Apr 29 Crist's Independent Bid Opens New Political Frontier in Florida By Quinn Bowman Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is expected to announce Thursday afternoon that he will run as an independent in the race to fill an open Senate seat. How would Sunshine State voters react to a three-way race? We ask two political… Continue reading
Apr 28 After Nine-Year Fight, Government Approves Cape Cod Wind Farm On a day when much attention is centered on an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. took steps toward an entirely different alternative on the energy front. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Wednesday that the… Continue reading
Apr 28 Greek Crisis Spreads as Spain's Debt is Downgraded Spain on Wednesday became the third European nation in two days to see its debt rating downgraded, heightening investor angst about a spiraling fiscal crisis on the continent. The ratings agency Standard & Poor's slashed its rating of Spain… Continue reading
Apr 28 Supreme Court Rules WWI Cross Can Remain in California Federal Park By Quinn Bowman A divided Supreme Court ruled today that a Latin cross honoring American soldiers who served in World War I can remain in a federal park in California. In writing for the plurality of the court, Justice Anthony Kennedy… Continue reading
Apr 28 Patchwork Nation: The Housing Market and the 'Real' Recovery By Dante Chinni Standing in the spring of 2010 looking around at the economy, we think it's worth asking: What does a recovery look like? There have been positive signs lately - the auto industry looks much better and consumer confidence… Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch Looking Back at the Vietnam War with Author, Veteran Tim O'Brien Thirty five years after the conclusion of the Vietnam War, Tim O'Brien's collection of stories about an American platoon, "The Things They Carried," is being reissued as it celebrates its own 20th anniversary. Jeffrey Brown talks to the author about… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch High Court Hears Privacy Case, Allows Cross to Stand in Mojave The Supreme Court ruled to allow a cross to remain on government land and heard arguments on privacy rights for people who sign political petitions. Ray Suarez talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal for more on both… Continue watching
Apr 27 Live-blogging the Goldman Hearing The Rundown is following the congressional subcommittee hearing on Goldman Sachs Tuesday and offering updates and insights from the NewsHour news desk and economics correspondent Paul Solman, as well as frequent NewsHour guest Simon Johnson and smart… Continue reading
Apr 27 Preview: Cardinal William Levada on Church Abuse Scandal Margaret Warner is reporting from the Vatican this week on the fallout from the Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandal. On Tuesday's NewsHour, you can watch her full interview with Cardinal William Levada, one of the top Vatican officials charged with… Continue reading
Apr 27 Senate Panel Examines Mine Safety After Deadly W.Va. Explosion The country's top mine safety expert was part of a panel that appeared Tuesday afternoon in a Senate hearing about the recent explosion that killed 29 West Virginia coal miners in the worst U.S. mining disaster in four… Continue reading