Nov 12 Watch News Wrap: Wall Street Ends Week Down on China Interest Rate Concerns In other news Friday, Wall Street fell for the week on worries that China may raise interest rates to curb inflation, which could slow Chinese growth and hurt the global economic recovery. Continue watching
Nov 12 On Friday’s NewsHour… G20 ENDS WITHOUT SPECIFIC GOALS | The summit of the world's 20 leading economies in South Korea ended with general statements on key issues, but specific actions on currency and trade disputes were left for another day. Jeffrey Brown speaks… Continue reading
Nov 12 Supreme Court Refuses to Block ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ By News Desk The Supreme Court refused to block enforcement of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on openly gay servicemembers Friday, the latest in a series of court battles over the policy. The legal challenge came from the Log… Continue reading
Nov 12 Pelosi Will Take Wait-and-See Approach to Debt Commission’s Proposals Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. File photo; Getty Images. What a difference a day makes. On Wednesday, outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the draft proposal released by the co-chairs of the president's National Commission on… Continue reading
Nov 12 G20 Leaves Work to Be Done; Iraq’s Government Agreement Faces Obstacles Representatives of the world's largest economies who gathered in Seoul faced a series of tough issues, many of which could not be resolved in the span of the two-day summit. Most pressing are trade and currency imbalances and the… Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch Ongoing Scrutiny Over Missteps at Arlington Cemetery On Veterans Day, Ray Suarez reports on the ongoing investigation into the mishandling of remains at the nation's most well-known cemetery. Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Iraq’s New Government: How Will It Tackle Old Challenges? Margaret Warner talks to Meghan O'Sullivan of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Feisal Istrabadi of Indiana University about the new Iraqi government and its long to-do list. Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Iraqis Strike Deal on New Government Coalition After an eight-month stalemate, Iraqi leaders have reached an agreement that keeps Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power but distributes other key posts. Despite ongoing tensions between Maliki and his primary rival, Iyad Allawi, many hope this will stave off… Continue watching
Nov 11 On Thursday’s NewsHour … Iraq’s New Government, U.S.-China Currency Disputes, Delaware’s Chris Coons IRAQ'S NEW GOVERNMENT| Iraq voted on a new government after an eight-month deadlock. The coalition will be a power-sharing arrangement among Kurds, Sunnis and Shi'ites. But the three-way coalition will face an array of old challenges. Margaret Warner talks to… Continue reading
Nov 11 Will the Real Author (Bill Wyman) Please Stand Up? By Molly Finnegan A (creative nonfiction) review of Keith Richard's new book, supposedly written by Mick Jagger, is mistaken for the real thing… Continue reading