Apr 12 What will drive Hillary Clinton's second bid for president? By Julie Pace, Associated Press The Hillary Clinton campaign is expected to focus on strengthening economic security for the middle class and expanding opportunities for working families. Continue reading
Apr 12 Can Obama sell both Iran and Cuba plans to Congress? By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press After triumphs abroad, President Barack Obama is finding stern challenges at home to his foreign policy breakthroughs, facing hard sells to skeptics over U.S. shifts, first on Iran and now Cuba. Continue reading
Apr 12 Rubio weighs how to position himself in 2016 Republican race By Julie Pace, Associated Press If Marco Rubio launches his presidential campaign as expected Monday, the first-term Republican senator from Florida may have to answer this simple question. Why now?… Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch 25:15 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 11, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, April 11, 2015, the United States and Cuba take another step toward normalizing relations, the Obamas release their tax returns; find out what they paid and what they give, and in our signature segment, the… Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch 3:28 Staying power? How durable are improved relations with Cuba? By PBS News Hour President Obama's and Cuban President Raul Castro's meeting Saturday is being heralded as a new era of diplomatic relations between the two countries. But many obstacles still remain until the two can reach normalized ties. Carla Robbins, an Adjunct Senior… Continue watching
Apr 11 Clinton campaign to center on economic security, opportunity By Julie Pace, Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign will center on boosting economic security for the middle class and expanding opportunities for working families, while casting the former senator and secretary of state as a "tenacious fighter" able to get results, two senior… Continue reading
Apr 11 Obama, Castro vow to pursue new future for US and Cuba By Josh Lederman, Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press Cuban President Raul Castro, in a speech to the Summit of the Americas, ran through an exhaustive history of perceived Cuban grievances against the U.S. dating back more than a century. Continue reading
Apr 11 Break over, Congress faces fights over Medicare, Iran By Associated Press Racing the calendar, Senate leaders are pushing toward congressional approval of a bipartisan compromise that reshapes how Medicare pays physicians as lawmakers return from a spring break tangled up in domestic and foreign policy disputes. Continue reading
Apr 11 Tax day poses unique challenges for same-sex married couples By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Tax Day is an accounting nightmare for thousands of gay and lesbian couples as they wrestle with the uneven legal status of same-sex marriage in the United States. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch 12:38 Brooks and Marcus on recording the police, Clinton's campaign launch By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including whether cops should wear body cameras in the wake of the video of a police shooting in South Carolina,… Continue watching