Jul 11 New Rules Unveiled for Health Care Exchanges By Betty Ann Bowser // Saying "flexibility is the name of the game," Department of Health and Human Services officials unveiled a broad framework for states to follow as they build their health insurance exchanges under the health reform law. The new regulations… Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch Durbin: 'Slow Going' Inside Debt Limit Talks President Obama and congressional leaders returned to the negotiating table Monday afternoon, but a deficit-reduction deal remains elusive as the Aug. 2 deadline nears for raising the debt limit. Gwen Ifill discusses the latest developments in the partisan stalemate with… Continue watching
Jul 11 'Betty Ford: The Real Deal' Charts Public Battles, Personal Triumphs We've been looking back at the life of Betty Ford -- outspoken wife of President Gerald Ford, advocate for breast cancer awareness and activist for equality issues -- who died Friday at age 93. Ford's life in the… Continue reading
Jul 11 Political Checklist: Watching the Obama-Boehner Debt Talk Dance EmbedVideo(972, 482, 304); Political Editor David Chalian and Senior Correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff sat down this week to assess President Obama's Monday news conference, which came ahead of the third round of debt limit negotiations… Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch Political Checklist: President Obama Asks For Debt Limit Compromise David Chalian, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff analyze President Obama's news conference… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch Political Checklist: DO NOT USE David Chalian, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff analyze President Obama's news conference… Continue watching
Jul 11 Obama: No Stopgap Extension on Debt Ceiling EmbedVideo(969, 482, 304); Updated 1:50 p.m. ET | President Obama said Monday that a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling will not be possible if Republicans are unwilling to compromise, but he declared: "We are going to… Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch Live at 11 a.m. ET: President Obama's News Conference President Obama is scheduled to hold a news conference at 11a.m. ET at the White House to update reporters on the status of debt talks. Watch it live here: Monday's Morning Line analyzed the stakes around… Continue reading
Jul 11 Debt Ceiling Negotiations Enter Round 3 President Obama walks from a Marine One helicopter back to the White House on Sunday. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images. The debt and deficit negotiations are now aimed at accomplishing two goals. The first goal for all sides… Continue reading
Jul 10 No Deal Yet After Sunday Debt Limit Meeting President Obama at debt ceiling meeting with congressional leaders. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images Congressional leaders left the White House Sunday evening without news of a deal to reduce the federal deficit and raise the debt limit… Continue reading