Sep 15 Boehner: 'Tax Increases Destroy Jobs' EmbedVideo(1531, 482, 304); House Speaker John Boehner R-Ohio, responded to President Obama's $447 billion jobs plan Thursday at the Economic Club of Washington, where he stuck to themes of tax reform, a decrease in regulation and government… Continue reading
Sep 15 Speaker Boehner to Present GOP's Economic Fixes By David Chalian House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is set to present the House GOP's "Plan for America's Job Creators." File photo By Bill Clark/Roll Call. One week after President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio,… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch Can Obama, Democrats Overcome Economic Issue in 2012? Democrats lost two House races Tuesday when Republicans won special elections in New York City and Nevada. Gwen Ifill discusses what the results -- and some new polling -- mean with New York One's Errol Louis and NewsHour Political Editor… Continue watching
Sep 14 9/11 to now: Ways we have changed By Jason Villemez Editor's note: Read an updated version of this story here. The decade after the 9/11 attacks reshaped many facets of life in America. Some changes were temporary -- an immediate response out of concern for our safety -- while… Continue reading
Sep 14 Woodruff: With Poverty on the Rise, Are Reporters Getting the Whole Story? Updated Sept. 15, 11:45 a.m. ET Arriving for a short visit on the iconic campus of Ole Miss -- the University of Mississippi in Oxford -- I'm struck by how quiet things are, how un-frenzied life seems on the surface. Continue reading
Sep 14 Democrats Suffer Defeat on Home Turf By David Chalian In New York, Republican Bob Turner, above, defeated Democrat David Weprin in a House special election. Photo by azipaybarah via Flickr. Democrats went 0-2 Tuesday night in the House special elections in New York City and Nevada. The results,… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch Failed Solar-Panel Company's Federal Loan Backing Sparks Congressional Probe Did the Obama administration inappropriately push along financial help for a now-bankrupt solar-panel company? Ray Suarez speaks with The Washington Post's Carol Leonnig about the details of the administration's public embrace of Solyndra, which is now the focus of a… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch 'Tension City' Reflects on Jim Lehrer's Decades Moderating Presidential Debates In his new book, "Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates, from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain," NewsHour Executive Editor Jim Lehrer looks back at more than 40 years of televised political debates in America. Jeffrey Brown and Lehrer discuss his unique front-row… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch Rivals Put Rick Perry to the Test in Tea Party Debate At Monday night's CNN/Tea Party-sponsored event in Tampa, Fla., eight Republican presidential hopefuls were on stage, but the party's new front-runner, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, was the one put to the test by many of his rivals. Kwame Holman recaps… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch Terror Network Behind 'Unprecedented,' Coordinated Kabul Attacks The U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters were among the targets of Taliban fighters who infiltrated Afghanistan's capital on Tuesday. Gwen Ifill gets the latest on the deadly attacks from Patrick Quinn, The Associated Press's Kabul bureau chief. Continue watching