Mar 30 Watch Health Care May Grant Obama Legacy as 'Reformer' In the wake of the passage of health care reform, Jim Lehrer talks to historians Ellen Fitzpatrick and Richard Norton Smith and columnists Michael Gerson and Clarence Page about what the victory means for the Obama presidency. Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch Obama Fills Key Posts with Recess Appointments The Obama administration is moving to fill 15 vacant administrative posts that have been long-delayed by the Senate through the use of recess appointments. Judy Woodruff gets two views on White House attempts to name appointees without Senate approval. Continue watching
Mar 29 Berwick Picked to Head Medicare, Medicaid Transition Obama administration officials have told news organizations that the president plans to nominate Harvard health policy and pediatrics professor Donald Berwick to guide Medicare and Medicaid through the major changes required under the new health care… Continue reading
Mar 29 Cape Cod and Scott Brown: Lessons For the Midterm Elections? By Dante Chinni Hyannis, Mass. -- The Massachusetts special Senate election is more than two months old now - ancient history by American political standards. But if you walk up Main Street here, past the Cape Cod Central Railroad Building, you'll still see… Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch Wired White House Looks to Harness New Media As part of a look at how both political parties are connecting with constituents on the Web, Ray Suarez reports on how Democrats are harnessing new media following President Obama's successful presidential campaign on the Web. Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch Mich. Militia Group Charged with Plotting Police Attacks Nine people with ties to a Christian militia group have been charged in an alleged plot to murder police officers and target their funerals following FBI raids in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Margaret Warner talks to a reporter in Detroit… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch News Wrap: Obama Addresses Afghanistan Corruption In other news Monday, President Obama returned from a surprise trip to Afghanistan where he met with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul to discuss anti-corruption efforts and Iraq's prime minister continued to push for a recount after he trailed in… Continue watching
Mar 26 Iraq's al-Maliki Defeated in Election, Early Results Show A coalition led by Iraq's former prime minister, Iyad Allawi, has edged out Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's party in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results released Friday. Allawi's secular bloc won 91 seats in Iraq's 325-seat parliament, while al-Maliki… Continue reading
Mar 26 As With FDR, Supreme Court Could Be Obstacle to Obama's Agenda By Mike Fritz Even as Congress puts the finishing touches on a sweeping overhaul to the nation's health care system, another hurdle may be looming for President Obama's signature domestic issue: The Supreme Court. So far, 14 state attorneys general have filed a… Continue reading
Mar 26 Ray Suarez: Who's Buying Bipartisanship? In addition to his work at the NewsHour, Ray Suarez is also host of a program produced by Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, HITN, called "Destination Casa Blanca." This entry was originally posted on HITN's site, and is cross-posted… Continue reading