Feb 09 Economy, Spending on the Menu for Obama's Lunch With House Republicans The White House. Photo by dasjabbadas via Flickr. President Obama will welcome the top three Republicans in the House of Representatives for lunch Wednesday at the White House, part of his renewed outreach to GOP lawmakers since the… Continue reading
Feb 08 Republicans Rekindle Abortion Debate on Capitol Hill Throughout the 2010 midterm election cycle, one of the most familiar, and accurate, narratives was that social issues had played a very diminished role in the fight for control of Congress. Cultural battles that have divided America since the 1960s,… Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch Cities, States Face Tough Choices on Debt Amid Cash-Flow Concerns Wall Street investors and some in Congress recently have raised concerns about the risk of cash-strapped municipalities defaulting on bonds they issued. Judy Woodruff talks to the National League of Cities' Chris Hoene and Richard Larkin of Herbert J. Sims… Continue watching
Feb 08 Political Checklist: Obama's Chamber Speech, Rumsfeld 'Re-Litigates' the Past In this week's Political Checklist, senior correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff speak with Political Editor David Chalian about President Obama's speech to the Chamber of Commerce and whether it marks a pro-business shift for the White House. Continue reading
Feb 08 Funding Shortage Threatens AIDS Drug Programs For the past year, William Kibler has relied on Florida's AIDS Drug Assistance Program to help provide the medicine he needs to stay healthy. Kibler, who has been HIV-positive for 24 years, lost his health insurance last year… Continue reading
Feb 08 Federal Spending, Visualized By Tim Peters In his State of the Union address, President Obama said that, "Because you deserve to know exactly how and where your tax dollars are being spent, you will be able to go to a website and get that information… Continue reading
Feb 08 New Rumsfeld Memoir Settles Scores, Spreads Responsibility for Iraq War "At its heart, it is a revenge memoir," writes NewsHour senior correspondent Gwen Ifill in her Washington Post review of former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld's new book, "Known and Unknown." The book certainly includes its fair… Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch One-Woman Show Explores Human Side of Health Care Debate Judy Woodruff speaks with actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith about her one-woman play, "Let Me Down Easy," which tackles contemporary health care issues through the eyes of more than a dozen different characters, based on hundreds of interviews she… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch Obama Urges Businesses to Ramp Up Private-Sector Hiring, Spending Obama Urges Businesses to Ramp Up Private-Sector Hiring, Spending… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch News Wrap: Unrest Spreads to Iraq as Protesters Call for Jobs, Electricity In other news Monday, Iraqis protested a lack of electricity and jobs and an end to corruption in demonstrations this weekend. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rejected the use of violence against protesters. In southern Sudan, more than 98 percent of… Continue watching