Aug 04 Watch News Wrap: Senate Democrats Advance $26B Medicaid, Education Package In other news Wednesday, Senate Democrats broke a Republican filibuster to advance a $26 billion measure that would provide states with funding for Medicaid and education. Also, another incumbent member of Congress lost a re-election bid. Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch California Same-Sex Marriage Ban Overturned, But Appeal Likely A federal judge struck down California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages Wednesday, but proponents have promised an appeal. Spencer Michels reports from San Francisco on the ruling's possible implications for the rest of the country and the prospects for the… Continue watching
Aug 03 Reporter's Notebook: Senators Set to Leave Town Without Energy Bill Action A crowded hallway packed with Capitol Hill reporters waited for the final interaction with Senate Democratic and Republican leaders that winds down the summer session of Congress. Called "the stake-out at the historic Ohio Clock," it's the last chance for… Continue reading
Aug 03 Rock the Vote Looks to Overcome Youth Enthusiasm Gap by Midterms Rock the Vote, a non-profit group that encourages and mobilizes young Americans to register to vote, announced Tuesday that it is mobilizing in five states for its biggest midterm election year voting drive since its founding in 1992. Continue reading
Aug 03 BP Begins 'Static Kill' Attempt Updated 5:23 p.m. ET | BP senior vice president Kent Wells said at a technical briefing Tuesday afternoon that the injectivity test conducted Tuesday ahead of the static kill was a "textbook" operation. "It went exactly as we would… Continue reading
Aug 03 The Oil Spill Put in Perspective In an effort to better understand the magnitude of the gulf oil disaster, we've taken the newly published spill total and compared it against several real-world numbers. We'll be adding to this list throughout the day. If you have… Continue reading
Aug 03 In Honduras, Whispers of Political Unrest Remain Amid Mayan Beauty SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras | Within an hour after landing here in Honduras's second largest city, I had my picture snapped three times -- at immigration, a record of my arrival, then before boarding the airport bus to the downtown… Continue reading
Aug 03 Katrina 5 Years Later: Housing Concerns and 'Toxic Trailers' By News Desk A resident of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward mows his lawn in front of a FEMA trailer in 2006. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) On the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we're looking back at some of our NewsHour coverage… Continue reading
Aug 03 The Morning Line: Primary Day Voters head to the polls in Michigan, Missouri and Kansas for primary elections Tuesday that will help shape the November playing field. The nail-biter race of the day is the marquee contest for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in… Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch Intelligence Oversight: Is Congress the Problem? Margaret Warner speaks with former Sen. Slade Gorton and former CIA Director John McLaughlin about oversight of the nation's massive intelligence community. Continue watching