Mar 04 The View From Indiana Indiana State Capitol building. Photo via Flickr user Intiaz Rahim. INDIANAPOLIS | This otherwise unprepossessing state capitol has in recent weeks morphed into one of several hot spots around the nation that are testing what it means to govern… Continue reading
Mar 04 Wisconsin Stalemate at Tipping Point Protesters remain in the Wisconsin capitol Thursday as Gov. Scott Walker announced impending layoffs. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. It appears the stalemate in Wisconsin has reached a tipping point. Republican Gov. Scott Walker announced Thursday that he… Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch As Drug War Rages, What Could Obama, Calderon Do Differently? Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Eric Olson, senior associate at the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center, about the White House meeting between President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon and the continued toll of the drug-related violence in Mexico. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch Obama, Mexico's Calderon Vow to Step up Drug War Cooperation In a visit to the White House, Mexican President Felipe Calderon met with President Obama, who pledged to increase U.S. cooperation in trying to bring the violent drug war plaguing both sides of the border under control. Hari Sreenivasan reports. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch AFL-CIO's Trumka: No American Should Face Choice Between Rights, Job Judy Woodruff talks to Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, a voluntary federation of 57 U.S. and international labor unions. Many AFL-CIO members would be affected by pending state-level legislation that would cut collective-bargaining rights for public employees. Continue watching
Mar 03 Iowa GOP Chair Strawn Defends State's No. 1 Spot in Presidential Campaign Iowa Republican Party Chairman Matt Strawn visited Capitol Hill Monday to defend his state's perch as the very first place to vote for a candidate to run against President Obama in 2012, highlighting the power the Iowa caucuses have in… Continue reading
Mar 03 Obama, Calderon Assess Drug War, Economy and a '21st Century Border' In a news conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, President Obama praised a "new era of respect, cooperation and partnership between our two countries," pointing to the "strong bond between our two societies." For more coverage: As… Continue reading
Mar 03 Florida Judge Declines to Halt Health Reform Implementation A Florida judge on Tuesday refused to order the government to stop implementing the health care reform law, handing the Obama administration at least a temporary victory in the ongoing legal battle over reform. U.S. District Court Judge Roger Vinson… Continue reading
Mar 03 Gingrich Ready to 'Test the Waters' By Terence Burlij Newt Gingrich is entering the "exploratory phase" of a 2012 presidential bid. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Updated: 3:00 p.m. ET Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich announced Thursday he had launched a website to explore a possible presidential bid. Gingrich… Continue reading
Mar 02 Obama's Foreclosure Program Slammed Anew for Ineffectiveness Two years after it was launched with far more ambitious goals, the Obama administration's main program to prevent foreclosures came under fire in Congress Wednesday while the Treasury Department received a final barrage of criticism from the departing inspector… Continue reading