Aug 17 The Morning Line: Mosque Debate Continues to Distract So much for Obama's campaign tour handing the Democratic message tons of free media coverage heading into the post-Labor Day frenzy. As the president wings his way from Los Angeles to Seattle to cheerlead for vulnerable incumbent Sen. Patty… Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch News Wrap: 130 Survive Airliner Crash in Caribbean; 1 Dead In other news Monday, a Colombian airliner, carrying 131 passengers, crashed and broke into three parts on a resort island Monday but only one person was killed. In Iraq, former premier Iyad Allawi and his alliance called off talks to… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch Mosque Near Ground Zero: Local Issue or Matter of National Debate? President Obama's remarks supporting the building a controversial mosque near Ground Zero in New York drew rebuke from Republicans. Gwen Ifill speaks with New York gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio and Teaneck, N.J., Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin on the different points of… Continue watching
Aug 16 Political Checklist: Obama's Campaign Road Show, Mosque Remarks By David Chalian In a weekly segment now dubbed "The Political Checklist," senior correspondents Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill tick through this week's list by weighing in on President Obama's three-day, five-state campaign swing and what clues his stops provide in figuring… Continue reading
Aug 16 New Political Groups Face Few Spending and Donation Limits In the wake of the landmark Citizens United v. FEC campaign finance ruling, unions and corporations are now allowed to spend unlimited amounts of their own money to support candidates via advertising. But those are not the only changes… Continue reading
Aug 16 Margaret Warner Heads to Iraq to Report on Troop Drawdown By Hari Sreenivasan As we near the end of official combat operations in Iraq at the end of August, the NewsHour's Margaret Warner is headed there for a reporting trip. We caught up with her on the Rundown for a pre-brief on… Continue reading
Aug 16 Monday: Karzai Sets Exit Deadline for Contractors; Gulf Shrimp Season Opens Afghan President Hamid Karzai is setting a four-month deadline for private security companies to cease operations in the country, a government spokesman said Monday. The Associated Press reports that the Interior Ministry has 52 security firms licensed, but some… Continue reading
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