Sen. Tim Kaine: Let's Not Make Path to Citizenship Dependent on Border Security

Gwen Ifill will answer your questions on reddit during her first "Ask Me Anything" session beginning at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday. Is there anything you've always wanted to know about the PBS NewsHour and Washington Week journalist? Ask her anything!

The pre-trial hearing on the five suspected 9/11 plotters continued Tuesday at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- without the accused present. The day focused on why the International Red Cross opposes requests to disclose its confidential condition reports on Guantanamo detainees.

Functioning as a pilot program up until now, the federal database program E-Verify is set for some changes under a sweeping Senate immigration bill.

Among the more than 100 amendments to the proposed immigration legislation that lawmakers must review are proposals to bolster the electronic employment verification system known as E-Verify. Ray Suarez gets debate on that issue from Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies and Chris Calabrese of the ACLU.

Friday is the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, so we thought it would be the perfect time to sit down with our boys of summer. That's right, Mark Shields and David Brooks, NewsHour's one-two political punch. Pitch your questions to the fellows for the special "Doubleheader Live" edition Friday, June 21.

Two weeks remain until Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's deadline for his chamber to complete work on a comprehensive immigration reform bill. With the clock ticking and amendments piling up, Congress members forecasting the bill's prospects for final passage.

NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni guest-hosts the Doubleheader with Mark Shields and David Brooks to discuss recent moves by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as the annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game.

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze the week's top political news with Judy Woodruff, including the Obama administration's decision to provide aid to Syrian rebels, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and American attitudes towards domestic surveillance.