Dec 08 Haiti Election Protests Grow, Airport Closes Protesters run by burning tires on the street on Dec. 8, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images) Protesters reportedly set fire to the headquarters of Haiti's ruling political party Wednesday, and thousands took to the streets, forcing the… Continue reading
Dec 08 Mideast Peace Talks Stall, Adm. Mullen Criticizes China Over North Korea Children of Israeli settlers walk past the site for housing units in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Photo by Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said talks with Israel had hit a major roadblock because of… Continue reading
Dec 08 Opposition to Tax Cut Deal Forms Unusual Alliances on Capitol Hill Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to reporters Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Sanders has threatened to filibuster the deal on extending Bush-era tax cuts. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images. The tax cut deal reached by President Obama and congressional… Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch Supreme Court Reviews Controversial Arizona Law on Illegal Workers The Supreme Court weighed the constitutionality of a controversial Arizona immigration law that penalizes employers who hire illegal workers. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal walks through Wednesday's arguments and the legal issues at play. Continue watching
Dec 07 Elizabeth Edwards Dies of Cancer at 61 File photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former presidential candidate John Edwards, died this morning, according to Associated Press reports quoting a family friend. Doctors advised against further treatment of her cancer, which had spread to… Continue reading
Dec 07 On Tuesday's NewsHour: Tax Cut Plan, WikiLeaks' Woes, Cuba Dispatch TAX CUTS: President Obama used a White House news conference Tuesday to make the case for the tax cut compromise he brokered Monday. Jeffrey Brown talks to economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and Stephen Moore of the… Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch Legal Tangle Tightens Around WikiLeaks, Julian Assange The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is just one of the many problems he and his secrets-exposing website now face as the U.S. explores possible prosecution on espionage charges. Gwen Ifill talks to Jeffrey Smith, former CIA general counsel,… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch WikiLeaks' Assange Surrenders, But Denies Any Wrongdoing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange turned himself into Scotland Yard Tuesday, but his lawyers vowed to continue fighting extradition to Sweden, where he faces sexual-assault charges. Kwame Holman has more on the arrest and the threat of prosecution of the U.S. Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch News Wrap: Elizabeth Edwards Dies After Cancer, Personal Struggles In other news Tuesday, Elizabeth Edwards died at her home in Chapel Hill, N.C., after a long battle against breast cancer. Edwards was an attorney, author and was married to former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards but had been seeking… Continue watching
Dec 07 Supreme Court Watch: Marcia Coyle on Workplace Discrimination Case By Elizabeth Summers Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal was inside the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday for arguments on the scope of job discrimination protection in Thompson v. North American Stainless. We asked Coyle some questions on the case. The… Continue reading