Feb 12 Obama: Nation Stronger, GOP Should Back His Plans Vice President Joe Biden, left, House Speaker John Boehner, right, listen as President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech. Photo by Jim Bourg/Reuters WASHINGTON (AP) -- Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided… Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch Rep. Scott Rigell on Gun Debate, Areas of Agreement Rep. Scott Rigell on Gun Debate, Areas of Agreement… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch Shields and Brooks: Using SOTU to Set Agenda, Tackle 'New Budget Reality' Shields and Brooks: Using SOTU to Set Agenda, Tackle 'New Budget Reality'… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch Press Secretary Jay Carney Offers State of the Union Preview White House Press Secretary Jay Carney Offers State of the Union Preview… Continue watching
Feb 12 Fugitive Ex-Cop Christopher Dorner Surrounded by Authorities Update, 10:07 p.m. Feb 12 | The Associated Press is reporting that a charred body has been found in the rubble of a burned cabin in Southern California mountains, where Christopher Dorner was believed to be hiding. Update, 5:36 p.m. Continue reading
Feb 12 What Flew and What Flopped Among Obama's 2012 SOTU Proposals? President Barack Obama speaking during the 2012 State of the Union. Photo by the PBS NewsHour. President Obama put forth a set of liberal policy items focused on economic innovation and restoring the American economy in his 2012 State… Continue reading
Feb 12 Join Us for a State of the Union Google Hangout By Christina Bellantoni, News Desk Before President Obama makes his State of the Union address tonight, join PBS NewsHour for a Google Hangout hosted by politics editor Christina Bellantoni. She'll speak with a group of journalists on what they expect to hear in tonight's speech… Continue reading
Feb 12 Volunteer Translators Give Obama's State of the Union Global Reach Two years ago, PBS NewsHour partnered with the Participatory Culture Foundation to launch a captioning and translation team of volunteers to subtitle and translate President Barack Obama's 2011 State of the Union address. Powered through the translation… Continue reading
Feb 12 'Designated Survivor' Most Powerful Man (or Woman) for Three Hours President Obama and Vice President Biden posing with the full Cabinet in the Grand Foyer of the White House, July 26, 2012 (courtesy White House flickr) Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman had been in office for 18 months when… Continue reading
Feb 12 Behind Every President, There Is a Speechwriter EmbedVideo(5696, 482, 304); PBS NewsHour correspondent Hari Sreenivasan spoke to presidential speechwriters Don Baer and Michael Gerson. Cabinet Secretaries prowling the halls for clues, White House staffers crafting secret policy -- it sounds straight out of the TV… Continue reading