Apr 23 Watch Shields and Brooks on Immigration, Financial Reform Efforts Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political news stories of the week, including the contentious new immigration law in Arizona and movement in Congress on the financial reform bill. Continue watching
Apr 22 Summers on Importance of Financial Oversight, Curbing 'Too Big to Fail' By News Desk After President Obama spoke in New York City on Thursday about "common sense, reasonable" solutions to the problems that led to the financial crisis, correspondent Jeffrey Brown sat down with Lawrence H. Summers, the director of the National… Continue reading
Apr 22 In Britain, Foreign Policy Dominates Next Televised Debate Britain's main contenders for prime minister meet again in their second televised debate Thursday night, following their debut on April 15, and the subject this time is foreign policy. The debate is likely to see three central issues… Continue reading
Apr 22 Obama: Reforms Would Put an End to Taxpayer Bailouts By Carolyn O'Hara _pap_embed_custom('news01s3e9cqe7c',482,304,""); President Obama traveled to New York City Thursday to deliver a speech outlining his goals for financial reform. As legislation rewriting the rules of Wall Street works its way through the Senate, Mr. Obama had tough words for the… Continue reading
Apr 22 Text: Obama's Speech on Wall Street Reform By Maureen Hoch President Obama delivered a speech on Wall Street reform at Cooper Union in New York City Thursday. Following is the text of his remarks, as prepared for delivery and distributed by the White House. Continue reading
Apr 22 Photo Essay: Drug Violence in Juarez By Talea Miller The city of Juárez, Mexico, across the border and a short drive from El Paso, has become known as Mexico's "murder capital," at the epicenter of drug violence that has plagued the country and escalated since 2008. Although… Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch Americans' Arrests in Pakistan a 'Wake-Up Call' for Virginia Muslims Margaret Warner has the story of five Americans awaiting trial in Pakistan on terrorism charges. The Muslim men from Virginia, arrested in January, have denied involvement with al-Qaida. Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch U.K. Prime Minister Candidates Square Off over Foreign Policy Three top candidates for prime minister in Britain's tightly contested parliamentary election shared the stage to discuss foreign policy in the second of three televised political debates. Simon Marks reports from London on the political footing for the three parties… Continue watching
Apr 21 New $100 Bill Gets a Facelift By Tom LeGro In the appropriately named Cash Room of the Department of the Treasury, Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios, along with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, unveiled a new design of the $100 bill… Continue reading
Apr 21 Tea Party Mapped: How Big Is It and Where Is It based? By Dante Chinni If you turned to a cable news channel in recent weeks, you may have seen a large group of "tea party" protesters, signs in hand, expressing outrage over government tyranny. But how big are those groups really? The tea party… Continue reading