS finds real reason for optimism as researchers, politicians and patients prepare for the international AIDS conference in Washington, D.C., next week. Gwen Ifill spoke with UNAIDS' executive...

July 17, 2012  |   As Iowa voters migrate within the state, political geography has begun to shift. This entry is cross-posted on It's a Free Country, WNYCs interactive politics site. Iowa has been good to both President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. It...

July 17, 2012  |   Seven thousand students dropout of school every day in the U.S. And some researchers have dubbed middle school as the essential "make-or-break" years in determining a child's success. Tuesday's "Frontline," tells the story of how one school in New York...

July 12, 2012  |   The long awaited report from Penn State University's investigation into the child abuse scandal surrounding former football coach Jerry Sandusky concludes that the senior leadership of the school failed to protect children. "Our most saddening and...

July 11, 2012  |   A writer, producer, director and the founder of the American Film Institute, George Stevens Jr. has long been familiar with the ways of Hollywood and how the pioneers of moviemaking shaped the films that so many fans have come to...

July 9, 2012  |   Updated July 10 | When Wikipedia formally launched on Jan. 15, 2001, creators Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger hoped to create over 100,000 articles. Today, Wikipedia has more than 22 million articles in over 285 languages. In the 11 years...

July 5, 2012  |   The nation celebrated Independence Day Wednesday with fireworks shows in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Orlando and Houston. ...

July 3, 2012  |   IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned both Republicans and Democrats Tuesday they likely need to come up with better solutions for dealing with the so-called "fiscal cliff" facing America after the election. At the end of 2012, Bush-era tax cuts...

June 28, 2012  |   Journalists run out of the Supreme Court building after receiving the court's decision Thursday. By Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images By David Bauder, AP Television Writer NEW YORK -- A rush to quickly report the Supreme Court's decision...

June 28, 2012  |   Gwen Ifill, senior correspondent for the PBS NewsHour and moderator and managing editor of Washington Week, will be taking your questions on Thursday's Supreme Court decision and all things political in her Vote 2012 live chat, hosted by Washington...

June 27, 2012  |   In a decision that changed the course of American health care for years to come, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday morning decided to uphold the individual insurance requirement of the Affordable Care Act. We'll keep you up to speed on...

June 26, 2012  |   Nora Ephron, author, screenwriter and chronicler of wry, wistful romance comedies like "When Harry Met Sally" and "Sleepless in Seattle," died June 26 in New York. She was 71. The cause of death was pneumonia brought on by acute...

June 26, 2012  |   Photo by David Maung/Bloomberg via Getty Images Updated June 27: While our foreign affairs team continues its reporting on Mexico's drug war and upcoming presidential election, correspondent Margaret Warner, reporting from Mexico, hosted a Twitter live chat on the...

June 18, 2012  |   A man walks through the Athens stock exchange. Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images. By Siobhan Dowling, GlobalPost BERLIN, Germany | Depending on how you look at it, Greece has either pulled back from the precipice or has lost a...

June 12, 2012  |   Nationalists carry a huge flag of the Russian Empire as they take part in anti-Putin rally Tuesday in Moscow. Tens of thousands of protesters chanting 'Russia will be free' rallied against Putin's third term despite a police crackdown on...

June 5, 2012  |   Updated 5 p.m. | Speaking with the PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff on Tuesday, former President Bill Clinton discussed whether it was fair for President Obama's campaign to criticize Republican challenger Mitt Romney over his role at Bain Capital. He also...

May 25, 2012  |   "Looks like we've got us a dragon by the tail," announced NASA astronaut Don Pettit as the International Space Station's robotic arm reached out and grabbed the SpaceX Dragon capsule Friday morning. Since the Dragon capsule launched from Cape...

May 23, 2012  |   Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal is offering you the chance to join the panelists' table Thursday with an exclusive online live chat. Gwen Ifill and Michael Duffy, executive editor for Time magazine, will be taking your questions...

May 22, 2012  |   With newly minted college graduates entering the job market this spring -- or at least trying to -- there's a growing discussion and debate about the ever-rising costs of higher education, the spiraling burden of student debt and the value...

May 17, 2012  |   U.S. Treasury Secretary speaks with the PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown Thursday at Marlin Steel Wire Products, a factory in Baltimore Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown during a factory tour Thursday that he couldn't understand...

May 11, 2012  |   After our colleagues at "Need to Know" aired this report last month on the violent death of a man on the U.S.-Mexico border two years ago, 16 members of Congress said Thursday that the footage raises "serious questions" about...

May 10, 2012  |   LBJ portrait by Yousuf Karsh Historian Robert Caro has spent nearly four decades telling the story of a one man: former President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The hefty fourth volume in his series of biographies is "The Passage of Power."...

May 9, 2012  |   President Obama; file photo by Olivier Douliery/Pool-Getty Images Updated 4:14 p.m. | President Barack Obama declared Wednesday afternoon that he now supports gay marriage. "Same sex couples should be able to get married," he said in an interview with...

May 3, 2012  |   During a live U.S. congressional hearing Thursday afternoon, Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng made a dramatic telephone appeal to come to the United States. "I want to come to the U.S. to rest. I have not...

May 2, 2012  |   Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images As the co-founder of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest philanthropic organization, Melinda Gates has spent decades looking at the challenges and potential solutions to the problems facing America's education system....

May 2, 2012  |   Watch the full segment on teaching climate change from Wednesday's broadcast above. Post updated 6 p.m. ET May 3. For the first time, national science standards will include guidelines on how to teach climate change kindergarten...

April 27, 2012  |   President Obama greets students at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill after speaking to them about the possibility of interest rates doubling this summer. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images On Friday, the House of Representatives voted to keep...

April 25, 2012  |   Have you ever had a question for Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and senior correspondent for the PBS NewsHour? Now's your chance to ask. Ifill will be taking your questions on the economy, politics or whatever...

April 25, 2012  |   Courtesy of Learning Matters In 2006, TIME Magazine featured Shelbyville, Ind.,under the headline "Dropout Nation." With a graduation rate of 75 percent, Shelbyville was the poster child for the dropout crisis in America. Since then, the community of 18,000...

April 25, 2012  |   Updated April 28 This week on the NewsHour, we examined why women lag behind in some areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics . Judy Woodruff also interviewed Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College on the...

April 17, 2012  |   Space Shuttle Discovery hitched a ride Tuesday morning from Florida's Kennedy Space Center to Washington D.C.'s Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, where it will live out its final days. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien, who has...

April 12, 2012  |   Foreign journalists were allowed inside North Korea's satellite control and command center in Pyongyang on Wednesday. North Korea's long-range ballistic missile broke apart minutes after its launch early Friday, according to the Associated Press. The rocket apparently flew 75...

April 12, 2012  |   Why are Amazon, Apple and several major publishers locked in a bitter fight over the pricing of electronic books? In the wake of a major price-fixing suit from the Department of Justice, Andrew Albanese of Publishers...

April 6, 2012  |   On Friday's "Need to Know," our public media colleagues tell the story of Justin Rudd, a high school dropout who lived on the streets of Philadelphia -- a city where roughly 40 percent of ninth-graders don't...

March 29, 2012  |   Autism rates in the United States have risen dramatically in recent years, jumping 23 percent between 2006 and 2008 and a full 78 percent between 2002 and 2008, according to new figures released Thursday by the Centers for Disease...

March 27, 2012  |   Dr. Olveen Carrasquillo checks up on Juan Gonzalez in Miami, Fla. in Jan. 2011; Joe Raedle/Getty Images Updated 6:30 p.m. ET March 27 The Supreme Court will hear a historic three days of arguments about whether the 2010 Affordable...

March 19, 2012  |   Voters cast their ballots in New Hampshire in 2008. Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images. Update March 20 Americans Elect CTO Joshua Levine answered your questions in a live video chat with Judy Woodruff Tuesday afternoon. Watch the video below:...

March 19, 2012  |   A lizard may be key to finding survivors buried in rubble. The chiseled body and shovel-shaped head of the Sahara desert sandfish help the lizard slice and swim through sand. Using x-rays to track it underground, engineers are studying...

March 12, 2012  |   In the second installment of a three-part series on Japan's recovery, Miles O'Brien reports on Japanese residents who are struggling to clean up contaminated farms, roads and school yards after the massive earthquake, tsunami and resulting...

March 7, 2012  |   Mitt and Ann Romney in Boston on Tuesday night. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney squeaked out a win Tuesday night against former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in Ohio -- a state that once again...

March 7, 2012  |   GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, talk to members of the press on his campaign's plane Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pulled out a narrow victory in...

March 6, 2012  |   A voter enters a polling station to cast a ballot in the Republican presidential primary in Cambridge, Mass., on Tuesday. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. Updated 9:14 p.m. ET | As Super Tuesday polls closed at 8 p.m. ET...

March 6, 2012  |   Poll workers look on during Super Tuesday voting in Youngstown, Ohio. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images. Voting ended at 7:30 p.m. ET across Ohio, where exit polls showed a tight race between former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former...

March 6, 2012  |   GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich addresses the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce during a campaign stop Tuesday in Duluth, Ga.; Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images Updated 7:46 p.m. ET | As Super Tuesday polls at 7 p.m. ET in Georgia,...

March 5, 2012  |   Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands at a town hall event Saturday in Dayton, Ohio. NewsHour photo by Terence Burlij Updated 4 p.m. March 6 | As Republicans brace for a for a Super Tuesday showdown, follow along...

March 5, 2012  |   Wall at Romney campaign headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. Tweeted by PBS NewsHour politics producer Terence Burlij. The PBS NewsHour politics team has been reporting on the run-up to Super Tuesday, including on-the-ground reports from Ohio. Take a look back...

March 5, 2012  |   Vladimir Putin greets supporters in a rally outside the Kremlin on Sunday night. Photo by Alexey Druzhinin/AFP/Getty Images. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won a six-year presidential term on Sunday, as the opposition and international monitors described the election...

February 28, 2012  |   After weeks of intense campaigning, Mitt Romney scored a two-state primary sweep against Rick Santorum Tuesday in Michigan and Arizona. Watch his full speech: See the county-by-county results from Tuesday's primaries in the NewsHour's Vote 2012...

February 28, 2012  |   Associated Press reporter Matt Apuzzo and Ray Suarez discuss how elected officials from the New York City area have reacted to the revelations about New York police tactics for monitoring local Muslims. They also discuss whether...

February 20, 2012  |   UPDATE | This post was updated Thursday, Feb. 23. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn recently sat down with NewsHour correspondent Ray Suarez to outline his plan for building a stronger, more competitive state economy. In addition to...

February 16, 2012  |   House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi told the NewsHour's Judy Woodruff in an interview Thursday that the deal forged on Capitol Hill to extend a payroll tax cut and continue unemployment insurance benefits will create jobs and help the economy. Pelosi,...

February 7, 2012  |   A rally to celebrate the ruling to overturn Proposition 8, Aug. 4, 2010, in San Francisco. That ruling was appealed by supporters of Proposition 8. Tuesday, the Ninth Circuit upheld the original ruling that Prop 8 is unconstitutional Photo...

February 3, 2012  |   The U.N.-backed tribunal in Cambodia extended the jail time of Khmer Rouge chief jailer Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, from 19 years to a life sentence on Friday. In 2010, a lower court sentenced Duch to 35 years...

January 31, 2012  |   Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann greet supporters Tuesday; Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Mitt Romney rebounded after a loss in South Carolina to a big win Tuesday in Florida's primary, securing all of the state's 50 Republican...

January 30, 2012  |   Scientists are trying to develop tissue-like electronics that conform better to human organs. Elastic electronics, they call it. John Rogers, professor of material science and engineering at the University of Illinois has developed a device that can wrap around...

January 24, 2012  |   Following is the full text of Gov. Mitch Daniels' Republican Address to the Nation, as delivered, courtesy of CQ Newsmakers Transcripts: Click here for video and text of President Obama's State of the Union and...

January 24, 2012  |   This text is as delivered and released by the White House. Click here for video and text of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' Republican response and video of Herman Cain's Tea Party response. Mr. Speaker, Mr....

January 21, 2012  |   Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich pulled off a come-from-behind upset Saturday in the South Carolina's primary, easily besting rivals Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul. "Thank you to everyone in South Carolina who decided to be...

January 20, 2012  |   UPDATE Jan. 25 Politics Editor Christina Bellantoni hosted a Google+ hangout during the 2012 State of the Union and the GOP response. Among the guests were Talking Points Memo reporter Evan McMorris-Santoro, Tufts history professor Peniel...

January 19, 2012  |   Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich told the PBS NewsHour's Gwen Ifill in an exclusive interview Thursday in Beaufort, S.C., that Texas Gov. Rick Perry's endorsement of him earlier in the day is further evidence that he is the only conservative...

January 18, 2012  |   Many sites, including Wikipedia, Craigslist, Google and Boing Boing, have posted messages against the Stop Online Piracy Act or are completely blacked out Wednesday. Reaction came quickly, from students wondering how they would do their homework to congressmen...

January 16, 2012  |   Locating a missing person inside a burning building filled with blinding smoke can be tricky and extremely dangerous. University of Maryland firefighters are trying something new, science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports in this National Science Foundation* Science Nation piece:...

January 11, 2012  |   Vadim Backman, a biomedical engineer at Northwestern University is working to develop cancer detection procedures that are less invasive and more accurate. When cancer starts developing, cells in other parts of the body undergo changes. By using a technique...

January 11, 2012  |   Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney celebrates during a primary night victory rally in Manchester, New Hampshire. Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images Mitt Romney secured a solid victory Tuesday night in New Hampshire's GOP primary, a week after winning by...

January 10, 2012  |   A voter prepares to cast his ballot for the New Hampshire GOP primary at Webster School on Tuesday in Manchester. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. All eyes are on New Hampshire this Tuesday as the Granite State chooses its...

January 4, 2012  |   After the first contest of the primary season, Mitt Romney barely edged out Rick Santorum, with Ron Paul close behind. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is heading back to the Lone Star State to consider his next move. We'll have...

January 3, 2012  |   Mitt Romney greets supporters during a rally Monday at the Weber Paper Company in Dubuque, Iowa. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. On Tuesday evening, Iowa's Republicans will gather at 1,774 precincts to select their choice to be the GOP's...

December 29, 2011  |   Starting Jan. 1, a new law will take effect in California, meaning that police officers can no longer impound a car at sobriety checkpoints if the driver's only offense is driving without a license, according to The Associated Press. Under...

December 26, 2011  |   Nearly one in three Americans will change religions sometime in their lives. Author Eric Weiner, who previously wrote "The Geography of Bliss," looks at how religious preferences play out in the United States in his new book, "Man Seeks God:...

December 16, 2011  |   Several dozen supporters of U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning gathered Friday at the entrance to Fort Meade, where his preliminary hearing is taking place. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Months of debate and demonstrations over the flood of classified...

December 14, 2011  |   Soldiers walk past military vehicles and trucks loaded with equipment as part of preparations to leave their military base in Iraq. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images. On Wednesday's NewsHour, Betty Ann Bowser profiles a new program from the United States Army...

December 13, 2011  |   Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Myanmar on Nov. 30; SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images Updated Dec. 14 | With the U.S. presidential contest kicking into high gear and job creation on the minds of many voters, Jim Lehrer spoke...

December 9, 2011  |   Lake Superior is warming at an alarming rate, according to oceanographer Tom Johnson of the University of Minnesota Duluth. "As I started doing work in Lake Superior, I came to realize there had been very little done in the...

November 21, 2011  |   Two days before its Nov. 23 deadline, the congressional supercommittee tasked with creating a plan that would cut $1.2 trillion in the federal budget appears headed for failure. Though no announcement has been made, members of the 12-member, bipartisan committee...

November 15, 2011  |   A man confronts a New York Police Department officer a few blocks from Zuccotti Park as New York City officials clear the Occupy Wall Street protesters from the park early Tuesday. Photo by Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images. New York City...

November 14, 2011  |   A protester pleads with police during a demonstration near the Occupy Portland encampment November 13, 2011 in Portland, Ore. Photo by Natalie Behring/Getty Images. Police arrested more than 50 Occupy protesters in Portland while clearing out an encampment in...

November 11, 2011  |   Newly appointed prime minister Lucas Papademos leaves the Greek Presidential palace in Athens on November 10, 2011. Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images. Italy's senate passed a bill to usher in a series of austerity measures in an attempt to...

November 10, 2011  |   11:30 a.m. ET | Tom Bradley, a 33-year veteran of the Nittany Lions staff who was named as interim head coach, said Thursday morning in a new conference that he takes the helm from Paterno with "very mixed emotions." He...

November 9, 2011  |   Joe Paterno receives a plaque celebrating his 409th career win on Oct. 29, 2011 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images. Legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, in the middle of his...

November 9, 2011  |   Roberto Maroni, Italy's interior minister, left, speaks with Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, during a voting session on last year's budget report inside the Chamber of Deputies in Rome, Italy, on Tuesday. Photo by Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg via Getty Images....

November 8, 2011  |   Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain waits to speak at a press conference November 8, 2011 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images. Embattled GOP candidate Herman Cain rejected new claims that he has sexually harassed women -- one...

November 8, 2011  |   Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at the United Nations 2010 High-level Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at U.N. headquarters May 3, 2010. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images. Updated 3:25 p.m....

November 7, 2011  |   Photo of Guatemalan president-elect Otto Perez Molina by Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Images. A high murder rate and drug gang violence drove Guatemalans to vote Sunday for a former military official who has vowed to put the army back on the...

November 7, 2011  |   Sharon Bialek speaks with lawyer Gloria Allred at her side during a news conference in New York on Monday. Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images. Sharon Bialek, who sought GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain's help in 1997 when...

November 7, 2011  |   George Papandreou, Greece's prime minister, left, meets with Karolos Papoulias, Greece's president, center, and Antonis Samaras, leader of Greece's main opposition New Democracy party, in Athens, Greece, on Nov. 6, 2011. Photo by Angelos Tzortzinis/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Greek...

November 3, 2011  |   Gwen Ifill spoke with with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this week about her new memoir, titled "No Higher Honor." In it, Rice looks back at the lead up to the invasion of Iraq in...

November 3, 2011  |   1 p.m. ET | Papandreou abandoned the referendum plan but has also rejected calls for his resignation in lieu of asking opposition members to participate in bailout talks. He said forcing elections would lead to dire consequences for Greece, forcing...

November 2, 2011  |   Photo of Greek Parliament in Athens by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images. Greece's cabinet threw its support behind embattled Prime Minister George Papandreou's call for a referendum on a massive European bailout plan. Papandreou's referendum shocked European leaders, coming on the...

November 1, 2011  |   Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks during a press conference held at the end of a eurozone summit at EU headquarters in Brussels on Oct. 27. Photo by Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images. Greece's leaders have called for a referendum on...

October 31, 2011  |   In an interview with The PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff on Monday afternoon, Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain said allegations that he sexually harassed two women were "baffling" and, that in his opinion, his behavior had not been inappropriate. The...

October 31, 2011  |   John Goodge of the University of Minnesota Duluth is studying rocks from the 2 percent of Antarctica that is not under ice in search of clues to the rest of the continent: how it formed and shaped over time,...

October 31, 2011  |   A car bomb explosion in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killed five people Monday, among them three employees of the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, which is located in a compound near where the explosion took place. The attack was carried out by...

October 28, 2011  |   Supporters of Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party celebrate in Tunis after results came out Tuesday showing the party had taken the lead. Photo by Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images. This post was updated at 10:55 a.m. ET Tunisia's moderate Islamist party Ennahda...

October 27, 2011  |   Long-time Washington Post executive, Boisfeuillet Jones Jr. has been named President and CEO of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, effective at the beginning of 2012. Mr. Jones has served 32 years with The Washington Post as Vice President and Counsel, President and...

October 27, 2011  |   Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks Thursday at a press conference after a eurozone summit at EU headquarters in Brussels. Photo by Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images. At an emergency summit in Brussels, European leaders reached a debt crisis deal in...

October 26, 2011  |   German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, in Berlin on Wednesday. Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images. 12:30 p.m. ET | Germany's parliament has passed Merkel's measure, boosting a bailout fund for the eurozone...

October 25, 2011  |   A Libyan National Transitional Council fighter stands guard on October 25, 2011 outside the door leading into a market freezer in Misrata where Gadhafi's body had been on display. Photo by Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images. Libyan officials say the...

October 24, 2011  |   A 16-year-old earthquake survivor is carried by rescue workers from a collapsed building in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on Monday. Photo by Mustafa Ozer/AFP/Getty Images. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey Sunday killing at least...

October 21, 2011  |   Infrared lasers that measure droplets and water vapor, sap flow sensors that track the rate that water flows through trees -- scientists at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Observatory are using these and other instruments to "understand the water cycle,...

October 21, 2011  |   4:15 p.m.ET | NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said NATO officials had agreed Friday to wind down their mission in Libya at the end of the month, a decision that will be formalized next week. Rasmussen said the seven-month...

October 20, 2011  |   Warning: This post contains graphic imagery. 6 p.m. ET | Interim Libyan government officials said Gadhafi's son and former national security adviser Muatassim was killed in Sirte, and another son, Seif al-Islam, was wounded and in a hospital. 5:22 p.m....

October 19, 2011  |   Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses journalists during a press conference in Ankara on Wednesday, hours after Kurdish rebels killed 24 Turkish soldiers. Photo by Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images. Updated at 11:20 a.m. ET with statement from President Obama:...

October 18, 2011  |   In this handout photo provided by the Israeli Defense Force, freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit walks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Tel Nof Airbase on Tuesday. Photo by IDF via Getty Images. After being held for more...

October 17, 2011  |   A pedestrian passes a vandalized automated teller machine , operated by Banca Popolare del Lazio, in Rome on Sunday. Photo by Victor Sokolowicz/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Following weeks of protests in New York and other cities in the United...

October 14, 2011  |   File photo of Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony taken on Nov. 12, 2006. Photo by Stuart Price/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama is sending 100 military advisers to Uganda to help with the search for notorious leader Joseph Kony and...

October 14, 2011  |   An estimated 50,000 people have a condition called locked-in syndrome, marked by normal brain cognition paired with paralysis so severe that they often can't speak. Such conditions can result from an injury or from Lou Gehrig's disease. Boston University...

October 13, 2011  |   1:10 p.m. ET | In a joint news conference, President Obama and President Lee also touched on the two nations' military alliance, emphasizing the need for North Korea to halt its nuclear arms program. President Obama called it a "direct...

October 12, 2011  |   1:20 p.m. ET | The United States has imposed sanctions on Mahan Air, an airline it says was used to transport operatives connected to an alleged terror plot against the Saudi ambassador in Washington. On Wednesday Secretary of State Hillary...

October 11, 2011  |   This undated photo released by the Shalit family via Getty Images shows Israeli army Cpl. Gilad Shalit, taken by Hamas militants at age 19. An agreement was reached to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, captured and held by Hamas...

October 11, 2011  |   Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday afternoon that U.S. authorities had uncovered and stopped a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador and blow up the embassies of Saudi Arabia and Israel in Washington, D.C. Holder said...

October 11, 2011  |   1 p.m. ET | Abdulmutallab's lawyer, Anthony Chambers, opted to delay his opening statement to jurors to a later point in the trial after the prosecutor's hour-and-a-half long opening statement. According to federal prosecutor Jonathan Tukel, Abdulmutallab believed he would...

October 10, 2011  |   An Egyptian woman mourns over the coffins of some of the 24 Coptic Christians killed during overnight clashes. Photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images. 4 p.m. ET | The loss of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who stepped down in February...

October 7, 2011  |   After outlining his foreign policy vision Friday at The Citadel, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney sat down with Judy Woodruff and discussed the war in Afghanistan, his GOP rivals and how he would get more Americans...

October 7, 2011  |   On Friday's NewsHour, we'll look at the three women's rights champions from Africa and the Middle East who will share the Nobel Peace Prize. Two of the women are Liberian: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and peace activist Leymah Gbowee. The...

October 6, 2011  |   Upon the death of Steve Jobs, we dipped into the NewsHour's video vault for past coverage of Apple and Jobs. We uncovered this 1985 piece by Elizabeth Brackett that captures a tumultuous time in the company's history. In the report,...

October 6, 2011  |   Notes of condolence for Steve Jobs at an Apple store in Hong Kong. AFP/Getty Updated 1:42 p.m. ET The Web was awash in tributes and remembrances for late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs Thursday as people reacted to news that...

October 6, 2011  |   Updated 3:11 p.m. | President Obama challenged members of Congress to vote for his $450 billion jobs plan or explain why not. "This is not a game," he said. "They need to do something," he added...

October 5, 2011  |   Updated 8:53 p.m. ET Apple said in a brief statement late Wednesday that company co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has died. Jobs, 56, has been suffering from pancreatic cancer and has been on medical leave for an undisclosed...

October 5, 2011  |   Gwen Ifill interviewed Google's Eric Schmidt -- the company's former CEO and current executive chairman -- as part of the Washington Ideas Forum Wednesday. Among her questions about the search giant: can it really take on Facebook with it's new...

October 5, 2011  |   China and Russia vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution, proposed by the United States and several European nations, that would have condemned Syria and the government of President Bashar al-Assad for its crackdown on protesters. The United States, France and...

October 4, 2011  |   New Jersey governor Chris Christie put to rest speculation that he might join the fray for the 2012 GOP nomination Tuesday in a new conference after weeks of entreaties, saying "In the end, what was always the right decision...

October 4, 2011  |   Militants detonated a truck bomb in the Somali capital of Mogadishu Tuesday, killing an estimated 70 people at the Ministry of Education. Many of the victims were students and parents. The truck had been stopped at a security checkpoint...

October 3, 2011  |   Syrian regime supporters carry pictures of President Bashar al-Assad during a protest in the Nabaa neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon. Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images. Syrian authorities captured a cache of weapons they said was smuggled in from Turkey as...

October 3, 2011  |   Fears over Greece's debt crises drove stocks in Europe and Asia down Monday after Greece acknowledged over the weekend that it would not be able to meet its goals for deficit reduction, cuts which are part of the bailout package...

September 30, 2011  |   Updated 1:30 p.m. ET | White House spokesman Jay Carney said the strike on al-Awlaki was part of a "sustained effort to continue to put pressure on al-Qaida" and that it was a "milestone" -- but not the end...

September 29, 2011  |   A Massachusetts man, Rezwan Ferdaus, is being held in connection with a plot to strike the Pentagon and the Capitol with three GPS-guided, small aircraft filled with explosives. According to the Washington Post, "When he was arrested in Framingham, Mass.,...

September 28, 2011  |   Health officials say 13 people across eight states have died after eating cantaloupe contaminated with listeria and at least 72 people in 18 states were sickened. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the cantaloupes -- grown at a Colorado...

September 27, 2011  |   We take a broad look at the nation's economic woes on Tuesday's NewsHour -- troubles ranging from unemployment to housing to household incomes. Patchwork Nation has been examining much of this data in recent months. Project director Dante Chinni will...

September 27, 2011  |   Greece's finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos, has said his country will receive the next installment of bailout funds in order to avoid defaulting on its debt and further destabilizing the global financial market. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is in Germany...

September 26, 2011  |   Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to save Kenya's forests, died Sunday after a long battle with ovarian cancer. In 1977, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement to plant trees in...

September 26, 2011  |   An Afghan employee of the U.S. government shot and killed one American and wounded a second Sunday night in a facility attached to the U.S. Embassy that is believed to be used by the CIA. An embassy spokesman said the...

September 23, 2011  |   Yemen's embattled president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, made a surprise return to his country Friday after three months in Saudi Arabia, where he was undergoing medical treatment after being seriously wounded in a rocket attack on his presidential palace. After...

September 22, 2011  |   Updated 5 p.m. ET: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took to the podium at the U.N. General Assembly Thursday - one day after American hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were released from prison after being held...

September 22, 2011  |   Despite highly publicized appeals for clemency, Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis was executed Wednesday night at 11:08 p.m. ET after the Supreme Court denied a last-minute stay of execution. Davis maintained until the end that he was innocent of...

September 21, 2011  |   Even in a sluggish economy, Americans still give away billions of dollars to charitable causes. With this in mind, Judy Woodruff spoke with the authors of a new book aimed at making charitable giving more effective. Titled "Give Smart: Philanthropy...

September 21, 2011  |   The Google logo at company headquarters; Photo by Robert Galbraith-Pool/Getty Images Google CEO Eric Schmidt is set to testify Wednesday afternoon before a Senate subcommittee that will ask him whether the Internet giant is unfairly hurting competitors by boosting...

September 21, 2011  |   A picture obtained from Iranian state television showed American hikers Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal in Tehran in May 2010. Shourd was released on bail in September 2010. File photo via Getty Images. 3:45 p.m. ET |...

September 20, 2011  |   It might not end quite as badly as the "New Coke" marketing campaign once did. But Netflix's announcement that it will split its video service into two separate operations -- with a renamed DVD-by-mail service that will now be called...

September 20, 2011  |   This picture taken in Kabul on June 2, 2010 shows former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani attending a press conference. Photo by Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images. Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani and four of his bodyguards were killed when a suicide...

September 20, 2011  |   In the face of a persistent debt crisis and fears of imminent default, Greek officials are meeting with the International Monetary Fund and other European nations again Tuesday in an effort to secure more bailout funds and assure creditors that...

September 19, 2011  |   On Monday's NewsHour, Miles O'Brien reports on the return of a once endangered species: the gray wolf. Is it a growing and threatening predator or a pivotal player to the ecosystem of the Western U.S.? O'Brien and his team traveled...

September 19, 2011  |   United Nations headquarters. Photo by Joao Araujo/U.N. via Flickr Creative Commons. World leaders meet this week in New York City at the 66th session of the U.N. General Assembly, where Palestinian officials plan to file a bid for U.N....

September 19, 2011  |   Updated 12:16 p.m. ET President Obama will detail his plan for deficit reduction in a speech in the White House Rose Garden at 10:30 a.m. ET. Watch his remarks live here on the Rundown. Monday's Morning...

September 16, 2011  |   Libyan rebel fighters are pressing toward Sirte and Bani Walid, two of the remaining strongholds of embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi, encountering rockets and small arms fire as they try to take one of the few remaining areas of the...

September 15, 2011  |   House Speaker John Boehner R-Ohio, responded to President Obama's $447 billion jobs plan Thursday at the Economic Club of Washington, where he stuck to themes of tax reform, a decrease in regulation and government spending cuts....

September 15, 2011  |   French president Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron visited Tripoli on Thursday to meet with leaders of the National Transitional Council. Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the group's senior leader, praised their "brave positions" in the early days of...

September 14, 2011  |   Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, said on Wednesday that the Haqqani network based in Pakistan was responsible for the coordinated, 20-hour attack on the U.S. Embassy, NATO headquarters and other buildings in downtown Kabul Tuesday. Despite Tuesday's...

September 13, 2011  |   A picture obtained from Iranian state television showed Americans Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal in Tehran in May 2010. Shourd was released on bail in September 2010. Photo via Getty Images. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the...

September 13, 2011  |   2 p.m. ET | According to Afghan authorities, four police men and two civilians have died in Tuesday's attack, which continues into the nighttime hours in Kabul. It is believed that two gunmen remain in a high-rise building, locked in...

September 12, 2011  |   Egyptian protesters burn an Israeli flag outside of the embassy in Cairo in August. Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images. Anger at interim military leaders and Israel is starting to boil over in Egypt, where many are frustrated about the...

September 12, 2011  |   Free live streaming by Ustream President Obama speaks from the Rose Garden of the White House about the American Jobs Act. Watch his full speech to Congress last Thursday....

September 12, 2011  |   Updated 5:45 p.m. ET Officials now say one person died and four were injured. According to the Associated Press, The Nuclear Safety Authority declared the accident "terminated" soon after the blast at a furnace in the Centraco site, in the...

September 11, 2011  |   This weekend marks 10 years since the attacks of 9/11, and people across the country -- and around the world -- will be pausing to mark the moment. The PBS NewsHour will have special broadcast coverage...

September 11, 2011  |   Updated 8:20 p.m. ET | President Obama said at the conclusion of a day of events and memorial visits commemorating the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, that the past 10 years since the terrorist attacks...

September 11, 2011  |   The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer offered extensive coverage on the day of Sept. 11, 2001 and the days after as details of the attacks unfolded. Watch part of that broadcast on Sept. 11, 2001, here: ...

September 9, 2011  |   This weekend, memorial ceremonies and tributes mark the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. View a schedule of events here: Washington, D.C. Area: Operation Homefront Freedom Walk Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, 7 a.m., Women in Military Service For America Memorial...

September 9, 2011  |   Law enforcement officials are warning of a "credible" terror threat ahead of Sunday's 10th anniversary of 9/11, specifically in Washington, D.C., and New York City, but said remembrance ceremonies will continue as planned and that there were no plans to...

September 8, 2011  |   President Obama will address a joint session of Congress Thursday to outline his plan for job creation and reviving a stumbling economy. The NewsHour offered LIVE coverage of the speech starting at 7 p.m. ET. That report will also be...

September 8, 2011  |   Libyan rebels. File photo by Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images. Moammar Gadhafi, already effectively driven from power by Libyan rebels, denied claims that he is in neighboring Niger in a phone call to a television station in Syria, attributing rumors to...

September 7, 2011  |   All week on the NewsHour, we're exploring different stories about the world a decade after the 9/11 attacks. On Wednesday's broadcast, you'll see a report from NPR's Daniel Zwerdling and the Center for Investigative Reporting about efforts to spot terrorist...

September 7, 2011  |   U.S. troops in Iraq. File photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye /AFP/Getty Images. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta voiced support for a plan that would retain as many as 4,000 U.S. troops in Iraq past the year-end deadline for withdrawal. The...

September 6, 2011  |   Libyan rebels guard the last outpost before Bani Walid from the northern road towards Misrata. Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images. As Libyan rebels continue to negotiate with Moammar Gadhafi's remaining fighters ahead of Saturday's deadline to surrender, a convoy...

September 5, 2011  |   President Obama speaks during Labor Day celebrations on September 5, 2011 outside General Motor's world headquarters in Detroit, Mich. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. Days after the August jobs report showed zero growth -- and ahead of a prime-time...

September 5, 2011  |   Protesters clash with riot police outside the courtroom in Cairo. Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images. The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resumed Monday, and in Libya rebel forces are preparing for their next battle against Moammar Gadhafi...

September 5, 2011  |   A man paddles a canoe through flood waters in Lafitte, La. Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images. After sweeping through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama Sunday morning, causing flooding in low-lying areas and leaving thousands without power, a weakened storm is...

September 4, 2011  |   7:15 p.m. ET | Several Louisiana parishes and counties in Mississippi have reported flooding from Tropical Storm Lee, though the damage in New Orleans has thus far been less than feared, with levees holding after more than 12 inches...

September 2, 2011  |   President Obama has reversed course on proposed smog standards, a victory for business interests that had decried the smog restrictions on the grounds that they should be postponed -- until at least 2013 -- due to the recession. The Environmental...

September 2, 2011  |   Photo by Getty Images August unemployment numbers, released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, remained stagnant as employers added no net jobs -- the first government report of zero new jobs since 1945. While private payrolls rose slightly,...

September 1, 2011  |   Representatives from 60 countries, including French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and representatives from China and Russia, gathered in Paris Thursday for a major conference on Libya's transition, 42 years to the...

August 31, 2011  |   T-Mobile USA and AT&T signage is seen in New York, U.S., on Wednesday. Photo by Stephen Yang/Bloomberg via Getty Images. The Department of Justice has filed an anti-trust lawsuit to block a planned merger between telecom giants AT&T and...

August 31, 2011  |   A bipartisan panel known as the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan sent its final report to Congress Wednesday, detailing at least $30 billion -- and possibly as much as $60 billion -- in wasteful spending during the...

August 31, 2011  |   Damaged homes from flooding are seen on August 30, 2011 in Bethel, Vermont. Photo by Chip Allen/Getty Images. Days after Hurricane Irene hit the East Coast, more than 2 million people are still without power and towns in Vermont...

August 30, 2011  |   Chris Baker surveys his Pompton Lakes, N.J., neighborhood, where rains and the cresting of nearby waters caused flooding. Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images. Two days after Hurricane Irene blew through the East Coast, Vermont is coping with severe flooding...

August 30, 2011  |   Rebel fighters chat as they patrol the road between Misrata and Sirte on Tuesday. Photo by Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images. As Libyan rebels moved toward Moammar Gadhafi's bastion of Sirte, where attempts at a negotiated end to fighting have thus...

August 29, 2011  |   Demonstrators sit down in front of the White House while protesting against a proposed pipeline that would bring tar sands oil to the U.S. from Canada on August 22, 2011. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. The proposed Keystone XL...

August 29, 2011  |   View "Hurricane Irene Aftermath: How to Help" on Storify...

August 29, 2011  |   2 p.m. ET | The Algerian government said that Moammar Gadhafi's wife, three children and a handful of grandchildren have fled to Algeria, which borders Libya, but provided no information on the whereabouts of Gadhafi himself. His son Hannibal, infamous...

August 29, 2011  |   Trains remain idle at the Trenton Transit Center due to water on the tracks from Hurricane Irene August 29, 2011 in Trenton, New Jersey. Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images. 2 p.m. ET | FEMA administrator Craig Fugate said...

August 28, 2011  |   9:25 p.m. ET | With the worst of Irene's wrath over, states up and down the East Coast were assessing the damage Sunday night, with flooding and power outages spelling out days of headache and cleanup ahead. Damage is estimated...

August 27, 2011  |   Waves from Hurricane Irene pound the beach in Ocean City, Maryland. Photo by Getty Images. 5:00 p.m. ET Irene has been pushing northward up the Eastern Seaboard at 13 mph, with maximum sustained winds still near 85 mph and...

August 26, 2011  |   3:30 p.m. ET | 200 bodies were discovered at a hospital in Tripoli, though the exact circumstances of their deaths was not yet known. According to the BBC, A BBC correspondent found corpses of men, women and children on beds...

August 26, 2011  |   3:25 p.m. ET | Hurricane Irene began sweeping past North and South Carolina Friday afternoon, lashing the coastline with heavy rain and wind. With winds of 39 miles per hour, there were reports of downed power lines and thousands...

August 25, 2011  |   Rebel fighters patrol the streets in a neighborhood south of the capital Tripoli on August 25, 2011. Photo by Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images. 5:10 p.m. ET | The United States and South Africa have reached a deal that would pave...

August 25, 2011  |   Track the path of Hurricane Irene: See the storm surge probabilities on a map 4:30 p.m. ET | New York governor Andrew Cuomo has also declared a state of emergency, and local officials are considering the impact of possible heavy...

August 25, 2011  |   In an interview Thursday morning with The PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown, GOP presidential hopeful and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman said Americans of all income levels -- including the wealthy -- will need to share sacrifices to revive the...

August 25, 2011  |   There are dozens of different spellings of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's name used by news organizations and governments alike. Search "Gadhafi" on Google and you'll receive 23,300,000 results, while a search for "Gaddafi" will yield...

August 24, 2011  |   Steve Jobs is the co-founder of Apple, Inc. File photo by AFP/Getty Apple Inc. announced Wednesday evening that CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs will resign from the helm of the technology giant, effective immediately. Jobs, 55, has been suffering...

August 24, 2011  |   Evacuations were in progress Wednesday on North Carolina's Ocracoke Island as Hurricane Irene, which strengthened to a Category 3, bore down on the Bahamas before on its way north toward the East Coast, where it will likely hit this...

August 24, 2011  |   Photo by Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images. 5:15 p.m. ET | Rebels have offered a $2 million reward for anyone who tracks Gadhafi's location. Anyone who captures or even kills him would be offered amnesty. Sniper fire and other attacks by...

August 23, 2011  |   Text updated 7:52 p.m. ET | Tuesday afternoon's earthquake was a shared experience for millions of Americans along the East Coast, but how intense was it where you live? The U.S. Geological Survey has released a summary of the quake's...

August 23, 2011  |   Updated 5:40 a.m. ET | One NATO official described the battle as "not over yet, although it's close," according to CNN. Late into the night rebels were seen seizing items from Gadhafi's compound, including his golf cart and Bedouin tent....

August 23, 2011  |   A New York judge has formally dropped sexual assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund, bringing the highly publicized criminal complaint against him to a close. Prosecutors had filed for dismissal because of concerns that...

August 22, 2011  |   Updated 2:30 p.m. ET | President Obama said in a statement Monday afternoon that "it's clear that Gadhafi's rule is over" despite the continued fighting in Tripoli between rebels and forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. ...

August 19, 2011  |   An Afghan security officer runs past British armoured vehicles at the site of a suicide attack and a clash at the British Council in Kabul on Friday. Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images. Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a British...

August 18, 2011  |   As the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks draws closer, The PBS NewsHour and our public media colleagues have been seeking out your views on what's changed in the United States over the past decade. Some of you have already...

August 18, 2011  |   After months of protests in Syria and a brutal crackdown by the government of President Bashar Assad, the Obama administration has called on Assad to leave office. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that "for...

August 18, 2011  |   At least six people are dead and dozens more wounded after heavily armed gunmen launched three successive attacks targeting a civilian bus, military vehicle and another car in southern Israel near the border with Egypt on Thursday. A spokeswoman...

August 17, 2011  |   Despite Tuesday's meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European markets fell Wednesday amid concerns over sovereign debt crises and the euro. The market dropped sharply, but London's FTSE 100 index closed down 0.5 percent at...

August 16, 2011  |   Following on the heels of a series of bombings in more than a dozen Iraqi cities Monday that killed more than 60 people, insurgents dressed in military uniforms pulled seven people from a Sunni mosque in Youssifiyah and executed them...

August 15, 2011  |   Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi are locked in a battle with rebel troops for control of Zawiya. The rebels had advanced into the city 30 miles west of Tripoli over the weekend, but there are signs the government...

August 15, 2011  |   For the National Science Foundation's Science Nation,* science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on a computing concept called Geo-immersion, which relies on virtual computer simulation to reflect the world around us in real-time. Cyrus Shahabi, director of the University of...

August 15, 2011  |   Coordinated explosions in more than a dozen cities in Iraq killed at least 60 people Monday morning. The devices were implanted in cars, on roadsides, light poles and in the vehicle of a suicide bomber. The attacks come as...

August 12, 2011  |   On Friday's NewsHour, we close with a special edition on our ongoing honor roll of the American service personnel killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. This week, the Pentagon released the names of the 30 troops -- Navy SEALS,...

August 12, 2011  |   Trader at Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Photo by Hannelore Foerster/Bloomberg via Getty Images European markets rebounded Friday as a short-selling ban on financial shares in four eurozone countries seemed to have a positive effect. Regulators in France, Italy, Spain and...

August 11, 2011  |   With the Iowa Straw Poll set for this weekend and news that Texas Gov. Rick Perry will be contending for the Republican presidential nomination, NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian is taking your questions about the state of the 2012...

August 11, 2011  |   The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction -- otherwise known as the "super committee" -- is charged with putting a plan forward to cut at least $1.5 trillion from the U.S. deficit. Republican and Democratic congressional leaders were charged with...

August 11, 2011  |   A rollercoaster week for the global stock market showed no signs of stabilizing on Thursday, as European stocks showed a downward trend on concerns over French banks and continued sovereign debt crises on the continent. The bad news from Europe...

August 10, 2011  |   The rollercoaster stock market took another downward turn Wednesday, with the Dow closing down 520 points, wiping out Tuesday's recovery from a 600-point dip on Monday. The bad news comes after a Tuesday announcement by the Federal Reserve that it...

August 10, 2011  |   As riots continued to grip London four days after a peaceful demonstration over the shooting of a 29-year-old man by police quickly turned into violence and looting, Prime Minister David Cameron vowed in a television address that his government...

August 9, 2011  |   A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images. Following on the heels of the Dow's worst day since 2008, global markets remained in flux amid continuing uncertainty over Europe's debt...

August 8, 2011  |   Photo by Getty Images. Updated 8:16 p.m. ET | Stocks plummeted Monday in their worst showing since 2008, sending the Dow below 11,000 and rattling investor confidence in the latest hit to the U.S. economy. The dive follows Friday's...

August 8, 2011  |   In a televised statement Monday, President Obama acknowledged concern over Standard & Poor's downgrading of the United States' credit rating but indicated it was a wake-up call for Washington as much as an economic shift. "After witnessing a month...

August 8, 2011  |   We will soon mark 10 years since the attacks of Sept. 11 shook the nation, and the world. Since 2001, The PBS NewsHour has covered many of the faces, places, effects and implications of the deadly terrorist strikes. For this...

August 8, 2011  |   Syrian forces used tanks and artillery on the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, where an estimated 42 people died this weekend. President Bashar al-Assad has continued to target hotbeds of protests despite international criticism of the government's harsh repression of...

August 6, 2011  |   Updated 8:00 p.m. ET | The U.S.-led coalition said in a statement that 30 American service members, a civilian interpreter and seven Afghan commandos were killed in the helicopter crash early Saturday. Posted 2:28 p.m. ET | A military...

August 5, 2011  |   Hours after U.S. markets closed Friday, credit rating agency Standard & Poor's announced it downgraded the credit rating of the United States for the first time in the ratings' history. S&P said it's cutting the No. 1 economy's top AAA...

August 5, 2011  |   The Labor Department reported Friday that hiring increased in July and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.1 percent. Below you'll find our Solman Scale jobs graphic, a different way to examine the larger picture of unemployment though a series of...

August 5, 2011  |   A day after the worst stock-market sell-off since the 2008 financial crisis, the Labor Department reported Friday that hiring increased in July and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.1 percent. Employers added 117,000 jobs in July, an improvement from the...

August 4, 2011  |   On Thursday's NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown interviews New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg about his new plan to tackle the disadvantages facing young black and Latino men in schooling and jobs. Brown also asked Bloomberg about Thursday's market sell-off and the...

August 4, 2011  |   Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; Roll Call file photo Update 4:59 p.m. ET | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday afternoon that a bipartisan compromise has been reached to end the partial Federal Aviation Administration shutdown that put...

August 4, 2011  |   Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. File photo by Getty Images. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will hold his first press conference Thursday since he took on the head the job at the Pentagon after the retirement of Robert Gates...

August 3, 2011  |   Six months after he was ousted from his 30-year rule of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak went on trial Wednesday to face charges of complicity in killing political protesters and government corruption. The 83-year-old Mubarak, lying on a hospital bed, was wheeled...

August 2, 2011  |   Members of a human rights group demonstrate outside the Syrian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by AFP/Getty. Syrian troops advanced further into the city of Hama on Tuesday, a day after government forces killed 24 people throughout the country...

August 1, 2011  |   In this third-party photo obtained by AFP/Getty Images, Syrians demonstrate against the government after Friday prayers in Hama on July 29, 2011. Syrian forces are bearing down on the city of Hama in the second day of a renewed...

July 29, 2011  |   The morning after House Speaker John Boehner failed to secure enough support to hold a vote on his debt-limit plan in the House -- a measure that Senate Democrats and the White House had said would...

July 29, 2011  |   A friend of Bano Rashid, one of the victims of the massacre on the youth camp of the Norwegian Labor Party, walks ahead of Rashid's coffin carrying her portrait. Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images. One week after a bombing...

July 28, 2011  |   Ollanta Humala, a former army officer, was sworn in as Peru's new president Thursday after narrowly defeating Keiko Fujimori, daughter of jailed former president Alberto Fujimori, in a second-round vote in June. Humala has described himself as a moderate left...

July 28, 2011  |   Free live streaming by Ustream House Speaker John Boehner's plan to cut the deficit by $917 billion over 10 years and immediately raise the debt ceiling by $900 billion will be debated on the floor of the House of Representatives,...

July 28, 2011  |   South Korean soldiers remove tons of mud after a flood caused by heavy rains hit the area around an apartment complex in Seoul on Thursday. Photo by Park Ji-Hwan/AFP/Getty Images. Unrelenting rain pounding Seoul, South Korea, and the southern...

July 27, 2011  |   On Wednesday the House Homeland Security Committee is holding hearings on the threat of al-Shabab, the militant group based in Somalia, recruiting within the United States. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who is chairman of the committee, has said that more...

July 27, 2011  |   The mayor of Kandahar was killed after a suicide bomber infiltrated a meeting at city hall and detonated explosives hidden in his turban. The attack comes weeks after another key figure in Kandahar's politics, President Hamid Karzai's half-brother Ahmed Wali...

July 26, 2011  |   Geir Lippestad, the attorney for the man who has admitted to killing 76 people in two attacks Friday -- the bombing of a government building in Oslo and a shooting spree at a youth camp -- told reporters the "whole...

July 25, 2011  |   President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner butted heads yet again Monday night over the way to resolve the nation's debt crisis. In back-to-back primetime addresses, the president and the speaker outlined great fundamental differences that remain with barely...

July 25, 2011  |   President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner addressed the nation Monday night regarding the state of the debt-ceiling negotiations as the Aug. 2 deadline to reach a deal looms a little more than a week away. Read President Obama's and...

July 25, 2011  |   Norwegians observe a minute's silence in Bergen on Monday for the victims of Friday's attacks that left 93 dead. Photo by Marit Hommedal/AFP/Getty Images. Updated 11:30 a.m. ET Police in Norway have lowered the number of people killed in...

July 22, 2011  |   House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama pointed fingers at each other Friday night over who's to blame for the latest breakdown in the negotiations over raising the U.S. debt ceiling as an Aug. 2 deadline...

July 22, 2011  |   Medics attend to an injured person at the scene of an explosion near government buildings on July 22, 2011 in Oslo, Norway. Photo Andreas Fadum/All Over Press Norway/Getty Images. 10:25 p.m. ET | Early Saturday local time, police in...

July 22, 2011  |   Pentagon leaders on Friday are set to formally end the 18-year-long ban that prevented gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. They are expected to notify President Obama, who will then send a letter to Congress. The policy...

July 21, 2011  |   A dangerous "heat dome" blanketing the Midwest to the East Coast is being blamed for as many as 22 deaths Thursday, as 141 million people remained under a heat advisory with relief several days away in many places. According to...

July 20, 2011  |   British Prime Minister David Cameron, under fire for his hiring of former News of the World employee Andy Coulson as his spokesman, defended himself before Parliament Wednesday, saying, "I regret, and I am extremely sorry, about the furor it...

July 19, 2011  |   Iran said Tuesday that it will install upgraded centrifuges that would help it progress toward nuclear enrichment, an announcement that stoked existing concerns that Iran may be closer to producing weapons-grade enriched uranium. The U.N. Security Council has already sanctioned...

July 19, 2011  |   News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch and his son James, along with former executive Rebekah Brooks, appeared before members of Britain's parliament Tuesday to answer questions about the phone hacking scandal and whether or not they had knowledge of illegal activity....

July 18, 2011  |   The fallout from the British hacking scandal continues to spread like wildfire. Monday, the resignation of the assistant chief of Scotland Yard followed Sunday's departure by the agency's chief and the arrest of former News International Chief Executive Rebekah Brooks....

July 18, 2011  |   Gen. David Petraeus passed command of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan to Marine Gen. John Allen as he prepares to take command of the CIA. Gen. Allen comes to Afghanistan after a stint as deputy commander at U.S. Central...

July 15, 2011  |   President Obama took to the news conference podium Friday at the White House amid stalled negotiations on raising the debt-ceiling and tackling the federal deficit. The question-and-answer session with reporters came after a week of meetings with congressional leaders...

July 15, 2011  |   News International CEO Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of British tabloid News of the World, announced her resignation Friday after weeks of mounting pressure. Brooks oversaw the now-shuttered newspaper from 2000 to 2003, when it allegedly hacked into subjects' cellphones....

July 14, 2011  |   A suicide bomber in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killed four people Thursday at a memorial service for Ahmed Wali Karzai, the half-brother of President Hamid Karzai. The attacker apparently hid the explosives in his turban, according to witnesses and officials. He blew...

July 13, 2011  |   Updated at 4 p.m. ET with more information and on-the-ground report: Hari Sreenivasan spoke to the New York Times' Vikas Bajaj in Mumbai: Authorities in India say three explosions in a busy section of Mumbai have...

July 13, 2011  |   Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has dropped its bid to purchase British satellite broadcaster BSkyB in light of the still-unfolding scandal over the use of phone hacking by journalists from News of the...

July 12, 2011  |   Ahmed Wali Karzai, half-brother to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and head of the Kandahar provincial council, was shot and killed by his bodyguard at his home Tuesday. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the assassination,...

July 11, 2011  |   We've been looking back at the life of Betty Ford -- outspoken wife of President Gerald Ford, advocate for breast cancer awareness and activist for equality issues -- who died Friday at age 93. Ford's life in the public...

July 11, 2011  |   Updated 1:50 p.m. ET | President Obama said Monday that a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling will not be possible if Republicans are unwilling to compromise, but he declared: "We are going to get...

July 11, 2011  |   President Obama is scheduled to hold a news conference at 11a.m. ET at the White House to update reporters on the status of debt talks. Watch it live here: Monday's Morning Line analyzed the stakes around the talks: The debt...

July 11, 2011  |   Syrian troops have reportedly entered the city of Homs, the country's third largest, bringing with them tanks and heavy weaponry in a bid to clamp down on protesters. The crackdown is the latest in a series of harsh measures by...

July 8, 2011  |   Against grim weather odds, space shuttle Atlantis and her four-person crew made history on Friday, blasting off from the launch pad and soaring into the clouds, bound for space and the International Space Station for the...

July 8, 2011  |   Job seekers register and pick up open jobs fliers from potential employers at Los Angeles Mission's 10th annual Skid Row Career Fair June 2, 2011 in Los Angeles, Calif. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images. Unemployment rose to 9.2 percent...

July 7, 2011  |   An ad for News of The World, a newspaper published by News International Newspapers Ltd and a subsidiary of News Corp., is displayed at a store in Canvey Island, U.K., on Thursday. Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images....

July 7, 2011  |   Abdul Qadeer Khan, the founder of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program, has claimed that the North Korean government paid bribes to officials in Islamabad in exchange for nuclear technology in the late 1990s, according to the Washington Post. Khan said $3...

July 6, 2011  |   President Obama tweets during a Twitter town hall meeting Wednesday at the White House as Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey watches; Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images In a live "Twitter town hall" meeting Wednesday, President Obama fielded tweeted questions about...

July 6, 2011  |   A Somali man, Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, appeared in a New York City courtroom, months after he was detained in the Gulf of Aden on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities. He faces charges of aiding al Qaida -- specifically the...

July 5, 2011  |   Two bombs in the town of Taji killed at least 35 people on Tuesday, according to Iraqi officials, with dozens more wounded in the latest in a string of attacks coinciding with the debate over whether to ask U.S. troops...

July 4, 2011  |   Teams of federal and Exxon Mobile workers in Montana are trying to contain and assess the damage from tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil that gushed from a ruptured pipe beneath the banks of the Yellowstone River...

July 1, 2011  |   11:45 a.m. ET | After a court hearing in New York, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest, although his travel documents are still being held and the case against him has not been dismissed, with the next hearing...

June 30, 2011  |   The Federal Election Commission told comedian Stephen Colbert Thursday that he can use his television program's resources to support his political action committee -- known as a Super PAC -- but some major expenses must be disclosed. The faux newsman...

June 30, 2011  |   As members of Greece's parliament prepare to vote on a second bill to hasten planned austerity measures, around 300 people were injured and 50 stores were damaged in ongoing protests in Athens over the planned cuts. Police used tear...

June 29, 2011  |   Updated 1:58 p.m. ET | In his first news conference in three months, President Obama addressed the impending Aug. 2 debt limit and questions about military engagement in Libya and Afghanistan. On the issue of debt,...

June 29, 2011  |   One day after suicide bombers and gunmen stormed the Inter-Continental hotel in Kabul, causing a five-hour standoff involving Afghan security forces and NATO helicopters, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his country's forces would proceed with a planned transfer of...

June 28, 2011  |   Kabul's Inter-Continental hotel is seen in the dark as tracer bullets are shot during an attack on Wednesday. Photo by Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images Three or four suicide bombers blew themselves up inside the Inter-Continental hotel on the western outskirts...

June 28, 2011  |   Protesters in Athens run away from riot police on Tuesday. Photo by Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images. Protesters in Athens are clashing with police as a 48-hour general strikes kicks off ahead of an expected vote in parliament over controversial austerity...

June 24, 2011  |   4:30 p.m. ET | A second vote in the House of Representatives Friday portrayed a complex portrait on Congress' attitude toward the Libya mission, with a vote to cut off some of its funding falling short by a 238-180 vote....

June 24, 2011  |   When it comes to robots, are two heads better than one? A team of scientists at the University of Delaware thinks so. They believe that robots can be taught to adapt to changing circumstances by observing and communicating with...

June 24, 2011  |   Pakistani media personnel and local residents gather outside the hideout of Osama bin Laden following his death by U.S. Special Forces in a ground operation in Abbottabad. Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images Writings seized from Osama bin Laden's compound...

June 23, 2011  |   Following President Obama's speech Wednesday evening, in which he announced the withdrawal of 33,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan over the course of the next 12 months, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said his country will begin pulling its 4,000 soldiers...

June 22, 2011  |   President Obama will address the nation in a primetime speech Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET to announce his decision on the scope and pace of a U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan. He is expected to unveil a plan to bring...

June 22, 2011  |   Chinese artist Ai Weiwei poses in front of his installation called 'Remembering' at the 'Haus der Kunst' ahead of the exhibition 'So Sorry', on October 9, 2009 in Munich, southern Germany. Joerg Koch/AFP/Getty Images. According to...

June 22, 2011  |   Yemeni anti-government protesters demonstrate against President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Photo by Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images. Officials said 57 of 62 inmates held at a prison in Hadarmout province in southern Yemen escaped after gunmen created a diversion, allowing the inmates...

June 21, 2011  |   Jon Huntsman, former Utah governor and ambassador to China under President Obama, formally announced his candidacy Tuesday morning in Jersey City, N.J., with the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop. He pointed to his experience in business, as well...

June 21, 2011  |   U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Photo by Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama is set to make a highly-anticipated announcement Wednesday on the number of U.S. troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan beginning in July. The president is facing pressure to...

June 17, 2011  |   Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Friday said progress is being made in the deficit reduction and the debt ceiling negotiations led by Vice President Joe Biden, but said congressional recesses are getting in the way. "I...

June 17, 2011  |   Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Friday stood by President Obama's assertion that the War Powers Act does not apply to the American mission in Libya and thus, does not need congressional approval. "This thing will be over before we...

June 17, 2011  |   If you've been looking for The Rundown news blog, Art Beat or Paul Solman's Business Desk blog since our hack attack on May 29, you've likely been pointed instead to the NewsHour's Tumblr page, or our homepage. Now, after repair...

June 17, 2011  |   Ever wonder what's going on in the teen mind? Adriana Galvan, a UCLA psychologist who studies the structure, function and firing patterns of teen brains, says the architecture of the teen brain is fundamentally different than that of an adult....

May 27, 2011  |   Creative Commons photo courtesy Flickr user edbrambley Are today's diplomas worth the debt? It's an old question being debated anew in these economic times. On Friday's NewsHour broadcast, four panelists will examine the value of a higher education: Peter...

May 27, 2011  |   Group of Eight heads of state and government, and other invited world leaders, pose for the family photograph during the Group of Eight summit in Deauville, France, on Friday, May 27, 2011.(Stefan Rousseau/Pool via Bloomberg via Getty Images)...

May 26, 2011  |   We're looking at a new film Thursday as part of our partnership with the Economist magazine that showcases the art of filmmaking. It's an initiative called the Economist Film Project. The NewsHour and the Economist are choosing examples of interesting,...

May 26, 2011  |   An overturned car lies on the foundation of a home near St. John's Regional Medical Center. Pnoto by Julie Denesha/Getty Images. Updated 2:14 p.m. EDT | Four days after a massive tornado ripped through the city of Joplin, Mo.,...

May 26, 2011  |   Updated 1:25 pm. EDT | The Supreme Court has upheld a 2007 Arizona law that targets businesses that hire illegal immigrants. The court's 5-3 ruling means that states have leeway to punish employers and, by implication, not infringe on federal...

May 26, 2011  |   Ratko Mladic, long-sought by prosecutors for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, was arrested in Serbia after being on the run for more than a decade. The massacre is among the most notorious event of the war in Bosnia,...

May 25, 2011  |   Updated 12:15 p.m. ET In a joint news conference Wednesday in London, President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron said they would maintain pressure on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to step down, despite an ongoing military stalemate between government...

May 25, 2011  |   Just days after a massive tornado ripped through Joplin, Mo., killing 125 people, a fresh round of storms hit Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas late Tuesday and early Wednesday, killing at least 12 people. There were also reports of tornadoes...

May 24, 2011  |   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared before Congress Tuesday to deliver an address that comes on the heels of his meeting with President Obama, and their public disagreement over the president's call for a return to pre-1967 borders for...

May 24, 2011  |   Less than 48 hours after a massive tornado tore through Joplin, Mo., causing at least 116 deaths and widespread damage, residents and rescuers are bracing for a second storm on Tuesday that forecasters said could bring strong winds. Missouri...

May 23, 2011  |   View a slide show of the damage in Joplin: 4:21 p.m. ET | Authorities say the confirmed death toll has risen to 116 after search and rescue efforts Monday, with seven people rescued alive. 1 p.m. ET | Hari Sreenivasan...

May 23, 2011  |   President Barack Obama poses for pictures with an Irish hurling stick, as Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny looks on following a meeting at Farmleigh in Dublin, Ireland, on May 23, 2011. President Obama is in Moneygall, Ireland,...

May 20, 2011  |   President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House. President Obama welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House Friday, one day after a major...

May 20, 2011  |   Microbiologists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have developed a machine that uses built-in robotics to study water quality while underwater. The Environmental Sample Processor, known as "Lab in a Can," relies on intake valves to draw in seawater...

May 20, 2011  |   President Obama listens to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in July 2010. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. President Obama will welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House Friday, one day after a...

May 19, 2011  |   Full Video and Transcript Cmdr. Mark Kelly and crew members of the space shuttle Endeavour talked damaged tiles, the future of spaceflight and the health of Kelly's wife Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, during a live interview Thursday...

May 19, 2011  |   Dominique Strauss-Kahn released a statement late Wednesday saying he will resign from his post as head of the International Monetary Fund to fight allegations of sexual assault. Strauss-Kahn, who is being held at New York's Rikers Island, said he was...

May 18, 2011  |   A wounded Afghan is treated at a hospital after a protest against NATO-led forces in an overnight raid in Taloqan, capital of the usually peaceful northeastern province of Takhar. Photo by AFP/Getty Images. At least 11 people died when...

May 17, 2011  |   Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh are greeted by Irish President Mary McAleese and her husband Martin McAleese at the Aras an Uachtarain, the official residence of the President of Ireland, on May 17, 2011 in...

May 16, 2011  |   Update, 1 p.m. ET | A New York court has denied Strauss-Kahn bail, calling him a flight risk. He will remain in custody until his next court hearing. IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is escorted by New York police on Sunday....

May 14, 2011  |   Engineers slowly opened a massive floodgate on the Mississippi River in Louisiana Saturday in an attempt to divert surging floodwaters from heavily populated areas in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The decision to open the Morganza spillway...

May 13, 2011  |   Does music feed the mind? Does improvising in a jazz band activate different parts of the brain than performing composed music? For the National Science Foundation's* latest Science Nation piece, NewsHour Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien profiles Georgia Tech music...

May 13, 2011  |   A Pakistani soldier guards the site of a suicide bombing at a military training center in Shabqadar. Photo by A. Majeed/AFP/Getty Images. Two suicide bomb attacks at a paramilitary academy in northwest Pakistan have claimed at least 80 lives...

May 12, 2011  |   Jim Lehrer announced Thursday that he is taking another step toward ending his 36 years of anchoring or co-anchoring our daily public television news broadcast. Beginning June 6, he will no longer be part of the regular daily anchor rotation...

May 12, 2011  |   A picture taken in Gaza city on May 11, 2011 shows Moammar Gadhafi appearing on Libyan state television. NATO air strikes targeted one of Moammar Gadhafi's compounds in the Libyan capital of Tripoli Thursday, following attacks...

May 11, 2011  |   Witnesses said the Syrian army is stepping up its crackdown in restive cities, shelling residential areas in Homs, the country's third-largest city and home to some of the biggest anti-government demonstrations. Security forces are reportedly using live ammunition and tanks...

May 10, 2011  |   President Obama traveled to El Paso, Texas, Tuesday to renew his call for reforming immigration law, praising the work his administration has done in securing the border with Mexico and touting citizenship opportunities for some illegal...

May 10, 2011  |   5:30 p.m. ET | Floodwaters hit the Mississippi Delta Tuesday afternoon, threatening farmland, historic sites and residential areas alike. The crest is expected to wash over the area and bring a deluge lasting several days, compounding the damage already caused...

May 10, 2011  |   Tony Avelar/Bloomberg via Getty Images Microsoft said Tuesday that it plans to purchase Skype, the Internet phone and video communication services with a reach of 663 million customers, for $8.5 billion in cash, with the intent of expanding its...

May 9, 2011  |   In an address to Pakistan's parliament Monday, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said his government would launch an investigation into how Osama bin Laden was able to reside undetected in his compound in Abbottabad but said charges that Pakistan...

May 9, 2011  |   Update, May 17 - The live interview has been moved up to occur between 6 and 6:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, May 19. With NASA's countdown clocks again ticking down for space shuttle Endeavour's final launch, Google, YouTube and...

May 9, 2011  |   More than a week since a U.S. military raid on a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, leaders from both countries continue to react to the daring operation that was conducted without Pakistan's consent or knowledge....

May 7, 2011  |   The Pentagon on Saturday released five videos recovered from Osama bin Laden's hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan, revealing the first glimpses of the al-Qaida leader's life behind the compound walls. One video shows a grey-bearded bin Laden...

May 5, 2011  |   Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara The highest court in Ivory Coast reversed course Thursday and proclaimed Alassane Ouattara president after five months of fighting in the West African nation and a deepening humanitarian crisis. Ouattara was...

May 5, 2011  |   Marking the death of Osama bin Laden at the site of the terrorist's biggest attack, President Obama placed a wreath Thursday at Ground Zero in New York. He said that bin Laden's killing on Sunday "sent a message around the...

May 2, 2011  |   Updated 9:10 p.m. ET | On tonight's program, Ray Suarez reports on reactions to Osama bin Laden's death. Special correspondent Saima Mohsin reports from Abbottabad, Pakistan, on locals' amazement that the world's most wanted man was living in their midst,...

May 2, 2011  |   Ahead of a Monday morning briefing about the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the U.S. government released some graphics that shed new light on the compound where the most-wanted terrorist had been hiding for years. Here's an illustration of...

May 1, 2011  |   Osama bin Laden seen in an undated photo taken from a television image Updated 10 a.m. ET, May 2 For more updates, reaction and analysis on bin Laden's death, follow our live blog here. Updated...

April 29, 2011  |   2:15 p.m. ET | The latest estimates from human rights groups stand at 42 dead on Friday. Updated 12:50 p.m. ET | According to Syrian human rights groups quoted by the Associated Press, 24 people have been killed Friday in...

April 29, 2011  |   12:45 p.m. ET | President Obama met with local officials and survivors in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Friday morning and said he had "never seen devastation like this." The president vowed residents would be given aid to help recover from the...

April 28, 2011  |   Publicly announcing what White House officials had confirmed Wednesday, President Obama held a news conference Thursday at the White House alongside CIA Director Leon Panetta, his choice to succeed Defense Secretary Robert Gates when he retires, and Gen. David...

April 28, 2011  |   We're announcing the start of something new: A partnership with the Economist magazine to showcase the art of filmmaking, called the Economist Film Project. Together, the NewsHour and the Economist have chosen examples of interesting, independently-produced documentaries from around the...

April 28, 2011  |   View a slide show of the storm damage in southern states: 5:40 p.m. ET| Edgar Treiguts of Georgia Public Broadcasting reports on the storm's aftermath in Georgia, where 13 people were killed: 5 p.m. ET | Officials say at least...

April 27, 2011  |   *Update, May 17 | * - The live interview has been moved up to occur between 6 and 6:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, May 19. Updated May 9 | NASA has delayed the launch of space shuttle Endeavour until...

April 27, 2011  |   Panetta Will Go to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA in Major Shuffle 4:30 p.m. ET | Senior administration officials have confirmed that the White House will make a formal announcement Thursday. Posted 9 a.m. ET | According to sources cited by...

April 26, 2011  |   6:45 p.m. ET | This afternoon, Jeffrey Brown talked with Damascus-based human rights lawyer and advocate Razan Zaitouneh, who said there are security checkpoints throughout the capital and in nearby suburbs and towns. Some communications have been cut, and hundreds...

April 26, 2011  |   Witnesses said that a heavy crackdown by Syrian security forces in the southern city of Daraa has left several dead in the streets, part of increasingly intense raids in which security forces have used tanks and live ammunition against protesters....

April 25, 2011  |   The release of hundreds of classified military documents has provided new details on inmates detained at Guantanamo Bay, as well as new insight on where key plotters were on 9/11. WikiLeaks, previously behind the release of hundreds of diplomatic...

April 22, 2011  |   Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., met with rebels and members of the Libyan opposition's governing council in Benghazi on Friday, calling the fighters "heroes." Sen. McCain has been a staunch supporter of U.S. involvement in Libya and had earlier likened the...

April 21, 2011  |   Libyan rebel fighters carry out a comrade wounded during an effort to dislodge some ensconced government loyalist troops who were firing on them from a building during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misrata April 20, 2011. This...

April 20, 2011  |   It was a year ago Wednesday that a massive oil spill began in the Gulf of Mexico with an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. It took three months to seal the underwater oil gusher, and the region continues...

April 20, 2011  |   Italy and France announced they will follow Britain's lead in sending a small team of military advisers to Libya to assist the rebel forces. None of the countries are planning to send ground troops. Libyan Foreign Minister Abdul Ati al-Obeidi...

April 19, 2011  |   As part of the PBS NewsHour's ongoing Autism Now series, join us Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET for an online panel discussion, hosted by correspondent Hari Sreenivasan about the state of autism research, treatment, understanding and more....

April 19, 2011  |   The Syrian government warned its citizens against gathering for public demonstrations in a state television broadcast, saying it will crack down on protests. The interior...

April 18, 2011  |   The 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday afternoon, recognizing achievement in journalism and the arts. The prestigious awards are administered by Columbia University. View the full list of winners, and links to the stories, here. Among the winners were...

April 18, 2011  |   Afghanistan National Army soldiers stand guard at the main gate of the Defence Ministry in Kabul on April 18, 2011. A suspected Taliban gunman dressed in army uniform infiltrated the Afghan Defence Ministry and opened fire. (Majid Saeedi/Getty...

April 15, 2011  |   President Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy wrote a joint op-ed published in the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times saying their three nations "have been united from the start" and said allowing...

April 14, 2011  |   Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other world leaders discuss Libya at NATO meetings in Berlin. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Berlin for a series of talks with NATO foreign ministers on...

April 13, 2011  |   President Obama officially unveiled his own proposal for reducing the national deficit Wednesday in a speech at George Washington University, calling for $4 trillion in cuts over the next 12 years through spending cuts and tax...

April 13, 2011  |   Also on Wednesday's broadcast, Paul Solman looks at what the "debt ceiling" means, Ray Suarez examines the economic and personal impact of rising gas prices, Gwen Ifill has an update on the standoff in Libya, and...

April 13, 2011  |   Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak speaks to the media following talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery on March 4, 2010. Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has been hospitalized with heart problems in Sharm...

April 12, 2011  |   House Republicans have released details of the budget deal agreed to late Friday that averted a government shutdown and set spending levels for the rest of fiscal year 2011. As the NewsHour's Terence Burlij wrote in Tuesday's Morning Line:...

April 12, 2011  |   Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has raised the level of the nuclear crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant to a seven, matching the level used to describe Chernobyl. Officials said the increase was a description of...

April 9, 2011  |   12:33 a.m. | Stopgap Clears House, Heads to Obama to Sign The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the short-term government-funding measure early Saturday it passed the Senate. The bill heads to President Obama to be signed into law. Technically, there...

April 8, 2011  |   As the Wall Street Journal's Naftali Bendavid told Jim Lehrer on the NewsHour Thursday night, the two sides in the high-stakes budget debate can't even agree on what they disagree about, in public at least. And after late night negotiations...

April 8, 2011  |   Libyan rebel fighters head for the frontline in the desert outside the town of Ajdabiya on April 8, 2011, as rebels indicated the front remained somewhere between Ajdabiya and the oil town of Brega, which is under the control...

April 7, 2011  |   Updated 12:10 p.m. ET | Japan's meteorological society has lifted its tsunami warning, an hour and a half after the quake hit at 11:30 p.m. local time, the Associated Press reports. Updated 12 p.m. ET | The U.S. Geological Society...

April 7, 2011  |   A Libyan rebel fighter mourns over a fallen comrade whose body lies in the back of their fighting vehicle as they arrive at a mortuary in Ajdabiya on April 7, 2011. Libyan rebels say that an...

April 6, 2011  |   In a news conference Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner and other GOP leaders defended ongoing budget negotiations in the face of a possible government shutdown if an agreement is not reached by Friday. Boehner said that "the conversations are continuing,...

April 6, 2011  |   Forces loyal to democratically elected President Alassane Ouattara have launched an assault on the home of incumbent Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to leave office since November elections, ratcheting up pressure on Gbagbo to negotiate a surrender with the United...

April 5, 2011  |   As part of an ambitious budget plan he unveiled earlier in the day, Rep. Paul Ryan on Tuesday afternoon called for an overhaul to the American social safety net, including reforms to Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps, housing assistance and...

April 5, 2011  |   House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Tuesday that GOP lawmakers and the White House had failed to reach an agreement three days before a potential government shutdown. Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., were schedule to continue meeting...

April 5, 2011  |   Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., unveiled a House GOP budget proposal Tuesday that seeks some $5.8 trillion in cuts, including a reshaping of key entitlement programs and some tax reforms. The proposal, which is not a piece...

April 5, 2011  |   Horse mackerels are displayed at a supermarket in Tokyo on April 5, 2011. Japan started dumping 11,500 tons of low-level radioactive water at sea to free up storage space at its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant for more highly contaminated...

April 4, 2011  |   Protests continue to rile Yemen, one of the nations in the Middle East rattled by the revolts sweeping the region. Observers of the region say Yemen has become a haven for the al-Qaeda off-shoot known as al-Qaeda in the Arabian...

April 4, 2011  |   U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks, and several accused conspirators will face military -- not civilian -- trials at Guantanamo Bay, a change...

April 4, 2011  |   Southwest is facing new questions on the safety of its fleet. Photo via Flickr Creative Commons user Atomic Taco. Southwest Airlines is grounding its fleet of Boeing 737-300s for inspection after one of its planes was forced to make...

April 4, 2011  |   Photo byTokyo Electric Power Co. Workers at the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant are using a dye substance in an effort to trace the source of a leak spreading radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean and hampering efforts to...

April 4, 2011  |   Rebel fighters stand at the entrance of the university of the key old port of Brega on their way to battle against loyalist troops on April 4, 2011. Rebel forces took parts of strategic oil port...

April 1, 2011  |   Japanese firemen pick through the rubble looking for bodies of victims of the tsunami in a flooded area of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on April 1, 2011. Thousands of Japanese and U.S. troops launched an intensive air and sea...

April 1, 2011  |   Libyan rebels sit at the back of a pick-up truck before leaving Ajdabiya to the front line near the oil town of Brega on Friday. Photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images. After weeks of gains and setbacks in cities from...

April 1, 2011  |   The Bureau of Labor Statistics released new data showing that unemployment dropped again to 8.8 percent in March, with employers adding 216,000 new jobs. The manufacturing sector showed especially strong growth, increasing at its fastest pace in seven years. The...

March 31, 2011  |   Libyan anti-Gadhafi fighters wave the flag of the rebellion as they gather some 30 kilometers before the eastern town of Brega on March 31, 2011. 5:30 p.m. ET | In an address on Libyan state television,...

March 31, 2011  |   Members of Pro-Ouattara forces hold their weapons on March 29 in Duekoue in western Ivory Coast. Forces loyal to democratically elected president Alassane Ouattara are pressing into Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, in a bid to...

March 31, 2011  |   1 p.m. ET | Tepco said Thursday that the water beneath the damaged reactor has radioactivity measuring at 10,000 time the legal limit, though it still believes the drinking water supply to be safe. French and U.S. experts are...

March 30, 2011  |   5:20 p.m. ET | According to Britain's government, Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa has traveled to London with the intention of abandoning his post. "We are discussing this with him and we will release further detail in due course," the...

March 30, 2011  |   In a speech Wednesday at Georgetown University, President Obama outlined his goals for reducing American energy dependence, heavily emphasizing new technology and alternative sources in addition to "safe and responsible" offshore drilling. He was quick to...

March 30, 2011  |   Tokyo Electric Power Company has said four of the six reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant cannot be fixed and will be decommissioned as efforts to contain the spread of radioactive water continue at the facility. Meantime, seawater off...

March 29, 2011  |   Libyan rebels return from the battle field outside the oil rich town of Ras Lanouf on March 29, 2011. 3 p.m. ET | As representatives from 40 nations continued talks in London to discuss the situation...

March 29, 2011  |   Photo by Tokyo Electric Power Company Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said his government was "in a state of maximum alert" as the crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant continues to spread, with radioactive contamination in the air,...

March 28, 2011  |   Updated 9:02 p.m. | Watch the president's full remarks: Help us, via Universal Subtitles, to subtitle the president's speech in English and other languages. If you have foreign language skills, you can help make...

March 28, 2011  |   Yemenis lined up bodies after a massive blast killed at least 75 people at an ammunition plant in southern Yemen looted by al-Qaida on March 28. In Jaar, Yemen, several massive explosions at an ammunition factory killed...

March 26, 2011  |   Libyan rebels celebrate on a destroyed tank in Ajdabiya. The Libyan military withdrew from Ajdabiya Saturday, and rebels retook control of the key eastern city, following Western air strikes on Moammar Gadhafi's forces, said a deputy...

March 25, 2011  |   Hundreds of Syrians march from the Omayyed mosque in Damascus' Old City toward Souk Al-Hamadiyeh street on Friday, chanting: 'Daraa is Syria' and 'We will sacrifice ourselves for Syria.' Protesters in the Southern Syrian city of Daraa...

March 25, 2011  |   Photo: Tepco Japanese authorities said Friday that a breach in the core of the No. 3 reactor at the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant could indicate a more serious release of radioactive material. Prime Minister Naoto Kan called the...

March 25, 2011  |   2:30 p.m. ET | In a briefing with reporters at the Pentagon on Friday, Vice Adm. Bill Gortney, director of the military's Joint Staff, said there was "not much of a change from yesterday" where contested cities, including Ajdabiya, were...

March 24, 2011  |   7:30 p.m. ET | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday evening that the United States welcomed the decision by the NATO alliance to enforce the no-fly zone over Libya -- but not other military operations there. Speaking at the...

March 24, 2011  |   Updated 4:30 p.m. ET New photos of the so-called "Fukushima 50" -- the workers who have stayed behind to help rescue a damaged nuclear plant have been made available this week. Workers at the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. All photos...

March 23, 2011  |   5:30 p.m. ET | In a letter to President Obama, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, questioned the clarity of the U.S. mission in Libya. "I and many other members of the House of Representatives are troubled that U.S. military resources...

March 23, 2011  |   Japanese officials announced that they had detected radiation above legally allowed limits in water from a Tokyo purifying station, heightening fears of spreading contamination from the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facility. The amount detected is twice what is considered...

March 22, 2011  |   6 p.m. ET | In brief televised remarks, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi remained defiant in the face of coalition airstrikes and the U.N.-mandated no-fly zone. "We will be victorious in the end," he said, saying his troops will keep fighting...

March 22, 2011  |   Afghan President Hamid Karzai defined seven parts of the country that he says are ready to transition to Afghan control in July, when U.S. military troops begin a phased-out withdrawal. The areas include the capital of the troubled Helmand...

March 22, 2011  |   All six reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant have been connected to power lines, although Tokyo Electric Power Company has said there are steps that need to be taken before it can safely turn the power on. The...

March 20, 2011  |   A Libyan rebel stands over wrecked military vehicles hit by French warplanes. Photo by AFP/Getty. With military operation Odyssey Dawn underway in Libya, the country's embattled leader, Moammar Gadhafi, vowed a "long war" with his adversaries on Sunday. The...

March 19, 2011  |   French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced plans Saturday for military action to protect civilians in Libya amid combat between leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces and rebel fighters. Sarkozy said French military jets were already in flight over Libya and were ready...

March 18, 2011  |   A look at the aftermath of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that devastated northern Japan and damaged nuclear reactors....

March 18, 2011  |   2:40 p.m. ET | President Obama delivered remarks Friday to address the crisis in Libya and the U.N. Security Council's resolution, defending the use of military force and calling on Gadhafi to back down. "Moammar Gadhafi clearly lost the...

March 18, 2011  |   5:55 p.m. ET | Photo Essay: Destruction in Japan 3:50 p.m. ET | Tokyo Electric Power Company, known as Tepco, announced its powerline had reached the plant and could supply electricity, raising hopes that it could restore failed cooling systems...

March 18, 2011  |   4:30 p.m. ET | The Associated Press reported the death toll now stands at 46, including children. Medical staff estimated the number of injured in the hundreds. < img src="http://newshour.s3.amazonaws.com:80/photos/2011/03/18/0318yemenblogmainhorizontal.jpg" title="Yemen March 18" alt="" class="blogmainhorizontal" /> Yemeni anti-government protesters carry...

March 17, 2011  |   6:46 p.m. ET | The United Nations Security Council voted early Thursday evening to OK a no-fly zone over Libya and "all necessary measures" -- code for military action -- to protect Libyans from leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces. Ten of...

March 17, 2011  |   As Japan's nuclear crisis continues to unfold, you've probably heard mention of Tokyo Electric Power Company, the energy giant who owns the troubled Fukushima plant. Known as Tepco, the company was founded in 1951 as Japan looked to rebuild its...

March 17, 2011  |   5:45 p.m. ET | Engineers at the Fukushima Dai-ich plant have successfully connected a power cable to the facility, providing a way to restore the pumps that operate the reactors' cooling systems. Backup generators had proven insufficient after Friday's 9.0-magnitude...

March 17, 2011  |   The PBS NewsHour has a reporting team in China this week, working on health, economy and other stories for a series you'll see in coming weeks. But given the events in Japan, they are also monitoring the Chinese reaction to...

March 16, 2011  |   JAPAN's DAMAGED REACTORS | The threat of a nuclear meltdown at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant was compounded by high radiation levels for workers addressing the crisis. Five days into the crisis, aid workers shifted the focus of their...

March 16, 2011  |   6:50 p.m. ET | Japanese Quake Survivors Speak Out on Nuclear Crisis Also, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Director Gregory Jaczko testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday and spoke of concerns about the events in Japan, particularly around the problems plaguing Fukushima's...

March 16, 2011  |   Six people died Wednesday in a fresh round of clashes in the Persian Gulf island nation of Bahrain. Soldiers and riot police used tanks and tear gas to clear protesters out of Pearl Square in the capital, Manama. Troops...

March 16, 2011  |   A Pakistani court in Lahore has acquitted CIA contractor Raymond Davis of murder. Davis was held after he shot and killed two Pakistanis he said were trying to rob him. A third died after being struck by a vehicle rushing...

March 16, 2011  |   8:20 a.m. ET Damage to the second reactor is shown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in this image released by Digital Globe. Click to view larger. 6:15 p.m. ET Another fire has broken out at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant,...

March 15, 2011  |   A Libyan rebel drives his tank to the frontline in Ajdabiya on March 14. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi called on opposition forces to surrender as his troops surrounded Ajdabiya, forcing a hasty retreat for rebels and...

March 14, 2011  |   Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facility on March 14. Photo via DigitalGlobe. 10:30 p.m. ET The nuclear crisis in Japan escalated Tuesday after an explosion at an earthquake-hit nuclear power plant damaged a reactor's containment vessel, raising the danger of...

March 14, 2011  |   You may have noticed some changes in recent weeks to the way videos are being posted on the PBS NewsHour website.We're in the midst of a transition with as we move to the PBS Video player, which houses online video...

March 14, 2011  |   2:15 p.m. ET | As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met in Paris with Group of Eight foreign ministers, France and Britain called again for increasing pressure on Libya's Moammar Gadhafi and a no-fly zone over the country. British Prime...

March 13, 2011  |   People evacuate by boat down a road flooded by tsunami waves in the Japanese city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on Saturday, a day after a massive quake and tsunami hit the region. Photo by Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images The...

March 12, 2011  |   On Saturday, the 22-nation Arab League asked the U.N. Security Council to implement a no-fly zone in Libya to prevent Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces from more air attacks on the Libyan people. Never noted for moving decisively, the League's...

March 12, 2011  |   Updated 4:15 p.m. ET | In a last-ditch effort to avert a nuclear meltdown, officials in Japan flooded a nuclear reactor with seawater on Saturday, the New York Times reported. Japan's chief cabinet secretary, Yukio Edano, said Tokyo Electric...

March 11, 2011  |   In a news conference Friday afternoon, President Obama called the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan a "catastrophic disaster," adding that images of the aftermath have been "heartbreaking." The president said he spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan...

March 11, 2011  |   A Libyan rebel fighter smiles while changing his gun magazine as smoke raises from a bomb dropped by a Libyan jet fighter on the outskirt of the eastern oil port town of Ras Lanouf on March 11, 2011. Gianluigi...

March 10, 2011  |   Pvt. Bradley Manning, the 23-year-old Army intelligence analyst accused of stealing thousands of classified government documents and providing them to WikiLeaks, is in custody at the U.S. Marine brig in Quantico, Va., where he is in solitary confinement and under...

March 10, 2011  |   Free live streaming by Ustream The House Homeland Security committee, chaired by Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., is holding a hearing Thursday on "The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community's Response." Read more about the hearing...

March 9, 2011  |   Updated 7:26 p.m. ET with comments from Margaret Warner | Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist David S. Broder died on Wednesday of complications from diabetes, his newspaper, The Washington Post, reported. He was 81 years old. Broder, a frequent guest on the...

March 9, 2011  |   A new U.N. report says 2,700 civilians died in Afghanistan in 2010, a 15 percent increase from 2009. The report said NATO was responsible for 16 percent of those deaths, a figure that was highlighted by the deaths of nine...

March 8, 2011  |   Join us Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET for an online panel discussion, hosted by the PBS NewsHour and Independent Television Service (ITVS), about violence against women in the Congo and beyond. Set on the 100th anniversary of...

March 7, 2011  |   Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks during a joint news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Monday at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Kabul for talks with U.S. military commanders and...

March 6, 2011  |   A Libyan rebel fighter holds a rocket propelled grenade launcher after spotting a fighter jet flying overhead near a checkpoint at the entrance to the oil rich town of Ras Lanuf on March 6, 2011. (Robertp Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images)...

March 4, 2011  |   Watch live as Hari Sreenivasan talks to syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks about the week in politics and the politics of sport in their Doubleheader feature on the Rundown: Free live streaming by Ustream...

March 4, 2011  |   Unemployment unexpectedly reached its lowest level since April 2009, dipping to 8.9 percent in February, according to new numbers released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employers added 192,000 new jobs, a gain largely attributed to more favorable weather...

March 3, 2011  |   The late Pakistani Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti prays for slain Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer at the Fatima Church in Islamabad on Jan. 9; Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images In the months before he died, Pakistani Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti knew...

March 3, 2011  |   In a news conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, President Obama praised a "new era of respect, cooperation and partnership between our two countries," pointing to the "strong bond between our two societies." For more coverage: As Mexico's Calderon...

March 3, 2011  |   The man who is suspected of shooting two U.S. airmen on a bus leaving Frankfurt International Airport is believed to have been acting alone, prompted by increasing radicalization, according to German authorities. Arif Uka, 21, an employee at the airport,...

March 2, 2011  |   On Wednesday the Senate passed a two-week, stopgap funding bill designed to avert a government shutdown by a 91-9 vote, one day after the House approved the measure 335-91 with support from most House Republicans and a majority of Democrats....

March 2, 2011  |   The Supreme Court has ruled 8-1 that the First Amendment protects groups that organize anti-gay protests outside military funerals. The Snyder v. Phelps case is a classic battle of First Amendment rights vs. individual privacy, sparked by an emotionally-charged protest...

March 1, 2011  |   As world attention has become more focused on the dramatic upheaval rocking Libya, demonstrators have maintained pressure on governments elsewhere in the region, including Yemen and Bahrain, both allies of the U.S. Here are recent developments in some of those...

February 27, 2011  |   A Libyan insurgent soldier displays heavy caliber ammunition in Benghazi. Photo by Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi have surrounded the rebel-controlled city of Zawiya, 30 miles from Tripoli, and are expected to launch an armed offensive...

February 25, 2011  |   Thousands of marchers took to the streets in several Iraqi cities, clashing with security forces and gathering at government buildings. At least six Iraqis were killed in the northern part of the country when security forces opened fire in an...

February 24, 2011  |   Updated 2:45 p.m. ET Updated 12:15 p.m. ET Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi responded to the latest clashes in a phone interview with state television, accusing Osama bin Laden of being complicit in the upheaval throughout the country and saying that...

February 24, 2011  |   A judge in London ruled that Britain will extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden to face charges of sex crimes, accusations that the 39-year-old Australian has denied and attributed to a politically motivated smear campaign. Assange and his attorneys...

February 23, 2011  |   Rescuers in Christchurch continue their search for survivors after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the city on Tuesday and killed at least 75 people. The U.S. has deployed a disaster response team to assist with search-and-rescue operations as emergency officials work...

February 22, 2011  |   LIBYA PROTESTS | Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is refusing to step down as international condemnation of the violent crackdown on protesters grows. Jeffrey Brown talks about the growing unrest in the North African nation with Robert Danin of the Council...

February 21, 2011  |   Updated 7:34 p.m. ET Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appeared on state-run television to say that he had not fled the country, the AP reported. He spoke for less than a minute and denied rumors that he had fled to Venezuela,...

February 21, 2011  |   Wisconsin Governor Stands Behind Controversial Bill After six days of protests in Wisconsin over a bill that would curb collective bargaining rights and other benefits in an attempt to narrow the state's budget deficit, Republican Gov. Scott Walker stood behind...

February 20, 2011  |   Protests in Libya against Moammar Gadhafi's 40-year regime are continuing, despite government forces on Sunday reportedly firing upon funeral processions of those who have died in anti-government demonstrations. According to media accounts, the security forces fired on residents attending a...

February 18, 2011  |   STATE BUDGET BATTLES | A push to reduce state workers' benefits and eliminate collective bargaining caused a furor this week as protesters descended on Wisonsin's Capitol -- and Democratic lawmakers fled to stall a vote. And similar cuts are being...

February 17, 2011  |   BAHRAIN ON LOCKDOWN | The capital of Bahrain was under military lockdown Thursday evening after riot police smashed protesters' main camp. We have a report from Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News, then Jeffrey Brown takes a look at the...

February 17, 2011  |   Anti-government protesters in Libya are calling for what organizers call a "day of anger" as dissent grows in the North African nation, part of the latest spate of unrest in the region, including a crackdown in the Persian Gulf island...

February 16, 2011  |   An Egyptian police man shouts as he and others take to the streets during a protest in al-Mansuriya on Feb.16, 2011, as workers in banking, transport, oil, tourism, textiles, state-owned media and government bodies went on strike to demand...

February 15, 2011  |   As PBS NewsHour continues to cover the latest events in Egypt and beyond, our site for students and teachers, PBS NewsHour Extra, partnered with Independent Television Service to pull together some unique perspectives on the situation for a live...

February 15, 2011  |   Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is set to speak Tuesday afternoon about Internet freedom around the world. The speech, entitled "Internet Rights and Wrongs: Choices & Challenges in a Networked World," will begin around 12:30 p.m. at George Washington...

February 15, 2011  |   In a news conference Tuesday, President Obama defended his proposed 2012 budget, acknowledging that "there will be plenty of arguments in months to come, and everybody's going to have to give a little bit." The president said "tough decisions"...

February 14, 2011  |   OBAMA'S BUDGET BLUEPRINT | President Obama submitted his $3.7 trillion federal budget blueprint for 2012. Gwen Ifill speaks with White House Budget Director Jack Lew about the details of the budget. Judy Woodruff has the Republican reaction from Sen. Rob...

February 14, 2011  |   Protesters in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 14 Thousands of Iranian protesters clashed with police in central Tehran's Enghelab, or Revolution, square Monday in the largest opposition show of force in more than a year. The...

February 14, 2011  |   Updated 1:30 p.m. ET Egypt's army has called on protesters to clear Tahrir Square in the face of growing labor strikes. The military was considering a ban on such activities as Cairo struggles to return to normalcy following 18 days...

February 14, 2011  |   President Obama will officially release a budget blueprint aimed at reducing the deficit by $1.1 trillion over the next decade. The proposal is meant to counterbalance the cuts proposed by Republican leaders in Congress. The plan would cut federal spending...

February 11, 2011  |   Margaret Warner and her crew have spent much of the past two days in the streets of Cairo, speaking with Egyptians about the ongoing protests there. She spoke by phone with Kwame Holman Friday about the sights and sounds in...

February 11, 2011  |   [View the story "Mubarak Steps Down and Twitter, Internet, Erupt" on Storify]...

February 11, 2011  |   Crowds in Cairo's Tahrir Square react to the news that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down. The NewsHour will continue to monitor events and bring you livestreaming video from Egypt as much as possible. You may see a...

February 11, 2011  |   Officials in Pakistan say Raymond Allen Davis, a U.S. consulate employee committed murder when he shot two Pakistanis in Lahore in January. The incident has caused friction between the allies; the United States claims he shot the two people in...

February 10, 2011  |   The White House released a statement from President Barack Obama Thursday evening on the latest developments in Egypt: The Egyptian people have been told that there was a transition of authority, but it is not yet clear that this transition...

February 10, 2011  |   A suicide bomber, reportedly a teenager dressed in a school uniform, blew himself up at an army facility in the northwestern region of Pakistan. The bomber was apparently able to slip past multiple checkpoints in the secured compound and...

February 9, 2011  |   Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said Wednesday that it would be better for the United States to encourage Egypt in its changes rather than impose its will. "For Americans to come and say 'change is now,' but already we...

February 9, 2011  |   Several bombs in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk killed seven people, including two policemen, and injured an estimated 80 more. The oil-rich region has been relatively quiet in recent months but is also the seat of ethnic tensions. A...

February 8, 2011  |   GOOGLE EXEC RELEASE BOOSTS CAIRO PROTESTS | An estimated 250,000 people gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square after a Google executive, who was released Monday after being detained for organizing recent protests via Facebook, re-energized anti-government demonstrations. Margaret Warner speaks with...

February 8, 2011  |   In this week's Political Checklist, senior correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff speak with Political Editor David Chalian about President Obama's speech to the Chamber of Commerce and whether it marks a pro-business shift for the White House. Ifill discusses...

February 8, 2011  |   Updated 2 p.m. ET The government's report says there were no electronic problems that would have caused sudden acceleration in Toyotas, and that any mechanical defects were resolved by recalls. Toyota recalled more than 12 million vehicles after the problems...

February 7, 2011  |   EGYPT ATTEMPTS TO QUIET UNREST | The Egyptian government moved Monday to defuse protests, offering public-sector workers a pay raise. Margaret Warner reports from Cairo with reaction from people inside and outside the city's central square. Then Jeffrey Brown discusses...

February 7, 2011  |   Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal in May 2010. Photo by Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. The trial of three American hikers held in Iran since the summer of 2009 began on Sunday with two of them present in the...

February 4, 2011  |   Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of former President Ronald Reagan and begins a yearlong celebration of his life and legacy. In honor of the occasion, here is an extended excerpt of a 1989 interview with Jim Lehrer...

February 4, 2011  |   EGYPT UNREST | Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gathered in Cairo for what was called a "day of departure" for President Hosni Mubarak. The demonstrations remained mostly peaceful as President Obama avoided calling for Mubarak's immediate resignation during a...

February 4, 2011  |   The unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percent from December, settling at 9 percent in January. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 36,000 new jobs were added, the gains were the smallest in four months. Industries affected by weather, including...

February 3, 2011  |   EGYPT UNREST | Chaos continued to escalate in Egypt as President Hosni Mubarak told ABC News that stepping down now would create further turmoil. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the attacks on foreign journalists and rights groups. There were...

February 3, 2011  |   Airports in Chicago and other major cities in the Midwest are beginning to resume flights after a massive winter storm dumped up to two feet of snow in the region, halting flights and stranding cars. The storm that shut...

February 2, 2011  |   Given the important nature of events on the ground in Egypt, the PBS NewsHour is offering live streams through a combination of sources which may include Egypt TV, ABC, APTN and Al Jazeera English's channel to our web and...

February 2, 2011  |   EGYPT PROTESTS | Fighting raged into the night in the heart of Cairo as pro-Mubarak elements, many on horse or camel back, clashed with demonstrators. Rocks, bottles, firebombs and tear gas filled Tahrir Square as the army stayed on the...

February 2, 2011  |   After a widespread shutdown of Internet and mobile phone service in Egypt as street protests intensified last week, there were reports Wednesday that Web access was restored in the country. Google's Transparency Index has been tracking web traffic to its...

February 2, 2011  |   Image updated at 3:00 p.m. ET | This NASA image shows Yasi approaching the coast at 1:35 p.m. Australian Eastern Standard Time on Feb. 2. A massive cyclone is tearing through the northeastern part of Australia Thursday ....

February 1, 2011  |   MUBARAK SIGNALS EXIT | We'll have all the latest on the latest demonstrations in Egypt and President Hosni Mubarak's announcement that he will not run for re-election this fall. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports on the latest developments,...

February 1, 2011  |   More than a week after they began, demonstrations on the streets of Cairo appear larger than ever as calls grow for President Hosni Mubarak to step down. Mubarak, who sacked his cabinet and named a vice president in an effort...

January 31, 2011  |   EGYPT PROTESTS | Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports on the crowds of protesters gathered in Cairo despite an ongoing curfew and planned Tuesday demonstrations that organizers hope will bring more than a million people to the streets. Then,...

January 31, 2011  |   Protest organizers in Egypt have called for a massive turnout on Tuesday as their calls continue for the ouster of long-time President Hosni Mubarak. Check back here at 6 p.m. ET to watch a live stream of the NewsHour's...

January 31, 2011  |   A week after protesters first converged on downtown Cairo, tens of thousands continue to march and call on President Hosni Mubarak to step down after 30 years in office. Mubarak's televised announcement after midnight Saturday did little to placate...

January 30, 2011  |   Updated 3:30 p.m. ET Egyptian demonstrators gather in Tahrir Square, in central Cairo, on Jan. 31, 2011, on the seventh day of protests against long term President Hosni Mubarak's regime. The Egyptian army announced it will not...

January 29, 2011  |   Updated 5:45 p.m. ET | Protesters returned to the streets of Cario and other cities in Egypt Saturday, renewing calls for embattled President Hosni Mubarak to step down. State television reports that Mubarak has named a vice president for the...

January 28, 2011  |   As the political revolt in Egypt and elsewhere in the Arab world continues to gain momentum, we want to make sure you have the best resources for keeping up with the latest developments. The NewsHour staff compiled some of...

January 28, 2011  |   EGYPT'S PROTESTS SPREAD | Thousands of Egyptian protesters defied a nationwide curfew in Cairo and other cities, continuing clashes with police. Military forces were deployed, but some were greeted by protesters. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports on the...

January 28, 2011  |   Demonstrators in Cairo, Suez and Alexandria have continued their anti-government protests despite the government's warning of "decisive measures," the arrest of more than 1,000 people and the disabling of internet and mobile phone access. Seven people have died in the...

January 27, 2011  |   In an exclusive interview with the NewsHour, Vice President Joe Biden told Jim Lehrer Thursday afternoon that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the target of anti-government demonstrations in Cairo, is someone he knows "fairly well" and does not consider to...

January 27, 2011  |   President Obama answered user-submitted questions on his State of the Union address in a special interview on YouTube Thursday. Some 140,000 questions have been submitted and voted upon -- the president will answer some of the most popular queries....

January 27, 2011  |   Yemeni students march through the streets of the capital Sanaa on their way to the Tunisian embassy on Jan. 26, 2011. Inspired by the protests in Tunisia that ousted the country's president and by the demonstrations...

January 26, 2011  |   STATE OF THE UNION REACTION | One day after his State of the Union speech that focused on job creation and innovation, President Obama toured an energy technology firm in Wisconsin. It was the first of several stops to promote...

January 26, 2011  |   One day after his State of the Union speech, in which he focused on job creation and keeping the U.S. economy competitive, President Obama traveled to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to speak at Orion Energy Systems, a company that focuses on...

January 26, 2011  |   We're collaborating with the team at Universal Subtitles on a unique project around this year's State of the Union. It's an effort to make the video of the speech available to non-English speaking viewers, in the U.S. and abroad, using...

January 26, 2011  |   Egypt's interior ministry has warned against further political demonstrations, saying they will be met with arrest and prosecution. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Cairo on Tuesday, echoing similar protests in Tunisia. Some in the crowds chanted slogans...

January 26, 2011  |   Watch more videos: Rep. Paul Ryan Delivers GOP Response Shields and Gerson on the GOP Response Rep. Michele Bachmann Delivers Tea Party Response Watch Reactions From Lawmakers on Capitol Hill Watch the Full NewsHour Special Report On Tuesday evening,...

January 25, 2011  |   White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs talks to Gwen Ifill about spending and the budget deficit as part of a preview of President Obama's State of the Union address. Watch the full interview on Tuesday's NewsHour....

January 25, 2011  |   STATE OF THE UNION | At the midpoint of his term, President Obama is expected to emphasize bipartisanship to address critical issues, including the economy and federal spending, as he reaches out to a Republican-dominated House of Representatives in his...

January 25, 2011  |   Police officers patrol Moscow's Domodedovo international airport after Monday's explosion. Photo by Oxana Onipko/AFP/Getty Images. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had harsh words for officials at Domodedovo airport one day after at least once suicide bomber detonated an estimated 11...

January 24, 2011  |   RUSSIAN AIRPORT BOMBING | An explosion in the international arrivals area of Moscow's largest air travel hub, Domodedovo Airport, killed at least 35 people in what President Obama called "an outrageous act of terrorism." Russian authorities believe a suicide bomber...

January 24, 2011  |   In this week's Political Checklist, NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian and Senior Correspondent Judy Woodruff preview President Obama's State of the Union address, which is expected to include mention of job creation and how to handle the federal deficit, among...

January 24, 2011  |   Police officers, firefighters and rescuers gather outside Moscow's Domodedovo international airport on Jan. 24, 2011, soon after a suspected suicide bombing killed at least 31 people and wounded over 100. Updated at 5:30 p.m. ET An...

January 24, 2011  |   Jared Lee Loughner, the accused shooter in the Arizona shooting rampage, is expected in court Monday afternoon for a preliminary hearing on charges of murder and attempted murder. He also faces charges of attempted assassination. If convicted, he could face...

January 21, 2011  |   Many of you have asked how the relaunched PBS NewsHour is doing, now that we've celebrated our first birthday. The short answer is: very well. Simon Marks, president of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, recently prepared a more detailed answer for a TV...

January 21, 2011  |   GE CEO TAPPED FOR JOBS PANEL | President Obama named General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt to a new economic advisory panel. The move was announced before the president spoke at a plant in Schenectedy, N.Y., where he praised America for...

January 21, 2011  |   An ambulance with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., drives down a street during her transfer from the University Medical Center on Friday in Tucson. Giffords is being moved to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas; John Moore/Getty Images Rep. Gabrielle...

January 21, 2011  |   Chinese President Hu Jintao is in Chicago on the second stop of his state visit to the United States, visiting a prep school and an exhibit on Chinese companies operating in the Midwest. His arrival snarled traffic and was greeted...

January 20, 2011  |   HU MEETS BUSINESS LEADERS IN U.S. | Wrapping up his visit to Washington, Chinese President Hu Jintao met with political and business leaders. Jeffrey Brown evaluates his visit and the impact on the business world with Myron Brilliant of the...

January 20, 2011  |   On the heels of a joint news conference with President Obama, a state dinner and meetings with congressional leaders, Chinese President Hu Jintao delivered remarks to American and Chinese business leaders on Thursday in Washington. The themes he put...

January 20, 2011  |   Chinese President Hu Jintao and President Obama at a news conference Wednesday at the White House. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. The morning after a lavish state dinner in his honor, Chinese President Hu Jintao is headed to Capitol...

January 19, 2011  |   CHINESE PRESIDENT VISITS WHITE HOUSE | Jeffrey Brown examines the undertones of the meetings between presidents Hu and Obama with Susan Shirk of the University of California's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, David Shambaugh, director of the China Policy...

January 19, 2011  |   President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao answered reporters' questions in a news conference at the White House Wednesday after meeting with business leaders from both countries. Both presidents emphasized cooperation and the need for a positive relationship between...

January 19, 2011  |   House Republicans are delivering on a campaign promise that helped fuel their many of election victories last year by debating a measure to repeal last year's health reform law. A vote should come later Wednesday. Here's Betty Ann Bowser's report...

January 19, 2011  |   Vice President Joe Biden and Chinese President Hu Jintao listen to the U.S. national anthem during Tuesday's arrival ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Chinese President Hu Jintao will spend Wednesday meeting with President...

January 18, 2011  |   HEALTH CARE REFORM | The House of Representatives resumed business Tuesday with debate over a repeal of the health care reform bill passed 10 months ago. The measure is not expected to pass the Senate. Betty Ann Bowser reports on...

January 17, 2011  |   Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' condition was upgraded to serious after her ventilator was removed. The congresswoman from Arizona has been breathing on her own and communicating by hand signals with her doctors. Giffords was shot in the head eight days ago...

January 14, 2011  |   TUNISIA UPHEAVAL | Amid demonstrations unprecedented during his more than two decades in office, authoritarian Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was forced to step down as thousands converged on the interior ministry building in the capital of Tunis. Judy...

January 14, 2011  |   President Obama was joined by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, and a crowd of dignitaries Friday at the Kennedy Center for a service honoring Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke, the special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan...

January 14, 2011  |   Updated 3:30 p.m. ET Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali stepped down from office Friday, driven from power by angry demonstrators who had demanded he step down. His exact location is unconfirmed. Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi, an ally of Ben...

January 14, 2011  |   Death Toll Rises to More Than 500 in Brazil After Floods, Mudslides A man stands at his doorway observing the wreckage caused by mudslides and flooding in Teresopolis, some 100 km from downtown Rio...

January 13, 2011  |   ARIZONA TRAGEDY | Mourners remembered 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green in first of the funerals for the six victims killed in the Tucson shooting. Doctors treating Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. said she continued to show signs of recovery. JARED LEE LOUGHNER...

January 12, 2011  |   Updated 10:05 p.m. ET More coverage of Wednesday's memorial service: Intern Daniel Hernandez: 'I Am Not a Hero' Gwen Ifill Gets Reactions From Historians, Analysts Several memorials are planned Wednesday for the victims of the shooting rampage in Tucson...

January 12, 2011  |   DetectFlashDecision_Blog; On Wednesday's NewsHour, we remembered the victims from last Saturday's shooting in Tucson. Here in silence are the six that died and 8 of the 13 injured. The names of the other five have not been...

January 12, 2011  |   PRESIDENT OBAMA IN TUCSON | At a memorial service on the University of Arizona campus, President Obama will remember the victims of Saturday's shooting and honor those still recovering from their injuries, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. We'll carry the...

January 12, 2011  |   The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., has drawn new attention to the security of public officials. From the attempt on President Andrew Jackson's life in 1835 to the shooting of President Ronald Reagan in 1981, look back at previous...

January 12, 2011  |   The Arizona shootings have renewed the debate over gun rights and restrictions and the easy access to weapons in some states. On Tuesday's NewsHour, Judy Woodruff talked to James Cavanaugh, who recently retired as a special agent in charge for...

January 11, 2011  |   The family of Arizona shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner has just issued a statement on the rampage that left six people dead and 14 others wounded, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The statement handed to reporters outside the Loughner's home. Their...

January 11, 2011  |   Updated ARIZONA SHOOTING | Surgeons treating Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., are tentatively optimistic about her recovery but caution that surviving an injury of this magnitude is a long and uncertain process. Gwen Ifill has the latest. GUN LAWS | Arizona's...

January 11, 2011  |   Jared Lee Loughner, accused of killing six people and wounding 14 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., appeared in court Monday to hear the five charges against him, which include murder and attempted assassination and could bring him the death...

January 10, 2011  |   ARIZONA SHOOTING | Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., remains hospitalized in critical condition as colleagues, family and friends mourn the loss of the six people who died in Saturday's shooting at a political meet-and-greet in Tucson. The alleged shooter, 22-year-old Jared...

January 10, 2011  |   Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Tex., who was found guilty on charges of money laundering in November, was sentenced to three years in prison by a Texas judge Monday. He was accused of funneling corporate money to candidates in...

January 10, 2011  |   President Obama called for a national moment of silence to remember the six victims killed in the Arizona attack at a political event. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., remains in critical condition. Hundreds of staff workers and...

January 10, 2011  |   Jared Lee Loughner, the 22-year-old accused of shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and killing six people at a political event in Tucson, is scheduled to appear in court Monday at 4 p.m. ET. Loughner is charged with murder, attempted murder...

January 7, 2011  |   Sudan begins voting Sunday on a referendum that will decide whether the South will secede from the North. On Friday's NewsHour, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from South Sudan on how one town is getting ready for the vote. Fred's...

January 7, 2011  |   NEW JOBS NUMBERS | Employers added 103,000 new jobs in December and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4%, but the recovery fell short of forecasts and underscored the long and painful recovery still facing the U.S. economy. Judy Woodruff looks...

January 7, 2011  |   The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Friday that unemployment had fallen by 0.4 percent to 9.4 percent in December. Though employers added 103,000 jobs, the figures are lower than forecasted, indicating a a slower-than-expected recovery. Throughout 2010, the unemployment figure...

January 6, 2011  |   Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that he'd cut $78 billion from the Pentagon's budget in the coming five years by shrinking the military ground force, raising health care premiums for troops and some other politically unpopular cost-saving measures. ""We...

January 6, 2011  |   NEWSMAKER: DEFENSE CHIEF ROBERT GATES | As federal deficits rise, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is looking for ways to cut spending by close to $100 billion in the next five years, a sign that even the Pentagon's massive budget is...

January 6, 2011  |   Updated 2:50 p.m. | President Obama introduced William Daley as his new chief of staff Thursday, calling him an experienced public servant, devoted patriot and friend. Daley, a former Secretary of Commerce under President Clinton with Wall Street experience,...

January 6, 2011  |   Members of the new Congress devoted a portion of their second day of the new term to reading the U.S. Constitution on the floor of the House of Representatives. Read an annotated guide to the full text of the Constitution,...

January 5, 2011  |   NEW CONGRESS KICKS OFF | The 112th Congress convened Wednesday, and Republicans once again were in the majority in the House of Representatives. Jim Lehrer examines the challenges ahead with historian Michael Beschloss and Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise...

January 5, 2011  |   After two decades in Congress and a midterm election that saw his party regain control of the House, Ohio Republican John Boehner is now the 61st Speaker of the House of Representatives. Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks before...

January 5, 2011  |   Pakistani police guards carry the coffin of late Punjab governor Salman Taseer during the funeral procession in Lahore on Jan. 5, 2011. Thousands of mourners gathered in Lahore amid tight security for the funeral of Salman...

January 4, 2011  |   A LOOK AHEAD AT THE NEW CONGRESS | The 112th Congress kicks off Wednesday, setting up a battle over the budget as Republicans take control of the House with vows to cut government spending. Gwen Ifill looks ahead with Diane...

January 4, 2011  |   Pakistani policemen cordon off the site of a fatal attack on Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan's Punjab state, by his bodyguard in Islamabad on Jan. 4, 2011. The governor of Punjab, Pakistan's most populous state,...

January 3, 2011  |   STATE BUDGET WOES | As new governors begin their terms, they face some expensive, old problems. Gwen Ifill discusses state budget woes with three public media reporters: John Myers, Sacramento bureau chief for KQED Public Radio; Karen Kasler, capitol bureau...

January 3, 2011  |   Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, left, is flanked by leaders of Pakistan Muslim League Qaid-e-Azam as he talks to the media after their meeting in Lahore on Monday. Pakistan's prime minister won tentative support at crisis talks...

December 31, 2010  |   RINGING IN 2011 | Around the world, celebrations are underway marking the arrival of 2011. Jeffrey Brown has a look at some of the festivities -- and how the weather is hampering revelers in New York City. GULF OIL SPILL...

December 31, 2010  |   Sydney, Australia and major cities in Asia were among the first to celebrate the arrival of 2011 with fireworks and festivities. In the U.S., New Yorkers are preparing for the annual Times Square ball drop amid melting snow and slush...

December 30, 2010  |   ECONOMIC RECOVERY UPDATE | Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, raising hopes for a healthier job market next year. Jeffrey Brown recaps the latest numbers and takes an end-of-the-year look at the stock market with Roben Farzad of...

December 29, 2010  |   NEW YORK CITY DIGS OUT | Days after a major northeastern blizzard hit the Big Apple, airlines are still struggling to get stranded passengers back in the air. Residents are navigating around stranded cars and buses as the city tries...

December 28, 2010  |   EAST COAST DIGS OUT | The paralyzed air travel system in the Northeast slowly came to life Tuesday after a monster snowstorm stranded thousands. Gwen Ifill speaks with USA Today aviation reporter Ben Mutzabaugh about why it will take days...

December 28, 2010  |   Travelers pull their suitcases through the snow in Times Square in New York, U.S., on Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. New York City's major airports began resuming operations late today after the heaviest December snowfall in six decades left travelers...

December 27, 2010  |   WINTER WEATHER WALLOPS EAST COAST | Many Americans trying to travel home after Christmas found themselves battling a blizzard along the eastern seaboard. Jeffrey Brown has an overview of the wild weather. BADGER STATE HEALTH REFORM BATTLE | Betty Ann...

December 24, 2010  |   It's a familiar sight this time of year; the live Christmas wreath on a door or a bit of holiday-themed greenery on a table. Those products are a big business in the Pacific Northwest, where forests are harvested for greenery,...

December 24, 2010  |   Holiday shoppers were reported to be packing stores Friday morning, ending the best holiday shopping season for retailers since 2007, the AP reported. Retailers expect Friday to be a strong shopping day, since Christmas Day falls on a Saturday...

December 23, 2010  |   Here's what's on Thursday's NewsHour ... SECURITY CONCERNS | Concerns about terrorism over the holidays ratcheted up a notch Thursday with mail bombings in Rome. Margaret Warner speaks with former CIA official John McLaughlin and former White House counterterrorism adviser...

December 23, 2010  |   News reports say a package has exploded at Chile's embassy in Rome following a parcel bombing at Switzerland's embassy earlier in the day. Police and embassy officials say the blast at the Swiss Embassy seriously injured a diplomatic employee,...

December 22, 2010  |   Calling recent weeks "the most productive post-election period we've had in decades," President Obama took a victory lap of sorts Wednesday afternoon in a White House news conference, but he noted some significant disappointments and outlined goals for the...

December 22, 2010  |   Before he joins his family in Hawaii for vacation, President Obama will deliver remarks on the latest congressional actions and take questions from reporters in a year-end news conference....

December 22, 2010  |   President Obama signed a landmark repeal of the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the armed services Wednesday, fulfilling a key campaign promise. The law ends the 17-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" policy that forced gays to...

December 22, 2010  |   Updated 5:00 p.m. ET The Senate gave final approval to the New START treaty on Wednesday by a vote of 71-26. Posted 9:45 a.m. ET The Senate appears poised to approve a nuclear arms pact with Russia, known as...

December 21, 2010  |   START TREATY HEADS TOWARD RATIFICATION | President Obama has apparently secured more than enough Senate votes to ratify the U.S.-Russia START nuclear arms treaty. Naftali Ben David of The Wall Street Journal looks at the shift in momentum as key...

December 20, 2010  |   LAME-DUCK CONGRESS COUNTDOWN | As the 111th Congress winds down, lawmakers are considering one of President Obama's top foreign-policy items: ratification of a New START nuclear arms deal with Russia. Gwen Ifill discusses Congress' ambitious agenda for the coming weeks...

December 18, 2010  |   The Senate voted 65-31 Saturday afternoon to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, marking a major victory for gay-rights advocates and fulfilling a campaign promise by President Obama to reverse the controversial 17-year-old policy. After the House-passed measure cleared...

December 17, 2010  |   TAX CUT COMPROMISE | After much partisan debate on Capitol Hill, President Obama signed the $858 billion tax cut deal into law Friday. Ray Suarez has details on the politics behind the deal. PAKISTAN | Though a longtime U.S. ally,...

December 17, 2010  |   It's been nearly a year since a devastating earthquake rocked Haiti. The aftermath left the capital of Port-au-Prince shattered, thousands living in tent camps and aid organizations scrambling to assist Haitians already burdened with poverty, now burdened with a...

December 16, 2010  |   AFGHAN WAR REVIEW | One year after President Obama dispatched 30,000 more troops to help in the Afghan war effort, the White House released an assessment of the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Jim Lehrer gets perspectives on the report...

December 15, 2010  |   BP LAWSUIT| The Justice Department filed a major lawsuit against BP and eight other companies involved in the Gulf oil spill disaster. Ray Suarez has more. OBAMA URGES COMPANIES TO HIRE | President Obama invited top business executives to a...

December 15, 2010  |   A pelican rests on an oil retention boom on July 25, 2010 near Grand Isle, Louisiana. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images. Attorney General Eric Holder and EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced a major lawsuit against BP, Transocean and...

December 15, 2010  |   The Senate passed a bill to extend existing tax cuts at all income levels by a wide margin Wednesday, sending the $858 billion measure on to the House -- and the likelihood of a new round of debate. The bill...

December 14, 2010  |   REMEMBERING AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE | A day after his death at the age of 69, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke was praised Tuesday as "one of a kind." Margaret Warner chronicles Holbrook'es decades of public service, then Jim Lehrer looks back on the...

December 14, 2010  |   As leaders in the United States and around the world expressed their condolences at the death of Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke, a longtime diplomat with a career spanning four decades, many are remembering one of his most famous accomplishments: the...

December 13, 2010  |   HEALTH REFORM RULING | Betty Ann Bowser has the latest on a federal judge in Virginia ruling that a major provision of the health care reform law is unconstitutional, then Gwen Ifill speaks with Neera Tanden from the Center For...

December 13, 2010  |   Swedish policemen and volunteers patrol on Dec. 13, 2010 at the corner of Bryggaregatan and Drottninggatan street in central Stockholm, where a car bomb targeted Christmas shoppers Saturday. Swedish police said they are "98 percent sure"...

December 10, 2010  |   _pap_embeddable; Three current or former New Orleans police officers now face sentencing in a 2005 killing and cover-up after Hurricane Katrina. The victim, Henry Glover, was shot outside a strip mall and was last seen alive at...

December 10, 2010  |   _pap_embeddable; Ten years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down one of the most-watched decisions in its history, ruling 5-4 to stop a statewide recount in Florida after the 2000 presidential election. The decision meant that Republican...

December 10, 2010  |   NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IN ABSENTIA | Liu Xiaobo, serving an 11-year sentence in China for releasing a pro-democracy document, was honored at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo. Jeffrey Brown has more. NEWS WRAP | Hari Sreenivasan recap's the...

December 9, 2010  |   New York Times technology columnist David Pogue spoke with Jeffrey Brown recently about the state of e-book evolution and the latest trends in digital cameras and tablets. DetectFlashDecision_Blog; More of their conversation airs on Thursday's NewsHour broadcast. Pogue...

December 9, 2010  |   File photo by Getty Images Senate Republicans blocked White House-backed legislation Thursday afternoon that would have repealed the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and allowed gay and lesbian troops to serve openly. The 57-40 test vote was...

December 9, 2010  |   TAX CUTS | With just three weeks to go before Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire and President Obama urging Democratic lawmakers to accept a compromise he struck with the GOP, House Democrats rejected the tax deal in its...

December 9, 2010  |   Did you ever want to know more about correspondent Hari Sreenivasan, the man behind the NewsHour broadcast's daily news wrap and many of the video reports on our website? Hari will answer questions on Reddit, the online content-sharing community,...

December 9, 2010  |   South Korean marines patrol on Yeonpyeong island in the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea on Dec, 6, 2010. China stepped up rhetoric in response to U.S. criticism that it has not done enough to respond...

December 8, 2010  |   Children of Israeli settlers walk past the site for housing units in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Photo by Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said talks with Israel had hit a major roadblock because of...

December 7, 2010  |   File photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former presidential candidate John Edwards, died this morning, according to Associated Press reports quoting a family friend. Doctors advised against further treatment of her cancer, which had spread to...

December 7, 2010  |   The NewsHour took part in a special town hall meeting Tuesday on education and innovation. Gwen Ifill and Hari Sreenivasan moderated the event, which included an interview with Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Here's an excerpt of the event: "Relative to...

December 7, 2010  |   Facing strong criticism from Democrats over a tax-cut compromise, President Obama said Tuesday that his willingness to compromise with the GOP doesn't mean he's reluctant to stand behind core principles. At a news conference, he called making middle-class tax cuts...

December 6, 2010  |   Ray Suarez sat down with former President Jimmy Carter last week at a forum sponsored by the Smithsonian Resident Associates Program to talk about his latest book, the current political climate, the Afghan war and other topics. In this exclusive...

December 6, 2010  |   TAX CUTS | Lawmakers and the Obama administration searched for a compromise aimed at extending Bush-era tax cuts and jobless benefits. The deal-making is propelling a bigger debate withing the Democratic Party. Gwen Ifill will talk to analysts for more....

December 3, 2010  |   The Bureau of Labor Statistics released new unemployment data Friday showing the unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent, the highest in seven months. Employers added 39,000 jobs last month, in contrast with the 172,000 added in October. The numbers...

December 2, 2010  |   On Thursday's NewsHour, science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports from Indonesia on the science and the superstition surrounding the recent eruption of the deadly Mount Merapi volcano. For an inside look, Hari Sreenivasan caught up with O'Brien in Indonesia for a...

December 2, 2010  |   TAX CUT FIGHT | The fight over extending the Bush-era tax cuts hit the House floor Thursday. Judy Woodruff recaps the day's action. DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL | The debate over the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy also continued...

December 2, 2010  |   Sweden's Supreme Court Upholds Assange Arrest Warrant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, pictured on July 26, 2010 after the site leaked thousands of military documents on the Afghan war. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lost his request for an appeal...

December 1, 2010  |   Here's what's coming up on Wednesday's NewsHour ... POLITICAL DEAL-MAKING: From tax cuts to jobless benefits, the deal-making race is on for lawmakers before the end of the lame duck session of Congress. Gwen Ifill will report on the details....

December 1, 2010  |   Pakistan Denies Nuclear Materials Accessible to Terrorists Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari looks during a parliamentary meeting in Sri Lanka on Nov. 29, 2010. The fallout from the WikiLeaks release of secret State Department documents continues...

November 30, 2010  |   PENTAGON RELEASES 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL' REPORT | Defense Secretary Robert Gates endorsed a repeal of the 1993 law after the Pentagon released a study concluding changing the law would pose little or no risk to unit cohension. Jim Lehrer...

November 30, 2010  |   President Obama called his morning huddle with GOP leaders, including incoming House Speaker John Boehner, a "productive meeting" but cautioned that "none of this is going to be easy" as he prepared for a Republican-dominated House of Representatives in the...

November 30, 2010  |   [Update (2:30 p.m. ET): Read the full report, released Tuesday afternoon by the Department of Defense] Military officials will be on Capitol Hill Tuesday to brief members of Congress on the results of...

November 29, 2010  |   Reaction to U.S. State Department documents released via the website WikiLeaks began seeping out Monday, including a claim of vindication from Israel and a shrug-off from Italy. Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz: "I don't see any damage. Quite the opposite,''...

November 29, 2010  |   WIKILEAKS RELEASES CLASSIFIED STATE DEPARTMENT CABLES | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States "deeply regrets" the release of secret documents by the web site WikiLeaks, which include internal communications about foreign leaders and governments. Judy Woodruff speaks...

November 29, 2010  |   Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the United States "deeply regrets" any disclosure of classified information due to whistle-blower website WikiLeaks' releasing more than 250,000 U.S. State Department cables to media organizations. "There is nothing brave about sabotaging...

November 29, 2010  |   President Obama on Monday afternoon announced a two-year pay freeze for civilian federal employees but not military personnel, saying the move was needed to help bring the $1.3 trillion budget deficit under control. The White House says the freeze would...

November 29, 2010  |   WikiLeaks Publishes Stash of Secret Diplomatic Documents View of the WikiLeaks homepage. The web site WikiLeaks has released the first in a series of secret State Department cables online, sending ripples through the diplomatic community and eliciting a...

November 26, 2010  |   CONSUMER SPENDING ON BLACK FRIDAY | Eager shoppers kicked of the holiday spending season on Black Friday. Major retailers like Best Buy and Toys R Us are seeing longer lines this year and hoping it translates into higher sales. Economics...

November 26, 2010  |   Special police patrol at the port of Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images. North Korea's state-run media warned Friday that plans for U.S. and South Korean military exercises this weekend place the region on the brink...

November 25, 2010  |   AMERICANS AT HOME AND ABROAD MARK THANKSGIVING DAY Americans marked Thanksgiving Day around the country, with turkey dinner, football and parades - and around the world, as troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan paused to celebrate the holiday. TOM DELAY...

November 25, 2010  |   Tom DeLay Convicted of Money Laundering, Could Face Life in Prison Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Tex., stands for jury selection in his corruption trial on Oct. 26, 2010 in Austin, Tex. Former House Majority...

November 24, 2010  |   MANY TRAVELERS FOREGO NATIONAL OPT-OUT DAY | Traveling was easier than expected at the major airports on one of the busiest days of the year. Few fliers opted for a pat-down instead of a full-body scan--a relief for many after...

November 24, 2010  |   An annual Thanksgiving tradition, now in its 63rd year, continued Wednesday when President Obama pardoned "the National Thanksgiving Turkey" from the Thanksgiving table in a Rose Garden ceremony. Click here for some history on the event. Here's footage of last...

November 23, 2010  |   NORTH KOREAN ARTILLERY ATTACK | North Korea's shelling of Yeonpyeong island killed two South Korean marines and led to an exchange of fire between the two countries. Jim Lehrer gets more on the tense standoff from Victor Cha, former director...

November 22, 2010  |   AIRPORT SECURITY MEASURES | As holiday travel begins this week, controversial full-body scans and security pat-downs will be used in airports across the country. Margaret Warner chronicles the backlash and the TSA's handling of travelers' dissatisfaction. IRELAND'S MASSIVE FINANCIAL BAILOUT...

November 18, 2010  |   GM BACK ON THE MARKET | The new General Motors generated excitement on Wall Street, as the revamped automaker's initial public offering turned into the largest in U.S. history. We look at the automaker's turnaround since its bankruptcy and $50...

November 18, 2010  |   GM headquarters in Detroit. Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images. Embattled automaker General Motors will once again be a publicly-traded company, with a stock offering that could be worth as much as $23 billion -- about $13 billion of which...

November 17, 2010  |   The first suspect transferred from Guantanamo military prison to stand a civilian trial was acquitted late Wednesday of nearly every charge that he helped with terrorist attacks on two American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people in...

November 17, 2010  |   HAITI'S CHOLERA OUTBREAK | Gwen Ifill speaks with Miami Herald Caribbean correspondent Jacqueline Charles in Port-au-Prince, who says that recent unrest related to a cholera outbreak in Haiti is hampering efforts to contain the spread of the epidemic. NEWS WRAP...

November 17, 2010  |   European leaders continued talks on how to tackle Ireland's troubled finances, paving the way for a possible bailout that could be worth as much as €100 billion. The crisis in Ireland's banks...

November 16, 2010  |   FORECLOSURE WORRIES | There was new evidence Tuesday that flawed mortgage documents could lead to billions of dollars in bank losses and further cripple the housing market. Judy Woodruff gets the latest on the nationwide probe into questionable mortgage practices....

November 16, 2010  |   He told you so. Ken Rogoff is one of this page's favorite economists. Long known for being ahead of the curve, Rogoff was a National Master of chess at age 14 and dropped out of high school to play in...

November 16, 2010  |   DetectFlashDecision_Blog; Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore A. Giunta became on Tuesday the first living American servicemember from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to be honored with the U.S. military's highest decoration. Hours before President Barack Obama was...

November 16, 2010  |   Artist's rendering of the George W. Bush presidential library. On Tuesday morning, construction began on the George W. Bush Presidential Library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The site will be the country's 13th presidential library....

November 16, 2010  |   Following Ireland's refusal of a bailout from the European Central Bank, European Union president Herman Van Rompuy warned of impending crisis if the eurozone nations did not act quickly. Ireland and Portugal have both faced pressure from other nations to...

November 15, 2010  |   KARZAI CALLS FOR SCALING BACK OF U.S. INVOLVEMENT | Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the Washington Post this weekend that the U.S. should scale back its mission, including night raids, in Afghanistan. The comments are the latest source of tension...

November 12, 2010  |   G20 ENDS WITHOUT SPECIFIC GOALS | The summit of the world's 20 leading economies in South Korea ended with general statements on key issues, but specific actions on currency and trade disputes were left for another day. Jeffrey Brown speaks...

November 12, 2010  |   The Supreme Court refused to block enforcement of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on openly gay servicemembers Friday, the latest in a series of court battles over the policy. The legal challenge came from the Log Cabin Republicans,...

November 12, 2010  |   Representatives of the world's largest economies who gathered in Seoul faced a series of tough issues, many of which could not be resolved in the span of the two-day summit. Most pressing are trade and currency imbalances and the steps...

November 11, 2010  |   IRAQ'S NEW GOVERNMENT| Iraq voted on a new government after an eight-month deadlock. The coalition will be a power-sharing arrangement among Kurds, Sunnis and Shi'ites. But the three-way coalition will face an array of old challenges. Margaret Warner talks to...

November 10, 2010  |   OBAMA AT G-20 | President Obama arrived in South Korea Wednesday ahead of the G-20 Summit amid growing international criticism of the Federal Reserve's recent economic decisions. We examine the president's push in letting the free market help determine currency...

November 10, 2010  |   Passengers aboard the Carnival Splendor are headed, slowly, in the direction of San Diego after a fire onboard Monday, facing another uncomfortable day without air conditioning or hot food aboard the 113,000-ton ship. The Coast Guard and Navy have been...

November 9, 2010  |   President Obama wrapped up a brief visit to Indonesia Tuesday with a major address to the Muslim world, his second since taking office. His visit, part of a 10-day trip through Asia, is intended to bolster relations with the world's...

November 9, 2010  |   OBAMA BACK IN INDONESIA | As President Obama's tour through Asia continues, Margaret Warner reports on his abbreviated stop in Indonesia, where he spent four years of his childhood. Later in the show, we'll revisit some sites from the president's...

November 8, 2010  |   OBAMA SUPPORTS INDIA'S SECURITY COUNCIL BID | The president backed India's bid to have a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council during his first stop on a 10-day trip to Asia. Deepa Ollapally, of George Washington University, and Charles...

November 8, 2010  |   The National Oil Spill Commission is holding two days of public hearings this week into the cause of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion that triggered the disaster. Officials from BP, Transocean, and Halliburton will be called to answer questions on...

November 5, 2010  |   U.S. ADDS NEW JOBS IN OCTOBER | The Department of Labor released new statistics that show some job creation, but the unemployment rate remains steady at 9.6 percent. Judy Woodruff looks at what the numbers mean with economists Paul Krugman...

November 4, 2010  |   POLITICAL WRAP | President Obama invited leaders of both parties to a White House conference later this month in an effort to find common ground. Also, the write-in votes for Republican candidate Lisa Murkowski and Tea Party favorite Joe Miller...

November 3, 2010  |   MIDTERM DEFEATS, VICTORIES | A day after Republicans took over the House, pledges came from the GOP to cut spending and seek a smaller government. Gwen Ifill gives more details of the results and an update on races that haven't...

November 3, 2010  |   Election night 2010 was swirl of net gains and losses, poll numbers, precinct percentages and Congressional power shifts. In the end, the GOP took over the House, the Democrats retained an edge in the Senate, Republican governors racked up big...

November 3, 2010  |   President Obama held a White House press conference Wednesday after the GOP swept to new gains in the 2010 midterm elections. Updated 4:42 p.m. ET NewsHour correspondent Kwame Holman was at the White House for the presser. He checked...

November 2, 2010  |   As results start to flow in from Election Day 2010, the NewsHour is offering live coverage and analysis, including an election special from 10 p.m. ET - midnight that you can watch on our livestream. In addition, we're live blogging...

November 2, 2010  |   VOTERS GO TO THE POLLS | After tireless campaign pitches, ads, speeches and rallies Election Day is here. Kwame Holman reports on voter turnout. SHIELDS AND BROOKS | Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks will...

November 2, 2010  |   Voters are heading to the polls for Tuesday's midterm election - and among them the candidates themselves are casting ballots. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell steps out of the voting booth at Cab Calloway High School in Wilmington, Del.....

November 1, 2010  |   MAIL BOMB EXPLODES IN GREECE | A package in Athens, Greece exploded at a mail delivery service and burned one employee. Police arrested two suspects after finding more bombs not far from the facility. Ray Suarez reports. FINAL DAY OF...

October 30, 2010  |   Be it for politics or be it for comedy, crowds descended on the National Mall Saturday for the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear," organized by Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, in either in jest or protest...

October 29, 2010  |   PLANE SEARCHED FOR SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES | A UPS cargo plane out of Yemen bound for Chicago was grounded when suspicious packages were found on board. Kwame Holman has more on what President Obama called a 'credible terrorist threat'. MICHIGAN VOTERS...

October 28, 2010  |   LATEST POLL NUMBERS | Recent poll numbers show that Democrats are in trouble and the economy is a determining factor. But the Obama administration is holding on to hope that the Democratic Party will retain its majority in Congress. Jim...

October 27, 2010  |   SENATE RACES IN COLORADO AND ILLINOIS | With the election only six days away, candidates are giving their closing arguments during final debates and in a slew of new campaign ads. Gwen Ifill explores details of the tight races in...

October 26, 2010  |   KARZAI CONFIRMS PAYMENTS FROM IRAN | A spokesman from the Foreign Ministry confirmed that Iran has sent millions of dollars to the Afghan government over several years. Jim Lehrer talks to former Afghan Interior Minister Ali Jalali and Steve Clemons...

October 26, 2010  |   A large storm system is tearing through the Midwest, delaying flights at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and drawing dire nicknames like "Chiclone" and "windpocalypse" and comparisons to a hurricane. This satellite image from NOAA shows the size of the storm:...

October 25, 2010  |   POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: DAVID CHALIAN | Candidates are just eight days shy of election day and the final week of campaigning is here. NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian walks through the latest developments of the 2010 midterm elections. HOMEOWNERS STRUGGLE DESPITE...

October 25, 2010  |   The death toll in Haiti's cholera epidemic topped 250 over the weekend as thousands more remained hospitalized and officials braced for the disease to spread into densely populated slums in urban areas. The Wall Street Journal reports: Six cases...

October 22, 2010  |   Analysis of a new cache of secret documents pertaining to the Iraq war surfaced Friday via the WikiLeaks website. Nearly 400,000 documents were obtained by the WikiLeaks organization and provided to several media organizations, including The New York Times, The...

October 22, 2010  |   U.S.-PAKISTAN TIES | The U.S. is rolling out a new aid package for Pakistan. What impact will it have on growing tensions between the countries? Margaret Warner talks to the U.S. special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, for...

October 21, 2010  |   'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL' LEGAL BATTLE | A federal appeals court granted a stay on a judge's order to stop the military's policy of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'. Mark Thompson of Time Magazine talks about the recent changes to the...

October 20, 2010  |   HUD SECRETARY ON FORECLOSURE MESS | A federal task force met to try to sort out foreclosure concerns, much of it caused by paperwork problems with some major banks. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Shaun Donovan gives more details...

October 19, 2010  |   You now have two new ways to listen to the full NewsHour broadcast whenever and wherever you want. The full program is now available on a service called AudioNow, which you can access on any phone, 24 hours a day....

October 19, 2010  |   VIOLENT PROTESTS DISRUPT FRANCE | At least 1 million people filled the streets across France again Tuesday to protest against an increase in the retirement age. ITN's Jonathan Rugman reports from Paris, where some of the demonstrations took place, then...

October 18, 2010  |   THE CAMPAIGN TO DRIVE VOTERS | With 15 days before the election, Democrats and Republicans are ramping up efforts to get voters to the polls. Gwen Ifill takes a look at each party's strategy with Stuart Rothenberg, editor and publisher...

October 15, 2010  |   FED'S NEW PLAN TO BOOST ECONOMY | Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Central Bank will likely take new steps to uplift the sluggish economy. Jeffrey Brown talks to economists Alan Blinder and John Taylor about the possible options...

October 14, 2010  |   CHILEAN MINER RESCUE REACTION | ITN's Jonathan Miller captures the euphoria in Chile and across the world after the last miner emerged from underground after being trapped for 69 days. NATIONWIDE FORECLOSURE INVESTIGATION | Some lenders have put a temporary...

October 13, 2010  |   Updated 8:55 p.m. ET Luiz Alberto Urzua becomes the 33rd and last miner to exit the mine in Chile. The shift foreman exited the mine to absolute jubilation from the crowds. As the New York Times reports, the miners...

October 13, 2010  |   CHILEAN MINER RESCUE | So far the rescue operation of the Chilean miners have gone well as each miner continues to emerge from underground one by one. The crews are set to pull the last miner from the ground by...

October 12, 2010  |   RESCUE EFFORTS FOR CHILEAN MINERS | Jonathan Franklin of the Washington Post reports on the rescue efforts to free the 33 trapped Chilean miners from the scene at the San Jose Mine. SUPREME COURT WATCH| Marcia Coyle of the National...

October 12, 2010  |   A federal judge in California has issued a worldwide injunction against the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, putting a hold on the military's ban on openly gay troops. The Associated Press reports that U.S. Department of Justice attorneys...

October 11, 2010  |   FORECLOSURE FALLOUT | As the possibility of a nationwide moratorium on foreclosed home sales looms, the securities industry and Financial Markets Association has warned that such a moratorium would prove very harmful to the housing industry. Jeffrey Brown talks to...

October 8, 2010  |   JOBS REPORT SHOWS GRIM NUMBERS | The last jobs report released by the Labor Department before midterm elections showed a loss of 95,000 jobs and an unchanged unemployment rate of 9.6 percent in September. Judy Woodruff reports, then Ray Suarez...

October 8, 2010  |   President Obama hosted yet another farewell for a top aide Friday, bidding adieu to National Security Adviser Jim Jones. The resignation of Jones, a former Marine general, had been anticipated as part of a White House mid-term White House reshuffle,...

October 8, 2010  |   Bank of America said Friday that it will stop sales of foreclosed homes in all 50 states as it looks into reports that mortgage servicers signed foreclosure documents without reading them, a practice known as "robo-signing." The company said...

October 7, 2010  |   NEGOTIATING THE AFGAN WAR | As the Afghan war enters its 10th year, NATO soldiers killed dozens of Afghan insurgents on Thursday. There have been reports that a new Afghan council is making efforts to negotiate with the Taliban over...

October 6, 2010  |   MILITARY FUNERAL PROTESTS | The Supreme Court took up a First Amendment case involving the controversial Westboro Baptist Church group protesting at a U.S. Marine's funeral. Jeffrey Brown talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal describes the court...

October 5, 2010  |   TIMES SQUARE ATTEMPTED BOMBER SENTENCED | Faisal Shahzad was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for trying to set off a bomb in New York's Times Square in May. WYNC reporter Ailsa Chang was in the courtroom and speaks with...

October 4, 2010  |   EUROPEAN TERROR ALERT | The Obama administration warned Americans to be cautious and aware of their surroundings while traveling to Europe. The U.S., along with several other countries, issued travel alerts to tourists after a suspected terror plot was uncovered...

October 1, 2010  |   CHANGES AT THE WHITE HOUSE | President Obama announced the departure of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel Friday. Emanuel will be succeeded by long-time adviser Pete Rouse. Political Editor David Chalian walks through the changes in the president's...

September 30, 2010  |   The man who would become Speaker of the House -- should Republicans regain control of the arm of Congress -- said Thursday the institution is in a state of emergency. "The House finds itself in state of emergency," Boehner said....

September 30, 2010  |   A.I.G.'s REPAYMENT PLAN | Insurance giant A.I.G. and the U.S. Treasury unveiled a plan to speed up the repayment of more than $100 Billion in federal bailout money. Ray Suarez talks to economic writers Roben Farzad of Bloomberg Business Week...

September 29, 2010  |   CAMPAIGN EFFORTS IN FULL SWING | President Obama finished a three day, four state campaign tour to rev up Democratic supporters for the midterm elections. Jeffrey Brown takes a look at where younger voters stand in this election. EUROPEAN TERROR...

September 28, 2010  |   HOMEOWNERSHIP VS RENTING | Jack Hough of 'Smart Money' magazine and Karl Case of Wall Street Journal weigh the pros and cons of homeownership and renting. INCOME GAP WIDENS IN AMERICA | The U.S. has the greatest disparity between the...

September 27, 2010  |   SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM EXPIRES| The future of Middle East peace talks is up in the air again as a moratorium on new settlement construction expired on the West Bank. Gaith Al-Omari, the advocacy director for the American Task Force on Palestine,...

September 24, 2010  |   DEMOCRATS WEIGH TAX CUT EXTENTION VOTE | Shortly after Senate Democrats announced they would delay the extension of tax cuts until after November elections, House speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House might vote before then. David Herszenhorn of the New...

September 23, 2010  |   GOP ANNOUNCES PLEDGE TO AMERICA | Republican leaders unveiled a new campaign to repeal the health care law and cut Democratic spending. Judy Woodruff gets two different reactions from congressmen Anthony Weiner and David Price. U.N. FOCUSES ON MIDEAST PEACE...

September 20, 2010  |   FRAUD MARS AFGHAN ELECTION | Weekend elections took place in Afghanistan and some citizens risked their own lives to vote as the Taliban attacked in parts of the country. The vote count is expected to slow and there have been...

September 17, 2010  |   OBAMA APPOINTS NEW CONSUMER CZAR | President Obama appointed Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren to head the new consumer financial protection agency. Judy Woodruff talks to banking industry consultant Bert Ely and Professor Lynn Stout about what is expected of...

September 16, 2010  |   Updated Sept. 17, 5:22 p.m. ET When Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans five years ago, the city's big public hospital, Charity Hospital, was destroyed. Charity Hospital had long served New Orleans' poor and uninsured residents. On Thursday's NewsHour, Betty...

September 16, 2010  |   NEW U.S. POVERTY NUMBERS | The Census Bureau released new economic numbers showing that one in seven Americans lived in poverty last year, and more than 50 million are not insured. Ray Suarez discusses the record poverty numbers and the...

September 16, 2010  |   Edison2's Very Light Car won the $5 million top prize of the X Prize competition to build an uber-efficient car. The car is engineered to be ultra-light, all the way down to the lug nuts. The Virginia-based company was...

September 15, 2010  |   PRIMARY WINNERS AND LOSERS | Outsiders and tea party backed candidates posted victories in key primaries around the country on Tuesday. Political editor David Chalian reviews the winners and losers. WHAT DO PRIMARY RESULTS MEAN FOR MIDTERMS? | A roundtable...

September 14, 2010  |   AMERICAN RELEASED FROM IRANIAN PRISON | Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers who were captured and accused of spying by Iran, was released from prison on $500,000 bail after being held for 410 days. Jeffrey Brown speaks with two...

September 14, 2010  |   With direct talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas set to continue, Margaret Warner spoke with former U.K. Prime Minister and current Middle East envoy Tony Blair Tuesday about the meetings' prospects for success....

September 13, 2010  |   THE DEBATE OVER TAX CUTS | For a few hours Sunday it appeared there might be compromise on whether to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for everyone except Americans making over $250,000. But House minority leader John Boehner later insisted...

September 10, 2010  |   OBAMA PRESS CONFERENCE | President Obama met with the press in the East Wing of the White House for the first time in three months. During the presser that lasted over an hour, the president addressed concerns about the economy...

September 10, 2010  |   President Obama said Friday at a nationally televised news conference that economic progress has been "painfully slow," but investments in business, education and technology will help make America more competitive in the global economy. "While the economy is growing again...the...

September 9, 2010  |   QURAN-BURNING CANCELED; ISLAMIC CENTER MAY MOVE | We'll have analysis of the late-breaking news that the Florida pastor threatening to burn the Quran to mark the anniversary of 9/11 has changed course and conflicting reports about whether the proposed Islamic...

September 8, 2010  |   In a newsmaker interview with Jim Lehrer, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday afternoon that economic policy decisions made before this administration took office -- and the current political climate -- are teaming up to make it harder to fix...

September 8, 2010  |   $300 BILLION TAX CUT PROPOSAL | President Obama proposed a $300 billion tax cut plan as an effort to jump start the economy. Kwame Holman reports on the tax incentives and the president's path to create new jobs. NEWSMAKER: TIMOTHY...

September 7, 2010  |   TROUBLING NEW POLLS FOR DEMOCRATS | Two new polls show that President Obama's approval ratings continue to slip as midterm elections approach. Amid the grim poll numbers, Obama announced a new plan for business tax cuts. Political editor David Chalian...

September 6, 2010  |   President Obama announced his latest effort to kick-start the economy and create jobs on Monday: a $50 billion infrastructure proposal that would improve the nation's roads, railways and airport runways. The president announced the plan at a town-hall style rally...

September 6, 2010  |   OBAMA'S $50 BILLION PLAN | The president rallied with workers in Wisconsin Monday and unveiled his new $50 billion infrastructure plan. Jeffrey Brown will have more on the president's latest plan to boost the economy. WORKING CLASS DEAL WITH LESS...

September 3, 2010  |   JOBS REPORT GIVES MIXED NUMBERS | The private sector did better than expected adding 67,000 jobs to the market, but unemployment numbers remain grim with the rate slightly rising to 9.6 percent. All the while President Obama is urging the...

September 3, 2010  |   Kellie Maier kayaks Friday on water-covered Highway 12 in Kill Devil Hills, N.C. Hurricane Earl continued to churn along the East Coast Friday, heading north from North Carolina and expected to reach southeastern Massachusetts...

September 2, 2010  |   HURRICANE EARL UPDATE | Coastal communities from North Carolina to Maine boarded up houses and businesses to prepare for Hurricane Earl. Jim Lehrer talks to the deputy director of the National Hurricane Center, Ed Rappaport, for the latest developments. MIDDLE...

September 2, 2010  |   Updated 5:11 p.m. ET | Another offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, sending 13 workers into the water. After initial reports of a 100-foot-wide oil sheen and at least one worker injury, Coast Guard said Thursday...

September 1, 2010  |   NEWSMAKER: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN | Margaret Warner sits down with Vice President Joe Biden in Baghdad to talk about the change in the mission and what's to come. MIDEAST PEACE TALKS | Gwen Ifill talks to the former Secretary of...

August 31, 2010  |   Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski became the latest incumbent to lose a re-election battle this year as she conceded to challenger Joe Miller Tuesday evening a week after their primary. Murkowski had trailed Miller, a Fairbanks attorney who has never...

August 31, 2010  |   President Obama delivered an address to the nation Tuesday night marking the end of combat operations in Iraq. <!-- _pap_embeddable; //--><!]]> Find analysis from Mark Shields, David Brooks, David Chalian and others on our special annotated version of the...

August 31, 2010  |   In special post-speech coverage of President Obama's primetime address marking the end of combat operations, analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks weighed in on what the speech means for military policy, Iraq's ability to "turn the page" and the president's...

August 31, 2010  |   Ahead of President Obama's Tuesday night address on the end of American combat operations in Iraq, the White House released these excerpts of his speech: "But this milestone should serve as a reminder to all Americans that our future is...

August 31, 2010  |   As President Obama readies for a prime-time address to the nation on the formal end to combat operations in Iraq, Republicans have been focused on the troop surge that President Bush ordered in 2007 - and then candidate Obama opposed....

August 31, 2010  |   SHIELDS AND BROOKS ANALYZE U.S. DRAWDOWN | President Obama addresses the nation at 8 p.m. as the U.S. combat draws down in Iraq. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks give pre-speech analysis. EVERYDAY LIFE A...

August 30, 2010  |   TENSION GROWS BETWEEN U.S. AND AFGHANISTAN | Ray Suarez talks to retired Lt. Col. John Nagl and Brian Katulis, a senior fellow for American Progress, about the charges of corruption within the Karzi government and the uptick in violence against...

August 26, 2010  |   INSURGENTS HINT AT ATTACKS IN PAKISTAN | The Pakistan Taliban is hinting toward attacks on aid workers in the flooded areas. The Taliban's threat comes as flooding continues to worsen in southern Pakistan and the possibility of waterborne diseases continues...

August 25, 2010  |   GEN. ODIERNO ON IRAQ SECURITY | A series of roadside bombs were set off in cities across Iraq, killing more than 50 people and wounding dozens of others. It is unknown whether the attacks have any connection with each other,...

August 24, 2010  |   HOME SALES PLUMMET | Home sales fell by 27 percent in July, the biggest monthly drop since 1968. The overall decline was recorded nationwide and comes in spite of home buying incentives such as low mortgage rates and bargain sale...

August 23, 2010  |   MILLIONS OF BAD EGGS | A nationwide salmonella outbreak has led to more than half a billion eggs to be recalled. So far, at least 1,300 people have reported cases of salmonella. Jeffrey...

August 20, 2010  |   MIDDLE EAST PEACE NEGOTIATIONS SET TO RESUME | The first peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians in nearly two years are set to resume in Washington next month. Jeffrey Brown talks with analysts David Makovsky and Ghaith Al-Omari about the...

August 19, 2010  |   CONCERN OVER TALIBAN AIDING PAKISTANIS | The United Nations, the U.S. and other countries have pledged to pick up the pace of getting more aid to Pakistani flood victims. Concern is growing from President Asif Ali Zardari warned that Islamic...

August 18, 2010  |   PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT AND FLOODS | Flooding has displaced 12 percent of Pakistan's population so far and at least 1,500 people have died. As the need for aid worsens, new questions are being raised on whether the government can handle a...

August 18, 2010  |   Amid new headlines on the continued need for humanitarian aid in Pakistan as the country grapples with deadly floods, we've received a few questions on how to help. So we've put together a list of some of the organizations involved...

August 17, 2010  |   UPDATE 6:40 p.m. EDT | Before leaving the courthouse, Rod Blagojevich said the government could not prove he did anything wrong, and pledged to fight his one conviction. "I want the people of Illinois to know I did not...

August 16, 2010  |   HIGH RISK Of WATERBORNE DISEASES IN PAKISTAN | More rain continues to pour down in Pakistan as the country deals with one of the worst natural disasters in recent memory. With a shortage of immediate aid, some worry that victims...

August 13, 2010  |   President Obama on Friday night weighed in on the debate over whether to build a 13-story Islamic community center and mosque near the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York, saying the country's founding principles demanded no less. "As...

August 13, 2010  |   BORDER SECURITY BEEFED UP | On Friday, President Obama signed a $600 million bill to increase funding for border security. Jeffrey Brown talks to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about the effort to increase personnel and equipment along the U.S.-Mexico...

August 12, 2010  |   GM POSTS BEST PROFIT IN 6 YEARS | General Motors went bankrupt a year ago and has completely come out of the red with a profit for the second straight quarter. The company made more than $1.3 billion from April...

August 11, 2010  |   FEDERAL RESERVE SEES ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN | The Federal Reserve reports the economic recovery has slowed. Gwen Ifill talks with two economic reporters, Tom Hudson and Neil Irwin, about what the news means to Wall Street and main street. PRIMARY ELECTIONS...

August 10, 2010  |   HOUSE CLEARS $26 BILLION JOBS BILL| Congress made an early return from recess to vote in the jobs bill that is set to save teaching and public service jobs. Democrats claim 300,000 jobs will be saved, but Republicans say the...

August 9, 2010  |   SAFETY, ROLES OF AID WORKERS IN AFGHANISTAN | Following the killing of ten aid workers by the Taliban in Afghanistan, Jeffrey Brown talks to New York Times reporter Rod Nordling and International development expert Bar-Mock Paj-Walk. COMPETITIVE PRIMARIES IN COLORADO...

August 6, 2010  |   JOB NUMBERS: UNEMPLOYMENT STILL GRIM | The latest job numbers show the economy is struggling to get back on track. In July, the government cut 131 thousand temporary Census jobs and only about 71 thousand jobs were gained by the...

August 5, 2010  |   THE FUTURE OF THE COURT WITH KAGAN | The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court Wednesday. Kagan will be the third female judge on the Supreme Court joining justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor. Ray Suarez looks...

August 4, 2010  |   UPDATE ON OIL CONTAINMENT | BP reports the static kill is a success so far. Gulf Coast residents question a new government report that states around three-quarters of the spilled oil is already gone. Judy Woodruff gets an update on...

August 4, 2010  |   A federal judge Wednesday struck down California's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional, handing opponents a key victory in a landmark case but setting the stage for the Supreme Court to likely have the final say in the matter....

August 3, 2010  |   BP BEGINS 'STATIC KILL'| BP engineers began a 'static kill' to shut down the source of the leaking oil once and for all in the Gulf of Mexico. Judy Woodruff talks to Joel Achenbach of the Washington Post for details...

August 3, 2010  |   This weekend marks five years since Hurricane Katrina ripped into New Orleans, ravaging that city and others on the Gulf Coast. This month, both on-air and online, we're reporting on how the city and the region are faring, for better...

August 3, 2010  |   Five years after sections of New Orleans' levees fell or were overtopped with water pushed inland by Hurricane Katrina, the NewsHour is looking back at what we've learned about their failure, what's been done to fix them and how...

August 3, 2010  |   Upon the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall, the NewsHour is looking back at some our coverage of what people in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast have done to clean up from the storm and rebuild their homes, businesses...

August 3, 2010  |   A resident of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward mows his lawn in front of a FEMA trailer in 2006. On the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we're looking back at some of our NewsHour...

August 3, 2010  |   As part of our look back at Hurricane Katrina five years after the disaster, we examine how art has played a role in the city's ongoing healing and rebuilding process. Here are some highlights of our coverage: Aug. 28, 2009:...

August 2, 2010  |   OBAMA: IRAQ WAR ENDING ON SCHEDULE | President Obama spoke to a disabled veterans convention in Atlanta, touting progress in Iraq and affirming that the combat effort in the country is winding down. For more on the drawdown of U.S....

July 30, 2010  |   RECORD DEATHS IN AFGHAN WAR | The deaths of six more U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan made for another record month of troop deaths and brought new attention on the dangers of roadside bombs known as IEDs. Ray Suarez speaks with...

July 28, 2010  |   PARTS OF ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW BLOCKED | On Wednesday, a federal judge in Arizona blocked key parts of the state's high-profile immigration law from taking effect. Ray Suarez reports from Phoenix on the reaction to the ruling, then Gwen Ifill...

July 28, 2010  |   Just a day before Arizona's controversial new immigration law is set to go into effect, a federal judge handed opponents a last-minute victory by blocking the most controversial parts from being enforced. The law will still go into effect Thursday...

July 27, 2010  |   IMPACT OF LEAKED WAR DOCUMENTS | A day after the release of more than 75,000 classified Afghan war documents by WikiLeaks through popular newspapers, Washington is still feeling the impact of the massive leak. Jim Lehrer talks to Republican Sen....

July 27, 2010  |   President Obama spoke to reporters Tuesday after meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the White House. In brief comments, the president said that despite political setbacks on the scope of an energy bill, he still supports the need...

July 26, 2010  |   WIKILEAKS RELEASES AFGHAN RECORDS | More than 75,000 classified documents detailing five years of war in Afghanistan were released by the website WikiLeaks and reported on by major news organizations Monday. Jeffrey Brown talks to Steve Coll, president of the...

July 24, 2010  |   With Tropical Storm Bonnie downgraded to a tropical depression, a drilling rig and ships associated with the effort to kill the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well reversed course Saturday when the weather forecast improved. "We are going to continue...

July 23, 2010  |   TROPICAL STORM MOVES CLOSER TO SPILL | Tropical Storm Bonnie hit southern Florida today on its path towards the Gulf of Mexico and the oil spill. Spencer Michels reports from New Orleans on how the area is making preparations for...

July 23, 2010  |   Daniel Schorr, a longtime NPR commentator and an original member of Edward R. Murrow's legendary CBS News team, died early Friday. He was 93. At the end of his long career, Schorr was most recently a senior analyst for NPR's...

July 22, 2010  |   MIXED PICTURE FOR THE ECONOMY | A mixed economic picture emerged today: the stock market surged on news of strong corporate earnings, but home sales continued to sink and unemployment claims rose. Jim Lehrer talks to Greg Ip of "The...

July 21, 2010  |   FINANCIAL REFORM SIGNED INTO LAW | President Obama signed financial reform into law today; the first major overhaul of the financial system since the Great Depression. To get some perspective on how the new law seeks to end the risky...

July 20, 2010  |   KARZAI AND THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT | Afghanistan President Haman Karzai addressed dozens of nations and organizations, calling for Afghans to take charge of their own security by 2014. For analysis, Jim Lehrer talks to James Dobbins, a veteran State Department...

July 19, 2010  |   DISAGREEMENT OVER NEXT STEPS IN GULF | After 4 days of BP's containment cap stopping oil from leaking into the Gulf, seepage was spotted two miles from the wellhead, prompting disagreements between the government and BP over the correct action...

July 18, 2010  |   A Transocean Ltd. Development Driller III rig works to drill a relief well to plug the damaged Macondo well; Derick E. Hingle/Bloomberg via Getty Images Updated 12:46 p.m. ET | BP said Sunday morning that tests on a 75-ton...

July 16, 2010  |   CAP CONTINUES TO HALT LEAK | With the new containment cap in place for the past 24 hours and no new signs of oil leaking into the Gulf, President Obama called the news hopeful but reaffirmed the need for a...

July 15, 2010  |   President Obama spoke to reporters this afternoon, praising the Senate's passage of a financial reform bill and offering brief comments on BP's test of a cap over its broken wellhead, which has temporarily stopped the flow of oil. <!-- _pap_embed_custom;...

July 15, 2010  |   OIL FLOW CEASES AS BP TESTS CAP | The flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico has been halted for the time being, as BP performs pressure tests on the new containment cap placed over the leaking oil well....

July 15, 2010  |   Updated 2:57p.m. ET The Senate gave final approval to a financial reform bill Thursday, voting 60-39 to send the measure to President Obama for his signature. Posted 1:05p.m. ET The Senate cleared a sweeping financial reform bill for final passage...

July 14, 2010  |   CASUALTIES RISE IN AFGHANISTAN | The death toll for NATO forces has risen to 45 in the month of July after multiple attacks killed 8 U.S. and 3 British soldiers in the past 24 hours. For insight, Jim Lehrer talks...

July 13, 2010  |   OBAMA'S POLL NUMBERS| President Obama faces falling poll numbers with many Americans claiming they have lost faith in the president's ability to handle the economic crisis. Jim Lehrer talks to NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian about how to read these...

July 12, 2010  |   OIL SPILL UPDATE| With hopes that a new containment cap installed on the broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico will put an end to the oil leak, the Obama administration is pushing forward with a revised moratorium on...

July 9, 2010  |   U.S., RUSSIA COMPLETE SPY SWAP | In Austria on Thursday, the United States and Russia completed the largest exchange of spies since the Cold War. Judy Woodruff reports on the events that took place June 8 between the two countries....

July 8, 2010  |   U.S.-RUSSIA SPY SWAP | The United States is expected to trade Russians arrested on charges of espionage for convicted spies being held in Russia. Judy Woodruff talks to Mark Hosenball, a reporter for Newsweek, and former CIA Counsel General Jeffrey...

July 7, 2010  |   Thanks to the Mark Twain Foundation and its trustees, the PBS NewsHour brings you for the first known time in print an essay by the American literary giant on a topic dear to our hearts -- the journalistic interview. In...

July 7, 2010  |   EAST COAST HEAT WAVE | Scorching heat and humidity gripped the northeast and mid-Atlantic states, pushing electricity use toward record levels and disrupting train travel. Gwen Ifill reports on how people are coping with temperatures topping 100 degrees. REPUBLICAN PARTY'S...

July 6, 2010  |   Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Jim Lehrer in a newsmaker interview Tuesday that scars of the financial crisis are continuing to drag on the economy but said steps taken by the administration helped stabilize business conditions and home prices. <!--...

July 6, 2010  |   NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: TIMOTHY GEITHNER | Concerns about the economic recovery linger on Wall Street as the service industry grew at a slower rate than expected last month. Jim Lehrer talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about the state of the...

July 5, 2010  |   On Monday's NewsHour, Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSblog and other legal experts will review the highlights of the just-completed Supreme Court term. Here on the Rundown, Goldstein and his legal team at SCOTUSblog agreed to break down the most important cases...

July 5, 2010  |   WEATHER HINDERS GULF CLEANUP | Rough conditions caused by weather prevented many skimmer boats from assisting with oil cleanup in the Gulf, including the testing of a new "super skimmer" vessel. Ray Suarez talks to Greg McCormack, director of the...

July 2, 2010  |   JOBS AND JOBLESS BENEFITS | May's jobs report showed a mixed picture of the economic recovery with unemployment falling to its lowest level in nearly a year, but with weak hiring in the private sector. Jeffrey Brown talks with economics...

July 1, 2010  |   Updated 5:44 p.m. | In an exclusive live online interview with the NewsHour's Ray Suarez, BP's chief of Gulf Coast restoration Bob Dudley said the company and the U.S. government are exploring "at least two options to divert the...

July 1, 2010  |   GULF OIL SPILL UPDATE | After-effects from Hurricane Alex again kept oil cleanup crews in port, as one estimate indicated the gusher is now the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico. Jeffrey Brown has an update on the cleanup....

June 30, 2010  |   On July 1 at 3:30 p.m. ET, senior correspondent Ray Suarez will moderate a live Q&A session between BP's Bob Dudley, the executive now in charge of the company's oil leak response, and you. Google, YouTube and the NewsHour...

June 30, 2010  |   HURRICANE SEASON AND OIL SPILL RESPONSE | High waves and gusting winds from Hurricane Alex hampered cleanup efforts in the Gulf, forcing oil-skimming ships back to shore. Jeffrey Brown talks with James Franklin, chief hurricane forecaster at the National Hurricane...

June 30, 2010  |   While watching the live stream of the Elena Kagan confirmation hearings, the Rundown started asking "Who's sitting behind that Senator?" So we made a few calls to find out. What is it that they do? What messages are they checking...

June 29, 2010  |   ELENA KAGAN CONFIRMATION HEARINGS | Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan faced a grilling from some Senate Judiciary Committee members on her role in barring military recruiters at Harvard. Kwame Holman reports on the second day of confirmation hearings. Then, Judy...

June 28, 2010  |   SUPREME COURT: CHICAGO HANDGUN BAN | The Supreme Court struck down a Chicago handgun law, ruling that Americans have the right to keep and bear arms regardless of where they live. Jeffrey Brown talks with Marcia Coyle of the National...

June 28, 2010  |   Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history known for passionate rhetoric and insider knowledge of Washington's power corridors, died early Monday at age 92. Byrd was admitted to a Northern Virginia hospital late last week...

June 25, 2010  |   FINANCIAL REFORM BILL | The House and Senate reached an agreement on a set of Wall Street reforms aimed at preventing another financial meltdown. Jeffrey Brown sits down with guests to break down the provisions of this bill and its...

June 24, 2010  |   GEN. PETRAEUS TO COMMAND FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN | Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the U.S. mission and strategy in Afghanistan will not change, following the ouster of Gen. Stanley McChrystal. Judy Woodruff talks with Col. Peter Mansoor of Ohio State...

June 23, 2010  |   AFGHAN STRATEGY AFTER MCCHRYSTAL | The U.S. mission in Afghanistan will be in new hands, following the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal over disparaging remarks about the Obama administration. Gwen Ifill talks with Jessica Matthews, of the Carnegie Endowment for...

June 22, 2010  |   GENERAL MCCHRYSTAL CALLED TO ACCOUNT FOR OBAMA CRITICISM | The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, was summoned to the White House to explain criticisms of the administration officials in a magazine article. Jim Lehrer talks with Time...

June 21, 2010  |   The Pakistan-born U.S. citizen accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in New York's Times Square last month pleaded guilty Monday to terrorism-related charges in federal court. Faisal Shahzad, 30, of Bridgeport, Conn., entered a plea to the...

June 21, 2010  |   GULF OIL SPILL UPDATE | As new reports suggest BP cut corners on safety in the design of the oil well in the Gulf, Gwen Ifill talks to two reporters about the latest revelations. SUPREME COURT WATCH: TERROR GROUP AID...

June 18, 2010  |   OIL COMPENSATION CHIEF KENNETH FEINBERG | Jeffrey Brown talks with Kenneth Feinberg, the newly appointed overseer of the $20 billion oil spill compensation fund, who recently made his first visit to the Gulf region. VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN KYRGYZSTAN | Kyrgyz...

June 17, 2010  |   The Rundown is covering Thursday's congressional subcommittee hearing on the oil leak , featuring testimony by BP CEO Tony Hayward. We'll offer updates (all times ET) and insights from the NewsHour news desk, as well as comments...

June 17, 2010  |   BP CEO HAYWARD ON CAPITOL HILL | BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward faced tough questions from both parties Thursday during testimony about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill before a House Energy and Commerce Committee. Jim Lehrer recaps the day's events...

June 16, 2010  |   BP AGREES TO VICTIM FUND | BP has agreed to set aside $20 billion dollars to pay damages caused by the Gulf oil spill, following tough talk from the Obama administration about quickly responding to claims from victims. Judy Woodruff...

June 16, 2010  |   President Obama and BP agreed Wednesday on a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the oil leak damaging the Gulf Coast's environment and economies. BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg apologized to Americans for the worst spill in U.S. history and...

June 15, 2010  |   After President Obama's Oval Office address on the ongoing Gulf disaster, columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks joined Judy Woodruff to review the substance of the primetime speech. "I thought the windup was stronger than the pitch," Shields said. "I'm...

June 15, 2010  |   Watch all of President Obama's Oval Office address on the federal response to the ongoing Gulf Coast oil leak disaster: <!-- _pap_embeddable; //--><!]]> Also, make sure to check out analysis and opinion from a variety of experts in Obama's...

June 15, 2010  |   Updated 7:47pm ET Details are still emerging about the scope of the new oil flow estimate, and it is not yet completely clear whether that estimate apples only to the flow rate after the riser was cut on June 3,...

June 15, 2010  |   OIL EXECUTIVES BEFORE CONGRESS | Top officers at BP and other oil companies defended offshore drilling during hearings in the House on Tuesday, as criticism of the response to the disaster continues to mount. Ray Suarez has an update on...

June 15, 2010  |   *Updated 4:47 p.m. ET *| BP PLC spokesman Bill Salvin told The Associated Press Tuesday afternoon that a drillship resumed capturing oil about five hours after a fire caused an emergency shutdown. He said there was no damage reported...

June 14, 2010  |   GULF OIL LEAK UPDATE | As the Obama administration ratcheted up pressure on BP to start an independently monitored escrow fund to expedite damage claims for people and businesses in the Gulf region, Ray Suarez speaks with two attorneys about...

June 11, 2010  |   OIL LEAK RATE ESTIMATE DOUBLED | New estimates suggest BP's ruptured well may be spewing twice as much oil into the Gulf of Mexico as previously thought, raising new questions about cleanup and restoration efforts. Judy Woodruff has an update...

June 10, 2010  |   GULF OIL SPILL UPDATE | Heavy oil fouled more coastline near the Alabama-Florida border, as lawmakers stepped up pressure on BP to expedite its response to claims filed for damages. Judy Woodruff talks to two business executives who met with...

June 9, 2010  |   GULF OIL LEAK UPDATE | BP said it captured another 630,000 gallons of oil from the damaged well, as the U.S. government prepares to release new estimates of the amount of oil flowing into the in the Gulf of Mexico....

June 8, 2010  |   BP'S LIABILITY IN THE GULF | Fifty days into the Gulf oil spill, officials still don't have a firm answer on how much oil is escaping from the damaged well or how long it could continue. Jim Lehrer talks to...

June 7, 2010  |   GULF OIL LEAK UPDATE | Federal officials said the amount of oil escaping into the Gulf of Mexico is beginning to slow as it's being captured, but the cleanup and restoration will likely span years. Gwen Ifill talks to Ralph...

June 7, 2010  |   Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Monday at the White House that the government still doesn't know how much oil is leaking from the damaged Gulf well despite the addition of a containment cap last week, but that BP hopes...

June 4, 2010  |   OBAMA SURVEYS GULF OIL DAMAGE | President Obama returned to the Gulf coast, as BP said it has made headway in its six-week struggle to cap the gushing oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Ray Suarez...

June 3, 2010  |   GULF OIL LEAK UPDATE | BP had some success Thursday as undersea robots managed to cut the main pipe of the undersea oil, which may allow engineers to cap the gushing well. Judy Woodruff talks to Don Van Nieuwenhuise, a...

June 2, 2010  |   GULF OIL SPILL UPDATE | BP's latest attempt to contain the Gulf oil spill stalled Wednesday when a saw became stuck in a pipe on the damaged well. Gwen Ifill talks with Jane Lubchenco, the head of NOAA, about what...

June 1, 2010  |   GAZA RAID ROILS TURKEY | The weekend raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla where at least four Turkish nationals were killed has sparked angry protests in Turkey, one of Israel's key Muslim allies in the region. GULF OIL SPILL UPDATE |...

May 31, 2010  |   ISRAEL SEA RAID IN GAZA | A pre-dawn Israeli raid on a flotilla of aid ships bound for Gaza coast has sparked international concern following the deaths of international activists who say they were trying to transport humanitarian supplies through...

May 29, 2010  |   Updated May 30, 9:15 am ET In a Saturday evening press conference, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles and Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said that the "top kill" effort to stem the Gulf oil spill had failed after...

May 28, 2010  |   <!-- _pap_embeddable; //--><!]]> On Friday's NewsHour, Gwen Ifill previews California's contentious gubernatorial race, which is shaping up to be the most expensive political campaign in the state's history. Mark DiCamillo is the director of the California Field Poll, a...

May 28, 2010  |   GULF OIL SPILL UPDATE | President Obama traveled to the Gulf for a first-hand look at the damage from the blown out oil well, as efforts continue to plug the leak. Ray Suarez reports on the growing environmental concerns, Tom...

May 27, 2010  |   GULF OIL SPILL UPDATE | President Obama announced plans to curb offshore drilling in response to the Gulf spill and said the government and BP should have been better prepared to tackle such a crisis. Ray Suarez has an update...

May 27, 2010  |   On Tuesday, the NewsHour put out a YouTube call for viewers to submit their own suggestions for how to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and clean up the oil that's been gushing for more than...

May 26, 2010  |   GULF OIL SPILL UPDATE | BP crews launched a long-awaited operation to stop spewing oil at the source by pumping heavy drilling fluids into the massive leak. Jim Lehrer talks to Greg McCormack, director of the Petroleum Extension Service at...

May 25, 2010  |   GULF OIL LEAK UPDATE | Oil from the Gulf Coast leak turned darker, suggesting heavier, more-polluting oil is spewing out. Tom Bearden reports from Louisiana, where the oil has begun to damage delicate barrier island ecosystems. NEWSMAKER: BP EXECUTIVE ROBERT...

May 24, 2010  |   GULF OIL LEAK UPDATE | Obama administration officials and senators said they will hold BP responsible for cleaning up the Gulf spill, as heavy oil seeps into fragile marshland along the coast. Correspondent Tom Bearden gives an update on the...

May 21, 2010  |   FINANCIAL REFORM PASSES SENATE | Sweeping reform of the nation's financial regulatory system passed a key vote in the Senate, fast-tracking the final vote on the overhauls. Judy Woodruff speaks to financial writers Greg Ip of the Economist and Stacy-Marie...

May 20, 2010  |   In a 59-39 vote Thursday evening, the Senate passed a sweeping overhaul of how the government regulates banks and Wall Street, marking the biggest overhaul of financial regulation since the 1930s and giving President Barack Obama a major policy victory....

May 20, 2010  |   VOLATILITY IN THE STOCK MARKET | Stocks fell sharply in the U.S., amid concerns for the euro and the biggest rise in jobless claims in three months. Jeffrey Brown talks to financial experts Nick Perna of Yale University and James...

May 19, 2010  |   PRIMARY ELECTION ANALYSIS | Democrats and Republicans continued to voice anti-incumbent sentiments with their votes during Tuesday's primary elections. Jim Lehrer talks to Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of The Hotline and Dan Balz, senior political writer for The Washington Post, about...

May 18, 2010  |   U.S. MOVES TO SANCTION IRAN | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday that Russian and China have reached a deal with the United States and other world powers to impose new sanctions on Iran, a day after the country...

May 17, 2010  |   GULF OIL SPILL UPDATE | BP officials said the company has captured about a fifth of the oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico, but scientists have voiced new worries about the environmental implications of the spill. Gwen Ifill talks...

May 14, 2010  |   GULF OIL SPILL UPDATE | President Obama called for an overhaul of how the government handles oil drilling approval, as estimates of the gulf oil leak's magnitude continue to climb. Jeffrey Brown talks to U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad...

May 14, 2010  |   <!-- _pap_embeddable; //--><!]]> President Obama on Friday castigated oil industry executives for failing to take responsibility for the Gulf Coast oil spill, blasting officials for pointing fingers of blame during Congressional hearings into the accident this week. "I did...

May 13, 2010  |   NEW TIMES SQUARE BOMBING ARRESTS | Federal agents arrested two Pakistani men in Boston in connection with the failed attack in Times Square. Judy Woodruff talks to reporter Devlin Barrett of the Wall Street Journal about the assistance the men...

May 12, 2010  |   OBAMA, KARZAI REAFFIRM TIES | President Obama met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Washington, following months of tension over accusations of governmental corruption and Western interference.Gwen Ifill talks to former Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and Alexander Their, director for Afghanistan...

May 11, 2010  |   U.K. PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS | British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced his resignation as Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties made agreements to form a government under Conservative Party Leader David Cameron. Jeffrey Brown talks to reporter Ned Temko of The...

May 10, 2010  |   ELENA KAGAN NOMINATED TO SUPREME COURT | President Obama nominated Solicitor General and former Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan to fill Justice John Paul Stevens' seat on the Supreme Court. Gwen Ifill gets four points of view from Abner...

May 7, 2010  |   ECONOMY ADDS JOBS IN APRIL | Employers added 290,000 jobs last month, marking the biggest hiring increase in four years. Kwame Holman reports. Then, Jeffrey Brown talks to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com and Mohamed El-Erian, CEO and...

May 6, 2010  |   GREECE APPROVES AUSTERITY PLAN | Jeffrey Brown reports on Wall Street's reaction to continued instability in Greece. Police in Athens used tear gas to control new protests, sparked as lawmakers approved cost-cutting measures. Judy Woodruff gets updates from Susie Gharib...

May 5, 2010  |   SECURITY CONCERNS AFTER NY BOMBING ATTEMPT | Following the arrest of a man accused of trying to detonate a bomb in New York City's Times Square, Jeffrey Brown talks to Guardian reporter Declan Walsh in Pakistan and Denis McDonough, chief...

May 4, 2010  |   NYC BOMBING SUSPECT IN CUSTODY | A Pakistani-American man has been charged with acts of terrorism across international lines in the foiled bomb plot in New York City's Times Square over the weekend. Jeffrey Brown talks to Newsweek reporter Mark...

May 3, 2010  |   GULF OIL CLEANUP | BP said it will pay to clean up the oil slick still spreading in the Gulf of Mexico. Judy Woodruff gets the latest update on the crisis from correspondent Tom Bearden in Louisiana. POLITICAL FUTURE OF...

April 30, 2010  |   GULF OIL SPILL CRISIS CONTINUES | Tom Bearden reports from Louisiana as high winds and waves push oil ashore and into sensitive wetland areas. Then, Jeffrey Brown talks to Admiral Thad Allen, head of the Coast Guard, and professor Robert...

April 29, 2010  |   STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN THE GULF | Crews in the Gulf of Mexico continued attempts to contain a massive oil slick, now growing five times faster than expected because of an additional leak. Jeffrey Brown talks to correspondent Tom...

April 28, 2010  |   GULF COAST OIL SPILL SET ABLAZE | Crews in the Gulf of Mexico are poised to set ablaze an oil slick threatening the coastline after an oil rig explosion last week. Judy Woodruff talks to Doug Helton of the National...

April 27, 2010  |   The Rundown is following the congressional subcommittee hearing on Goldman Sachs Tuesday and offering updates and insights from the NewsHour news desk and economics correspondent Paul Solman, as well as frequent NewsHour guest Simon Johnson and smart commentary from around...

April 27, 2010  |   GOLDMAN SACHS SENATE TESTIMONY | Goldman Sachs executives testified before a Senate committee about whether it used a large hedge fund to bet against the complex financial instruments it was marketing to investors. Jeffrey Brown gets two points of view...

April 26, 2010  |   GULF COAST OIL LEAK | Robotic submarines and hundreds of workers are struggling to contain an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, stemming from last week's rig explosion off the Louisiana coast. Judy Woodruff talks to David Kennedy of...

April 23, 2010  |   ARIZONA'S IMMIGRATION LAW | Arizona's governor signed a new law cracking down on illegal immigration and President Obama voiced concerns the measure could violate civil rights. Jeffrey Brown talks to Arizona's Rep. Raul Grijalva and Mike Hethmon of the Immigration...

April 22, 2010  |   Updated 6:05pm ET FINANCIAL REFORM'S FUTURE | President Obama admonished Wall Street for fighting reforms as the Senate prepares to consider new regulations for the financial system. In two newsmaker interviews about the reform efforts, Jeffrey Brown talks to White...

April 22, 2010  |   After President Obama spoke in New York City on Thursday about "common sense, reasonable" solutions to the problems that led to the financial crisis, correspondent Jeffrey Brown sat down with Lawrence H. Summers, the director of the National Economic Council....

April 21, 2010  |   SENATE LOOKS TO REGULATE DERIVATIVES | Lawmakers are moving closer to passing sweeping financial regulations, as a Senate panel approved new rules for the derivatives market. Jeffrey Brown talks to business law experts Lynn Stout of UCLA and David Skeel...

April 20, 2010  |   FLIGHTS RESUME IN EUROPE | Some stranded travelers in Europe got relief as air traffic resumed over Europe for the first time in nearly a week. Gwen Ifill talks to Ray Suarez about the thousands of passengers who remain stranded...

April 19, 2010  |   VOLCANO ERUPTION IN EUROPE | European officials announced limited air traffic may resume on Tuesday, five days after volcanic ash grounded air traffic around the world. Ray Suarez, who is one of hundreds of thousands of stranded passengers, reports from...

April 16, 2010  |   GOLDMAN SACHS FACES FRAUD CHARGES | The federal government has charged investment bank Goldman Sachs with defrauding investors ahead of the subprime mortgage crisis. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Washington Post reporter Zachary Goldfarb about the financial giant. ASH HALTS EUROPEAN...

April 15, 2010  |   VOLCANIC ASH GROUNDS FLIGHTS | A giant cloud of ash from a glacial volcano in Iceland grounded hundreds of flights across northern Europe on Thursday. Jim Lehrer gets a report from Independent Television News about when air traffic might resume....

April 15, 2010  |   TAMPA, Fla. | At a town hall meeting hosted by the NewsHour's Judy Woodruff, residents of West Central Florida asked federal, state and local government officials about the recession, partisanship, government spending and more. You can now watch the full...

April 14, 2010  |   SENATE BRACES FOR FINANCIAL REFORM FIGHT | President Obama made a case for overhauling the nation's financial system today, in an attempt to win action on a Senate reform bill. For perspective on the prospects of a Senate bill, Jeffrey...

April 13, 2010  |   NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT | Jeffrey Brown reports on the second day of the nuclear security summit in Washington, where President Obama called for new safeguards against nuclear terrorism. NEGOTIATING NUCLEAR ARMS REDUCTIONS | For perspective on the nuclear security summit...

April 12, 2010  |   NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT BEGINS | World leaders gathered in Washington Monday for an unprecedented meeting on nuclear security. Jeffrey Brown reports on the summit and efforts to slash nuclear arsenals. NEWSMAKERS: MADELEINE ALBRIGHT AND BRENT SCOWCROFT | For perspective on...

April 9, 2010  |   JUSTICE STEVENS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT | Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced he will retire this summer, after 35 years leading the court's liberal coalition. Judy Woodruff talks to experts Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal and constitutional scholars...

April 9, 2010  |   Here's a roundup of reactions to the news that Justice John Paul Stevens will retire from the Supreme Court: Chief Justice John Roberts of the United States: "Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has earned the gratitude and admiration of the...

April 8, 2010  |   U.S., RUSSIA STRIKE ARMS PACT | Presidents Obama and Medvedev signed a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty on Thursday. However, it must be approved by the legislatures of each country to become law. For perspective on its prospects for ratification...

April 7, 2010  |   RESCUERS DRILL FOR MISSING MINERS | As mine owners begin to identify some of the 25 confirmed dead after a methane gas explosion, Jim Lehrer gets an update from reporter Frank Langfitt in West Virginia about the waning hopes that...

April 6, 2010  |   MINE DISASTER RESCUE IN WEST VIRGINIA | Gwen Ifill reports as authorities try to locate four missing miners, after a deadly underground explosion killed 25 people in West Virginia. Then, Jim Lehrer talks to NPR reporter Frank Langfitt and Ellen...

April 5, 2010  |   Updated 3:14 a.m. ET Tuesday | At least 25 coal miners were killed and more remained missing after an explosion Monday afternoon at an underground coal mine in southern West Virginia, according to the mine's owner. "Massey Energy Company ......

April 5, 2010  |   TALIBAN CLAIMS PAKISTAN BOMBINGS | A spate of bombings by the Taliban rocked northwest Pakistan, including a deadly assault on the U.S. consulate in Peshawar. Gwen Ifill talks to reporter Saima Mohsin in Karachi. VATICAN ABUSE SCANDAL | As friction...

April 2, 2010  |   JOBS UPDATE | The latest jobs report shows the U.S. economy added over 150,000 jobs in March, but little improvement for unemployment. Judy Woodruff talks to economists Laura Tyson and Glenn Hubbard about what the largest jobs increase in three...

April 1, 2010  |   AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ and IRAN | The Obama administration turned its attention to foreign affairs this week. Margaret Warner reports on developments on security fronts around the world. NEWSMAKER: GEN. JIM JONES | National Security Advisor Gen. Jim Jones joins Jim...

April 1, 2010  |   The federal government on Thursday rolled out the final plan for the nation's first vehicle emission and fuel efficiency standards.The new rules, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and U.S. oil consumption, will kick in for most passenger vehicles and...

March 31, 2010  |   OFF-SHORE DRILLING | President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced plans to lift bans on off-shore oil and gas drilling along the Atlantic and Alaskan coasts and in the Gulf of Mexico. Kwame Holman reports on the reaction to the proposal...

March 30, 2010  |   OBAMA SIGNS RECONCILIATION BILL | President Obama signed the final piece of the health care overhaul into law today. Kwame Holman reports on the law's most prominent issues, including the changes to student lending that were packaged with the measure....

March 29, 2010  |   SUICIDE BLASTS RATTLE MOSCOW | Suicide bombers struck Moscow's subway system Monday, killing dozens of rush-hour passengers. After a report on the deadly dual attacks, Jeffrey Brown speaks first to William Mauldin, deputy Moscow bureau chief for the Wall Street...

March 26, 2010  |   U.S.-RUSSIA ARMS TREATY: The U.S. and Russia have agreed to the most sweeping arms treaty in twenty years. Judy Woodruff reports on the mutual plans to slash nuclear arsenals. ELECTIONS IN IRAQ: Nearly three weeks after the vote, Jeffrey Brown...

March 25, 2010  |   HEALTH REFORM | The Senate passed a package of fixes to the new health care law today before sending it back to the House for a final vote. Ray Suarez reports on the end game and the continuing aftermath. NEWSMAKER:...

March 25, 2010  |   There's been a lot written in recent months about how locally-based journalism is suffering. The problems are well known: Newspapers are closing, viewership habits are changing and media outlets are facing tough times. With the industry in flux, news organizations...

March 24, 2010  |   SENATE DEBATES RECONCILIATION BILL | The Senate debated changes to the new health care reform law today. Ray Suarez reports on the effort by Senate Democrats to finish work on a package of changes to the new law and Republican...

March 23, 2010  |   OBAMA SIGNS HEALTH CARE BILL | President Obama signed the health care reform bill into law today. Ray Suarez reports on the day of triumph for the Democrats. For a Republican perspective, Judy Woodruff speaks with Sen. Jon Kyl of...

March 22, 2010  |   LANDMARK HEALTH BILL HEADS FOR PRESIDENT'S DESK | House Democrats have sent a historic health care overhaul bill to President Obama. NewsHour Congressional Correspondent Kwame Holman reports. And then for more on how the legislation will impact Americans in the...

March 19, 2010  |   FINAL PUSH FOR HEALTH CARE | Democrats are counting the votes in the run-up to a possible vote on health care reform this Sunday. NewsHour correspondent Kwame Holman reports on President Obama's continued attempts to rally the public and the...

March 18, 2010  |   HEALTH BILL'S IMPACT ON U.S. DEFICIT | President Obama delayed plans for an overseas trip again so he could stay and lobby for votes for health care reform. Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports. For more, Jeffrey Brown speaks with Neera...

March 17, 2010  |   FULL COURT PRESS FOR HEALTH CARE | President Obama and House Democratic leaders gained some new momentum Wednesday in their bid to push through health care reform. NewsHour Congressional Correspondent Kwame Holman reports on the day's developments and then for...

March 16, 2010  |   HOUSE ROADMAP FOR HEALTH BILL: The pressure built today on uncommitted house Democrats to support health care reform later this week. NewsHour Congressional Correspondent Kwame Holman reports on the latest in health care reform, including a new voting strategy...

March 15, 2010  |   MEXICO | Federal authorities in the United States and Mexico are working together to investigate the deaths of three people connected with the U.S. consulate in the Mexican city of Juarez Saturday. An American consulate employee and her husband were...

March 12, 2010  |   On March 2, Gov. Rick Perry won the Republican gubernatorial primary in Texas by a comfortable 21-point margin. He earned 51.1 percent of the vote, while Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison received 30.3 percent and newcomer Debra Medina 18.6 percent. Many...

March 9, 2010  |   In an interview airing on Tuesday's NewsHour, Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, told Jim Lehrer that he was pleased with how Iraqi forces handled security surrounding the recent national elections, saying that the violence was mostly...

March 5, 2010  |   UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS | Friday's monthly look at unemployment was considered good news, as the jobless rate remained unchanged. But the jobless rate for blacks and Latinos is much higher than the average. We take a closer look at racial disparities...

March 4, 2010  |   ELECTION VIOLENCE IN IRAQ - Bombs ripped through parts of Baghdad today as early voting began for Sunday's parliamentary elections. Ray Suarez narrates a report, and Jim Lehrer talks to Feisal Istrabadi, who served as Iraq's deputy ambassador to the...

March 3, 2010  |   HEALTH REFORM SHOWDOWN | The president stepped up the pressure today for votes on health care reform in the next few weeks. We'll have excerpts of his speech, and then analysis from Ceci Connolly of The Washington Post and Congress...

February 25, 2010  |   We asked our panel of experts to weigh in with their reactions to Thursday's summit on health care. Here, their final thoughts on the day's events. You can submit your own questions for the panel in the comments section below...

February 25, 2010  |   The Rundown is following President Obama's bipartisan health care reform summit Thursday and offering updates and insights from the NewsHour news desk and correspondent Judy Woodruff, as well as commentary and opinion from three analysts, throughout the event. Update: 6:47...

February 9, 2010  |   <!-- _pap_embeddable; //--><!]]> <!-- _pap_embeddable('news01s3acdqde2',482,304,{pap_usecache: true}); //--><!]]> First lady Michelle Obama launched a nationwide campaign Tuesday to fight childhood obesity, part of her effort to encourage healthier habits and exercise in America's young people. In an interview with Jim...

February 1, 2010  |   OBAMA BUDGET PROPOSAL - President Obama sent Congress a $3.8 trillion budget Monday, which raises taxes for wealthy Americans and proposes new jobs programs. Gwen Ifill leads a debate between Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal...

January 29, 2010  |   Our own Jeffrey Brown has been at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival this week as a juror for the World Cinema Documentary category. While he's not allowed to talk about the films he's been judging, he did talk to Hari...

January 22, 2010  |   The struggle for survival in Haiti is the lead story tonight, followed by the economic and political fallout from this week's stunning events in Massachusetts and Washington, the analysis of Shields and Brooks, and the growing dispute with China over...

January 20, 2010  |   The GOP victory in the Massachusetts special election is the lead story tonight, followed by the latest from Haiti, The New York Times' attempt to charge for news online, and a report on the latest in body-scanning technology. MASSACHUSETTS SURPRISE...

January 15, 2010  |   Friday's NewsHour ended with a look at the sights and sounds of the Haiti earthquake disaster. Watch that segment below or browse NewsHour coverage of Haiti this week, both on-air and online, here. <!-- _pap_embed_custom; //--><!]]>...

January 4, 2010  |   Updated 5:42pm ET The link between the two alleged al-Qaida militants killed in Monday's raid in Yemen and the security threats that led U.S. and other foreign embassies to close remains unconfirmed. The Associated Press reports that in Monday's clashes,...

December 31, 2009  |   NewsHour special correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth sent the Rundown this reflection on some of the international stories she has covered and where they stand today. This month brought news I wouldn't have believed possible in 1984, when I first reported for...

December 29, 2009  |   In other headlines Tuesday: despite multiple international appeals, China has executed a British drug smuggler who relatives say was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into crime. In a statement, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said, "I condemn the execution of...

December 23, 2009  |   In an excerpt of an interview with Jim Lehrer, President Obama reflects on the outcome of the Copenhagen climate talks, saying "people are justified in being disappointed about the outcome in Copenhagen." <!-- _pap_embed_custom; //--><!]]>...

December 23, 2009  |   In an excerpt of a PBS NewsHour interview with Jim Lehrer, President Barack Obama reflects on compromises made in the push for health care reform. <!-- _pap_embed_custom; //--><!]]>...

December 23, 2009  |   In an excerpt of President Obama's PBS NewsHour interview with Jim Lehrer, the president talks about the White House's role in reconciling the House and Senate versions of health reform legislation. <!-- _pap_embed_custom; //--><!]]> Watch the full interview on Wednesday's...

December 23, 2009  |   In an excerpt of President Obama's PBS NewsHour interview with Jim Lehrer Wednesday, the president says of the Senate's health care reform bill that while he is "never completely satisfied" he is "very satisfied," with the measure at hand. <!--...