Feb 26 Obama Visits Virginia Shipyard to Put Sequester Squeeze on GOP By Terence Burlij President Obama will visit Newport News Shipbuilding, the largest manufacturing employer in Virginia, Tuesday. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images President Obama will visit a Virginia shipyard Tuesday to warn of the negative consequences from automatic spending cuts set to take… Continue reading
Feb 26 Guns, Outside Money Factor into Illinois' Special Primary Jesse Jackson Jr. pleaded guilty to fraud last week. The special primary to fill his congressional seat is scheduled for Feb. 26th. Photo by Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call, taken June 2012. Illinois' 2nd congressional district has seen a lot… Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch Does the White House Use Social Media to Circumvent the Press? Does the White House Use Social Media to Circumvent the Press?… Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch Sen. Leahy: Time for U.S. and Cuba to Discuss Relationship, 'Realities of Today' Sen. Leahy: Time for U.S. and Cuba to Discuss Relationship, 'Realities of Today'… Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch Despite Gloomy Urgings, No Signs of Give From Congress on Sequester Despite Gloomy Urgings, No Signs of Give From Congress on Sequester… Continue watching
Feb 25 Debt, Deficits, and the Defense Budget U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in 2009. Photo by Army Spc. Walter Reeves. By Jonathan Masters, Online Editor/Writer for the Council on Foreign Relations Introduction Most projections indicate that the United States is on an unsustainable fiscal path under the… Continue reading
Feb 25 Prospects for Deal to Avert Sequester Appear Grim By Christina Bellantoni President Obama spoke Tuesday from the White House with emergency responders in attendance. The president continues to pressure Congress to avert automatic budget cuts set to kick in Friday. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images A central question hangs… Continue reading
Feb 22 Shields and Brooks on Chinese Hacking, Oscar Picks By Hari Sreenivasan Our review of the sport of politics and the politics of sport is back for another week on the Doubleheader with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. For the serious section we talk… Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch Shields and Brooks on Chinese Hacking and Six Oscar Picks Shields and Brooks on Chinese Hacking and Six Oscar Picks… Continue watching
Feb 22 What Democrats and the NRA May Have in Common over Gun Policy Gun rights supporter Doug Hathaway holds a sign in support of a pro gun rally rally at the Colorado State Capitol. Photo By Andy Cross / The Denver Post via Getty Images. As we wrap up coverage for PBS's… Continue reading