Nation

Follow PBS NewsHour’s complete coverage of U.S. news, reports and analysis.

Mediators continued to push for a truce between warring tribes in the eastern Afghanistan town of Gardez Monday. Last week, more than 60 people were killed in the worst internal fighting since the Taliban government collapsed two months ago.

Fox News Channel's Washington managing editor and chief Washington correspondent discusses his network's evolution and its recent rise in the ratings. The following are extended excerpts of his interview with Terence Smith.