Economy Sep 08 Geithner: Past Policy Choices, Politics Making It Harder to Fix U.S. Economy 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…
Politics Sep 06 Obama Details Infrastructure Plan, Slams GOP as 'Party of No' 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…
Science Sep 02 Another Gulf Oil Rig Explodes; 13 Workers Rescued 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…
Nation Sep 01 On Wednesday's NewsHour... 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…
Politics Aug 31 Obama's Iraq Speech: Watch Full Video President Obama delivered an address to the nation Tuesday night marking the end of combat operations in Iraq. _pap_embed_custom('news01s42d8qf54',482,304,""); Find analysis from Mark Shields, David Brooks, David Chalian and others on our special annotated version of the speech text.
Politics Aug 31 Shields and Brooks: Did Obama's Iraq Speech Lack Political Luster? 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…
World Aug 18 Pakistan Floods: How to Help 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…
Politics Aug 13 Obama Backs Effort to Build Mosque Near Ground Zero 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…
Politics Aug 04 California's Same-Sex Marriage Ban Overturned in Court Ruling 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.
World Aug 03 Katrina 5 Years Later: Remembering the Storm 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…