Aug 02 New Estimate Puts Gulf Oil Leak at 205 Million Gallons By Maureen Hoch After weeks of calculating and revising, the group of scientists appointed by the government to estimate the size of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak have released new figures that, if correct, will make the leak the world's largest… Continue reading
Aug 02 Congresswoman Waters to Face Public Ethics Trial The House Ethics Committee announced Monday that Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., will face a public trial for her alleged role in steering federal bailout funds to a bank with ties to her husband. The charges against the 10-term congresswoman… Continue reading
Aug 02 New HealthCare.gov Site Aims to Teach Americans About Insurance Options With a contentious midterm election just around the corner, the Obama administration is continuing to tout what health reform will mean for Americans -- even turning the president into an online pitchman for the administration's new health coverage website,… Continue reading
Aug 02 Arizona Dispatch: SB 1070 Through a Photojournalist's Lens PHOENIX | When Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB 1070, was signed into law in April, it was just a normal day for Arizona Republic photographer Nick Oza. He was out shooting other events for the newspaper when he got the… Continue reading
Aug 02 Judge Allows Virginia Lawsuit Against Health Reform to Move Forward A federal judge on Monday declined the Justice Department's request to throw out Virginia Attorney General Ken Cucinelli's lawsuit challenging the new federal health care reform law, a decision that gave opponents of the law their first significant… Continue reading
Aug 02 Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff Look at Week Ahead in Politics, Iraq 'Victory Lap' By Quinn Bowman As the 2010 campaign season heats up, we'll check in with our political experts Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff every Monday for their analysis of the big political stories in the week ahead. NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian sat down… Continue reading
Aug 02 Going Aboard the Drillship Discoverer Enterprise in the Gulf By Tom Bearden For months, the eyes of the world were focused on the images coming from the drillship Discoverer Enterprise. Cameras aboard the ship's ROVs, or remotely operated vehicles, provided part of the video stream from the blown out well,… Continue reading
Aug 02 How Will Obama's Approval Ratings Impact Midterm Elections? By Dante Chinni As August arrives and people begin thinking in earnest about the midterm elections, there is a growing discussion of the impact of President Obama on November. Last week the president told a group of Democratic congressmen he may offer help,… Continue reading
Aug 02 The Morning Line: President Obama's Iraq Drawdown Victory Lap With all the focus on a troubled American military effort in Afghanistan, a battered and stubborn economy at home, and Republican enthusiasm on the rise, it seems like a long time ago that American politics of 2006 and 2007 were… Continue reading