Jul 01 Watch News Wrap: Suicide Bombings Kill at Least 35 in Pakistan In other news Wednesday, suicide bombers killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 175 in Lahore, Pakistan. Also, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. Continue watching
Jun 30 Ask BP Exec Bob Dudley Your Questions for a Live Interview Thursday By News Desk On July 1 at 3:30 p.m. ET, senior correspondent Ray Suarez will moderate a live Q&A session between BP's Bob Dudley, the executive now in charge of the company's oil leak response, and you. Google, YouTube and the… Continue reading
Jun 30 Video Vault: O'Connor, Thomas and Bork in the Confirmation Hot Seat By Mike Fritz As the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan continue, it remains to be seen what issues and moments will define the proceedings. On Tuesday, Kagan declined to comment on legal questions that "might some day come before the… Continue reading
Jun 30 'Bhutto' Examines Life of Charismatic, Complicated Leader By Molly Finnegan A new documentary film about the life and death of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto -- the first woman head of an Islamic country who was assassinated in 2007 -- may attract as much interest for its political content… Continue reading
Jun 30 Who's Behind That Senator at the Kagan Hearing? By News Desk While watching the live stream of the Elena Kagan confirmation hearings, the Rundown started asking "Who's sitting behind that Senator?" So we made a few calls to find out. What is it that they do? What messages are they… Continue reading
Jun 30 Wednesday: Leahy Hopes to Wrap Up Kagan Hearings; Alex Halts Oil Cleanup By Tom LeGro Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan moves one step closer Wednesday to succeeding Justice John Paul Stevens as day three of her confirmation hearings begin in the morning. A Republican-led filibuster to block a confirmation vote seems less likely. Senate Judiciary… Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch Coyle: Kagan Sidesteps Hot-Button Questions on Ideology, Social Issues Following Elena Kagan's third day of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Judy Woodruff gets an analysis from Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about where her nomination stands. Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch Kagan Faces Few Nomination Roadblocks in Third Day of Senate Questioning Elena Kagan's confirmation hearing appeared to be winding down, as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy predicted she would be confirmed to the Supreme Court. Kwame Holman reports on the third day of hearings. Continue watching
Jun 29 Democrats Adjust Financial Reform Bill in Bid to Pick Up Votes After losing critical votes on financial reform legislation, Democrats scrambled late Tuesday to win over a handful of Republican votes by taking the unusual step of re-opening a conference committee meeting and changing how the costs of the bill… Continue reading
Jun 29 Google Stops Redirect for Chinese Users In an effort to keep its license to operate in China, Google will stop automatically rerouting mainland China users to an uncensored version of its search engine, the company announced late Monday. Under the previous configuration google.cn users… Continue reading