Jul 14 Tea Party Movement Fights Perception of Welcoming Right-Wing Fringe The North Iowa Tea Party recently purchased a billboard in downtown Mason City, Iowa, that tied together the images of President Obama, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. Each were labeled with the words "change" and… Continue reading
Jul 14 Fed to Gulf Coast Banks: Help Those Hurt by the Spill By Chris Amico The Federal Reserve urged Gulf Coast banks Wednesday to help customers get through what is sure to be a tough road ahead economically due to the ongoing oil disaster. In response to this disaster, financial institutions can… Continue reading
Jul 14 Obama's Immigration Problem in Patchwork Nation By Dante Chinni In a country as complex as diverse as the United States, there aren't many issues that cut the same way everywhere. Some places may be strongly opposed, say to free trade, while others tend to be more supportive. Patchwork… Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch New Orleans Police Officers Face Charges in Post-Katrina Deaths Margaret Warner speaks with a ProPublica reporter about the charges facing six New Orleans police officers in connection with killing unarmed citizens and covering up their deaths in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Continue watching
Jul 13 The Number That Scares the White House Most By David Chalian The White House usually publicly refrains from getting too caught up in the poll obsessed chatter that dominates the Washington political world when a new survey makes a front page splash. But with the midterm elections less than four… Continue reading
Jul 13 New U.S. AIDS Strategy Aims to Reduce New Infections by 25% The Obama administration on Tuesday released a wide-ranging domestic AIDS policy plan that aims to reduce the annual number of new HIV infections by 25 percent by 2015 and calls for more targeted efforts to slow the spread of… Continue reading
Jul 13 Political Strategists React to Polling on Immigration, Look Ahead to Midterms The latest Pew Research numbers found widespread public support not only for Arizona's controversial new immigration law, but also for comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to citizenship for those here illegally. Immigration is already shaping up to be… Continue reading
Jul 13 Oil Spill, Day 84: The Cap Comes Down By Chris Amico BP locked down its new sealing cap -- "the 3 ram stack" -- around 7 p.m. CST last night and a new container ship connected to the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well an hour later, raising hopes that more oil --… Continue reading
Jul 13 White House Names New Budget Chief By Quinn Bowman The White House announced Tuesday it was nominating Jacob J. Lew to be the next Director of the Office of Management and Budget. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Lew will replace outgoing OMB Director Peter Orzag. _pap_embed_custom('news01s4169qf06',482,304,""); Lew… Continue reading
Jul 13 What Will Congress Choose to Tackle? By Hari Sreenivasan NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian makes one of his first appearances here on the Rundown Tuesday, to break down what he thinks will be on the agenda for Congress ahead of their summer break and the turn into full… Continue reading