Aug 19 Australian Election a Fight to the Finish If you think politics is a bare knuckles sport in this country, try Australia, where the brawling inside the major parties can be more intense than the contests between them. This weekend's national elections are proving the point again. Continue reading
Aug 19 Thursday: Combat Troops Leaving Iraq; Jobless Claims Reach 500,000 Seven years and five months after the start of the war in Iraq, the last American combat troops have been making their way out of the country. Troops from the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, moved across the… Continue reading
Aug 19 The Morning Line: Misconceptions About Obama's Faith on the Rise By David Chalian It's quite easy to imagine President Obama itching to get up to Martha's Vineyard with his family Thursday afternoon and kick back for 10 days. He's got a relentless unemployment rate to battle, an upcoming fall campaign season in which… Continue reading
Aug 18 Radio Frequency Identification Tags: Identity Theft Danger or Modern Aid? By Spencer Michels In a recent NewsHour report on cybersecurity, we showed security expert Chris Paget, shown above, climbing on a 29th floor hotel balcony in Las Vegas to demonstrate how he could read radio frequency identification tags at… Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch Blagojevich Trial Puts Dynamics of a Jury Back in View Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty on one of 24 charges Tuesday, but the jury was just one vote shy of convicting him on some of the more serious charges. Jim Lehrer talks to law professor Valerie Hans,… Continue watching
Aug 18 Wednesday: Aid to Pakistan Falls Short; BP to Begin Transferring Claims Pakistanis walk in the flooded area of Shah Jamal on Wednesday. Photo by Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images. The picture of devestation from the floods in Pakistan continues to worsen Wednesday. The European Union said it will spend an extra… Continue reading
Aug 18 The Morning Line: Battleground Wednesday For as much as Barack Obama changed the electoral map in 2008, the two states he visits Wednesday will be as critical to his re-election effort in 2012 as they were for George W. Bush in his campaigns for the… Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch Blagojevich Guilty on 1 Count, Judge Sets Hearing for Retrial Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty Tuesday on one charge of lying to federal agents, but prosecutors have pledged a speedy retrial on 23 other counts. Political Editor David Chalian discusses the verdict and pending retrial with Jim… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch Obama Hits Road as Campaigner-in-Chief for Democrats With midterm elections less than three months away, President Obama is joining the campaign trail for some Democrats. Although many polls show his approval ratings have fallen, his schedule is packed with appearances to help campaigns. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Aug 17 Ex-Ill. Gov. Blagojevich Found Guilty on Charge of Lying to Federal Agents UPDATE 6:40 p.m. EDT | Before leaving the courthouse, Rod Blagojevich said the government could not prove he did anything wrong, and pledged to fight his one conviction. "I want the people of Illinois to know I did not… Continue reading