Jan 25 President Wants $80 Billion More for Afghanistan, Iraq By PBS News Hour President Bush plans to request $80 billion in supplemental funding from Congress primarily for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as Congress' top budget analyst projected a $368 billion deficit for 2005 even without the added costs. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch Catholic Dioceses Seek Bankruptcy Protection Following Sex Scandals Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting looks at the growing number of Catholic parishes seeking bankruptcy protection following the Church's sex abuse scandals. Continue watching
Jan 24 Top Zarqawi Aide Arrested in Iraq By Admin, PBS News Hour Iraqi security forces have arrested the top lieutenant to al-Qaida's leader in Iraq who is blamed for orchestrating some of the deadliest attacks on international missions, politicians and police, the prime minister's office said Monday. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch Zarqawi’s Pledge to Disrupt Iraq’s Election Two experts discuss the Jordanian militant and al-Qaida ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's pledge of an all out war on the January 30th Iraqi election. Continue watching
Jan 21 FCC Chairman Michael Powell Resigns By PBS News Hour Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell, who oversaw the passage of controversial media ownership rules among other matters, announced Friday he will leave his post in March after holding the job for four years. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch National Archives Exhibit Features Rarely Seen Photographs of U.S. Presidents An exhibition of rarely seen presidential photographs is on view at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Terence Smith speaks with historian Michael Beschloss about the stories behind the photographs and how U.S. presidents have used photography to project their… Continue watching
Jan 20 U.S. Launches Raids in Mosul; Iraqi Forces Seal Off Roads to Baghdad By PBS News Hour American troops launched new raids Thursday around the northern city of Mosul. Continue reading
Jan 19 Car Bombs Rock Baghdad Ahead of Elections By PBS News Hour A series of car bombings and shootings shook Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people as insurgents continued attacks ahead of national elections scheduled for Jan. 30. Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch Presidential Inaugurations Have Storied Past On the eve of President Bush's second inauguration, correspondent Terence Smith takes a historical look at presidential inaugurations. Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch Violence in Iraq Increases Ahead of Elections Iraqi insurgents killed at least 22 police officers and soldiers Monday in an effort to derail the Jan.30 elections. Two regional experts discuss the impact continued violence may have on the upcoming elections. Continue watching