Aug 16 The Morning Line: Obama Hits the Trail President Obama will be in non-stop campaign mode for the next three days -- more so than at any time since his 2008 victory. His name isn't on the ballot, but more than any political pundit or practitioner, President… Continue reading
Aug 13 Obama Backs Effort to Build Mosque Near Ground Zero By News Desk President Obama on Friday night weighed in on the debate over whether to build a 13-story Islamic community center and mosque near the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York, saying the country's founding principles demanded no less. "As… Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch Napolitano: Immigration Issues Don't Merit Constitutional Changes A new $600 million bill will put more personnel and security measures along the U.S.-Mexico border. Jeffrey Brown talks to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about how this bill will affect security efforts already in place. Continue watching
Aug 13 Russia to Deliver Uranium Fuel for Iran Plant, Raising New Nukes Concerns In another turn of the Iran nuclear story, Russia will begin loading fuel rods into Tehran's first nuclear power station at Bushehr next week, a Russian spokesperson said Friday. The U.S. has been critical of Russia's involvement in building… Continue reading
Aug 13 Allen: Well Not Yet Killed, BP Will Move Forward With Relief Well Updated 3:34 p.m. National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen said Friday that the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is not yet dead, and that BP will proceed with a relief well to permanently kill it. Continue reading
Aug 13 Waters Disputes Ethics Charges: 'I Have Not Violated Any House Rules' California House Democrat Maxine Waters defended herself against ethics charges Friday, reiterating that she did nothing wrong or improper in seeking federal help that could benefit a Los Angeles bank where her husband is an investor. At a Capitol… Continue reading
Aug 13 Leaning Left and Right: Why Labels Won't Help This Year OK, folks, it's time for another of my periodic forays into definitional politics. To accomplish this, I have to take my own profession to task - and then rise to its defense. The problem: we reach too easily for shorthand. Continue reading
Aug 13 Debate Over Reopening Gulf Fishing Grounds Falls Along Surprising Lines By Tom Bearden The state of Louisiana is about to reopen several state-controlled fishing grounds that were closed because of the Macondo oil well disaster. You'd think that fishermen would be thrilled with that idea. You'd be wrong. A couple of dozen… Continue reading
Aug 13 The Morning Line: Campaign Ads Begin to Flood Airwaves We still may be in the dog days of summer and many voters are trying to squeeze in one more trip to the beach rather than worry about the upcoming midterm elections. But that isn't stopping several campaigns from full… Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch Nuclear Fuel Deal Gives Iran Chance to Prove Peaceful Intent Russia plans to transfer uranium fuel to an Iranian nuclear plant. Margaret Warner gets perspectives from Ray Takeyh, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and journalist Robin Wright. Continue watching