Jan 24 What Is Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)? A group of armed Islamists make the rounds in Gao, the biggest city in northern Mali, in September. Photo by Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images. By Jonathan Masters, online writer/editor for the Council on Foreign Relations Introduction Al-Qaida in the Islamic… Continue reading
Jan 24 Live Chat: Gwen Ifill Answers Your Questions Join correspondent Gwen Ifill for a live chat, hosted by PBS' Washington Week Thursday at 12 p.m. ET. On the table: all things politics. Chat with Gwen Ifill of Washington Week and the PBS NewsHour… Continue reading
Jan 24 Battle Over Gun Legislation Heats Up One Million Moms for Gun Control, a group formed after the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., marches across the Brooklyn Bridge on Monday. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Not even a week into President Obama's second term, the… Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Lifts Armed Services Ban on Women in Combat Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Lifts Armed Services Ban on Women in Combat… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch Secretary of State Clinton Claims Fault for Benghazi Attack in Heated Hearing Secretary of State Clinton Claims Fault for Benghazi Attack in Heated Hearing… Continue watching
Jan 23 Genes and Environment Combine to Bring on Mental Illness Koki Ito, a postdoctoral researcher at Johns Hopkins University, inserts DNA containing a mutated DISC1 gene into a mouse fetus. Schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses typically manifest during young adulthood or late adolescence. But what causes a… Continue reading
Jan 23 Targeted Killings Mechanics prepare an MQ-9 Reaper for a training flight Aug. 8, 2007, at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nev. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. By Jonathan Masters, online writer/editor for the Council on Foreign Relations Introduction… Continue reading
Jan 22 NRA Leader Wayne LaPierre Responds to Obama's Inaugural Address EmbedVideo(5535, 482, 304); Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association, responded Tuesday to President Barack Obama's second inaugural address. The president was inaugurated in Washington just one day before. LaPierre criticized the president for using… Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch The Debate on Abortion, Four Decades After Roe v. Wade The Debate on Abortion, Four Decades After Roe vs. Wade… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch Narrow Victory for Netanyahu Shows Centrist Political Shift in Israel Narrow Victory for Netanyahu Shows Centrist Political Shift in Israel… Continue watching