Jan 19 Watch One Year In, a Closer Look at the Obama Presidency As the one year anniversary of President Barack Obama's Inauguration arrives, Jeffrey Brown speaks with a panel of experts about how the president has performed so far in the Oval Office and the challenges that remain ahead. Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch News Wrap: Mass. Votes to Fill Senate Seat Long Held by Kennedys In other news, the vacant Senate seat in Massachusetts was up for grabs on Tuesday, and in Afghanistan, two U.S. troops were killed by a roadside bomb in the south. Continue watching
Jan 18 State of the Union Set for Jan. 27 The White House announced Monday evening that President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 9:00 pm EST. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says the speech… Continue reading
Jan 18 Democrats Consider Backup Plan for Health Reform as Mass. Race Remains Tight Over the past week, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate have been negotiating a compromise health care reform bill they hope can pass both chambers of Congress. But if Republican Scott Brown beats Democrat Martha Coakley… Continue reading
Jan 18 Obama Appears in Ad for Coakley as Mass. Senate Race Draws to a Close President Obama has taken to the stump to help save state Attorney General Martha Coakley's Massachusetts Senate campaign, which could have a significant impact on his signature domestic issue - health care reform legislation. President Obama rallied Coakley… Continue reading
Jan 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembered With Day of Service At the beginning of a busy week -- with a crisis in Haiti and in the thick of health care reform negotiations -- President Obama will set aside much of his day Monday to remember civil rights leader Martin… Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch Democrats on Edge as Massachusetts Voters Go to Polls President Obama traveled to Massachusetts on Sunday to stump for Democratic candidate Martha Coakley in the increasingly tight race to fill the Senate seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy. Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch News Wrap: Americans Jailed in Pakistan Claim Torture In other news, five American Muslims jailed in Pakistan on terrorism charges said in court Monday they have been tortured, and the president of Ukraine has been eliminated from the country's presidential election. Continue watching
Jan 16 Obama, Bush, Clinton Join Forces for Haiti Appeal By Jason Breslow President Barack Obama joined predecessors George W. Bush and Bill Clinton at the White House Saturday to announce a fundraising appeal to benefit Haiti in "one of the largest relief efforts in our history," Mr. Obama said. Continue reading
Jan 15 In Ukraine, 18 Candidates Vie for Top Seat By Larisa Epatko On Sunday, Ukrainians vote in their first presidential election since the Orange Revolution in 2004, when pro-Western Viktor Yushchenko eventually bested Moscow-backed Viktor Yanukovych in a re-vote. Continue reading