Nov 16 Watch Colo. Voters Legalize Pot, But State Is Anxious Over U.S. Government's Reaction Colo. Voters Legalize Pot, But State Is Anxious Over U.S. Government's Reaction… Continue watching
Nov 16 Battleground Dispatches: New Pot Law Raises Questions for Sellers, Police What does legalizing marijuana mean for a dispensary owner? The NewsHour sat down with Steve Horwitz, owner of Ganja Gourmet in Denver, to get his perspective. DENVER -- When Coloradans legalized recreational marijuana on Election Day, they had a good… Continue reading
Nov 16 Gwen's Take: The Political Storm Ends; the Drama Begins SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- Perhaps it's just my imagination, but one of the most hard-fought electoral prizes in the nation -- the Buckeye state -- seems oddly quiet. Less than two weeks ago, voters in pivotal southwest Ohio's Clark County trotted… Continue reading
Nov 16 What's Your Election Report Card? Introducing The Pew/NewsHour Quiz By Christina Bellantoni Pew Research Center and the NewsHour have teamed up to establish the Election Report Card Quiz. Fifteen simple questions will assess your views of what happened on Nov. 6 when President Obama was re-elected to a second term. Continue reading
Nov 16 President Obama, Congressional Leadership Get Down to Business By Christina Bellantoni President Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday. Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters. President Obama, Vice President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader… Continue reading
Nov 16 113th Congress Welcomes Benches Full of Women The women of the 89th Congress, via the U.S. National Archives. When Nancy Pelosi was a girl, she was fortunate enough to have dinner each night with her hero: her father, Baltimore Mayor Tommy D' Alesandro. D'Alesandro was, and… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch Campaigns Get Lower Scores From Americans Grading 2012 Presidential Race Following the 2012 presidential campaign, the Pew Research Center surveyed 1,200 voters to grade the performance of the candidates and the media and to assess public opinion on the outcome. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Pew Research Center's Andy Kohut about… Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch BP to Pay Largest Fine in U.S. History, Admit Guilt in Gulf Oil Spill Settlement BP to Pay Largest Fine in U.S. History, Admit Guilt in Gulf Oil Spill Settlement… Continue watching
Nov 15 Attorney General Holder Announces Legal Resolution to BP Oil Spill EmbedVideo(4984, 482, 304); BP has agreed to plead guilty to 14 federal criminal counts related to the Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 workers and the subsequent oil spill that fouled the Gulf of Mexico for months and… Continue reading
Nov 15 High Times? Pot Advocates Test Federal Resolve By Saskia de Melker Voters in Colorado and Washington state etched history last Tuesday by being the first in the nation to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Continue reading