Jul 21 In Wis., Different Recall Votes, But a Newly Motivated Democratic Base? Fond du Lac County; Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr.com/auvet After two weeks of recall elections in Wisconsin, the Democratic Party has some things to crow about. On Tuesday, the party held onto the one seat it could have… Continue reading
Jul 21 Boehner, Pelosi Offer No Hints of Debt Deal Progress The leaders of both parties in the House of Representatives gave little reassurance Thursday morning that the two sides were making progress toward raising the debt limit, just 12 days before the Aug. 2 deadline. House Speaker John Boehner said… Continue reading
Jul 21 President Obama Open to Short-term Increase in Debt Ceiling President Obama would only accept a stop-gap measure of "a few days." White House photo. With negotiators running out of time to raise the country's borrowing limit, President Obama signaled Wednesday he would be willing to accept a… Continue reading
Jul 20 Can Ron Paul Turn His Ideas' Newfound Resonance Into 2012 Votes? (Watch the full interview here.) What a difference four years make. As I sat down Wednesday morning to interview Ron Paul, the 75-year-old Texas congressman making his third run for president, I kept thinking back to the… Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch Ron Paul: 'Freedom Is a Young Idea and We're Throwing It Away' Judy Woodruff sat down with Texas Rep. Ron Paul Wednesday to discuss his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination and the ongoing debt-ceiling negotiations. The interview is the first in a series of conversations with GOP contenders seeking to take… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 'Gang of 6' Debt Plan Gains Momentum as Aug. 2 Deadline Looms The effort to raise the country's borrowing limit saw the resumption of talks between President Obama and top congressional leaders on Wednesday. Kwame Holman reports on the lawmakers' race against the Aug. 2 deadline. Continue watching
Jul 20 FRONTLINE Investigation Shows Inconsistencies in Anthrax Case By Lauren Knapp An ongoing investigation by FRONTLINE, ProPublica and McClatchy Newspapers has brought to light inconsistencies in the government's position on the 2001 case of anthrax-filled letters that killed five people. // This interview was conducted on July 19. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch Frontline: Evidence Questioned in 2001 Anthrax Case Hari Sreenivasan talks to Frontline's Michael Kirk about new evidence in the anthrax case. Continue watching
Jul 20 Ron Paul on Proponents of Raising Debt Ceiling: 'I Think They're Misled' In an interview Wednesday with The PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff, Republican presidential candidate and longtime Texas Rep. Ron Paul said "you can't solve the problem of debt by raising the debt limit." Asked why President Obama, Democrats, most… Continue reading
Jul 20 Can the 'Gang of Six' Bridge the Divide? President Obama called the "Gang of Six" proposal "a very significant step" on resolving the debt ceiling issue. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. Compromise has been in short supply in Washington the past few weeks as President Obama… Continue reading