Feb 26 NY Governor Ends Reelection Bid Update: 3:35pm EST Less than a week after launching his reelection bid, New York's embattled Democratic governor, David Paterson, has announced he is ending his bid for a second term. The announcement comes as Paterson is under fire for intervening… Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch Could Budget Reconciliation Buoy Health Reform? As Democrats prepare to move ahead with health reform, Kwame Holman offers a primer on how they may use Senate rules to advance the legislation without Republican support. Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Shields, Brooks Consider Reconciliation's Future Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the past week, including President Obama's health reform summit and how the political parties are weighing potential gains and drawbacks from Democrats using budget reconciliation to pass… Continue watching
Feb 25 Live-blogging the Health Care Summit The Rundown is following President Obama's bipartisan health care reform summit Thursday and offering updates and insights from the NewsHour news desk and correspondent Judy Woodruff, as well as commentary and opinion from three analysts, throughout the event. Continue reading
Feb 25 Reactions to #HCRSummit Around the Web Did the health reform summit change minds? It's still hard to say. Going in, hopes for compromise were low, according to Politico: Heading into Thursday's summit, there's been a lot of talk on both sides about how they're… Continue reading
Feb 25 All Eyes Are on the White House as Health Care Summit Kicks Off A reasoned discussion, a boxing bout, a pro wrestling match, reality TV. Thursday's bipartisan health care reform talks are being called all of these things. Call it what you want, but one thing is for sure: The stakes are… Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch Turkish Military Leaders Released in Coup Probe Turkey's Islamic leaders met with the chiefs of its secular armed forces Thursday to address Monday's arrest of more than 50 senior military officers on allegations that they planned to overthrow the government. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Feb 24 Google Plans Rigorous Appeal of Executives' Conviction in Italy No one disputes that the Italian video -- posted online in 2006 -- showing a young man with Down syndrome being bullied was despicable. An organization working on behalf of people with Down syndrome complained to Google, which says… Continue reading
Feb 24 Bernanke Tells Lawmakers Rates to Stay Low Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers Wednesday that though the economy is in recovery, the central bank will keep interest rates at record-low levels to stave off a return to recession. Bernanke's appearance before the House Financial Services… Continue reading
Feb 24 Patchwork Nation: Hardship Score Up Across All Community Types By Dante Chinni Consumer confidence is down. Gas prices and unemployment are both up. A look at the latest Patchwork Nation's Economic Hardship Index -- a measure of key indicators including foreclosures, unemployment and gasoline prices - show that it's still rough… Continue reading