Mar 26 Watch 4:50 House approves permanent fix for Medicare doctor payment By PBS News Hour For more than a decade, doctors who treat Medicare patients have been threatened with pay cuts due to a faulty formula of how doctors are reimbursed. But in a rare bipartisan agreement, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a deal… Continue watching
Mar 26 Is bureaucratic red tape hindering how special ops can do its job? By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press An Associated Press investigation reveals that government bureaucrats have blocked several requests by Army special operations troops for software they say they need. Continue reading
Mar 25 Afghan president: 'We are not going to be the lazy Uncle Joe' By Larisa Epatko One of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s most well-received lines in his speech before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday was his pledge to have Afghanistan stand on its own two feet. “We are not going to be the lazy… Continue reading
Mar 25 Cruz eyes insurance via Obamacare, a law he vows to scrap By Philip Elliott, Associated Press WASHINGTON — GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz could soon be buying his family's health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act he has vowed to dismantle. Continue reading
Mar 24 Sen. Marco Rubio gambles on leadership in global crisis for 2016 bid By Julie Pace, Associated Press Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is pinning his presidential hopes on the prospect that Republican voters will have the troubled world on their minds in the 2016 primaries — and that they'll see a 43-year-old freshman lawmaker who argues for an… Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch 6:32 How the First Amendment affects your specialty license plate By PBS News Hour Does the state of Texas have the right to issue specialty license plates featuring a Confederate flag? Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal fills in Gwen Ifill on the case being argued at the Supreme Court, as well as… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch 8:20 First out of the gate for 2016, where does Ted Cruz go now? By PBS News Hour Many Republicans say they are considering a run for president in 2016, but Sen. Ted Cruz is the first to make it official. Gwen Ifill talks to Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Susan Page of USA Today… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch In campaign kickoff, Ted Cruz vows to reignite 'promise of America' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 23 Jeb Bush widely used executive authority as Florida governor By Michael J. Mishak, Associated Press Jeb Bush ended Florida's affirmative action programs in 1999 with a flourish, issuing an executive order that he said would "transcend the tired debate" about racial preferences. Continue reading
Mar 23 Justices hear free speech dispute over Confederate flag license plate By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court is weighing a free-speech challenge to Texas' refusal to issue a license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag. Continue reading