Nov 25 Watch Shields and Brooks on GOP Foreign Policy Debate, Supercommittee Failure Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including GOP hopefuls' attempt to draw sharp distinctions on foreign policy during their latest debate, the shift on immigration among Republicans and the… Continue watching
Nov 25 Cambodians Confront the Past in Second Major Khmer Rouge Trial By Ryan C. Brooks People receive tickets to enter the courtroom in Cambodia. Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP/Getty Images. In recent years, more Cambodians -- both young and old -- have been confronting the mass killings of the 1970s committed by the Khmer Rouge… Continue reading
Nov 24 From Lincoln to Obama: Thanksgivings at the White House Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images A meal shared by Pilgrims and Native Americans might get most of the credit for the creation of Thanksgiving, but it was President Abraham Lincoln who officially proclaimed the last Thursday in November… Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch Bachmann: Gingrich's Immigration Stance 'Most Liberal' in GOP Race In an interview Wednesday with Jeffrey Brown, GOP presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., discussed her GOP rivals' views on immigration, her choice of language on the campaign trail, what the U.S. should do with enemy combatants and criticized the… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch GOP Hopefuls Draw Sharp Divisions on Foreign Policy at Debate Eight Republican candidates gathered Tuesday night in Washington, D.C., for their 11th debate, which centered on foreign policy and national security. Ray Suarez recaps the debate with NPR's Ari Shapiro. Continue watching
Nov 23 Why Medicare Chief Don Berwick Was Destined to Step Down By Betty Ann Bowser Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images Dr. Donald Berwick, the man who has been both praised and reviled as the country's Medicare chief, will step down on Dec. 2. The White House announced that Marilyn Tavenner, Berwick's principal… Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch Gauging Foreign Policy's Importance in GOP Race What role will foreign policy and national security play in the Republicans' 2012 nomination fight? Judy Woodruff explores those questions and previews Tuesday night's debate with historian Richard Norton Smith and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson. Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch After Failed Deficit Deal, Obama Pushes Payroll Tax Cut Extensions The failure of the deficit supercommittee echoed Tuesday on the campaign trail as President Obama pressed Republicans in New Hampshire to support extending payroll tax cuts for another year. Ray Suarez discusses the failed congressional effort with Paul Krugman of… Continue watching
Nov 22 Mainstream Economic Media Cry Wolf I've been saying the following to friends and colleagues for months now: In all my many years as a business and economics reporter, I have never seen a greater cognitive dissonance than in the current coverage of the U.S. Continue reading
Nov 21 Watch Deficit Supercommittee Admits Failure: Now What? The bipartisan congressional committee charged with cutting the U.S. deficit admitted failure on Monday. Judy Woodruff discusses the legislative logjam with Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute, Maya MacGuineas of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Henry… Continue watching