Dec 15 Watch Other News: Car Bombings Rock Afghanistan, Pakistan In other news, car bombings in both Afghanistan and Pakistan killed at least 40 people and wounded scores more, and medical research pointed to possible danger from radiation during CAT scans. Continue watching
Dec 14 Making Sen$e of 2010: The Next Crisis By Carolyn O'Hara With the end of a tumultuous economic year approaching, the PBS NewsHour asked several economists to look ahead to 2010 and answer one question: What other crises may be looming?… Continue reading
Dec 14 Senate Enters Critical Week for Health Care Reform After a weekend spent passing a $1.1 trillion spending bill, the Senate will once again take up the complex issue of health care reform Monday afternoon. Last week, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., looked headed toward the 60 votes… Continue reading
Dec 14 Obama Prods Bankers to Do More to Revive U.S. Economy By Dave Gustafson In a White House meeting with the executives of the nation's largest banks, President Obama called on financial institutions to step up efforts to revive the U.S. economy after they received "extraordinary" financial assistance. Continue reading
Dec 14 Iran to Put American Hikers on Trial, Official Says Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Monday that three American hikers who "illegally" entered Iran in July would go on trial, though he did not specify when. Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Josh Fattal, 27, were arrested on… Continue reading
Dec 14 Monday's Headlines: Citi to Repay TARP; Obama Meets With Bankers --Citigroup announced Monday morning it struck a deal with the Treasury Department to repay $20 billion of bailout money. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.) After weeks of trying to persuade regulators that it was sound enough to stand… Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch Other News: Iran to Prosecute American Hikers In other news, Iran will prosecute three Americans who crossed the border from northern Iraq, and Taliban attacks killed at least 16 police throughout Afghanistan. Continue watching
Dec 11 Shields and Brooks Visit the Rundown By Hari Sreenivasan Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and David Brooks of the New York Times stopped by after their NewsHour segment Friday to talk about surprises in Congress this week, the political landscape in 2010 and their plans for the weekend. // Here… Continue reading
Dec 11 Financial Regulatory Overhaul Passes House In a vote of 223-202, the House passed sweeping changes Friday afternoon to the way the financial system is regulated, with the creation of a new consumer watchdog agency, new authority for the Fed to police financial firms, and a… Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch News Wrap: Gates Looks to Reassure Troops in Iraq In other news, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told troops in Baghdad Friday that the surge in Afghanistan will resemble what happened in Iraq two years ago, and it was widely reported that a CIA drone attack killed a high-level al-Qaida… Continue watching