Nation Jul 19 On Monday's NewsHour... DISAGREEMENT OVER NEXT STEPS IN GULF | After 4 days of BP's containment cap stopping oil from leaking into the Gulf, seepage was spotted two miles from the wellhead, prompting disagreements between the government and BP over the correct action…
Science Jul 18 BP Says It Plans to Keep Well Cap Closed; Gulf Leak Ticker Stays Paused A Transocean Ltd. Development Driller III rig works to drill a relief well to plug the damaged Macondo well; Derick E. Hingle/Bloomberg via Getty Images Updated 12:46 p.m. ET | BP said Sunday morning that tests on a 75-ton…
Nation Jul 16 On Friday's NewsHour... CAP CONTINUES TO HALT LEAK | With the new containment cap in place for the past 24 hours and no new signs of oil leaking into the Gulf, President Obama called the news hopeful but reaffirmed the need for a…
Politics Jul 15 Obama Praises Financial Reform, Calls Oil Stoppage a 'Positive Sign' President Obama spoke to reporters this afternoon, praising the Senate's passage of a financial reform bill and offering brief comments on BP's test of a cap over its broken wellhead, which has temporarily stopped the flow of oil.
Nation Jul 15 On Thursday's NewsHour... OIL FLOW CEASES AS BP TESTS CAP | The flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico has been halted for the time being, as BP performs pressure tests on the new containment cap placed over the leaking oil well.
Nation Jul 12 On Monday's NewsHour... OIL SPILL UPDATE| With hopes that a new containment cap installed on the broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico will put an end to the oil leak, the Obama administration is pushing forward with a revised moratorium on…
Arts Jul 07 Exclusive: Newly Published Mark Twain Essay, 'Concerning the Interview' Thanks to the Mark Twain Foundation and its trustees, the PBS NewsHour brings you for the first known time in print an essay by the American literary giant on a topic dear to our hearts -- the journalistic…
Economy Jul 06 Geithner: Scars of Financial Crisis Continue to Linger Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Jim Lehrer in a newsmaker interview Tuesday that scars of the financial crisis are continuing to drag on the economy but said steps taken by the administration helped stabilize business conditions and home prices. _pap_embed_custom('news01s413bqf06',482,304,"");…
Politics Jul 05 15 Key Cases of the Supreme Court Term On Monday's NewsHour, Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSblog and other legal experts will review the highlights of the just-completed Supreme Court term. Here on the Rundown, Goldstein and his legal team at SCOTUSblog agreed to break down the most important…
Economy Jul 01 Dudley: BP, Government Researching Options in Case Relief Wells Don't Work Updated 5:44 p.m. | In an exclusive live online interview with the NewsHour's Ray Suarez, BP's chief of Gulf Coast restoration Bob Dudley said the company and the U.S. government are exploring "at least two options to divert the flow"…