Aug 05 On Defense, Congressional Super Committee Has Its Work Cut Out for It Photo of soldiers in Afghanistan by Getty Images. In the theater that is Washington, the new version of an old debate about defense spending may seem like phony drama, but there are also real issues behind the arguments. First… Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch FAA Shutdown Coming to an End, but Funding Fight Still Looms Congressional leaders announced Thursday they had reached a bipartisan agreement to temporarily extend funding for the Federal Aviation Administration, which would end the nearly two-week partial shutdown but leave long-term funding in question. Jeffrey Brown discusses the deal with Public… Continue watching
Aug 04 Reid: Deal Made to End FAA Shutdown Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; Roll Call file photo Update 4:59 p.m. ET | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday afternoon that a bipartisan compromise has been reached to end the partial Federal Aviation Administration shutdown that put… Continue reading
Aug 04 Cutting the Debt - and Federal Jobs - as Unemployment Rises A look inside the Denver International Airport control center; photo by John Moore/Getty Images After months of squabbling and coming to the brink of national default, Democrats and Republicans finally came together in the end to produce a debt-ceiling… Continue reading
Aug 04 Obama Turns 50: What Were Other Presidents Doing at That Age? By Larisa Epatko President Obama celebrates his 50th birthday Thursday with the passage of the debt ceiling compromise earlier in the week likely not far from his mind. Continue reading
Aug 04 Panetta to Address Defense Cuts; Salmonella Sparks Turkey Recall By News Desk Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. File photo by Getty Images. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will hold his first press conference Thursday since he took on the head the job at the Pentagon after the retirement of Robert Gates… Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch From Netflix to Hulu, Streaming Video Businesses Gaining Ground What have you been watching on your computer lately? More and more Americans are checking out movies and television program online. Hari Sreenivasan discusses the recent push toward more streaming content with GershonMedia's Bernard Gershon. Continue watching
Aug 03 Presidents at Age 50 By Larisa Epatko As President Obama turned 50 on Aug. 4, we took a look at what some past presidents were doing at the same age: from George Washington, who was trying to quell a possible mutiny among war-weary soldiers, to George W. Continue reading
Aug 03 Mubarak's Trial -- Completing the Revolution, or Diverting It? By Margaret Warner It's been a breathtaking reversal of fortune in the timeless land of the Pharoahs. Six months ago this week, with hundreds of thousands of protestors demanding his ouster, a commanding Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak went on television to promise his… Continue reading
Aug 03 Airplane Turbulence: Is It Dangerous? By Jenny Marder Photo by WTL via Flickr. No frequent flyer is a stranger to turbulence. But what causes it, and how dangerous is it? Turbulence is the random, chaotic motion of air, caused by changes in air currents. From inside an… Continue reading