Nation Jan 21 Housing discrimination case could have broad implications A case between a Texas state housing agency and an advocacy organization asks the Supreme Court to decide whether unintentional discrimination over federal tax credits violates the Fair Housing Act. The results could have repercussions beyond both the state of…
World Jan 21 Facing resistance from Capitol Hill, U.S. opens Cuba talks The United States and Cuba have commenced talks aimed at normalizing long-strained relations, but support for this turning point is not universal. Gwen Ifill talks to Indira Lakshmanan of Bloomberg News from Havana about opposition from Capitol Hill and the…
Politics Jan 21 News Wrap: Congress challenges White House on Iran In our news wrap Wednesday, senators pushed a bipartisan bill to impose sanctions on Iran unless the country curbs its nuclear program by a July deadline. President Obama has said he would veto such a bill. Meanwhile, House Speaker John…
Nation Jan 21 Obama takes State of the Union agenda on the road A day after giving the State of the Union address, President Obama began a road trip to sell the economic program and other goals he laid out in his speech. While congressional Democrats said they were invigorated by the president’s…
Politics Jan 20 Was Obama's 2015 address a legacy speech? Presidential historian Michael Beschloss and Beverly Gage of Yale University help compare President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union speech to addresses of past presidents who have entered their last years of power, or who faced partisan gridlock.
Politics Jan 20 Shields and Brooks on Obama's 2015 State of the Union Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff to analyze President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, including his agenda of middle class-friendly economic policies. Then political director Domenico Montanaro…