Science Jun 15

Updated 7:47pm ET Details are still emerging about the scope of the new oil flow estimate, and it is not yet completely clear whether that estimate apples only to the flow rate after the riser was cut on June 3,…

Nation Jun 15

OIL EXECUTIVES BEFORE CONGRESS | Top officers at BP and other oil companies defended offshore drilling during hearings in the House on Tuesday, as criticism of the response to the disaster continues to mount. Ray Suarez has an update on…

Science Jun 07

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…

Nation May 31

ISRAEL SEA RAID IN GAZA | A pre-dawn Israeli raid on a flotilla of aid ships bound for Gaza coast has sparked international concern following the deaths of international activists who say they were trying to transport humanitarian supplies through…

Science May 29

Updated May 30, 9:15 am ET In a Saturday evening press conference, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles and Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said that the "top kill" effort to stem the Gulf oil spill had failed after…

Politics May 28

_pap_embed_custom('news01s4012qebd',482,304,""); On Friday's NewsHour, Gwen Ifill previews California's contentious gubernatorial race, which is shaping up to be the most expensive political campaign in the state's history. Mark DiCamillo is the director of the California Field Poll, a non-partisan organization that…

Nation May 28

GULF OIL SPILL UPDATE | President Obama traveled to the Gulf for a first-hand look at the damage from the blown out oil well, as efforts continue to plug the leak. Ray Suarez reports on the growing environmental concerns, Tom…

Nation May 26

GULF OIL SPILL UPDATE | BP crews launched a long-awaited operation to stop spewing oil at the source by pumping heavy drilling fluids into the massive leak. Jim Lehrer talks to Greg McCormack, director of the Petroleum Extension Service…

Politics May 14

_pap_embed_custom('news01s3f9dqe9c',482,304,""); 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. "I did not…

Nation May 10

ELENA KAGAN NOMINATED TO SUPREME COURT | President Obama nominated Solicitor General and former Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan to fill Justice John Paul Stevens' seat on the Supreme Court. Gwen Ifill gets four points of view from…