Jun 18 Congress Passes Temporary Medicare "Doc Fix" Updated Friday, June 25, 11:23 a.m. Congress on Thursday passed a temporary measure that will avert a 21 percent pay cut to doctors who treat Medicare patients -- but the fix will only last for six months. Continue reading
Jun 18 Barton on the Hot Seat: Looking Back at His Carbon Comments By Judy Woodruff A controversial comment by veteran Texas Rep. Joe Barton, the ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, reminded us of an interview we did with him earlier this year. On Thursday, Barton startled many in… Continue reading
Jun 18 Uncertainty Abounds as the Gulf Leak Meter Ticks Higher By Chris Amico Last week, we noted that a federal panel raised the estimate of how much oil has been leaking out of the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico: Working together, U.S. government and independent scientists estimate that… Continue reading
Jun 18 Gwen's Take: Covering the Oil Disaster By Gwen Ifill As President Obama struggled to assert control over what seems to be an uncontrollable situation, I had the chance to assess the unspooling oil disaster dilemma this week by talking to folks living with it, and folks watching from afar. Continue reading
Jun 18 Reporter's Notebook: Remembering De Gaulle's Speech 70 Years Later Former France Libre members salute Charles deGaulle's grave. Photo by Francois Nascimbeni/AFP/Getty Images A small radio studio in London came back to life Friday, 70 years after it was the venue for lighting the flame of resistance in Nazi-conquered… Continue reading
Jun 18 Friday: Hayward, Barton Suffer Fallout; Obama Readies for G-20 Summit A day after BP chief executive Tony Hayward appeared before a congressional hearing on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, reaction to his testimony has been unsurprisingly critical -- he "mastered the art of saying very little… Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch Shields and Brooks on Barton's Apology, Obama's Pressure on BP Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the week, including the political uproar over Rep. Joe Barton's apology to BP and whether President Obama strongarmed the company into creating a $20 billion escrow fund… Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch Feinberg: BP 'Trying to Do the Right Thing' But Claims Need Expedited Kenneth Feinberg, who was named by President Obama to independently manage the $20 billion Gulf disaster compensation fund, tells Jeffrey Brown that "time is the enemy" for people who need their claims processed. He also said his independence cannot be… Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch U.N. Estimates 1 Million in Kyrgyzstan May Need Humanitarian Aid United Nations officials said more than 1 million people may need humanitarian aid in wake of the ongoing crisis in Kyrgyzstan. Judy Woodruff talks to Clifford Levy of the New York Times, who has been reporting from the region. Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch Violence 'Abating' in Kyrgyzstan as Interim Leader Visits Stricken City The violence-stricken city of Osh received its first visit from Interim President Rosa Otunbayeva since the beginning of last week's crisis, who said the death toll is now believed to be more than 2,000. Continue watching