Mar 01 Watch President Bush Remains Committed to Faith At a Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., President Bush reaffirmed his commitment to faith-based programs to more than 250 religious leaders. A report on the president's initiative to grant federal funding to faith-based organizations. Continue watching
Feb 28 Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 115 in Iraq By PBS News Hour A suicide car bomb ripped through a crowd of police and national guard recruits outside a medical clinic south of Baghdad Monday, killing at least 115 people and injuring more than 130 in the single deadliest attack in the two-year… Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch Suicide Bomber Kills Over 120 Security Officers and Recruits in Hillah, Iraq In Hillah, Iraq, a suicide bomber killed over 120 security officers and recruits in one of the region's deadliest attacks since the war began two years ago. A discussion with a Washington Post journalist in Baghdad about today's suicide bombing… Continue watching
Feb 25 Anglican Leaders Ask U.S., Canada to Leave Council Over Homosexuality Issue By PBS News Hour Leaders of the global Anglican communion have asked the U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada to temporarily withdraw from a key council -- a move designed to avoid a schism over differences on homosexuality and same-sex unions. Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch Violence Continues in Iraq as Roadside Bomb Kills Three U.S. Soldiers Iraqi security forces said Friday they captured an aide to al-Qaida frontman in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Meanwhile, three U.S. soldiers were killed and eight others wounded when a roadside bomb blew up north of Baghdad. Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch Soldiers Challenge Military’s Stop More than a dozen U.S. soldiers have challenged in court the Army's stop-loss policy, which involuntarily extends a service member's military obligation if the president believes it is crucial national security. Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch Recent Court Decisions on Reporters’ Privilege and News on Former Talon Reporter Terence Smith discusses recent media controversies, including two contrasting court decisions on a reporters' privilege to protect confidential sources, and the latest on James Guckert/Jeff Gannon, the former White House reporter for Talon News and GOPUSA. Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch Ibrahim al-Jaafari Nominated for Prime Minister by Shiite Muslims Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iraq's interim vice president, is poised to become the country's next prime minister after his nomination by the Shiite Muslim coalition that represents the largest voting bloc in Iraq's newly elected national assembly. Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch NewsHour Remembers Hunter S. Thompson, Sandra Dee and John Raitt The NewsHour remembers journalist and author Hunter Thompson, actress Sandra Dee and singer John Raitt. Continue watching
Feb 18 Boston Herald Ordered to Pay $2.1 Million in Libel Case By PBS News Hour The Boston Herald was ordered Friday to pay $2.1 million for libeling a Superior Court judge in articles that portrayed him as lenient toward defendants and quoted him making insensitive comments about a 14-year-old rape victim. Continue reading