Feb 11 Watch At CPAC, Field Appears Wide Open for 2012 Republican Nomination At the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Republican presidential hopefuls began pitching their candidacies to the conservative faithful. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Feb 10 Obama: Egypt Needs 'Immediate, Meaningful' Transition of Authority By News Desk The White House released a statement from President Barack Obama Thursday evening on the latest developments in Egypt: The Egyptian people have been told that there was a transition of authority, but it is not yet clear that this transition… Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch Issa, Cummings Debate Costs, Benefits of Easing Business Regulations Business leaders have long complained that government regulations are costly and threaten jobs, and the GOP-led House addressed the topic at a committee hearing. Judy Woodruff talks with two members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Republican… Continue watching
Feb 10 Sen. Jon Kyl Announces Retirement Updated 2 p.m. ET Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., made his decision not to run for reelection official at an event in Phoenix Thursday. In a letter to supporters, Kyl explained his decision: "Simply put, it is time - time… Continue reading
Feb 10 Census Data Start to Show Katrina's Long-Term Impact on New Orleans New Orleans as seen From space on Jan. 26; Creative Commons photo courtesy NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Long before last year's Census, it was clear that New Orleans was a changed city. A drive past the vacant… Continue reading
Feb 10 CPAC Sets the Stage for '12 GOP Hopefuls By Terence Burlij Former House speaker Newt Gingrich will be attending the Conservative Political Action Conference. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr. The list of confirmed speakers for this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) set to get underway Thursday reads like… Continue reading
Feb 09 Spending Battle Faces Major Hurdles in House Congress has until March 4th to come to an agreement on how to continue to fund the government, and that job could be difficult, especially for House Republican leaders who have lost two of the past three bill votes on… Continue reading
Feb 09 Geithner Confident Congress Will Raise Debt Ceiling Despite Critics Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner expressed confidence Wednesday that Congress will vote to raise the ceiling on the national debt. Members of Congress know it is "unthinkable," he told a town hall meeting sponsored by Atlantic Magazine and Microsoft, that the… Continue reading
Feb 09 CIA Employee Mistakes Preceded Promotions The CIA fails to hold agents and senior managers to consistent levels of accountability when they make mistakes, even in instances where people have been killed or wrongly imprisoned, according to an investigation by the Associated Press published Wednesday. Continue reading
Feb 09 Webb's Retirement Complicates Democrats' Hold on Senate Majority Creative Commons photo courtesy Flickr user cliff1066 Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., the former Navy secretary who rode the 2006 Democratic wave to a United States Senate seat from Virginia, announced his plan to retire Wednesday, which also happens to… Continue reading