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	2010 DECEMBER Dec. 28, 2010 Homeowners Express Frustration with Government Loan Modifications Many struggling homeowners rely on loan modifications from government programs to keep afloat on their mortgages. Some say they are running into problems with these services. Paul Solman has more.

	Dec. 27, 2010 States Have Much Discretion to Speed, Slow Health Reform's Effects While many aspects of the federal health reform law don't take full effect until 2014, states can choose whether to speed up or slow down some of the sweeping changes to the U.S. health care system. Margaret Warner gets some national perspective on health reform implementation and what's to come from NPR's Julie Rovner.

	Dec. 27, 2010 In Wisconsin, Political Battle Brewing Over Shaping Health Reform Law Health Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports from Wisconsin, where a Republican sweep in the midterm elections is adding a layer of complexity to the implementation of the federal health care reform law. New resistance is cropping up in the Badger State over whether to expand Medicaid coverage to more people.

	Dec. 23, 2010 Amid Heightened Security Fears, U.S. Faces a 'Battle of Ideas' Parcel bombs went off at two embassies in Rome Thursday, heightening fears of terrorism attacks during the holiday season. Margaret Warner talks to former CIA official John McLaughlin and counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke for more.

	Dec. 23, 2010 Embassy Parcel Bombs in Rome Ratchet up Security Concerns Parcel bombs at the Chilean and Swiss embassies in Rome injured two people and raised security fears at the height of holiday travel. Margaret Warner has more.

	Dec. 22, 2010 Food Safety Bill Focuses on Prevention, Creates Recall Power A new food safety bill was among the last-minute actions in Congress this week. Jeffrey Brown gets details on what's in the bill and how it could impact farmers, food processors and regulators.

	Dec. 21, 2010 3 Questions for U.S. Census Director Robert Groves Tuesday was a major day for the U.S. Census as it announced the latest U.S. population, the changes in state populations and the new distribution of congressional seats. Judy Woodruff discussed the new numbers with Census Director Robert Groves. Beforehand, he spoke with The Rundown about some of the lessons from this year.

	Dec. 21, 2010 New Census Data to Shape Future Elections New Census figures reveal a growing U.S. population and changes to congressional districts around the country. Judy Woodruff discusses the new numbers' role in redistricting the electoral map with David Chalian and Stuart Rothenberg.

	Dec. 21, 2010 Census: U.S. West's Population Overtakes Midwest's New Census numbers out Tuesday show that the U.S. population has grown to 308.7 million, but the rate of growth has slowed in the past decade. Census Director Robert Groves goes over the numbers with Judy Woodruff.

	Dec. 21, 2010 On Tuesday's NewsHour: START Treaty, Cuban Medicine, Census Results On Tuesday's NewsHour, the U.S.-Russia START nuclear treaty appears headed for ratification; new census numbers and their political fallout; the second report in Ray Suarez's series from Cuba; and more on the FCC's net neutrality ruling.

	Dec. 17, 2010 Foreign Aid Funding Under Scrutiny As control of the House shifts to Republicans, lawmakers are vowing to find ways to cut deficits -- and some are pointing to foreign aid as an area to trim.

	Dec. 15, 2010 1 in 6 Americans Gets Food Poisoning Every Year, CDC Finds About one in six Americans -- 48 million people -- get sick from food poisoning every year, according to a new estimate released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control.

	Dec. 14, 2010 U.S. Diplomat Richard Holbrooke Dies, WikiLeaks Founder Assange in Court U.

	Dec. 13, 2010 How Will the Nutrition Bill Change School Lunches? President Obama has signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 into law, a major victory in First Lady Michelle Obama's crusade against child obesity and hunger.

	Dec. 6, 2010 Poll: Americans Have Inflated View of Foreign Aid When asked in a recent poll how much the U.S. government spends on foreign aid, Americans vastly overestimated the amount -- which might explain why politicians look to that area first when considering budget cuts, some analysts say.

	Dec. 2, 2010 Sweden Upholds Arrest Warrant for WikiLeaks Founder; Countries Vie for World Cup WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lost his request for an appeal of the detention order issued against him over allegations of rape made by two women in Sweden after an August visit. Meanwhile, FIFA, the international soccer body, announces the hosts for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments Thursday.

	Dec. 1, 2010 Simpson and Bowles: Era of 'Deficit Denials' Is Over Fiscal commission co-chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles have revised and trimmed a deficit proposal in an effort to win bipartisan support. But will it move beyond the proposal stage? The chairmen talk to Judy Woodruff about the controversial cost-cutting proposals, from defense to Social Security.



	NOVEMBER Nov. 30, 2010 Turkish FM on WikiLeaks: 'We Don't Take These Observations Seriously' "Do I look like a dangerous man?" Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu said with a grin. The minister was bantering over breakfast Tuesday morning with a group of foreign policy reporters on some of the choicer observations made about him by American diplomats in the most recent batch of WikiLeaks cables.

	Nov. 29, 2010 How Will New WikiLeaks Revelations Affect Diplomatic Candor? Judy Woodruff speaks to former national security advisers Zbigniew Brzezinski and Stephen Hadley about the impact of the release of confidential diplomatic documents by WikiLeaks.

	Nov. 29, 2010 Third Massive WikiLeaks Disclosure Creates Ripple Worldwide The publication of secret State Department cables by the WikiLeaks website sparked strong reaction from U.S. and foreign governments as candid insights and intelligence were made public. Gwen Ifill reports.

	Nov. 29, 2010 Worldwide Reaction to WikiLeaks Document Drop 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.

	Nov. 29, 2010 Clinton: U.S. 'Deeply Regrets' WikiLeaks Documents Embarrassment 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.

	Nov. 29, 2010 Doesn't Social Security Pay For Itself, Since it's Taken Out of My Paycheck? Paul Solman addresses the question of how social security is paid for. A reader asks, 'Since social security deductions are taken out of my paycheck, shouldn't it be financially covered? The problem is administrations borrowing against it.' Paul shows that social security was never intended to pay for itself.

	Nov. 22, 2010 Rep. Schakowsky: Social Security Not Part of Deficit Problem As part of a series of conversations about the country's deficit problems, Judy Woodruff speaks with Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois about the details of her plan to cut the deficit.

	Nov. 12, 2010 Diplomacy and 21st Century Statecraft While the title of Senior Adviser for Innovation at the State Department may sound vague, the problems Alec Ross and his colleagues tackle are very real; from poverty to pandemics, from disaster to diplomacy.

	Nov. 12, 2010 Pelosi Will Take Wait-and-See Approach to Deficit Proposals On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the draft proposal released by the president's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform "unacceptable." But on Thursday, when asked if she would ultimately accept the commission's results, Pelosi responded, "I will have to see what is in the final draft."

	Nov. 11, 2010 Both Sides Unhappy with Debt Commission's Proposals Voters sent a clear message in this month's midterm elections: They want their elected officials to do something about the country's deficit and debt. In fact, exit polls showed 40 percent of voters said the highest priority of the next Congress should be "reducing deficit."

	Nov. 10, 2010 Fiscal Commission Proposes Big Cuts, Tax Reform to Reduce U.S. Debt The Fiscal Commissionfc charged with charting a path toward a balanced federal budget released a draft reportr Wednesday, calling for cuts to Social Security, broad changes to the tax code and cuts in spending across the ledger.

	Nov. 10, 2010 A Look at Cigarette Warnings Around the World The Food and Drug Administration unveiled 36 proposed warning labels for cigarette packages and ads on Wednesday.

	Nov. 5, 2010 Solman Answers Reader Questions on Latest Job Numbers A flurry of questions today about the October job report from NewsHour's Facebook and Twitter.



	OCTOBER Oct. 27, 2010 Pensions Pose Major Challenge for Governments Worldwide From France to San Francisco, pension reform is hot. What once was an arcane, wonky topic has become a political and social flashpoint in elections and - as in France - in the streets.

	Oct. 25, 2010 Reaction to Newly Public Iraq War Documents The media is combing through confidential documents on the Iraq War released by the website WikiLeaks, including accounts of abuse against Iraqi civilians and "hard evidence" that the United States turned a blind eye. Margaret Warner gets perspectives on the issue.

	Oct. 25, 2010 WikiLeaks Reveals Secret Documents on Iraq War Tens of thousands of documents about the war in Iraq are now public record after being posted by the website known as WikiLeaks. Margaret Warner has the story.

	Oct. 25, 2010 Preview: Reporting on HIV in Mozambique Ray Suarez gives a preview of his series of Global Health Unit reports from one of the poorest countries in the world, Mozambique, where the number of cases of HIV and AIDS has strained medical and financial resources.

	Oct. 25, 2010 Big Banks Resume Foreclosure Paperwork Major banks across the country continue to dig through internal documents to show that foreclosures have been properly handled following accusations of faulty paperwork. Binyamin Appelbaum of the New York Times gives more details on the investigation into flawed foreclosure proceedings.

	Oct. 25, 2010 Homeowners Express Frustration with Government Loan Modifications Many struggling homeowners rely on loan modifications from government programs to keep afloat on their mortgages. Some say they are running into problems with these services. Paul Solman has more.

	Oct. 25, 2010 GOP Leads Among Independents, Poll Says According to a new poll released by Politico and George Washington University, independent voters are more likely to vote for Republicans than Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections by at least 14 percentage points. NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian discusses the latest developments.

	Oct. 25, 2010 The Morning Line: Independents Poised to Swing to GOP in 2010, Poll Shows For all the talk this election season about tea parties and the enthusiasm gap among partisans, Republicans are poised to make big gains in next week's elections thanks in large part to support from independent voters who have grown unhappy with the Democratic lawmakers they helped put in office in 2006 and 2008.

	Oct. 22, 2010 U.S. Offers New $2 Billion Aid Package for Pakistan Amid recent tensions between the two nations, the United States announced $2 billion in military and security aid to Pakistan Friday on the final day of strategic talks . The move was designed to smooth relations with the U.S.'s strategic partner in the fight against terrorism.

	Oct. 22, 2010 New WikiLeaks Cache Reveals More on Iraqi War Deaths, Detainee Abuse Analysis of a new cache of secret documents pertaining to the Iraq war surfaced Friday via WikiLeaks. Nearly 400,000 documents were obtained by the WikiLeaks organization and provided to several media organizations, including The New York Times, The Guardian, French newspaper Le Monde and German Magazine der Spiegel.

	Oct. 22, 2010 NPR's Firing of Juan Williams Reignites Ethics, Public Media Funding Debates NPR's firing of Juan Williams this week for remarks about Muslims on Fox News has spawned numerous side discussions among journalists, commentators and politicians about media ethics, views of Muslims in the U.S. and public media funding.

	Oct. 21, 2010 What's Really in Herbal Supplements? In one of America's fastest-growing but least-regulated industries, consumers face a dizzying array of herbal treatment options. But studies about the effectiveness of these products are inconclusive, and the ingredients listed in labels are sometimes misleading. Paul Solman reports.

	Oct. 21, 2010 Don't Ask, Don't Tell Reinstated, For Now; Repeal Effort Back in Limbo The military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning gays from serving openly in the ranks was reinstated Thursday -- at least for now. Margaret Warner talks to Time magazine's Mark Thompson about the legal battle over the policy, the Pentagon's ongoing review and what it means for gay servicemembers who recently re-enlisted.

	Oct. 21, 2010 Jobs, Conservative Roots Pose Hurdles for Democrats in Small Town America Ohio's 16th District all begins with Canton. The former manufacturing hub has simultaneously shrunk in population and yet grown in the ranks of Ohio cities - climbing to the state's seventh largest. In places like these, jobs and deep conservative tendencies are posing a challenge for Democrats this election year.

	Oct. 20, 2010 Reporter's Notebook: A Clinic's Strains in Mozambique Heard much about Mozambique in the last 35 years? It's a country that doesn't get much attention in the U.S. It's among the poorest countries in the world. At a large and busy clinic, the pharmacist showed Ray Suarez empty pallets and dwindling stocks of life-saving anti-retroviral drugs for hundreds of that day's patients.

	Oct. 19, 2010 Judy Woodruff: Economy Divides Voters in Tight Nevada Senate Race In the Silver State's closely watched Senate race between incumbent Harry Reid and Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle, supporters on both sides of the spectrum voice deep concern over the state's hard-hit economy, Judy Woodruff writes.

	Oct. 18, 2010 Unemployment, Foreclosures Top Voter Concerns in Reid-Angle Showdown Political watchers are keeping an eye on the close Senate race in the Sliver State between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle. Judy Woodruff reports from Nevada on the neck-and-neck race.

	Oct. 18, 2010 As Election Nears, GOP Heavyweights Tout Message of Change With just 15 days until the midterm elections, candidates are pounding the campaign trail in hopes of getting voters to the polls on Nov. 2. Gwen Ifill talks to Stuart Rothenberg, editor and publisher of the Rothenberg Political Report, about the strategies being used to per sway voters.

	Oct. 18, 2010 As Medicare Moves to Pay-for-Performance, Study Highlights Need for Better Data Much of the coverage of the health care reform law in its early stages has focused on efforts to expand health insurance coverage. But the law has another focus as well -- improving the quality and value of medical care.

	Oct. 15, 2010 Mortgage Lawyer Max Gardner to Answer Your Questions Paul Solman answers your questions on business and economic news on "The Business Desk."

	Oct. 13, 2010 Sandra Day O'Connor on Judicial Elections, Supreme Court's New Players Judy Woodruff speaks to former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor about her efforts to improve literacy for students, judicial elections and the new makeup of the court.

	Oct. 7, 2010 Stuxnet Has Infected My Reading Ever since I began researching material for a Stuxnet virus segment last week on the Newshour broadcast, I've been fascinated with this little worm, and I can't seem to flip by an article about it without stopping to take a look.

	Oct. 7, 2010 Upcoming: Ways To Deal With the Foreclosure Crisis Paul Solman answers your questions on business and economic news on "The Business Desk."

	Oct. 6, 2010 Report: Government Underestimated, Underreported Oil Spill Size According to the National Oil Spill Commission investigating the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf, the White House blocked efforts by federal scientists to tell the public the worst-case estimates of the leak in late April or early May.



	SEPTEMBER Sept. 28, 2010 Earmarks Good for U.S. Democracy, 'Cheese Factories on the Moon' Argues Earmarks are an oft-maligned process by which members of Congress can request that appropriated federal dollars be spent in a specific way, and that money often winds up spent in the district of the member making the request.

	Sept. 27, 2010 Proposal Could Expand Government's Web Wiretapping Efforts Potential new regulations could make it easier for federal officials to wiretap online communications, raising privacy concerns. Ray Suarez gets two views on the idea.

	Sept. 27, 2010 Lesson From Ed Miliband's Rise in UK: Be Nice to Your Interns For basic reasons of courtesy and good workplace practices, it is wise for senior staffers to be nice to the most junior. But there are other good reasons as well: one of these young people could end up as your boss and any number could end up being important, like being one step removed from becoming prime minister of the UK.

	Sept. 24, 2010 FDA Proposes New Tobacco Warning Labels The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday unveiled 36 proposed warning labels for cigarette packages and ads. The new labels will be much bigger and more graphic than what U.S. consumers are used to seeing: They'll cover half of the front and back of a pack of cigarettes and 20 percent of every cigarette ad.

	Sept. 23, 2010 Todd Park Envisions a More Open HHS Todd Park, the chief technology officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, says he wants to open up the agency's "treasure trove" of data to help government and consumers make better health decisions.

	Sept. 23, 2010 Democrats Fire Back at GOP Pledge to Repeal Health Reform Judy Woodruff gets two perspectives on Republicans' "Pledge to America" plans to repeal health care and cut government spending from House members Anthony Weiner, a New York Democrat, and Tom Price, a Georgia Republican.

	Sept. 23, 2010 GOP's Pledge to America Spells Out Goals for House Control Republican leaders unveiled their 2010 campaign platform Thursday, promising that if they win control of the House of Representatives to repeal the 6-month-old health reform law and undo other policies enacted by Democrats. Kwame Holman reports.

	Sept. 23, 2010 Republican 'Repeal and Replace' Strategy Faces Legislative Roadblocks As part of their "Pledge to America" released Thursday, Republican lawmakers codified what they have been saying for months: If elected, a Republican-led Congress would aim to "repeal and replace" health care reform. But the effort faces legislative hurdles.

	Sept. 23, 2010 New Gulf Oil Spill Flow Rate Estimate Released In the early days of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, estimates varied wildly on the amount of oil gushing from the blown-out well. But on Thursday in the journal Science, Timothy Crone, a marine geophysicist from Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, released another estimate.

	Sept. 22, 2010 Bill Clinton on Democrats' Path to Nov. Victory: Honor Voters' Anger In an interview with the NewsHour's Judy Woodruff, former President Bill Clinton said that President Obama and the Democrats haven't mounted an effective defense against criticism from Republicans, but they do have enough time to convince voters before November that they're taking the right steps to fix the country's economy.

	Sept. 22, 2010 'Art of Dirt' and Rural Life An exhibit sponsored by International Development Enterprises in Denver features paintings and photos of rural life in places such as India, Honduras, Ethiopia and Vietnam, along with models of IDE's irrigation and water sanitation equipment for visitors to try.

	Sept. 21, 2010 Survey: What Distracts You the Most While Driving? Government leaders and safety advocates are meeting again Tuesday in Washington to discuss ways to keep drivers focused on the road instead of ever-more-prevalent electronic devices and other distractions. We want to know what distracts you while you're driving. Take our survey.

	Sept. 20, 2010 News Wrap: Recession Officially Over, But U.S. Economy Still Struggling According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the U.S. recession ended in June 2009 and was the longest downturn since World War II. But President Obama and others made sure to acknowledge Americans' ongoing economic struggles.

	Sept. 17, 2010 Citizens No Longer Need 'Marching Orders' to Get Involved With Washington stuck in a cycle of partisanship -- made worse by the prospect of mid-term elections a little more than six weeks away -- it's refreshing to hear a room full of people cheering on the role ordinary citizens are playing these days.

	Sept. 16, 2010 Divisions Emerge Among Iran's Conservatives As Iran's economy struggles with sanctions over its nuclear program, evidence of cracks among its political hard-liners is appearing.

	Sept. 16, 2010 1 in 7 Americans Lived in Poverty in 2009, New Census Data Show Driven by the recession, the percentage of Americans who live in poverty and the percentage of those who live without health insurance both rose in 2009, according to data released Thursday by the Census Bureau.

	Sept. 15, 2010 Civil Rights Photographer May Have Led Double Life as FBI Informant Ernest Withers, a famed Civil Rights photographer during the 50's and 60's, may have been pulling double duty for the FBI as a paid informant. Margaret Warner talks to veteran journalist Earl Caldwell for more.

	Sept. 15, 2010 FBI File Provides Key to Revealing Civil Rights Photographer's Spying This week, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that celebrated civil rights-era photographer Ernest Withers had been a paid informant for the FBI, reporting on the whereabouts and activities of the movement's leaders -- many of whom considered him a personal friend.

	Sept. 8, 2010 Pillbox Project Hopes to Create Cure for Disparate Drug Data If you've ever found an unconscious loved one with nothing more but a pill and a glass of water as clues, you would certainly want a service that could help you quickly identify what drug might have been ingested. The Pillbox project has already begun such a database.

	Sept. 8, 2010 Gov2.0: D.C. Helps Other Governments Learn to Open Up Among Gov2.0 advocates, Washington, D.C., is one of the major cities to watch for its efforts to provide open data to citizens and software developers as part of its civic services. Bryan Sivak, D.C.'s chief technology officer, explains a new project called CivicCommons.com.

	Sept. 7, 2010 Gov2.0: Challenge.Gov Aims to Make Government More User-Friendly Vivek Kundra, the federal chief information officer, and Aneesh Chopra, the U.S. government's chief technology officer, discuss how the government can better serve citizens through data sharing.

	Sept. 7, 2010 At Gov 2.0 Summit, Democratizing Data is the Watchword The Rundown is covering this week's Gov2.0 Summit in Washington, D.C., where a mix of technologists, activists and industry professionals have gathered to talk about methods to run governments in more open and useful manners.

	Sept. 1, 2010 Early Retirees Get New Help With Health Insurance About 2,000 employers will begin receiving payments this month from a new $5 billion program designed to encourage them to provide health insurance to early retirees who are too young for Medicare.



	AUGUST Aug. 31, 2010 Poll: Public Support Declining for Health Reform Law Despite the continuing efforts of the Obama administration to persuade a skeptical public to support the new health reform law, a poll released Tuesday shows that many voters do not like the changes and do not believe the law will ultimately help them with costs.

	Aug. 27, 2010 Katrina Five Years Later: New Orleans Is a State of Mind Spencer Michels writes how it's hard for him to separate his experiences in the aftermath of Katrina from a flood of other impressions since 2005.

	Aug. 26, 2010 Can New Orleans' Revamped Levee System Withstand Next Storm? The state of the levee system in New Orleans continues to be a major concern, especially during hurricane season. Jeffrey Brown gets two views on the city's revamped coastal protection system.

	Aug. 26, 2010 Will New Levees Protect New Orleans From the Next Hurricane? The Army Corps of Engineers has built new flood walls and levees around New Orleans. But some critics say that it might not be enough to protect the city from the next hurricane.

	Aug. 23, 2010 Inedible Eggs: How Future Foodborne Illness Could Be Avoided After a salmonella outbreak led to more than half a billion eggs being recalled, the head of the Food and Drug Administration said new measures must be taken to ensure food safety laws are enforced to prevent future problems. Jeffrey Brown speaks with food safety expert Caroline Smith DeWaal and journalist Elizabeth Weise.

	Aug. 23, 2010 More Aid Heading to Pakistan; FDA Chief Calls for Preventative Powers The United Nations said Monday that it has now raised about 70 percent of the $460 million it needs to provide emergency relief to people affected by the floods in Pakistan.

	Aug. 20, 2010 BP Set to Hand Over Control of $20B Gulf Coast Oil Claims Fund On Monday, residents and businesses affected by the Gulf Coast oil leak will begin submitting their damage claims to the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, the new independent group that will take over the administration of BP's $20 billion compensation fund.

	Aug. 17, 2010 China's War on Illegal Buildings In an effort to rid the country of unsafe, illegal and aging structures, the Chinese Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development plans to demolish more than half of the country's residential buildings in the next 20 years.

	Aug. 17, 2010 Tuesday: Bomber Kills 61 in Iraq; Aid Slow to Reach Pakistanis A suicide bomber killed 61 people Tuesday at an army recruitment center in central Baghdad. At least 125 others were injured. Many of the estimated 1,000 men at the center were reportedly so desperate for work they returned hours after being treated at hospitals for injuries in the attack.

	Aug. 11, 2010 Where the Stimulus Went and the Economic Headwind It Faces How much money does it take to restart a sputtering economy? That's the question the federal government has been trying to figure out for the last year and a half.

	Aug. 10, 2010 The Fed and a Sputtering Economy: What to Do Next? With fresh signs that a weak recovery is sputtering, the Fed's Open Market Committee meets Tuesday to consider whether to take more actions to boost the economy in a session that will be among the more closely watched in months.

	Aug. 5, 2010 News Wrap: Supermodel Campbell Testifies in Taylor War Crimes Trial In other news Thursday, Senate Democrats passed a $26 billion aid package for state and local governments, supermodel Naomi Campbell testified at the war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor, and several U.S. citizens were charged for supporting a terrorist group in Somalia.

	Aug. 4, 2010 Nuclear Arms Control Treaty Vote on Hold as Kerry Seeks Bipartisan Support The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which originally planned to take up the nuclear arms control -- or New START -- treaty on Wednesday, decided to postpone a vote until after Congress' August recess.

	Aug. 3, 2010 Intelligence Oversight: Is Congress the Problem? Margaret Warner speaks with former Sen. Slade Gorton and former CIA Director John McLaughlin about oversight of the nation's massive intelligence community.

	Aug. 3, 2010 Katrina 5 Years Later: Housing Concerns and 'Toxic Trailers' A resident of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward mows his lawn in front of a FEMA trailer in 2006.

	Aug. 2, 2010 New Estimate Puts Gulf Oil Leak at 205 Million Gallons After weeks of calculating and revising, the group of scientists appointed by the government to estimate the size of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak have released new figures that, if correct, will make the leak the world's largest accidental spill.

	Aug. 2, 2010 From China to Amsterdam, Meet Your New UNESCO World Heritage Sites The U.N.'s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has been meeting in Brazil to consider new cultural sites to add to its World Heritage List of places with "outstanding universal value." Five more sites were added on Sunday, bringing the total to 911. Here's a look at some of the newest additions.



	JULY July 29, 2010 Arizona Gov. Appeals Judge's Ruling on Immigration Law Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer made good on her promise to appeal a federal judge's decision to strike down parts of the immigration law she signed. Ray Suarez reports from Phoenix with the latest reactions.

	July 29, 2010 Did Stimulus Funding Help or Hurt U.S. Economy in the Long Run? A new study by economists Mark Zandi and Alan Blinder showed the U.S. government's nearly $800 billion economic stimulus and the Wall Street bailout likely steered the American economy away from another depression. Jeffrey Brown moderates a debate between Zandi and Stanford University economist John Taylor.

	July 29, 2010 Timeline: The Oil Spill at 100 Days As the Deepwater Horizon oil leak surpasses the 100-day mark, here is a timeline of some key events from the past few months with links to NewsHour coverage.

	July 28, 2010 Judge Strikes Down Key Parts of New Arizona Immigration Law 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.

	July 25, 2010 Despite Skeptics, Feinberg Enthusiastic to Put $20B Oil Disaster Fund to Work At 7 a.m. Saturday, Kenneth Feinberg stood in front of a standing-room only crowd at the municipal building in Bayou La Batre, Ala., and told people "I am your lawyer." He didn't get much of a reaction.

	July 22, 2010 Dispute Over Controversial Arizona Immigration Law Heads to Court The State of Arizona faced off against the U.S. Justice Department in court Thursday over the controversial immigration law set to go into effect next week. Ray Suarez discusses the legal dispute with two law professors, one a critic of the law, and another who helped write it.

	July 21, 2010 Part II: Greek Prime Minister Talks Debt Crisis, World Economy Paul Solman is reporting from Greece this week about the country's financial crisis. Watch the second half of his interview with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou about how Greece is handling the crisis.

	July 19, 2010 The Morning Line: Jobless Benefits Vote; Biden Toes Administration Line President Obama takes to the Rose Garden at 10:30 a.m. ET to continue his push for an extension of unemployment benefits for approximately 2 million long-term unemployed Americans.

	July 14, 2010 Diabetes Drug Avandia Draws Debate Over Risks, Medical Benefits Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the safety concerns surrounding the diabetes drug Avandia after U.S. health advisers recommended it stay on the market with increased warnings to consumers despite associated heart risks.

	July 14, 2010 Haiti Aims to Move Residents Out of Tent Camps, Back Into Habitable Homes With 1.5 million Haitians still living in tent camps, international organizations and the government are struggling to find legally available land for new settlements and ways to decongest the existing camps.

	July 14, 2010 Fed to Gulf Coast Banks: Help Those Hurt by the Spill The Federal Reserve urged Gulf Coast banks Wednesday to help customers get through what is sure to be a tough road ahead economically due to the ongoing oil disaster.

	July 13, 2010 New U.S. AIDS Strategy Aims to Reduce New Infections by 25% The Obama administration on Tuesday released a wide-ranging domestic AIDS policy plan that aims to reduce the annual number of new HIV infections by 25 percent by 2015 and calls for more targeted efforts to slow the spread of HIV among high-risk populations like blacks, Hispanics and gay men.

	July 12, 2010 BP Works to Install New Cap on Broken Oil Well The Obama administration is pushing for a revised offshore drilling moratorium as a new containment cap is installed on a leaking oil well in the Gulf.

	July 6, 2010 As Economy Jitters Persist, Geithner 'Confident We're Going to Continue to Grow' Concerns about the economic recovery lingered 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 U.S. economy, a tough housing market and preparations for a final vote on financial reform.

	July 5, 2010 San Francisco Ramps Up Care for City's Uninsured While the U.S. has struggled with an imperfect health care system, San Francisco has launched its own initiative to extend coverage to the more than 60,000 adult residents in the city without insurance. Spencer Michels reports.



	JUNE June 17, 2010 Former Factory Town in Iowa Eyes Green Future, Improved Livability As part of our Blueprint America series of reports on American infrastructure needs, special correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on the city of Dubuque, Iowa, and the steps they've taken toward a green future.

	June 17, 2010 Liveblogging the Tony Hayward Hearing The Rundown is covering Thursday's congressional subcommittee hearing on the oil leak, featuring testimony by BP CEO Tony Hayward.

	June 16, 2010 BP, Obama Agree on $20 Billion Fund for Oil Leak Claims 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.

	June 16, 2010 Is Gulf Disaster a Political Problem for Obama? Yes, But Not Everywhere Somewhere in the 50-plus days that raw crude has been spewing from a hole in the floor of the ocean, the Gulf oil spill became a political problem for the White House. But the problems for the president aren't the same everywhere.

	June 15, 2010 Scientists Again Raise Government Estimate of Oil Leak Rate Scientists on a government panel significantly increased their estimate Tuesday of how much oil is gushing out of BP's blown-out well each day.

	June 15, 2010 Q&A: Ask Roubini and Taleb Your Questions on Stimulus Spending, U.S. Debt Back in 2006, economist Nouriel Roubini and scholar Nassim Taleb shared some words of warning about the state of the financial and housing markets. They've agreed to take some of your questions about the European debt crisis, worries about a double-dip recession in the U.S., concerns of federal deficits and so on.

	June 15, 2010 Gulf Oil Leak: Watch 6 Live Video Feeds All of these video feeds, which are courtesy of BP, may not be live at all times.

	June 14, 2010 NOAA Launches 'One Stop Shop' for Oil Spill Data The federal government Monday released what it called "a one-stop shop for detailed near-real-time information about the response to the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill" in an effort to get updates out the range of groups affected by the ongoing disaster.

	June 11, 2010 BP Aims to Double Capture of Leaking Oil by Mid-July A day after a the federal government doubled its estimate of the amount of oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen outlined BP's plan to raise its capacity to capture and process more of that oil each day over the next month.

	June 10, 2010 More Tombs of the Unknown? Army Admits Misidentifications at Arlington At least 200 remains in Arlington National Cemetery have been misidentified or misplaced, according to a report released by the Army on Thursday that brings into question burial and maintenance procedures at what Army Secretary John McHugh calls "the most sacred place on this planet."

	June 9, 2010 Patchwork Nation: In Tuesday's Primaries, 3 Messages From 3 States If you are looking for a unified theme out of Tuesday's round of primaries, good luck. In states holding the biggest votes of the night there were decidedly different storylines and lessons.

	June 8, 2010 NOAA Confirms Presence of Subsea Oil Plumes in Gulf The federal government confirmed Tuesday that sub-sea clouds of dispersed oil have been found at least 40 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.

	June 8, 2010 Signs of Higher Flow Rate: BP Captures 14,800 Barrels of Oil BP reported Tuesday that it captured approximately 14,800 barrels of oil Monday from the broken well in the Gulf of Mexico, where crude has been flowing since the Deepwater Horizon rig sank on April 22.

	June 7, 2010 Positive Signs in the Housing Market? Tamp Down That Excitement Measuring the health of the U.S. economy continues to be a dodgy game. Witness last week's job numbers that were nowhere as good as many had hoped. But a more complicated measure of improvement may be the U.S. housing market.

	June 7, 2010 Coast Guard's Allen: Government Must Be 'Ruthless' in Oversight of BP 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 to pump up to 20,000 barrels (840,000 gallons) of oil a day to the surface.

	June 7, 2010 Monday: Obama to Receive Briefing on Spill Progess; Tornadoes Kill 7 in Ohio Despite increased estimates over the weekend for the amount of oil BP is siphoning from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen warned Sunday that the worst oil spill in U.S. history could continue into the fall.

	June 5, 2010 Coast Guard's Allen: 6,000 Barrels of Oil Captured on Friday Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen told reporters Saturday morning that a containment cap atop the leaking oil well funneled about 6,000 barrels (252,000 gallons) of oil over 24 hours on Friday to a tanker on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. Once again, we've updated our oil leak ticker to reflect that news.

	June 4, 2010 Doctors Group Launches Ad Campaign Against Medicare Cuts The American Medical Association on Thursday launched a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign aimed at stopping a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments to physicians.



	MAY May 31, 2010 World No Tobacco Day Focuses on Rising Number of Female Smokers Women in the developing world could be the next growth market for tobacco companies, the World Health Organization warns on World No Tobacco Day.

	May 27, 2010 Gov 2.0 Expo: Holovaty on Empowering Citizens With Neighborhood Data Everyblock.com founder Adrian Holovaty spoke with us at the Gov 2.0 Expo about how collecting and distributing streams of data about specific city blocks can empower citizens to make their neighborhoods better places to live and work.

	May 26, 2010 Jamaica's Civilian Death Toll Mounts in Hunt for Wanted Drug Kingpin Margaret Warner has an update on the violence gripping Jamaica's capital where more than 40 people have died, after security forces stormed the slums in search of a reputed drug lord.

	May 25, 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Leak: A Month in Photos More than one month after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, oil continues to spew into the ocean from a pipe more than 5,000 feet below the surface. Meanwhile, containment and cleanup efforts continue on the ocean's surface and on land.

	May 20, 2010 National Intelligence Director Releases Statement Confirming Resignation Dennis Blair, President Barack Obama's national intelligence director, confirmed media reports Thursday evening that he is resigning after 16 months on the job. Read the statement he released to his staff.

	May 20, 2010 In Detroit Schools, State Takeover Leads to Leadership Dispute Correspondent John Merrow reports on the progress of Detroit's public school system, following last year's tumultuous takeover by the state of Michigan, following allegations of corruption, a $316 million hole in its budget and tumbling enrollment.

	May 20, 2010 Mexican President's Visit Returns Immigration to the Spotlight Ray Suarez gets two different views on the immigration issue and the prospects for reform from Luis Fraga, director of the Diversity Research Institute at the University of Washington and Jan Ting, former assistant commissioner at the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

	May 20, 2010 Mexico's Calderon Decries Immigration Status Quo Before Congress Mexican President Felipe Calderon addressed a joint session of Congress during his visit to Washington, regarding the need for better immigration policies. Ray Suarez weighs the prospects for immigration reforms on the federal level.

	May 20, 2010 News Wrap: Director of National Intelligence Will Step Down In other news Thursday, there are reports that Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair may resign his office and the Senate moved to clear the way for the final passage of the financial regulatory reform bill.

	May 19, 2010 Paramedics in the Line of Fire in Mexico's Drug War In the heart of the Mexican drug war in Juarez, emergency medical technicians face unique challenges as they respond to the bloodshed. Global Post reporter Ioan Grillo reports from Mexico.

	May 14, 2010 Obama Rips Oil Industry Executives for 'Ridiculous Spectacle' on Capitol Hill 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.

	May 12, 2010 Astronauts Criticize NASA Moon Program Cuts Before Congress Astronaut Neil Armstrong and made a rare public appearance to testify before Congress about the future space exploration. Kwame Holman reports on the divisions about the future of space exploration and plans to scrap NASA's Constellation program.



	APRIL April 27, 2010 Senate Committee Examines Mine Safety After Deadly W.Va. Explosion The country's top mine safety expert is part of a panel that appeared Tuesday afternoon in a Senate hearing about the recent explosion that killed 29 West Virginia coal miners. For more on how mine disaster investigations are conducted, we spoke with Charleston Gazette reporter Ken Ward Jr., who covers the mining industry.

	April 20, 2010 Government Should Set Limits on Salt in Food, Report Says Americans consume unhealthy amounts of salt, and in order to help them cut back the government needs to begin regulating sodium levels in processed food, according to a new report by the National Academies of Science's Institute of Medicine.

	April 20, 2010 Congress Grills Regulators, Executives at Lehman Brothers Hearing Federal regulators and former executives from Lehman Brothers faced renewed criticism from lawmakers in the House on Tuesday during a hearing examining the policy implications of the investment bank's collapse in September 2008.

	April 19, 2010 O'Brien of 'This Week In Space' on Obama Space 'Revolution,' Privatization Miles O'Brien made his second visit to NewsHour Plus to talk about the impact of President Barack Obama's speech to NASA and where the space agency's future may lead.

	April 16, 2010 David Brooks on CIA Tapes, Goldman Sachs Charges and the Florida GOP Columnist David Brooks -- one half of our regular Shields and Brooks analysis team -- stopped by The Rundown Friday for a conversation about the latest headlines, including the Security and Exchange Commission filing fraud charges against financial firm Goldman Sachs.

	April 16, 2010 SEC Charges Goldman Sachs with Fraud Federal regulators charged Goldman Sachs with fraud Friday, accusing the Wall Street firm of failing to disclose conflicts of interest relating to mortgage investments it created and sold -- investments that were likely to fail.

	April 16, 2010 Who's in the Florida Tea Party? If you watched any television news Thursday, you likely saw swarms of Americans -- some holding signs, some dressed as 18th century revolutionaries and others in casual wear -- protesting government spending.

	April 15, 2010 Tax Day Protests Highlight Discord Over Government Spending Tea Party activists across the country used Thursday's income tax filing deadline as a platform to voice disputes over the growth of government, while the Obama administration stressed the importance of tax-funded programs. Jim Lehrer reports.

	April 15, 2010 Space Watchers Critique President Obama's Proposal for NASA's Future President Obama traveled to Florida's "Space Coast" Thursday to sell his plan for a new direction for NASA. The president's proposal would end the return-to-the-moon Constellation program begun under President Bush, a program many critics say is behind schedule and over budget.

	April 15, 2010 Full Video: Fla. Residents, Politicians Talk Taxes and Debt at Town Hall At a town hall meeting hosted by Judy Woodruff, West Central Florida residents asked federal, state and local government officials about the recession, partisanship, government spending and more.

	April 15, 2010 A Reader's Guide to Tax Day Procrastinators take heed: it's tax day in the U.S. Here's hoping that you don't have a line at the post office in your future.

	April 15, 2010 Thursday: Tax Day; Obama to Outline Space Plan; Benjamin Hooks Dies at 85 A synopsis of the top stories of the day.

	April 14, 2010 Investigators Probe Mine Disaster in West Virginia More than a week after an explosion killed 29 coal miners in West Virginia, officials continue to investigate the cause of the disaster and the emergency response. Gwen Ifill talks to reporter Ed O'Keefe of the Washington Post for the latest on the mine safety debate.

	April 14, 2010 Tracking Tax Dollar Spending in Florida In our continuing Spotlight City series about how people view the government, Judy Woodruff reports from Tampa on tracking Florida's federal tax dollars and the debate about how they are spent.

	April 14, 2010 Spotlight City: Tax Day Town Hall in Tampa All week in Tampa, we've been exploring what Americans think about their government, including reactions to the foreclosure crisis, health care reform, federal spending and more.

	April 13, 2010 2010 Census: Who's a Latino? Last week, Destination Casa Blanca took a look at the 2010 Census, got a quick update on compliance overall, and drilled in for a closer look at the racial and ethnic categories households around the country need to fill out.

	April 9, 2010 Tax Day Town Hall Meeting With Romer, Martinez: Ask Your Questions We want you to be part of a town hall meeting we're hosting in Tampa -- regardless of whether you happen to live in Florida or not.

	April 6, 2010 Economist Advocates Removing Risk Taking from the Banking Industry Economist Larry Kotlikoff explains why he believes that putting your money in small banks brings no guarantees of reform -- and why he is a proponent of "limited-purpose banking", an idea that would remove much of the risk from the banking industry and is spelled out in his new book, "Jimmy Stewart is Dead."

	April 2, 2010 Cash-Strapped States Labor to Fund Jobless Benefits With 20 million Americans collecting jobless benefits, unemployment insurance systems around the nation are rapidly drying up. Can cash-strapped states handle the demand?

	April 1, 2010 New Auto Emissions, Fuel Efficency Standards Set The federal government on Thursday rolled out the final plan for the nation's first vehicle emission and fuel efficiency standards.

	April 1, 2010 April 1 is National Census Day The U.S. Census Bureau wants households to mail in the 10-questions forms by today to compile a snapshot of U.S. residents -- citizens and non-citizens.



	MARCH March 31, 2010 Census Pushes Americans' Participation as Deadline Looms As the deadline for the 2010 census nears, Jim Lehrer talks to U.S. Census director Robert Groves about the challenges of counting the U.S. population and the trends the new data might show.

	March 31, 2010 Patchwork Nation: Ohio's Broadband Availability vs. Affordability The state of Internet connectivity in the U.S. has been a big story the past few weeks. Officials everywhere from the Federal Communications Commission to Google are looking to improve America's high-speed networks.

	March 29, 2010 Berwick Picked to Head Medicare, Medicaid Transition Obama administration officials have told news organizations that the president plans to nominate Harvard health policy and pediatrics professor Donald Berwick to guide Medicare and Medicaid through the major changes required under the new health care reform law.

	March 25, 2010 Foreclosures: Who's Being Helped, Who's Losing Out? The Obama administration is tweaking the current foreclosure policy to help people stay in their homes. Judy Woodruff reports on who may be helped.

	March 25, 2010 How Were Off-Balance-Sheet Transactions Allowed to Continue? Paul Solman answers your questions on business and economic news on "The Business Desk."

	March 24, 2010 What's the Difference Between Quantitative Easing and the Fed Buying Securities? Paul Solman answers your questions on business and economic news on "The Business Desk."

	March 24, 2010 Debate Over Value of Yuan Heats Up in Washington The long-running debate over the value of China's currency is heating up in Washington. Last week, senators from both parties introduced a bill that would compel the Obama administration to confront China over the undervalued yuan, which many economists believe China keeps artificially low to give them an export advantage.

	March 23, 2010 Pay Czar Caps Compensation at Five Bailed-Out Firms Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama administration's pay czar, announced Tuesday that he will cut 2010 salaries for top executives at five companies that received extraordinary bailout assistance from the government at the height of the financial crisis.

	March 23, 2010 President Obama Signs Health Reform Into Law President Obama on Tuesday signed health care reform into law, in front of a cheering crowd of lawmakers and Americans who will be affected by the bill. Watch excerpts of the ceremony.

	March 22, 2010 Health Reform: What to Expect, and When The health reform bill sets a timeline for phasing in reform that's several years long. Some provisions will take effect quickly, many will be phased in over the next four years and one major item won't kick in until 2018.

	March 22, 2010 A Reader's Guide to Health Reform A brief guide to some of the most interesting articles about reform that have been penned over the course of the 14-month-long debate, including stories about costs, limitations, and unintended consequences -- and how reform could affect you.

	March 21, 2010 House Passes Historic Health Care Reform Legislation The House of Representatives on Sunday passed a sweeping $940 billion health care bill in a historic vote that will dramatically change the U.S. health care system and expand health insurance coverage to 32 million more Americans over the next decade.

	March 21, 2010 Live-blogging the House Health Reform Debate Read updates and watch excerpts of the House floor debate on the health care reform and reconciliation bills.

	March 17, 2010 Bernanke to Defend Fed's Oversight Powers Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will defend the central bank's ability to oversee small and large banks alike in an appearance before the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday, according to prepared testimony.

	March 16, 2010 Fed Holds Key Interest Rate Near Zero The Federal Reserve repeated its pledge on Tuesday to hold its key interest rate near zero "for an extended period."

	March 15, 2010 Dodd Unveils Financial Regulation Bill Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., unveiled a bill Monday to overhaul the U.S. financial system, proposing new powers for the Federal Reserve to oversee the nation's largest financial firms; a consumer protection agency housed within the Fed; and a new systemic risk council headed by the Treasury Secretary.

	March 12, 2010 Boost in Retail Sales Hints at Economic Recovery Retail sales increased in February, despite major snowstorms in the eastern United States and consistently high unemployment. Judy Woodruff talks to an economist about whether recovery could soon follow.

	March 12, 2010 FDA Adds Black-Box Warning to Plavix The Food and Drug Administration has issued its strictest safety warning for the anti-clotting medication Plavix after determining the popular blood thinner may leave some patients at risk for heart attack or stroke.

	March 12, 2010 Reports: Yellen Chosen for No. 2 Post at Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke may soon have a new No. 2 at the Federal Reserve. President Obama is expected to nominate Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to serve as the central bank's vice chairwoman, according to reports out Friday.

	March 4, 2010 Drastic School Reforms Spark Debate on Fixing Education One Rhode Island school district took the drastic step of ousting teachers after they refused to implement mandated reforms to boost poor performance. Judy Woodruff takes a look at the reinvigorated clash between education reform plans and teachers unions.

	March 2, 2010 U.S. Postal Service May Nix Saturday Mail to Cut Costs U.S. Postal Service rate hikes and service cuts, including Saturday delivery, are in the works due, in part, to competition from online services and private carriers. Jeffrey Brown asks a Washington Post reporter and a Stanford University economics professor whether the cuts will help.

	March 2, 2010 Postal Service Moves to End Saturday Delivery Neither snow nor rain will stop the mail, but red ink might. Facing as much as $238 billion in losses over the next decade, the Postal Service announced Tuesday it will move to scale back its delivery schedule to five days a week starting in 2011.

	March 2, 2010 Was Social Security Doomed From Its Inception? Paul Solman answers your questions on business and economic news on "The Business Desk."



	FEBRUARY Feb. 26, 2010 With Calif. Government Floundering, One Reform Effort Grinds to a Halt With California hurting across the board, a host of thinkers, academics, business groups and journalists had some big ideas on how to fix the state government's myriad problems.

	Feb. 24, 2010 Bernanke Tells Lawmakers Rates to Stay Low Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers Wednesday that though the economy is in recovery, the central bank will keep interest rates at record-low levels to stave off a return to recession.

	Feb. 19, 2010 Shields and Brooks on Dwindling Civility in Congress Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the past week, including Sen. Evan Bayh's decision not to seek re-election and the role of the CPAC summit in selecting the GOP's national candidates.

	Feb. 19, 2010 Do We Need a Consumer Protection Agency? As the Senate continues to debate financial reform, the issue of whether to create an independent consumer protection agency has become a key point of contention. In a special roundtable, experts weigh in on whether a new agency should be created.

	Feb. 19, 2010 Friday's Headlines: Marines Target Taliban Snipers; States to Get More Aid The U.S. led offensive through a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan entered its seventh day Friday as elite teams of Marines were dropped by helicopter behind enemy lines to target snipers.

	Feb. 18, 2010 Fed Raises Rate It Charges Banks In its first step to unwind emergency measures put in place during the height of the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve announced late Thursday it was raising the rate it charges banks on emergency loans.

	Feb. 18, 2010 President Obama Creates National Commission on Debt Reduction President Obama Thursday morning signed an executive order to create a commission tasked with helping the nation reduce its debt.

	Feb. 17, 2010 The Stimulus at One: How Effective Has $787B Bill Been? On the first anniversary of President Obama's signing of the $787 stimulus bill, Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Michael Grabell of ProPublica about how much has been spent, how much is left and how hard it is to count the number of jobs created and saved by the bill.

	Feb. 17, 2010 Patchwork Nation: Looking at Winners, Losers in Federal Government Spending Is your member of Congress bringing home the bacon? A breakdown by Patchwork Nation community types looked at where the government distributes money across U.S. counties.

	Feb. 11, 2010 East Coast Slowly Digs Out From Record Snowfall As much of the East Coast continues to shovel out from this week's record-breaking snowfall, air travel and other businesses assessed the damage to their bottom lines. After a report from Ray Suarez, Jim Lehrer talks to an aviation reporter for more.

	Feb. 10, 2010 Officials Scramble as Snow Cripples Much of Northeast Government officials up and down much of the East Coast on Wednesday rushed to respond to a biting snowstorm that left thousands without power and strained already tight state and local budgets. Gwen Ifill speaks with state leaders and other officials about the response to the massive storm.

	Feb. 10, 2010 From Virginia to Connecticut, a New Blast of Winter Weather Government offices in Washington remained closed for a third straight day on Wednesday as the second major snowstorm in less than a week pounded the East Coast. Ray Suarez reports.

	Feb. 10, 2010 Bernanke Outlines Plan to Unwind Fed's Crisis Policies Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke outlined plans Wednesday to dismantle some of the central bank's policies put in place during the height of the financial crisis.

	Feb. 9, 2010 Michelle Obama: Team Effort Needed to Halt Childhood Obesity In an interview with Jim Lehrer, first lady Michelle Obama said it's critically important for the future of the country to bring childhood obesity under control and encourage more physical fitness.

	Feb. 9, 2010 First Lady Kicks Off Campaign Against Childhood Obesity Michelle Obama launched a new program Tuesday aimed at eliminating childhood obesity within one generation. The "Let's Move" initiative, which seeks to reshape childhood eating and exercise habits, marks her first major public policy effort as first lady.

	Feb. 9, 2010 Getting Government Data Out to the Public: Data.gov Getting data out of government agencies can be difficult. It can involve FOIA requests and weeks -- sometimes months -- of waiting for a response, along with fees starting at $25.

	Feb. 2, 2010 Budget Cuts Launch Debate on NASA's Future Rather than send a man back to the moon, President Obama's proposed budget calls for a far less expensive plan of encouraging private companies to build spacecrafts for NASA to rent. But veterans of the space agency's golden years fear the decision puts NASA on a path to mediocrity.

	Feb. 2, 2010 Tuesday's Headlines: Budget Hearings; 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Underway One day after the Obama administration released its $3.8 trillion budget plan, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the president's budget director, Peter Orszag, are set to explain it Tuesday before congressional committees.

	Feb. 1, 2010 Links to Help Break Down the Budget The budget President Obama released Monday would spend about $3.8 trillion in the 2011 fiscal year (which actually starts this October).

	Feb. 1, 2010 Obama: Changing Spending-as-Usual Depends on Changing Politics-as-Usual In remarks this morning about his newly unveiled budget for fiscal 2011, President Barack Obama defended his administration's fiscal record as preventing further economic disaster but declared that "budget common sense" should now guide Washington's spending.

	Feb. 1, 2010 Monday's Headlines: Obama to Submit $3.83 Trillion Budget President Barack Obama plans to send Congress a $3.83 trillion budget that calls for more money to fight high unemployment and cuts in spending for government programs to reduce a projected record deficit this year.



	JANUARY Jan. 28, 2010 State of the Union: Part Two Watch part two of President Barack Obama's 2010 State of the Union address.

	Jan. 28, 2010 Bernanke Approved for Second Term at Fed The Senate voted 70-30 Thursday afternoon to approve Ben Bernanke for a second four-year term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

	Jan. 28, 2010 NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman Answers Your Questions I recently had the chance to talk with new NEA chairman Rocco Landesman for an interview we aired earlier this month, and invited you to send us your questions and comments for him. We compiled them and put them to Mr. Landesman last week.

	Jan. 27, 2010 State of the Union - Part One Watch part one of President Barack Obama's 2010 State of the Union address.

	Jan. 27, 2010 Fed Votes to Hold Interest Rates Near Zero The Federal Reserve, as expected, announced Wednesday it will keep interest rates near zero "for an extended period" to help support an uneven economic recovery.

	Jan. 27, 2010 Geithner Faces Tough Questioning Over AIG Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended government actions to rescue the insurance giant as "in the best interests of the American people," but said he had no part in withholding information on the billions of dollars that went to big banks in the process.

	Jan. 26, 2010 Report: 'F' for Obama Administration's Biological Attack Readiness Margaret Warner speaks with former Senators Bob Graham and Jim Talent about a new report that grades the U.S. ability to respond to a terrorist attack utilizing weapons of mass destruction.

	Jan. 25, 2010 Bernanke's Confirmation Gaining Support Ben Bernanke's chances of winning a second term as Federal Reserve chairman are looking up Monday after a White House push over the weekend to reverse rising populist sentiment against his confirmation.

	Jan. 22, 2010 Bernanke's Road to a Second Term Faces New Obstacles Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued a statement late Friday, signaling his endorsement of Ben Bernanke for a second term as Fed chairman.

	Jan. 20, 2010 After Christmas Bomb Plot, New Airport Screening Techniques Examined Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified before Senators today that airport screening techniques are vital to protecting the U.S. from terrorist threats. Ray Suarez reports on some of the latest technology that you might see in U.S. airports.

	Jan. 19, 2010 Race for Education Funding Poses a Test for States Billions of dollars are about to come available in new federal education spending, pitting states against one another for a piece of the pie. John Merrow reports.

	Jan. 15, 2010 Rocco Landesman Will Answer Your Comments and Questions I recently had the chance to talk with new NEA chairman Rocco Landesman for an interview we aired earlier this month. With so much interest in the NEA -- both positive and critical -- and now in Landesman himself, I asked him to participate in an online viewer forum and he's agreed.

	Jan. 13, 2010 Congress Presses Bankers for Answers About Meltdown Bankers from the nation's top financial institutions faced tough questions Wednesday from Congress, which has been investigating what led to the financial collapse and what role banks played. Kwame Holman reports.

	Jan. 12, 2010 States Grapple with Tight Budgets, Growing Deficits As legislators return to work after the holidays, a troubling picture is emerging in almost every state in the nation. Budget woes and big deficits will mean tough decisions for lawmakers. Jeffrey Brown reports.

	Jan. 12, 2010 Obama Administration Eyes Tax Hikes for Bailout Banks Word trickled down that the federal government will impose tax hikes on major financial institutions. Judy Woodruff speaks with experts about what this could mean for the economy.

	Jan. 12, 2010 Across the U.S., a 'Volatile Situation' for States' Budgets We're examining the budget crisis in state capitals across the country, focusing on New York, Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Idaho and, of course, California.

	Jan. 12, 2010 Tuesday's Headlines: Federal Reserve Made Record Profit in 2009 What bad economy? The Federal Reserve posted record profits in 2009, positioning itself to return $46.1 billion to the U.S. Treasury, the central bank announced Tuesday.

	Jan. 8, 2010 California's Budget on the Brink, Again California's budget crisis has turned another page. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared another budget emergency and called a special legislative session Friday morning, announcing a spending plan that would cut pay for state workers, slash services and seek help from the federal government.

	Jan. 7, 2010 Obama Orders Intelligence Revamp; Says 'Buck Stops with Me' President Obama on Thursday outlined the intelligence missteps that failed to prevent an attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day, saying that while the incident was a systemic failure, "ultimately the buck stops with me."

	Jan. 5, 2010 Obama: U.S. 'Failed to Connect the Dots' in Bomb Plot President Obama said Tuesday the U.S. had sufficient information to disrupt the Christmas Day plot to blow up a U.S. airliner, but "failed to connect the dots." Ray Suarez interviews Chief of Staff for the National Security Council Denis McDonough about intelligence miscues.