Aug 05 Gwen's Take: All the King's Horses and All the King's Men By Gwen Ifill In the fine tradition of the well-executed post-mortem, we now find ourselves in the season of the "tick-tock" -- the well-reported explanations of how a big story unfolded. We have been treated to the finest of the genre in the… Continue reading
Aug 05 Woodruff: Dissecting the Dysfunction It's possible we'll look back on this period at some distant time in the future and smile, but right now, that's hard to imagine. With the stock market plummeting (a drop of 1,200 points in the Dow Industrials in… Continue reading
Aug 05 Obama Can Tout Improved Jobless Rate, but the Race Will Be Won in 2012 President Obama will speak about the economy Friday. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. There's only one story worth watching in American politics today and it's the story that will likely determine the outcome of the 2012 presidential election. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch Bloomberg Kicks Off New Effort to Empower Black, Latino Men New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a $127 million, three-year plan to coordinate city agencies and efforts with a goal of reducing disparities between young black and Latino men and the rest of the population. Jeffrey Brown discusses the… Continue watching
Aug 04 Bloomberg: Americans Worry That U.S. Is Losing Competitive Edge On Thursday's NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown interviews New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg about his new plan to tackle the disadvantages facing young black and Latino men in schooling and jobs. Brown also asked Bloomberg about Thursday's market sell-off… Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch FAA Shutdown Coming to an End, but Funding Fight Still Looms Congressional leaders announced Thursday they had reached a bipartisan agreement to temporarily extend funding for the Federal Aviation Administration, which would end the nearly two-week partial shutdown but leave long-term funding in question. Jeffrey Brown discusses the deal with Public… Continue watching
Aug 04 Reid: Deal Made to End FAA Shutdown Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; Roll Call file photo Update 4:59 p.m. ET | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday afternoon that a bipartisan compromise has been reached to end the partial Federal Aviation Administration shutdown that put… Continue reading
Aug 04 Obama Turns 50: What Were Other Presidents Doing at That Age? By Larisa Epatko President Obama celebrates his 50th birthday Thursday with the passage of the debt ceiling compromise earlier in the week likely not far from his mind. Continue reading
Aug 04 'Super Committee' Picks Pose Tough Challenges for Congressional Leaders A bicyclist rides through the plaza on the east side of the Capitol. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. The moment President Obama signed into law the Budget Control Act of 2011, congressional leaders were immediately presented with a… Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch After Long Debt Battle, Is Current Version of U.S. Government Sustainable? After many months of heated debate, Washington was finally able to compromise on a debt deal to avert a government default this week. Judy Woodruff discusses how the battle over the debt ceiling compares to other politically polarized times with… Continue watching