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HEALTH REFORM SHOWDOWN | The president stepped up the pressure today for votes on health care reform in the next few weeks. We'll have excerpts of his speech, and then analysis from Ceci Connolly of The Washington Post and Congress…

SUPREME COURT CONSIDERS GUN BANS - The U.S. Supreme Court heard an important argument today over state and local gun regulations. The case involves a handgun ban in Chicago and tests a 2008 decision outlawing the gun law in…

On the PBS NewsHour this Monday night: CHILE LATEST | Full coverage of the latest developments in Chile, following the weekend's earthquake. The death toll has now risen above 700, and the world is offering aid to assist in…

As major military operations wrap up in Marjah, Afghanistan, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Ben Hodges of the Southern Region Command in Kandahar talked to Judy Woodruff on Friday's NewsHour about the military's shift in focus to the eastern part of…