Nov 28 Rep. Barney Frank Announces Plans to Retire By James Melia File photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images Updated 2:45 p.m. ET| Longtime Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., announced Monday he will not seek re-election in 2012, ending a career that stretched more than three decades fighting for liberal causes. Frank revealed his… Continue reading
Nov 28 Gingrich Looks to Build on Momentum By Terence Burlij Republican presidential hopeful and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista sign books Friday after speaking at a Hilton Hotel in Naples, Fla. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. By picking up a coveted newspaper endorsement over the weekend… Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch New Nixon Tapes Reveal Details of Meeting With Anti-War Activists Recently released audio recordings detail President Richard Nixon's surreal meeting with anti-Vietnam War protesters at the Lincoln Memorial one night more than four decades ago. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch Shields and Brooks on GOP Foreign Policy Debate, Supercommittee Failure Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including GOP hopefuls' attempt to draw sharp distinctions on foreign policy during their latest debate, the shift on immigration among Republicans and the… Continue watching
Nov 25 Cambodians Confront the Past in Second Major Khmer Rouge Trial By Ryan C. Brooks People receive tickets to enter the courtroom in Cambodia. Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP/Getty Images. In recent years, more Cambodians -- both young and old -- have been confronting the mass killings of the 1970s committed by the Khmer Rouge… Continue reading
Nov 24 From Lincoln to Obama: Thanksgivings at the White House Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images A meal shared by Pilgrims and Native Americans might get most of the credit for the creation of Thanksgiving, but it was President Abraham Lincoln who officially proclaimed the last Thursday in November… Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch Bachmann: Gingrich's Immigration Stance 'Most Liberal' in GOP Race In an interview Wednesday with Jeffrey Brown, GOP presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., discussed her GOP rivals' views on immigration, her choice of language on the campaign trail, what the U.S. should do with enemy combatants and criticized the… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch GOP Hopefuls Draw Sharp Divisions on Foreign Policy at Debate Eight Republican candidates gathered Tuesday night in Washington, D.C., for their 11th debate, which centered on foreign policy and national security. Ray Suarez recaps the debate with NPR's Ari Shapiro. Continue watching
Nov 23 Why Medicare Chief Don Berwick Was Destined to Step Down By Betty Ann Bowser Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images Dr. Donald Berwick, the man who has been both praised and reviled as the country's Medicare chief, will step down on Dec. 2. The White House announced that Marilyn Tavenner, Berwick's principal… Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch Gauging Foreign Policy's Importance in GOP Race What role will foreign policy and national security play in the Republicans' 2012 nomination fight? Judy Woodruff explores those questions and previews Tuesday night's debate with historian Richard Norton Smith and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson. Continue watching