Feb 12 Pew Poll: Obama's Ratings Flat as Incumbents Face Difficult 2010 A new Pew Center for People and the Press poll released Friday shows that President Barack Obama's favorability rating has held steady at 49 percent for the past few months and that members of Congress running for re-election face… Continue reading
Feb 12 Friday's Headlines: Bipartisan Jobs Plan in Doubt; Kennedy to Leave Congress One day after Senate lawmakers unveiled a bipartisan plan for creating jobs, the future of the legislation may already be in doubt. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he plans to bring a scaled-down version of the $85… Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch Public Anger on the Rise as Focus Turns to Midterm Races President Barack Obama's approval rating has steadied near 49 percent after dropping for much of this year, according to new voter polls released Friday. Both parties are working to address public frustration over partisan gridlock in Congress as the fall's… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch Shields and Brooks on Partisanship and Politics in Washington Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the past week, including the state of partisan politics in Washington, the issues driving voter anger, and what President Obama's slipping approval rating means for his legislative… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch News Wrap: Bill Clinton Home After Heart Procedure In other news Friday, former President Bill Clinton returned home after an overnight hospitalization following a heart procedure and much of the Deep South was paralyzed as a rare winter storm deposited several inches of snow. Continue watching
Feb 11 Timeline: A Modern History of Iran By PBS News Hour Key Events in Iran Since 1921… Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch Tensions Arise Anew Around Iran's Nuclear, Political Goals As government backers and opposition protesters rallied in Iran Thursday to mark the 31st anniversary of the country's Islamic Revolution, tensions continued to rise between Tehran and Washington over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch Iran Marks Revolution Anniversary With Nuclear Announcement On the 31st anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared his nation had the capacity to produce weapons-grade nuclear fuel. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Feb 10 Blizzard Forces Gridlocked Congress into Complete Stop Washington, D.C., has a chance to break its record for the most snow in a season as the second crippling snowstorm in a week descended on the capital Tuesday into Wednesday. The blowing winds have forced the U.S. Congress,… Continue reading