Feb 13 Watch Closing the Gap: Sen. Tim Scott on fighting poverty by offering 'cafeteria plan' of educational choices By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch Rubio: U.S. immigration should be based more on economics, less on family connection By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch News Wrap: Winter storm knocks out power, leaves South under a layer of ice By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch Closing the Gap: Sen. Marco Rubio on how more education, fewer broken families can change income inequality In the debate over how to cure income inequality, talk about poverty and opportunity are increasingly converging. In a series of conversations about the growing divide between rich and poor, Gwen Ifill talks to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., about the… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch Rubio: U.S. immigration should be based more on economics, less on family connection By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 12 Senate passes debt limit bill for Obama By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Must-pass legislation to allow the government to borrow money to pay its bills has cleared Congress for President Barack Obama's signature. The Senate approved the measure by a near party-line 55-43 vote. All of the "aye" votes came from Obama's… Continue reading
Feb 12 Obama to sign minimum wage increase for federal contractors Wednesday By Associated Press President Barack Obama is raising the minimum wage for federal contractors from $7.25 to $10.10. Obama will sign the executive order Wednesday in the East Room of the White House. He first announced the measure during his State of the… Continue reading
Feb 12 Boehner throws in the towel on debt ceiling fight By Terence Burlij, Simone Pathe House Speaker John Boehner listened to his inner Kenny Rogers Tuesday, abandoning his search for a debt ceiling compromise that could win favor with his members and forcing Democrats to come up with most of the votes needed to pass… Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch Obama administration faces conundrum in weighing drone attack against U.S. terror suspect By PBS News Hour The Obama administration confirmed that it is considering targeting a U.S. citizen in Pakistan, believed to be involved in plotting terrorist attacks against Americans, with a drone strike. Mark Mazzetti of The New York Times joins Judy Woodruff to offer… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch News Wrap: House votes to raise debt ceiling without conditions By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, House Republicans gave up the hope of adding a provision on military pensions to legislation that would raise the debt ceiling. Also, in her first public comments as the chair of the Federal Reserve, Janet… Continue watching