Mar 03 Watch News Wrap: EPA offers new rules on cutting sulfur levels in gasoline By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 03 Marcia Coyle explains today's Supreme Court arguments on IQ and the death penalty By Marcia Coyle Twelve years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, held that the execution of mentally retarded persons violated the Constitution. On Monday, the justices returned to this area of the law to examine how one state determines who… Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch Texas primaries could pave way for high-profile gubernatorial battle By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 03 Obama administration moves ahead with cleaner gas rule By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The Obama administration is moving forward with a dramatic reduction in sulfur in gasoline and tighter emissions standards for cars, arguing the move will eventually save thousands of lives per year. Continue reading
Mar 03 Putin puts Obama's foreign policy to the test By Terence Burlij, Simone Pathe With Ukraine’s interim prime minister declaring the country to be “on the brink of disaster,” President Barack Obama finds himself entangled in a diplomatic standoff with Russian President Vladimir Putin with no clear path forward and Republican lawmakers at home… Continue reading
Mar 02 Documents reveal inner workings of Clinton's White House By Hari Sreenivasan The online world has been buzzing about thousands of pages of documents from the Clinton administration that were released by the Clinton Presidential Library on Friday. Much of the conversation has focused on insight the documents provide about then-first lady… Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch Shields and Brooks on Putin perceptions and a tax reform proposal By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 28 Wrath of the talking heads: How the 'Outrage Industry' affects politics By Ruth Tam In their new book, “The Outrage Industry: Public Opinion Media and the New Incivility,” Tufts University professors Sarah Sobieraj and Jeffrey M. Berry examine the rise of incendiary rhetoric and indignation in political commentary and how it's become our new… Continue reading
Feb 28 Gwen's Take: The first 47 years By Gwen Ifill My producer alerted me earlier this week that Washington Week is celebrating its 47th birthday. Forty-seven does not seem to be particularly noteworthy, so I looked it up. Halle Berry, John Cusack and Janet Jackson are 47. So are Adam… Continue reading
Feb 28 Clinton Library to release 5,000 pages of confidential records today By Ken Thomas, Associated Press The documents being made public Friday, part of a larger set of records being prepared for release by the National Archives, are expected to include confidential communications between the former president and his advisers along with records related to Clinton's… Continue reading