Feb 01 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight By News Desk On Friday's NewsHour: A terrorist attack kills two outside the U.S. embassy in Turkey's capital The growing divide between Israelis and Palestinians Hillary Clinton's legacy after four years as secretary of state Shields and Brooks And the big game on… Continue reading
Feb 01 Hagel Endures Rough Ride at Nomination Hearing Chuck Hagel speaks Thursday during his Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Welcome to the other side of the dais, Chuck Hagel. The former Republican senator from Nebraska faced a barrage of… Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch New York Times Computer System Target of Lengthy Chinese Hacking Attack New York Times Computer System Victim of Lengthy Chinese Hacking Attack… Continue watching
Jan 31 Your Favorite Super Bowl Commercials of All Time There have been countless memorable Super Bowl commercials over the past four decades. With Super Bowl XLVII just days away we asked our NewsHour audience what their favorite Super Bowl commercial of all time is. Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch Chuck Hagel Defends Record at Confirmation Hearing Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, nominee for secretary of defense, faced pointed questioning at his confirmation hearing. Fellow Republicans, including Sen. John McCain, interrogated Hagel on his past opposition to the surge of U.S. troops into Iraq. Judy Woodruff reports… Continue watching
Jan 31 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight By News Desk On Thursday's NewsHour: Tough questions for former Sen. Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of defense Syrian refugees flee to Jordan The debate in Israel over a nuclear-armed Iran Former Vice President Al… Continue reading
Jan 31 Live Blog: Hagel Confirmation Hearing as Secretary of Defense By Larisa Epatko Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., faced questions on possible looming spending cuts at the Pentagon and his support for U.S. ally Israel at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday to become secretary of defense. Continue reading
Jan 31 Judy's Notebook: My Mom Anna Lee Woodruff A week and a half ago, on Sunday, Jan. 20 at 8:10 p.m., in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Augusta, Ga., my 89-year-old mother passed away. My sister and I stood on either… Continue reading
Jan 30 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight By News Desk On Wednesday's NewsHour: Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords urges Congress to enact tougher gun laws The state of the economic recovery The Israeli airstrike inside Syria Newly elected Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin And, dissident Chen Guangcheng… Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch Iraq War Vet Receives Rare Double Arm Transplant Former solider and Iraq war veteran Sgt. Brendan Marrocco is the recent recepient of a double arm transplant, which took place at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Marrocco lost all of his limbs during a roadside bomb attack in the spring of… Continue watching