Dec 19 Robert Bork, Supreme Court Nominee, Dies at 85 By Cassie Chew Judge Robert Bork testifies at his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 1987. Photo by CNP/Getty Images On Sept. 18, 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Robert Bork, testifies on the fourth day of his Supreme Court… Continue reading
Dec 19 Obama Taps Biden to Oversee Effort on Addressing Gun Laws, Violence A woman lights candles Tuesday at a memorial to the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters. President Obama is not allowing the national sense of urgency on addressing gun violence slip… Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch Report Finds State Dept. at Fault for 'Systemic Failures' of Benghazi Security An outside accountability review board has released its report on the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Jeffrey Brown examines the report, which blames the State Department for "systemic failures" in security that led… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch News Wrap: Obama Urges GOP to 'Peel Off Partisan War Paint' for Fiscal Fix In other news Wednesday, President Obama said in a press conference that he and John Boehner are close to a budget deal. Mr. Obama said he had offered a compromise to Republicans of raising the tax rate increase threshold to… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch Remembering Sen. Daniel Inouye, 88, Hawaii Statesman Since State's Birth Remembering Sen. Daniel Inouye, 88, Hawaii Statesman Since State's Birth… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch Gun Rights Supporter Sen. Mark Warner Says Tighter Firearms Laws Needed Gun Rights Supporter Sen. Mark Warner Says Tighter Firearms Laws Needed… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch Budget Plan Offers Laid Out in Negotiations, But Deal Remains Elusive Budget Plan Offers Laid Out in Negotiations, But Deal Remains Elusive… Continue watching
Dec 18 As 'Nisei' Soldier, Sen. Daniel Inouye Fought to Prove His Loyalty to America Photo by U.S. Department of Defense. World War II veteran and Senate pro tempore Daniel Inouye died Monday. The 88-year-old Democrat from Hawaii was the second-longest serving U.S. senator in history and was one of three remaining World War… Continue reading
Dec 18 Obama Puts New Tax Deal on Table A man walks past the U.S. Capitol building on Monday. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters. President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are getting closer to a deal to avert the fiscal cliff, but they are not there yet. Continue reading
Dec 17 Limiting Assault Weapons Was Uphill Battle for Feinstein, Democrats In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., the country is poised to revisit the gun control debate. Photo by Paul J. Richardson/AFP/Getty Images Dianne Feinstein had just been elected president of the San Francisco board of supervisors… Continue reading