Apr 21 Senate Passes $81 Billion in Extra Funding for Afghanistan, Iraq By PBS News Hour The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved $81 billion in additional emergency funding for security and rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch Amtrak Asks Congress to Aid Money Woes Amtrak, already facing steep money woes after suspending its high-speed Acela service for months due to brake problems, asked Congress Thursday for a 50 percent increase in subsidies to keep its trains running. Continue watching
Apr 20 Scores of Bodies Found in Tigris River; 19 Executed in Separate Killing By PBS News Hour Iraqi authorities pulled the bodies of more than 50 people believed to be Shiite hostages seized in the Madain region south of Baghdad from the Tigris River Wednesday. Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch Operation Homecoming The National Endowment for the Arts and the Defense Department joined forces on a project in which soldiers and Marines publish their wartime stories. Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch More Than 50 Iraqis Found Dead in Tigris River Iraqi authorities pulled the bodies of more than 50 people believed to be Shiite hostages seized in the Madain region south of Baghdad from the Tigris River Wednesday. A New York Times correspondent gives an update about the latest violence… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch Pope Benedict XVI Pledges Unity Among Christians and Other Faiths Pope Benedict XVI pledged Wednesday to work toward unity among Christians and dialogue with other faiths. A discussion on the challenges facing the new pope. Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch Pope Faces Challenges in Asia, Latin America Two experts on Catholicism and religion in Asia and Latin America discuss the challenges Pope Benedict XVI faces within the American Catholic Church and in the developing world. Continue watching
Apr 19 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Named Next Pope By PBS News Hour On the second day of voting, cardinals in the Roman Catholic church elected 78-year-old Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany the 265th pope. He took the name Pope Benedict XVI and called himself a "simple, humble worker."… Continue reading
Apr 19 Nation Marks 10th Anniversary of Oklahoma City Bombing By PBS News Hour More than 1,000 people, joined by Vice President Dick Cheney and former President Clinton, gathered in Oklahoma City Tuesday to remember the victims of the federal building bombing that occurred 10 years ago. Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch The Selection of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger As the New Pope A reporter from a Catholic weekly magazine talks about the selection of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who took the name Pope Benedict XVI. Continue watching