May 12 The Tory-Lib Dem Agreement: Reading Between the Lines According to the coalition agreement hammered out between Britain's Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, the new U.K. government will try to set fixed terms for Parliament, maintain the country's nuclear arsenal, and trim a growing budget deficit. The… Continue reading
May 12 Lieberman, Kerry Unveil Climate Bill Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) unveiled a much-anticipated energy and climate bill Wednesday, aimed at reducing carbon emissions and encouraging the development of clean energy sources. The American Power Act, the Senate version of sweeping legislation… Continue reading
May 12 White House Seeks to Raise Oil Companies' Liability Cap By Jason Breslow With costs mounting in the effort to contain the Gulf Coast oil leak, the Obama administration said Wednesday it will move to raise the cap on damages that the government can collect from oil companies during a spill. Administration officials… Continue reading
May 12 U.K. Coalition Takes British Politics into "Uncharted Waters" By Hari Sreenivasan _pap_embed_custom('news01s3f6cqe9c',482,304,""); Simon Marks, who has been covering the British elections for the PBS NewsHour, stopped by the Rundown to offer a preview of the political compromises that the Conservatives may have to make in order to maintain their coalition with… Continue reading
May 12 Wednesday: Obama Holds Talks with Karzai; Kagan to Meet Key Senators Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meet at the State Department on Tuesday. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Afghan President Hamid Karzai meets with President Barack Obama at the White House on Wednesday for talks… Continue reading
May 12 Watch News Wrap: Dutch Child Sole Survivor of Libyan Plane Crash In other new Wednesday, a Libyan plane crash on landing in Tripoli, killing 103 people on board but sparing a 10-year-old Dutch boy and seven children and two adults were hacked to death at a school in China by the… Continue watching
May 11 Politico: Kagan Will Face Questions on Harvard Military Recruitment Policy By Hari Sreenivasan _pap_embed_custom('news01s3f63qe9c',482,304,""); Politico White House editor Craig Gordon stopped by the Rundown Tuesday to give us a look at their reporting on President Obama's nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to serve on the Supreme Court. Gordon told us that… Continue reading
May 11 Gordon Brown Resigns as Britain's Prime Minister Prime Minister David Cameron on the steps of 10 Downing Street on Tuesday. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images. UPDATED -- 4:35 pm ET David Cameron became Britain's new prime minister on Tuesday, returning his Conservative party to power after… Continue reading
May 11 Wealthy Suburbs May Not Hold the Key to 2010 Elections By Dante Chinni The nation's wealthy suburban areas, places we call the Monied 'Burb counties in Patchwork Nation, are often the fulcrum of election night. Home of famously independent (or fickle) voters, the decisions voters make in the Burbs, which hold… Continue reading
May 11 Watch Oil Executives Under Fire in Congressional Gulf Leak Probe Oil company executives traded blame for last month's explosion at an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico at hearings in Washington and Louisiana. Gwen Ifill talks to a Wall Street Journal reporter for more on the investigation into the… Continue watching