May 16 Watch IMF Chief Strauss-Kahn Denied $1 Million Bail Over Sexual Assault Charge In New York, Judge Melissa Jackson denied IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's request of $1 million bail Monday, calling him a flight risk. Strauss-Kahn was arrested Saturday night after a 32-year-old chambermaid accused him of sexually assaulting her at a New… Continue watching
May 16 Q&A: New York Times Reporter on Next Steps in Government Debt Limit Debate The United States government is expected to officially hit its $14.3 trillion borrowing limit Monday, even though the Treasury Department says that it can now meet its obligations until at least early August. The extension was due to… Continue reading
May 16 Donald Trump Nixes Presidential Run Donald Trump attends South Florida Tax Day Tea Party Rally on April 16, 2011 in Boca Raton, Fla. (Photo by Larry Marano/Getty Images) Billionaire real estate tycoon and reality TV star Donald Trump announced Monday he will not run… Continue reading
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