Aug 06 On Friday’s NewsHour… JOB NUMBERS: UNEMPLOYMENT STILL GRIM | The latest job numbers show the economy is struggling to get back on track. In July, the government cut 131 thousand temporary Census jobs and only about 71 thousand jobs were gained by the… Continue reading
Aug 06 Retiring ‘Mission Accomplished’ and the Long Hot Summer Perhaps Oprah brought the president a cake when she joined his tight circle of Chicago friends for a birthday dinner this week. That's more of a celebration than he has been able to have for any of his other landmark… Continue reading
Aug 05 On Thursday’s NewsHour… THE FUTURE OF THE COURT WITH KAGAN | The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court Wednesday. Kagan will be the third female judge on the Supreme Court joining justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor. Ray Suarez looks… Continue reading
Aug 05 Missouri’s Primary Results: the Effects of the Tea Party and Pizza Coupons By Dante Chinni As this blog has noted in many posts, despite the media coverage of the political movement known as the tea party, it is difficult to tell what its impact is or will be in the… Continue reading
Aug 04 On Wednesday’s NewsHour… UPDATE ON OIL CONTAINMENT | BP reports the static kill is a success so far. Gulf Coast residents question a new government report that states around three-quarters of the spilled oil is already gone. Judy Woodruff gets an update on… Continue reading
Aug 04 Nuclear Arms Control Treaty Vote on Hold as Kerry Seeks Bipartisan Support The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which originally planned to take up the nuclear arms control -- or New START -- treaty on Wednesday, decided to postpone a vote until after Congress' August recess. In April, President Barack Obama and Russian… Continue reading
Aug 03 On Tuesday’s NewsHour… BP BEGINS 'STATIC KILL'| BP engineers began a 'static kill' to shut down the source of the leaking oil once and for all in the Gulf of Mexico. Judy Woodruff talks to Joel Achenbach of the Washington Post for… Continue reading
Aug 02 Arizona Dispatch: SB 1070 Through a Photojournalist’s Lens PHOENIX | When Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB 1070, was signed into law in April, it was just a normal day for Arizona Republic photographer Nick Oza. He was out shooting other events for the newspaper when he got the… Continue reading
Aug 02 On Monday’s NewsHour… OBAMA: IRAQ WAR ENDING ON SCHEDULE | President Obama spoke to a disabled veterans convention in Atlanta, touting progress in Iraq and affirming that the combat effort in the country is winding down. For more on the drawdown of U.S. Continue reading
Aug 02 The Morning Line: President Obama’s Iraq Drawdown Victory Lap With all the focus on a troubled American military effort in Afghanistan, a battered and stubborn economy at home, and Republican enthusiasm on the rise, it seems like a long time ago that American politics of 2006 and 2007 were… Continue reading