Apr 20 New 'Passenger Bill of Rights' Limits Tarmac Time, Reimburses Lost Bags Passengers wait in check-in lines (Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Wednesday a bulked-up version of the "Passenger Bill of Rights" for consumers traveling by air. The new set of protections is built on… Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch Egypt's Uprising: Tracking How Social Media Stirred Action Social media is analyzed from the Egypt uprising in January and Feb 2011. Continue watching
Apr 20 What Happens to Us Codgers if the Debt Limit Isn't Raised? By Elizabeth Shell We reported last week on the fear and trembling of bond vigilantism, real or imagined -- that the bond market would punish the country for profligacy by raising the interest it demanded to lend us money, thus making everything… Continue reading
Apr 20 What Happens to Us Codgers if the Debt Limit Isn't Raised? By Paul Solman We reported last week on the fear and trembling of bond vigilantism, real or imagined -- that the bond market would punish the country for profligacy by raising the interest it demanded to lend us money, thus making everything… Continue reading
Apr 20 Polls Show Support for Fixing Federal Deficit, but Not for Proposed Remedies According to polls, the public supports efforts to fix spending but disagrees on how. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images. The storyline after November's midterm elections was that voters had sent a clear message to lawmakers in… Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch 9:02 2 Reporters Win Pulitzer for Exposing 'Corruption on Steroids' in California Margaret Warner discusses the story with the two lead reporters. Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Should Courts or EPA Regulate Greenhouse Gases? The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday stemming from a 2004 lawsuit over whether the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Gwen Ifill speaks with the National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle about the case, the arguments… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Declining Polls, Negative Treasury Rating Cast Shadow Over Obama Budget Message President Obama traveled to northern Virginia on Tuesday for the first of a weeklong series of town-hall meetings aimed at building support for his budget plan. The stop comes as two new polls revealed declining support for his presidency and… Continue watching
Apr 19 Prescription Drug Abuse Targeted as a 'Public Health Crisis' The Obama administration launched a major campaign Tuesday to combat prescription drug abuse, which it says is the nation's fastest growing drug problem. The program, announced at a press conference in Washington, aims to reduce abuse rates of some… Continue reading
Apr 19 As the GOP Chases Public Sector Unions, Small Towns Feel a Pinch From Wisconsin to Ohio to Indiana, the new Republican powers in statehouses have made clear that one of their chief targets is public sector unions. In Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker fought for and eventually won passage of a… Continue reading