Sep 02 Double Play for Global Warming There's a fight brewing on an issue that seemed settled in 2006. That was when California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, flexing his environmental credentials, signed into law a measure that requires a statewide cut in greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels… Continue reading
Sep 02 Obstacles Appear on Road to Progress in Mideast Talks The first direct peace talks in 20 months between Israelis and Palestinians began Thursday, but two major hurdles have arisen already, casting doubt on prospects for success. And other challenges loom on the horizon, analysts tell the NewsHour. Continue reading
Sep 02 The Morning Line: The Clash in California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer and Republican Carly Fiorina sparred Wednesday in an hour-long debate at St. Mary's College in California that highlighted their stark differences on issues ranging from the economy and climate change to immigration and abortion. Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch Effect of Court Decisions on Guns Remains Murky in California Correspondent Spencer Michels examines how U.S. Supreme Court rulings limiting local gun-control laws are playing out in California. Continue watching
Sep 01 As Mideast Peace Talks Start, D.C. Think Tanks Overfloweth With Analysis By Michael D. Mosettig It's been 20 months since Israelis and Palestinians sat down across a table with each other, and that has meant quiet times for the dozens of Middle East analysts and advocates in Washington's think tank world. But the Wednesday-Thursday… Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch Israeli, Palestinian Leaders Look for Common Ground in Direct Talks Israeli and Palestinian peace talks went on as planned in Washington even as a violent attack erupted in the Middle East. Members of the Hamas militant group shot and killed four Isralei settlers in an attempt to disrupt the peace… Continue watching
Sep 01 Early Retirees Get New Help With Health Insurance About 2,000 employers will begin receiving payments this month from a new $5 billion program designed to encourage them to provide health insurance to early retirees who are too young for Medicare. The goal of the program, part of the… Continue reading
Sep 01 Flow of Illegal Immigrants to the U.S. on the Decline, Study Finds A study released Wednesday by the Pew Hispanic Center found that the yearly flow of illegal immigrants into the United States dropped nearly two-thirds from 2007 to 2009 from the first five years of last decade. This… Continue reading
Sep 01 Wednesday: Mideast Peace Talks Begin, Hurricane Earl Downgraded By Maureen Hoch Hours after a primetime address marking the end of combat operations in Iraq, President Obama pivots Wednesday to another complex and vexing Mideast issue: Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. President Obama will host talks in Washington with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin… Continue reading
Sep 01 The Morning Line: Biden Grudgingly Gives Bush Administration Credit for Iraq Surge Success By Terence Burlij Updated with video 11:00a.m. ET Vice President Biden went further, albeit grudgingly, than President Obama did in his Tuesday night Oval Office address in crediting the surge of troops into Iraq ordered by President George W. Bush in January… Continue reading