Jun 20 Pitch Your Questions to Mark Shields, David Brooks for 'Doubleheader Live' Watch the "Doubleheader Live" with Mark Shields and David Brooks beginning at 5:15 p.m. EDT… Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch Obama Calls for Dramatic Decrease in Nuclear Weapons Obama said the U.S. could reduce its nuclear weapons stockpile and asked Russia to also. Continue watching
Jun 19 Highlights from Gwen Ifill's Reddit 'Ask Me Anything' Gwen Ifill will host a reddit AMA starting 1 p.m. EDT Thursday. Gwen Ifill answered your questions on reddit during her first "Ask Me Anything" session Thursday afternoon. Ifill is a senior correspondent for "PBS NewsHour" and… Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch Abolitionist Frederick Douglass Honored With Statue in the Capitol At the U.S. Capitol's Emancipation Hall, lawmakers honored the legacy and spirit of Frederick Douglass -- freed slave, abolitionist and human rights advocate -- with a new statue in his likeness. Ray Suarez offers excerpts from the ceremony. Continue watching
Jun 18 At Guantanamo, Red Cross Defends Keeping Detainee Records Confidential By Larisa Epatko The pre-trial hearing on the five suspected 9/11 plotters continued Tuesday at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- without the accused present. The day focused on why the International Red Cross opposes requests to disclose its confidential condition… Continue reading
Jun 17 PBS NewsHour Expands With 'PBS NewsHour Weekend' Starting Sept. 7, the PBS NewsHour is expanding its family, adding a "NewsHour Weekend" newscast on Saturdays and Sundays. The 30-minute show will be anchored by veteran NewsHour correspondent and director of digital partnerships, Hari Sreenivasan. Continue reading
Jun 17 Live-Blog: Gitmo Hearing on Suspected 9/11 Mastermind, Co-conspirators By Larisa Epatko The alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States and four suspected co-conspirators appear in a Guantanamo court Monday for the first time since detainees went on a hunger strike earlier this year. Continue reading
Jun 16 Alleged 9/11 Plotters Have Another Day in Guantanamo Court By Larisa Epatko Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, identified in the 9/11 Commission Report as the "principal architect of the 9/11 attacks," is slated to appear in court with four suspected co-conspirators on Monday. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch Six Months After Newtown, Battle Over Gun Control Continues Twenty-six seconds of silence were observed in honor of the victims killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School at a memorial organized to mark six months since the massacre. Margaret Warner reports on how lawmakers and activists are engaged in the… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Painful Options Ahead: Detroit to Default on $2.5 Billion Debt Painful Options Ahead: Detroit Defaults on Billion-Dollar Debt… Continue watching