Aug 16 Watch Behind the indictment: Did Texas Gov. Rick Perry abuse the power of his office? By PBS News Hour One day after a grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry on two felony counts, charging that he abused the power of his office last year, questions remain about the governor's actions and what comes next. Tony Plohetski of the… Continue watching
Aug 16 Perry indictment exposes political divisions in Texas By Will Weissert, Associated Press A grand jury has indicted Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry on two felony counts of abuse of power for making good on a veto threat - a case the possible 2016 presidential hopeful is dismissing as nakedly political, but which… Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch Brooks and Marcus on police power in Ferguson, political change in Iraq By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week’s top news, including the response to the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, by politicians and President Obama, as well as the political… Continue watching
Aug 15 Texas Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power By Will Weissert, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been indicted for abuse of power after carrying out a threat to veto funding for state public corruption prosecutors. Continue reading
Aug 15 This isn't Obama's first foray into a racially charged situation By Associated Press President Barack Obama has called for peace and calm in Ferguson, Missouri, the St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black teenager was fatally shot over the weekend by a white police officer. Continue reading
Aug 15 Gwen's Take: The optics of a national crisis By Gwen Ifill In moments like this, optics matter. Remember the photograph of President George W. Bush gazing passively from a plane that flew over, but did not land, on the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast in 2005? That was damaging. Continue reading
Aug 14 Chuck Todd to replace David Gregory on 'Meet the Press' By Associated Press In tweets posted Thursday afternoon, Gregory said he is leaving the network as he arrived at it, "humbled and grateful."… Continue reading
Aug 14 Obama is not the first U.S. president to be frustrated with Israel By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: U.S. and Israel's frayed relationship between allies Reagan had his own misgivings Let's get together: Clinton and Obama meet up Dems' question -- Go 'wit' or 'witout' Philly? U.S.-Israel relationship at 'lowest point' of… Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch Snowden and supporters fear Americans will lose interest from 'NSA fatigue' By PBS News Hour NSA leaker Edward Snowden discloses in an extensive profile in Wired magazine that the U.S. government ran a top secret cyber-war program, which he claims could accidentally start a war. Gwen Ifill gets an update on Snowden and his latest… Continue watching
Aug 13 The tea party may have been defeated in primaries, but it drives the Republican agenda By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Border crisis is latest example of GOP watching its right flank 'Amnesty' becoming a 2014 issue Clinton-Obama to hug it out on Martha's Vineyard Obama calls Missouri shooting 'heartbreaking,' urges calm Races set in… Continue reading