Jul 15 Gwen's Take: Why Are Grand Bargains So Elusive? Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images I've been afflicted this week with a disorienting sense of déjà vu that affects any reporter who has covered Washington long enough. Even the most consequential and operatic standoffs begin to seem eerily familiar. Continue reading
Jul 15 Taking Wisconsin's Temperature as the Recalls Go On Ah, summer in Wisconsin. Brats on the grill, time at the lake -- and recall elections. The Badger State's recall-palooza got underway this week on Tuesday with six Democratic primaries that selected the candidates that will challenge six incumbent Republican… Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch President Obama: We Are Running Out of Time for a Debt Limit Deal President Obama spoke to reporters at the White House about ongoing debt limit talks. Continue watching
Jul 15 Obama: 'Running Out of Time' on Debt Negotiations President Obama took to the news conference podium Friday at the White House amid stalled negotiations on raising the debt-ceiling and tackling the federal deficit. The question-and-answer session with reporters came after a week of meetings with congressional… Continue reading
Jul 15 Obama: It's 'Decision Time' on Debt President Obama wants Congress to decide on plan to raise the debt ceiling. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. The weeklong series of White House meetings with President Obama and bipartisan congressional leaders has apparently produced one concrete result:… Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch 8:15 McCullough's 'The Greater Journey' Tracks French Influence on U.S. Author and historian David McCullough has explored the French influence on American life throughout his career. Jeffrey Brown and McCullough discuss the 19th century artists and thinkers who brought lessons home to the U.S. after living in Paris. Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch Gun Dealers in Border States Face New Reporting Requirements In an effort to crackdown on multiple purchases of semi-automatic weapons along the U.S.-Mexico border the Justice Department announced new reporting requirements for gun dealers in four states on Thursday. Gwen Ifill reports. Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch News Wrap: FBI Probing Phone-Hacking Allegations at Murdoch's U.S. Holdings In other news Thursday, it was widely reported that the FBI is investigating whether a Rupert Murdoch tabloid in Britain tried to access voice mails of Sept. 11 victims. Also, a federal judge in Washington declared a mistrial of the… Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch Debt Ceiling Deadlock Sounds Fresh Alarms on Wall Street The debt ceiling deadlock in Washington led to increasingly urgent appeals for action Thursday. Judy Woodruff discusses the economics and politics of the standoff with the Wall Street Journal's David Wessel and The Washington Post's Lori Montgomery. Continue watching
Jul 14 Minnesota Lawmakers in Talks to End Government Shutdown By Lauren Knapp MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson Updated 6:30 p.m. ET Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and GOP lawmakers say they have reached a deal to end a budget showdown that has led to the state's government shutdown. Dayton told reporters the shutdown was expected… Continue reading