Jan 03 Governing Coalition Threatened in Pakistan, Huge Parts of Australia Flooded Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, left, is flanked by leaders of Pakistan Muslim League Qaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) as he talks to the media after their meeting in Lahore on Monday. Pakistan's prime minister won tentative support at crisis talks… Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch New Governors Confront Daunting State Budget Woes The New Year rings in the start of some new governors' terms -- and nearly all of them face budget shortfalls. Gwen Ifill discusses state budget woes with three public media reporters: John Myers of KQED Public Radio in California;… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch Gerson and Dionne Define the Year in Politics Washington Post columnists E.J. Dionne and Michael Gerson look back on what happened in politics in 2010 and look ahead to the dynamics in play for the new Congress. Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch Exit Interview: Minnesota Rep. James Oberstar on Electoral 'Waves' In the final installment in a series of interviews with Democrats voted out of office, Judy Woodruff talks to veteran Minnesota lawmaker James Oberstar about lessons from serving in Congress for nearly four decades. Continue watching
Dec 30 Gwen's Take: Predictions, Prophecies and the Perils of Prognostication One of the things that I promise reporters who appear on "Washington Week" is that they will never have to make predictions. Even on the PBS NewsHour, where many of our guests actually make their livings by peering… Continue reading
Dec 30 10 Great Political Moments of 2010 It is pretty clear that the most consequential political moment of 2010 came on Nov. 2 when Republicans picked up 63 House seats and majority status in the House for the upcoming 112th Congress. But aside from the climactic electoral… Continue reading
Dec 30 Khodorkovsky Sentenced to 6 Additional Years, Bomb Explodes in Athens Former Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks with his lawyer from inside the defendant's glass cage in a Moscow courtroom on Nov. 2, 2010. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) On his fourth consecutive day in court, former Yukos oil chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch Outgoing S.D. Rep. Herseth Sandlin: Centrists in Both Parties Struggling In the second installment in a series of "exit interviews," Judy Woodruff speaks with South Dakota Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin about being a moderate Democrat and the Republican midterm wave that ended her time in office. Continue watching
Dec 29 Midterm Results Reveal Problems for Democrats in Key Communities Christmas 2010 is in the past and New Year's is approaching, which means it's time to start thinking about ... 2012. Yes, Iowa and New Hampshire are more than a year away, but for presidential hopefuls the political… Continue reading