Mar 26 U.S., Russia to Cut Nuclear Arsenal by a Third By Larisa Epatko President Barack Obama announced Friday that after a year of "intense negotiations" with Russia, he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have agreed to reduce nuclear weapon stockpiles by a third. Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch Vatican Deflects Charges of Covering for Child Abusers Judy Woodruff talks to David Gibson, religion writer for Politics Daily, as charges of misconduct mount in Catholic dioceses around the world. Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch Abuse Allegations Intensify in Catholic Church Allegations that Pope Benedict and other church leaders covered up sexual abuse cases, including those at a school for the deaf in Wisconsin, continue to rock the Catholic Church. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch U.S., Russia Negotiate Sweeping Nuclear Arms Treaty The United States and Russia have agreed to the most comprehensive arms treaty in twenty years, after the previous treaty expired in December. Judy Woodruff reports on the plans to slash nuclear arsenals. Continue watching
Mar 25 NewsHour Plus Wired Check 4G, ‘Flutter Tests’ and March Madness By Hari Sreenivasan Welcome to another episode of “NewsHour Plus” where we see what is bubbling up in the world of technology and science. We recently talked to Mark McClusky, a senior editor at Wired in San Francisco. He tells… Continue reading
Mar 25 On Thursday’s NewsHour… HEALTH REFORM | The Senate passed a package of fixes to the new health care law today before sending it back to the House for a final vote. Ray Suarez reports on the end game and the continuing aftermath. NEWSMAKER:… Continue reading
Mar 25 Military to Make It More Difficult to Expel Gays From Its Ranks By Quinn Bowman In a major policy shift, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced at a news conference Thursday that the military will make it more difficult for gay service members to be expelled as part of a broader review of… Continue reading
Mar 25 Public Media to Boost Local Journalism Under New Initiative There's been a lot written in recent months about how locally-based journalism is suffering. The problems are well known: Newspapers are closing, viewership habits are changing and media outlets are facing tough times. With the… Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch Newswrap: Pentagon Eases Rules for Gays in the Military In other news Thursday, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced a relaxation of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gays serving in the military and a new taped message reportedly of Osama bin Laden surfaced on Al-Jazeera. Continue watching
Mar 24 On Wednesday’s NewsHour… SENATE DEBATES RECONCILIATION BILL | The Senate debated changes to the new health care reform law today. Ray Suarez reports on the effort by Senate Democrats to finish work on a package of changes to the new law and Republican… Continue reading