May 21 Gwen's Take: When Washington Insiders Become Outsiders By Gwen Ifill Every few years, national politics seems to get a jolt. Tuesday's elections in Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Arkansas proved once again how Washington insider status can be a two-edged sword. One man's experience can be another's complicity - especially in times… Continue reading
May 21 Live Video of Gulf Oil Leak Back Online Early Friday morning, BP published these two video streams this video stream online of the Gulf oil leak. This video requires Windows Media Player and works best in Firefox or Internet Explorer. The stream is now hosted courtesy of… Continue reading
May 21 Video: Live Feed of Oil Leak Released, BP Raises Siphoning Estimate By Jason Breslow UPDATE: 1:27 a.m. ET Friday BP has posted a new live stream shown below. This stream is intermittent, and requires Windows Media Player. (updated 6/8/2010 with Ustream.tv feed of the spill.)… Continue reading
May 21 Watch Shields and Brooks on Rand Paul Comments, Dangers of Centrism Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the week, including what Tuesday's telling primaries mean for the general election and the road ahead for financial reform. Continue watching
May 20 National Intelligence Director Releases Statement Confirming Resignation Dennis Blair, President Barack Obama's national intelligence director, confirmed media reports Thursday evening that he is resigning after 16 months on the job. The retired Navy admiral is the third director of national intelligence. The position was created in response… Continue reading
May 20 Video: Calderon Asks Congress to Pass Immigration Reform By Quinn Bowman _pap_embed_custom('news01s3fcdqebd',482,304,""); In an address to a joint session of Congress, Mexican President Felipe Calderon described the flow of immigrants from his country into the United States as a shared problem and asked the Congress to consider comprehensive immigration reform. Continue reading
May 20 Thursday: South Korea Accuses North of Attacking Ship; Oil Reaches Marshlands Torpedo parts salvaged from the Yellow Sea were displayed at a press conference in Seoul. Photo by Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images. An international civilian-military investigation team said Thursday that evidence overwhelmingly proves a North Korean submarine fired a torpedo that… Continue reading
May 20 Watch News Wrap: Director of National Intelligence Will Step Down In other news Thursday, there are reports that Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair may resign his office and the Senate moved to clear the way for the final passage of the financial regulatory reform bill. Continue watching
May 20 Watch Korean Ship Sinking Controversy Could Derail Nuclear Progress For more on the rising tensions over the naval explosion that killed 46 South Korean sailors near the disputed maritime border with the North, Judy Woodruff talks to two experts on Asian politics about the rising hostilities on the Korean… Continue watching
May 20 Watch Mexican President's Visit Returns Immigration to the Spotlight Ray Suarez gets two different views on the immigration issue and the prospects for reform from Luis Fraga, director of the Diversity Research Institute at the University of Washington and Jan Ting, former assistant commissioner at the Immigration and Naturalization… Continue watching