Mar 12 Ground Zero Workers Weigh $657 Million Settlement Offer By Ray Suarez Thousands of workers who labored at the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan just after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks may be eligible to split up to $657.5 million in settlement money for damage to their health from… Continue reading
Mar 12 FDA Adds Black-Box Warning to Plavix The Food and Drug Administration has issued its strictest safety warning for the anti-clotting medication Plavix after determining the popular blood thinner may leave some patients at risk for heart attack or stroke. The FDA ruled Plavix labels… Continue reading
Mar 12 Prof. Offers Left a Guide to 'Answer Back' Professor David Coates thinks today's liberals need a guidebook on how to fight conservative arguments. So he wrote one for them. Coates, a professor of political science at Wake Forest University, released "Answering Back: Liberal Responses to Conservative Arguments," which… Continue reading
Mar 12 Obama to Delay International Trip for Final Health Reform Push President Obama will delay his trip to Indonesia, Australia and Guam by three days in order to focus on health care reform, according to a tweet Thursday morning from White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. "The… Continue reading
Mar 11 Dodd to Unveil Financial Reform Without GOP Support UPDATE 2:45PM: At a news conference Thursday afternoon, Sen. Chris Dodd denied that the political ramifications of reconciliation being used in the health care debate motivated him to push a financial reform bill forward without GOP support. Continue reading
Mar 11 Thursday: House Finalizing Health Care Deal; Early Election Results From Iraq House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is meeting with fellow Democrats Thursday morning to outline key elements of a final health care reform package. Democrats are still awaiting a final cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, but following a closed-door… Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch Democrats Inch Health Care Reform Negotiations Forward House and Senate Democrats moved a step closer to final agreement on health care legislation with hours of closed-door negations Thursday. Jim Lehrer talks to NPR reporter Julie Rovner about the price tag and the hurdles facing the bill. Continue watching
Mar 10 President Obama Calls for New Program to Fight Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Updated 7:09 p.m. President Obama continued to make his case for health care reform to the public Wednesday, at a speech in suburban St. Louis. The president emphasized a new plan to combat Medicare and Medicaid fraud, an… Continue reading
Mar 10 Wednesday: Obama Pitches Health Care; Settlement 'Undermines' Peace Talks President Barack Obama takes his push for health care reform back on the road Wednesday, as he looks to rally lawmakers to act on legislation before he leaves for an overseas trip March 18. The president's address at a… Continue reading
Mar 10 Haiti's Government: What Should Its Next Moves Be? By Talea Miller As Haitian President Rene Preval met with President Barack Obama Wednesday to discuss the aftermath of January's devastating earthquake, the PBS NewsHour asked three experts how Haiti's government should proceed with the massive task of recovery. Continue reading