Jul 06 Watch Weak Job Numbers Put Recovery in Doubt Employers added just 80,000 jobs in June, well below the numbers some economists had predicted and a clear sign the economic recovery is still faltering. Ray Suarez speaks with supporters of both presidential campaigns to hear why they believe the… Continue watching
Jul 06 Romney Rakes in Campaign Cash as Health Care Battle Rages On By Christina Bellantoni Supporters listen to President Obama speak at a campaign event Thursday in Maumee, Ohio. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Mitt Romney, the $100 million dollar man. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee and the Republican National Committee are expected to announce… Continue reading
Jul 05 Gwen's Take: Our Messy Liberties, Then and Now John Trumbull's painting, Declaration of Independence On the Fourth of July, I poured a cup of coffee and started my day reading the Declaration of Independence at my kitchen table. Out loud. You should try it. It's one… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Arguments Brew at State Level Over Medicaid Expansion Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser takes a closer look at the arguments over Medicaid expansion and the states that want to opt out rather than take federal money. Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch Campaigns Duel Over Calling Health Care Mandate a 'Tax' In the days since the Supreme Court upheld President Obama's health care law, a debate has grown louder, particularly in the presidential campaigns, over whether the mandate in the health care overhaul is a tax. National Journal correspondent Major Garrett… Continue watching
Jul 05 Could Current Medicaid Recipients Lose Coverage From Supreme Court Ruling? By Betty Ann Bowser Tonight on the PBS NewsHour, our Health Unit takes a look at what's becoming a controversial part of the federal health care reform law: the expansion of Medicaid to cover up to 17 million uninsured adults. While the individual mandate… Continue reading
Jul 05 How the Medicaid Expansion Could Impact Your State By Jason Kane It was a seemingly simple concept. The United States would inch closer to universal health care by expanding the Medicaid program to about 17 million low-income people. The federal government would pick up 100 percent of the tab for the… Continue reading
Jul 05 Why a U.S. Circumcision Push Failed in Swaziland In the country with the highest HIV infection rate in the world, a U.S. effort to circumcise 80 percent of all men aged 15 to 49 in a year ended with roughly a quarter undergoing the procedure. What went wrong?… Continue reading
Jul 05 Romney Reverses Course, Calls Mandate 'a Tax' By Terence Burlij Mitt Romney and his family walk in an Independence Day parade on Wednesday in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Photo by Kayana Szymczak/Getty Images Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney provided the political fireworks Wednesday, telling CBS News the mandate in President… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Why Obama Thinks You Would Care About a Dinner With Sarah Jessica Parker As part of an ongoing series on social media and politics, Ray Suarez and journalists Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz of Daily-Download.com discuss how campaigns send targeted emails, and what happens to politicians' deleted tweets. Continue watching