Jul 14 Declassified Testimony Reveals Regrets in Senate Over Vietnam War Support The voices of senators expressing growing concerns about the Vietnam War more than four decades ago were brought to life Wednesday with the release of more than 1,000 pages of previously classified testimony and transcripts by the Foreign Relations Committee. Continue reading
Jul 14 States Face Layoffs, Cuts as Federal Medicaid Aid Stalls Across the U.S., cash-strapped states are facing the possibility of layoffs and program cuts this year as an extension of federal Medicaid aid looks increasingly uncertain. Thirty states had written the extension of the additional Medicaid money -- first… Continue reading
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