May 16 Watch Political Checklist: We've Hit the Debt Ceiling, Now What? Gwen Ifill and David Chalian talk debt ceiling politics and Newt Gingrich. Continue watching
May 16 Political Checklist: We've Hit the Debt Ceiling, Now What? EmbedVideo(574, 482, 304); In this week's edition of the Political Checklist, Gwen Ifill and David Chalian examine why, if the nation has hit its limit for borrowing, has there been no outcry from the markets or the… Continue reading
May 16 Gingrich Calls GOP Budget 'Right Wing Social Engineering' By David Chalian Former House speaker Newt Gingrich spoke to NBC's David Gregory on Sunday's "Meet the Press." Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images. The battle for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination was all over the weekend television airwaves as the field of candidates… Continue reading
May 13 Watch Shields and Gerson on Immigration Reform, Gingrich's 2012 Bid Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson discuss top political news, including the realities of immigration reform and the shape of the 2012 GOP presidential field. Continue watching
May 13 Watch Napolitano: 'Heightened State of Alert' Continues After Bin Laden's Death In a newsmaker interview with Judy Woodruff on Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano discusses what impact the death of Osama bin Laden will have on security in the U.S. Continue watching
May 13 Watch From Syria to Yemen, Uprisings Continue to Rattle Arab World Rebel uprisings continued to shake the Arab world on Friday as thousands of people took to the streets to demand that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
May 13 Medicare, Social Security May Exhaust Funds Sooner Than Expected The trustees who oversee the finances of Medicare and Social Security said Friday that both programs will exhaust their trust funds sooner than previously expected. The Medicare Trustees report projected funds for the Medicare hospital insurance fund… Continue reading
May 13 Watch Jim Lehrer: A Look Back at a Career in Journalism Jim Lehrer: A Look Back at a Career in Journalism… Continue watching
May 13 Woodruff: When Politics Is a Family Affair By Judy Woodruff Watching all the anticipation Thursday night over how the wife of Indiana governor Mitch Daniels would handle herself in front of a large Republican party crowd reminded me of so many political campaigns, when all eyes are on the candidate's… Continue reading
May 13 Extremist Economics and Printing Dollars By Paul Solman John Williams is an economic extremist. He thinks a collapse of the U.S. dollar and hyperinflation are just around the corner and that gold is therefore the best bet around. He thinks the government manipulates the economic data to… Continue reading