Politics Apr 15 Explosions Rock Finish Line at Boston Marathon // Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and others, including an FBI Special Agent-in-Charge, gave a press conference Monday evening updating the situation on the explosions at the Boston Marathon that killed three and injured more than 100. The FBI was now…
Nation Apr 10 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight On Wednesday's NewsHour: President Obama's 2014 budget proposal, which calls for changes to Social Security and Medicare, as well as tax hikes for the wealthy Then, with a Senate comproise on background checks breathing new life to a comprehensive…
World Apr 08 Margaret Thatcher, 'Iron Lady' of British Politics, Dies Margaret Thatcher speaks at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool, England, in October 1981. Photo by Bob Thomas/Getty Images. Margaret Thatcher, the only three-term prime minister of Britain in the 20th century and the first woman to lead a…
World Apr 05 Timeline: North Korea Ratchets Up Pressure North Korea is raising the temperature in the region by conducting nuclear tests and moving missiles.
Poetry Apr 02 Poet Gerald Stern Looks Back on a Career Spent Reading and Writing Jeffrey Brown talks with Gerald Stern, one of America's most acclaimed poets. At 87, Stern received the Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress for his collection, "Early Collected Poems: 1965-1992." Stern reflects on his working class…
Nation Mar 20 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight On Wednesday's NewsHour: President Obama kicked off a four-day trip to the Middle East, reaffirming U.S. support for Israel Were chemical weapons used in the Syrian war? An update on gun-control legislation An E.R. doctor's stories of…
Nation Mar 18 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight On Monday's NewsHour: Supreme Court justices consider an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration Then, the banking crisis in Cyprus as European Union leaders call for a tax on saving accounts Israel's new governing coalition…
Nation Mar 04 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight On Monday's NewsHour: The first baby cured of HIV President Obama fills out his energy and environment team Some doctors opting out of Medicare And, more warning words to Iran from Vice President Joe Biden While the…
Nation Mar 01 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight On Friday's NewsHour: The deadline to reach an alternative to mandatory budget cuts has come without a deal -- we'll look at the immediate impacts and those to come Unrest still seethes in Egypt, putting the economy…
Nation Feb 27 Remembering Master Pianist, Maestro Van Cliburn // This video first aired on PBS NewsHour April 11, 2008. Read the full transcript. Van Cliburn, the classical pianist who was vaulted on the world stage when, at the age of 23, he won the first International Tchaikovsky…