Jun 09 Wednesday: Slew of November Races Set; Adm. Allen Criticizes BP Response Pundits and voters alike are poring over the results of party primaries and runoffs in 12 states Tuesday, the busiest day yet in this year's congressional and gubernatorial elections. Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas narrowly overcame… Continue reading
Jun 09 Tuesday's Primaries: Lincoln Triumphs in Ark.; Whitman, Fiorina Win in Calif. Final results are still coming in from the 12 states with primaries Tuesday but a few headlining outcomes have emerged, notably that incumbent Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln has survived a challenge in that state's Democratic primary to run for… Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch Iran's Ahmadinejad Discounts New U.N. Sanctions as 'Valueless' Iran discounted Wednesday's vote by the United Nations Security Council to impose new sanctions targeting the country's nuclear program and its powerful Revolutionary Guard. Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch Female Candidates Dominate Latest Round of Primary Elections Following Tuesday's series of 12 primaries and run-off elections, Judy Woodruff wraps up the wins and losses across the country with Dan Balz of The Washington Post and Amy Walter of The Hotline. Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch News Wrap: More Bloodshed Seen in Afghanistan In other news Wednesday, dozens more people died in new attacks across southern Afghanistan, including four NATO troops shot down in a helicopter in Helmand province. In neighboring Pakistan, seven people were killed as militants attacked a NATO convoy outside… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch Lawmakers: Effects of Oil Spill Could Linger for Years Along Gulf Coast Obama administration officials were grilled during five separate congressional hearings over the consequences of the oil spill and the ongoing cleanup efforts. Jim Lehrer gets two points of view, from Florida's Sen. Bill Nelson and Wyoming's Sen. John Barrasso. Continue watching
Jun 08 NOAA Confirms Presence of Subsea Oil Plumes in Gulf Weatherbird II oil sampling stations (Image credit: NOAA) The federal government confirmed Tuesday that subsea clouds of dispersed oil have been found at least 40 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the… Continue reading
Jun 08 Tuesday's Big Primaries: What's at Stake Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., speaks with a constituent while campaigning; NewsHour file photo. Tuesday marks the latest "big primary day" in the 2010 midterm election cycle, and voters in several states could start to make an impact on how… Continue reading
Jun 08 Signs of Higher Flow Rate: BP Captures 14,800 Barrels of Oil By Chris Amico BP reported this morning that on Monday it captured approximately 14,800 barrels of oil from the broken well in the Gulf of Mexico, where crude has been flowing since the Deepwater Horizon rig sank on April 22. As we've… Continue reading
Jun 08 Tuesday: Probes Faulted BP Safety Record; U.S. Voters Head to Polls A great blue heron stands on an oil containment boom being used to protect Pensacola Beach, Florida. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Internal investigations over the past decade warned BP managers that the company disregarded safety and environmental rules… Continue reading