Aug 13 Watch Obama Signs $600 Million Bill to Boost U.S. Border Security In the heat of the immigration reform debate, President Obama signed a $600 million bill to increase security personnel and equipment along the border. Jeffrey Brown explains the details. Continue watching
Aug 12 Online Fraudsters Increasingly Skilled at Hacking Bank Accounts By Joanne Jennings All this week, we've been looking at the complexities of cybersecurity, including the potential for attacks on government computers and the views of former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden on the scope of the "cyber conflict." On… Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch News Wrap: Blagojevich Jury 'Not Close' to Decision In other news Thursday, the wait continues for the legal fate of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The jurors said they are not close to decisions on all charges. Also, a federal judge delayed resuming gay marriage ceremonies in California… Continue watching
Aug 12 Firing From the Rear: Democrats' Infighting Follows Historical Pattern White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs drew fire from the liberal Democratic base this week after his comments denouncing the "professional left" in an interview with The Hill newspaper. In an interview with The Rundown, presidential… Continue reading
Aug 12 The Morning Line: The Senate's Quick Return If you turn on C-SPAN 2 Thursday morning, you'll be able to catch a very quick pause in the Senate's August recess. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., worked out a deal with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to pass,… Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch Gitmo Tribunal Trial of Khadr Offers 'Test of the System Itself' The trial of a Canadian citizen captured in Afghanistan and accused of war crimes began Thursday, the first under new rules imposed by the Obama administration. For perspective, Margaret Warner speaks with Michelle Shephard of the Toronto Star who has… Continue watching
Aug 11 The Congress That Won't Take a Break Just when you thought it was safe to take a vacation in August, the Senate announced it will return to Washington to reconvene for a short session on Thursday to vote on border security funding and a remembrance of the… Continue reading
Aug 11 Where the Stimulus Went and the Economic Headwind It Faces How much money does it take to restart a sputtering economy? That's the question the federal government has been trying to figure out for the last year and a half. In the past year-plus the American Reinvestment and Recovery… Continue reading
Aug 11 Ifill and Chalian Dissect Primaries, Obamas' Vacations, Iowa Stumping By David Chalian Senior Correspondent Gwen Ifill spoke with me Wednesday about the bigger themes coming out of Tuesday night's primary results in Colorado and Connecticut. Also in the NewsHour's look at the week ahead in politics (a segment for which… Continue reading
Aug 11 Two Very Different Takes on Iran In two major national magazines this week, there are simultaneous articles on the confrontation between Israel and Iran over the latter's probable development of nuclear weapons. The articles in The Atlantic and The New Yorker are written from… Continue reading