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
Aug 31 Watch Ten Years After 9/11, How Safe Is the U.S. Against Terror Attacks? 10 Years After 9/11, How Safe Is the U.S. From Terror Attacks?… Continue watching
Aug 31 Vermont's Rare Flood-Induced Crisis Spurs Emergency Airlifts A view of West Main Street in Wilmington, Vt. on Aug. 31, 2011, after Tropical Storm Irene caused severe flooding in the town's center. Photo by Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images. Even the most disaster-ready Americans aren't stocked with much more… Continue reading
Aug 31 Report: More Than $30 Billion Wasted in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars A bipartisan panel known as the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan sent its final report to Congress Wednesday, detailing at least $30 billion -- and possibly as much as $60 billion -- in wasteful spending… Continue reading
Aug 29 New Obama Economic Adviser Focused on Jobs, But Will Agenda Change? President Obama announces Alan Krueger as a nominee to lead the White House Council of Economic Advisers; Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images In light of President Obama's selection Monday of Princeton economist Alan Krueger as the new… Continue reading
Aug 29 Proposed Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Elicits Protests Demonstrators sit down in front of the White House while protesting against a proposed pipeline that would bring tar sands oil to the U.S. from Canada on August 22, 2011. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. The proposed Keystone XL… Continue reading
Aug 26 Shields and Brooks on Rick Perry's Rise, Cheney's Book and Peyton Manning It has been forever and a day since we got the band back together. By that, I mean of course syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks to talk about the politics of sport and the… Continue reading