May 28 Sick Fishermen Spark Worries About Health Effects of Oil, Chemicals Reports of fisherman who had been hired to clean up oil in the Gulf of Mexico falling ill have raised concerns about the health effects of the stew of oil and chemicals in the area. On… Continue reading
May 28 What Are the Next Steps for Ending Don't Ask, Don't Tell? The House of Representatives voted Thursday night to end the U.S. military ban on openly gay and bisexual service members, but the U.S. Senate and the military must act before the law known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" becomes… Continue reading
May 28 Gwen's Take: The California Governor's Race By Gwen Ifill I was strolling through the town square in the pretty, precious town of Mill Valley, California, last weekend, reporting on California's gubernatorial race, when I realized I might have to change my mind about politics. Only a few weeks ago,… Continue reading
May 28 Watch Spending Spree Marks Republican California Governor's Primary Tensions mount in California's multi-million dollar Republican primary race for California governor, where over $90 million has already been spent on campaigns. Gwen Ifill reports on the contentious and expensive contest. Continue watching
May 28 Watch Shields and Brooks Discuss the Gulf Oil Spill's Political Price Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the week, including the government's role in the Gulf oil disaster and the expensive governor's race in California. Continue watching
May 27 Gov 2.0 Expo: Holovaty on Empowering Citizens With Neighborhood Data By Hari Sreenivasan The Rundown took the show on the road this week, visiting the Gov 2.0 Expo in downtown Washington, D.C., to get some perspectives on efforts to make government more transparent and useful for its citizens. Everyblock.com founder… Continue reading
May 27 Liveblogging Oil Leak Developments: Spill Now Worst in U.S. History By Quinn Bowman UPDATED: 6:13 PM: The New York Times is reporting that the top kill procedure has been halted by BP Thursday afternoon "when engineers saw that too much of the drilling fluid they were injecting into the well was escaping… Continue reading
May 26 Hardship Index Shows Joblessness Drops, Foreclosures Increase In an election year, the party in power ultimately lives or dies on the state of the economy -- or so goes the conventional wisdom. So, with a little less than six months before voters go to the polls, how… Continue reading
May 26 Watch Jamaica's Civilian Death Toll Mounts in Hunt for Wanted Drug Kingpin Margaret Warner has an update on the violence gripping Jamaica's capital where more than 40 people have died, after security forces stormed the slums in search of a reputed drug lord. Continue watching