Jul 14 Watch News Wrap: FBI Probing Phone-Hacking Allegations at Murdoch’s U.S. Holdings In other news Thursday, it was widely reported that the FBI is investigating whether a Rupert Murdoch tabloid in Britain tried to access voice mails of Sept. 11 victims. Also, a federal judge in Washington declared a mistrial of the… Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch Debt Ceiling Deadlock Sounds Fresh Alarms on Wall Street The debt ceiling deadlock in Washington led to increasingly urgent appeals for action Thursday. Judy Woodruff discusses the economics and politics of the standoff with the Wall Street Journal's David Wessel and The Washington Post's Lori Montgomery. Continue watching
Jul 14 Minnesota Lawmakers in Talks to End Government Shutdown By Lauren Knapp MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson Updated 6:30 p.m. ET Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and GOP lawmakers say they have reached a deal to end a budget showdown that has led to the state's government shutdown. Dayton told reporters the shutdown was expected… Continue reading
Jul 14 Democrats Spell Out Debt Default Consequences Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks with Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., file photo With no deal in sight as congressional leaders continue debt-limit talks at the White House Thursday, Senate Democrats are spelling out the dire consequences of a… Continue reading
Jul 14 Frustration, Deadlock Dominate Talks Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell, left, Lamar Alexander and Jon Kyl board an elevator en route to a news conference in the Capitol about debt ceiling talks . Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call. If the threat of a credit… Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch News Wrap: Mumbai Bombings Kill at Least 21, Wound More Than 100 In other news Wednesday, three bombings by militants shook Mumbai, India, killing at least 21 and wounding more than 100. Vikas Bajaj of The New York Times reports from Mumbai. Also, Afghan President Karzai's half-brother was buried in Kandahar, a… Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Obama’s $86 Million Haul Leaves GOP Competitors Far Behind Obama's $86 Million Campaign Haul Leaves GOP Competitors Far Behind… Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Despite Intensifying Pressures on Debt Ceiling, Deal Still Elusive At a House hearing Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke painted a stark picture of what a national default would mean and underscored the urgency of a debt-ceiling deal between the White House and congressional leaders. Judy Woodruff reports on… Continue watching
Jul 13 Woodruff: Young Entrepreneurs Pursue Opportunity in a Tough Economy You often hear it said these days that there's no way the "next" generation will have it as good as their parents did. In fact, public opinion surveys have been showing since as long ago as 2005, well before the… Continue reading
Jul 13 California Prisoners, Politicians Ponder Impact of Supreme Court Ruling By Spencer Michels California Men's Colony; Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr.com/javan Prisoners probably pay more attention to the news - at least some of the news -than many of the rest of us. They have a lot of time on their hands. Continue reading