Jun 26 Iran Reasserts Legitimacy of Vote, Obama Condemns Violence By Admin, PBS News Hour Iran's top electoral body on Friday reasserted its evaluation of the disputed presidential election, calling the contest the "healthiest" since the country's Islamic Revolution in 1979. Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch California Lawmakers Struggle With $24B Budget Gap Spencer Michels reports on California's struggles to address a $24 billion shortfall in the state budget, which lawmakers say puts the state in danger of running out of money. Continue watching
Jun 25 Reporter’s Notebook: Is the G-8’s Purpose Waning? By PBS News Hour On the cusp of the Group of Eight summit from July 8-10 in L'Aquila, Italy, NewsHour senior producer for foreign affairs Michael D. Mosettig looks into the question of its relevancy in light of larger economic summits. Continue reading
Jun 25 Fed Chief Denies Wrongdoing in BofA Deal By PBS News Hour Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before a House committee Thursday, facing questions on the Fed's role in pushing Bank of America to acquire the struggling Merrill Lynch during the height of the Wall Street meltdown. Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch Justices Rule School’s Strip Search of Student Was Illegal The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Thursday that officials at an Arizona school went too far when they strip searched an eighth-grader accused of distributing drugs. Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal discusses the ruling with Jim Lehrer. Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch On Afghan-Pakistan Border, a Daily Struggle to Survive Independent Television News special correspondent Nima Elbagir reports on the struggles of daily life along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch Other News: Bomb Blast Kills Dozens at Baghdad Market In other news, a bombing at a Baghdad market killed at least 69 people, and the Federal Reserve said it will leave interest rates unchanged. Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch Iran’s Mousavi Thrust Into Spotlight as Opposition Leader Iran reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, have emerged as the face of the country's political opposition. But who are they? Analysts offer insight. Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch Political Unrest Continues on Streets of Tehran New York Times reporter Nazila Fathi speaks with Gwen Ifill about the latest developments on the political unrest in Iran. Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch Iran Will Not ‘Yield to Pressure,’ Vows Khamenei Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed on Wednesday that he would not "yield to pressure at any cost" over this month's disputed presidential election results. ITN's Channel 4 news correspondent Jonathan Miller reports. Continue watching