Sep 02 Obama's Donor Base for 2012: What We Know, What We Don't President Obama shakes hands with people after speaking about immigration reform in May in El Paso, Texas. Photo by Pete Souza/White House President Obama's public approval numbers may be down, but he still has a large number of… Continue reading
Sep 02 Obama Drops Proposed Clean Air Rules President Obama has reversed course on proposed smog standards, a victory for business interests that had decried the smog restrictions on the grounds that they should be postponed -- until at least 2013 -- due to the recession. The… Continue reading
Sep 02 Split-Screen: The Art of Watching 2 Things at Once Not long ago, I was at the army installation at Fort Bragg, N.C., reporting a story for the PBS NewsHour when my cellphone began to vibrate with news of a big earthquake back home in Washington, D.C. We'd felt nothing. Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch How Can Plans Emerge for a New Libya With Gadhafi Still at Large? How Can Plans Emerge for a New Libya With Gadhafi at Large?… Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch 'The Contenders' a Nod to Failed Candidates Who Still Changed History 'The Contenders' Nods to Failed Candidates Who Changed History… Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch Report Finds Fraud, Waste by War Contractors Costs Billions After a three-year investigation, a congressionally mandated commission found this week that between $31 billion and $60 billion has been misspent in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Margaret Warner discusses the findings with one of the commissioners, Dov Zakheim. Continue watching
Sep 01 Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Presidential 'Losers' On Thursday's broadcast, Gwen Ifill talks to historian and NewsHour regular Richard Norton Smith and journalist Carl Cannon about failed presidential candidates who still managed to change political history. The subject is explored in a C-SPAN series starting… Continue reading
Sep 01 Romney Country, Bachmann Land, Paul-topia: Where the GOP Field's Money Comes From, What it Means GOP presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Ron Paul; file photo Saying you like a candidate is one level of support. Putting a sign in your yard is a bit more. But when your support turns into dollars, ah, there's… Continue reading
Aug 31 Labor Leader Trumka: Job-Creation Plans Require 'Boldness' AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka; file photo When it comes to jump-starting the struggling U.S. economy, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka proclaimed Wednesday, "This is a time for boldness." The labor leader spoke at his union's annual Labor Day news conference… Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch DOJ Makes 'Audacious' Move to Block $39B AT&T, T-Mobile Merger The Department of Justice filed suit Wednesday to block the proposed $39 billion merger between AT&T and T-Mobile, which would create the largest wireless company in the country. Ray Suarez discusses the Obama administration's "unprecedented" move to block the deal… Continue watching