May 10 Watch Obama's Second Pick to Court Renews Debate on Judicial Qualifications President Obama nominated Solicitor General and former Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan to fill Justice John Paul Stevens' seat on the Supreme Court. Gwen Ifill gets four points of view from constitutional and Supreme Court experts on the announcement… Continue watching
May 09 Reports: President Obama to Name Elena Kagan as Supreme Court Pick By Maureen Hoch The Associated Press and major news networks reported late Sunday that President Obama plans to nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. The AP cited an unnamed person familiar with the… Continue reading
May 09 How Much Oil Has Leaked Into the Gulf of Mexico? By Chris Amico, Vanessa Dennis View ticker with live video feed. Last updated 11 a.m. ET on May 27. Nobody knows for certain how much oil has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico since last month's oil rig explosion. What we do have… Continue reading
May 07 Watch Governing Mandate Remains Up for Grabs After U.K. Elections Britain's conservative party won more seats than the ruling Labor party in this week's elections, but it lacks a clear majority to establish the government. Simon Marks reports on the country's first hung parliament in 36 years, as three political… Continue watching
May 07 Shields and Brooks on Prospects for an Energy Bill and Keeping the Lights On By Hari Sreenivasan Regular NewsHour analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks stopped by the Rundown after their appearance on Friday's program. With plenty happening in Washington and beyond this week, we discussed how the chances for passage on climate legislation are shifting… Continue reading
May 07 Gwen's Take: The Politics of Panic By Gwen Ifill It felt as if everyone was rushing to the ramparts this week. From Times Square to the Gulf Coast to Greece and Wall Street, the world has seemed positively out of breath. Part of the reason, of… Continue reading
May 07 Watch Political Horsetrading Ahead, Following Conservative Win in U.K. Elections Conservative Party leader David Cameron is looking to build a governing coalition with a third political party, after failing to gain a majority of seats in the British election. Margaret Warner gets three perspectives on the negotiations that lie ahead… Continue watching
May 07 Watch News Wrap: Oil Containment Dome Lowered into Place over Well Leak In other news Friday, BP lowered a massive containment dome into the Gulf of Mexico to try to cap the oil well that has now been leaking for 17 days and police closed part of Times Square in New York… Continue watching
May 07 Watch Shields and Brooks Assess Economy's Signals, NYC Bomb Plot Suspect Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the week, including the national security concernes raised by the foiled New York City bombing and the ongoing oil cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico. Continue watching
May 06 U.S. Markets Suffer Unexplained Plunge, Regain Ground by Closing U.S. markets plunged Thursday afternoon amid fears over the Greek debt crisis and a possible trading glitch involving shares of Procter & Gamble. The volatile afternoon left market watchers struggling to make sense of the wild… Continue reading