Dec 21 3 Questions for U.S. Census Director Robert Groves Tuesday was a major day for the U.S. Census as it announced the latest U.S. population (308,745,538 as of April 1), the changes in state populations and the new distribution of congressional seats. On Tuesday's NewsHour,… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch News Wrap: Food Safety Bill Heads to Obama to Sign In other news Tuesday, the House and Senate moved toward funding government operations through March. Also, a new food safety bill is headed to President Obama's desk for his signature. Continue watching
Dec 21 On Tuesday's NewsHour: START Treaty, Cuban Medicine, Census Results START TREATY HEADS TOWARD RATIFICATION | President Obama has apparently secured more than enough Senate votes to ratify the U.S.-Russia START nuclear arms treaty. Naftali Ben David of The Wall Street Journal looks at the shift in momentum as… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch Census: U.S. West's Population Overtakes Midwest's New Census numbers out Tuesday show that the U.S. population has grown to 308.7 million, but the rate of growth has slowed in the past decade. Census Director Robert Groves goes over the numbers with Judy Woodruff. Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch Shift in Support for Nuke Treaty Marks Policy Win for Obama President Obama moved a step closer to a major foreign policy victory Tuesday as the Senate cleared the way for ratifying the START nuclear treaty with Russia. Gwen Ifill gets the details from Naftali Bendavid of The Wall Street Journal. Continue watching
Dec 21 Patchwork Nation's 5 Political, Economic Stories to Watch for in 2011 DREAM Act supporters file out of the Senate Gallery after watching its defeat on Dec. 18; Photo by Bill Clark/Roll Call This year brought big changes in to the United States. The midterm elections shuffled the balance of power… Continue reading
Dec 21 Divided FCC OKs Net Neutrality Rules FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski; Getty file photo Tuesday's Federal Communications Commission vote on new rules regulating the Internet went much as expected, with commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael J. Copps voting with Chairman Julius Genachowski in favor of the… Continue reading
Dec 21 Iraq Has a New Government ... at Last By Robert Zeliger Iraqi Parliament members vote for the new Iraqi Cabinet (Photo by Iraqi Prime Minister Office via Getty Images) The Iraqi people cast their votes on March 7. More than nine months later, after months of political turmoil, deal-making, and… Continue reading
Dec 21 New START Arms Deal: The Basics By Larisa Epatko The Senate appears to be moving toward ratifying the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia. Here's a fresh look at the basics of the pact. Continue reading
Dec 21 START Gaining GOP Support; Iraqi Lawmakers Approve Government Massachusetts GOP Sen. Scott Brown, left, shakes hands with Jason Meininger, special assistant to Sen. John Kerry D-Mass., after a closed session about New START on Monday. Brown announced that he will support the treaty and said that he… Continue reading