May 24 Supreme Court Rules NFL May Face Antitrust Lawsuit By Quinn Bowman The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that the National Football League could face an antitrust lawsuit over its exclusive apparel contract with Reebok. The court reversed the decision of two lower courts, which had dismissed the lawsuit from American Needle,… Continue reading
May 24 Patchwork Nation: A Closer Look at Rand Paul's November Prospects By Dante Chinni Rand Paul's victory in the Kentucky Senate primary was hailed as the first victory for a true tea party candidate. In his victory speech, Paul himself announced he was coming to "take Washington back." But a primary is… Continue reading
May 24 NewsHour Plus | This Week In Space: Atlantis, Armstrong, Space X By Hari Sreenivasan Miles O'Brien joins us again on The Rundown to talk about the last mission for the Space Shuttle Atlantis, the rarity of Neil Armstrong's recent public testimony on the direction of the space program's future, and… Continue reading
May 24 Watch Asia Experts Debate Road Ahead for U.S. Over Korean Strife The U.S. announced plans to conduct naval exercises off the Korean peninsula in response to the sinking of a South Korean vessel two months ago. Judy Woodruff gets two views from experts on Asian affairs about the investigation into the… Continue watching
May 24 Watch Supreme Court Rules Against NFL in Merchandise Antitrust Case The Supreme Court has ruled that a sportswear company may proceed with its lawsuit against the National Football League. Ray Suarez talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal for more on what the case will mean for competition… Continue watching
May 24 Watch South Korea Halts Trade with North Over Ship-Sinking Incident South Korea announced plans to suspend trade with communist North Korea over the sinking of a warship in disputed waters two months ago. Judy Woodruff reports on the mounting tensions on the Korean peninsula. Continue watching
May 21 Live from the Ocean Floor: New Oil Leak Widget Features 'Spillcam' By Hari Sreenivasan BP's live video stream of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico is simultaneously tragic and hypnotic. With each passing second, more gallons of crude oil and natural gas escape into the ocean. Until Thursday, BP and NOAA had… Continue reading
May 21 Shields and Brooks on Kentucky's Rand Paul and Baseball By Hari Sreenivasan Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks stopped by The Rundown again on Friday to discuss Kentucky's new -- and newly controversial -- Republican Party Senate nominee Rand Paul, the strength of the tea party movement, how libertarians view… Continue reading
May 21 California Senate Race: Poll Shows Boxer Pulling Ahead of GOP Rivals By Spencer Michels With Republicans and the tea partiers getting most of the headlines these days, it's a little surprising that liberal Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer of California has opened up a small but significant lead over all the Republicans running against… Continue reading
May 21 Government, BP to Revise Estimated Rate of Oil Leak By Lea Winerman Phil Radford, executive director of Greenpeace USA, inspects oil-covered reeds along the Gulf of Mexico; John Moore/Getty Images Questions continued to swirl over the size of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak, as BP and the Coast Guard announced Friday that… Continue reading