Dec 04 Watch Shields, Brooks Take on Afghan Plan, 'Populist Uprising' Over Economy Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks examine the implications of the latest unemployment figures and President Obama's decision to commit more troops to Afghanistan. Continue watching
Dec 03 Margaret Warner: Dispatch From Brussels It was nearly 1 p.m. Thursday before Secretary Clinton got to her 757 airplane at Andrews AFB, looking remarkably unbattered after a day-and-a-half of being grilled by Senate and House members doubtful about the wisdom of the surge-and-withdraw course… Continue reading
Dec 03 Senate Breaks Health Care Stalemate With Votes on Amendments Updated December 4, 2009, 11:35 am In its fourth* day of debate on a health care reform bill Thursday, the Senate cast the first of many votes on amendments to the legislation. Senators agreed to safeguard coverage of mammograms… Continue reading
Dec 03 Gwen Ifill: Politics and the Big Picture By Gwen Ifill Blogs can be fun because they offer the opportunity to climb into someone's head for a few minutes, and, in the case of this blog, The Rundown, you can travel behind the scenes as the NewsHour comes together each weeknight. Continue reading
Dec 03 Thursday's Headlines: Afghanistan Hearings, Bernanke on the Hill On an unusually warm December day in Washington this Thursday, top administration officials are gearing up for another day of hearings on President Obama's decision to send an extra 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. In hearings yesterday, Secretary of State… Continue reading
Dec 03 Tough Criticism for Bernanke By Carolyn O'Hara Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faced tough criticism Thursday from a Senate committee for the central bank's failure to regulate risk-taking on Wall Street. Continue reading
Dec 03 Obama Hears Ideas for Job Creation at Summit By Carolyn O'Hara As CEOs, labor leaders, and economists gather at the White House Thursday to discuss how to accelerate U.S. job creation, their challenge is tackling double-digit unemployment while keeping the deficit under control. Continue reading
Dec 02 High Court Hears Beachfront Property Case By Quinn Bowman The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle spoke with the NewsHour Wednesday about Supreme Court oral arguments in a case about government takeover of beach property in Florida. Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch Other News: Iraqi Election Postponed One Month In other news, the United Nations reported that Iraq will delay its national elections by one more month, and China, India, Brazil and South Africa refused to cut carbon emissions by 2050. Continue watching
Dec 01 On World AIDS Day, Strategy for Future of PEPFAR Released By Talea Miller The State Department released its five-year global AIDS strategy Tuesday, emphasizing building countries' abilities to manage their own epidemics, but disappointing advocates by not including a budget or recommending a bolder treatment target. Continue reading