Mar 15 Obama Pushes Health Reform in Ohio as Democrats Scramble for 216 Votes Updated 4:16 p.m. It's a line that's been heard many times over the past year, but Democrats' health care reform efforts truly could be entering their make-or-break stretch this week. President Obama headed to Ohio Monday afternoon to make… Continue reading
Mar 15 Monday: Health Care Reform; Financial Regulation; 'No Child Left Behind' Supporters of a comprehensive health care reform bill are nearing the endgame, as the fate of the legislation may finally be decided this week. President Barack Obama will kick off the final push Monday when he travels to… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch Dodd: Banking Reforms Would Rein In Financial Risk Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, has unveiled a plan to regulate banks and large firms and limit the amount of risk they can assume after the financial crisis. In a newsmaker interview, Judy Woodruff talks… Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch Deaths of Americans Raise New Concerns Over Mexico's Drug War U.S. and Mexican authorities are investigating the possible drug cartel violence that left two Americans and a Mexican with ties to the U.S. consulate in Juarez dead over the weekend. Gwen Ifill talks to a journalist about the escalating violence… Continue watching
Mar 12 Shields and Brooks Tackle Biden's Trip, Unifying Power of College Basketball By Hari Sreenivasan Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks stopped by The Rundown again to talk about the implications of Vice President Joe Biden's trip to the Middle East and what it meant for hopes of restarting peace talks. The NewsHour regulars… Continue reading
Mar 12 Margaret Warner: To Yemen, Seeking Answers SANA'A, Yemen | The stars are brilliant against the inky sky as we get off the plane late at night in Yemen. "Welcome to Sana'a," says our local fixer, a former journalist turned literature teacher, with a wide smile. The… Continue reading
Mar 12 After Texas Primary: Can Gov. Perry Pull off Another Win? By News Desk On March 2, Gov. Rick Perry won the Republican gubernatorial primary in Texas by a comfortable 21-point margin. He earned 51.1 percent of the vote, while Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison received 30.3 percent and newcomer Debra Medina 18.6 percent. Continue reading
Mar 12 FDA Adds Black-Box Warning to Plavix The Food and Drug Administration has issued its strictest safety warning for the anti-clotting medication Plavix after determining the popular blood thinner may leave some patients at risk for heart attack or stroke. The FDA ruled Plavix labels… Continue reading
Mar 12 Conversation: Perspective on Google Books from Authors Guild Member James Gleick By Arts Desk In 2005, the Authors Guild brought a lawsuit against Google for digitally scanning books without permission of the books' authors. In November 2009, a court approved an amended settlement between the Guild and Google that gives authors the option of… Continue reading
Mar 12 Reports: Yellen Chosen for No. 2 Post at Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke may soon have a new No. 2 at the Federal Reserve. President Obama is expected to nominate Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to serve as the central bank's vice… Continue reading