Apr 04 Political Checklist: GOP to Unveil a Budget, Obama Opens Re-Election Bid EmbedVideo(264, 482, 304); In this week's Political Checklist, Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff and David Chalian look at the details of the looming April 8 government shutdown deadline as well as Republican Rep. Paul Ryan's Tuesday budget announcement,… Continue reading
Apr 04 Holder: Alleged 9/11 Conspirators to Face Military Trials EmbedVideo(274, 482, 304); U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks, and several accused conspirators will face military -- not civilian -- trials at Guantanamo… Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch Political Checklist: GOP Unveils a Budget, President Opens Re-Election Bid Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff and David Chalian discuss the big budget battle in Congress. Continue watching
Apr 04 Obama Launches 2012 Re-election Campaign By David Chalian President Obama jogs to the podium to address UPS employees at a facility in Maryland on Friday. Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool photo via Bloomberg. "It Begins With Us" is the name of the video that the Obama 2012 campaign… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch Shields and Gerson on Jobless Rate Realities, Obama's Plan in Libya Shields, Gerson on Job Number Reality, U.S. Road Ahead in Libya… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Returning Vets Face a New Battle: The Job Market Returning War Vets Face New Domestic Battle: The Job Market… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Unemployment Rate Drops in March, but Economic Recovery Remains Fragile Unemployment Rate Drops, but Long-Term Jobless See 'Troubling' Stagnation… Continue watching
Apr 01 Survey Shows Boost in Obama Approval Ratings Among 'Millennials' Supporters listen to President Obama during a "Moving America Forward" rally in Chicago, Ill., on Oct. 30, 2010. The president was on the campaign trail ahead of the Nov. 2 midterm elections. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images) President Obama is starting… Continue reading
Apr 01 Iowa, I Hear You Calling By Gwen Ifill AMES, Iowa | I have this little theory that has long served me well. Everything, I believe, is politics. Politics determines whether your children go to school or to jail; whether they eat or starve; whether their futures will improve… Continue reading
Apr 01 Jobs Up, Unemployment Down as Economy Continues Slow Recovery A woman walks by a help wanted sign in San Francisco last week. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. The economy added 216,000 jobs to the payroll in March, and the unemployment rate ticked down a notch to… Continue reading