Jun 24 Ruling South African Party Shuns 'Outside' Diplomacy for Zimbabwe's Troubles By PBS News Hour Amid international decrees that Zimbabwe's presidential runoff will not be legitimate, South Africa's ruling party rejected outside diplomacy, warning that "any attempts by outside players to impose regime change will merely deepen the crisis."… Continue reading
Jun 24 Bomb Kills 4 Americans, 4 Iraqis in Sadr City By PBS News Hour A bomb struck a municipal council building Tuesday in Baghdad, killing two U.S. soldiers, two U.S. government civilian employees, four Iraqi civilians and an Italian of Iraqi origin working as an interpreter for the Americans, U.S. officials said. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch Candidates Stump in Battleground Western States Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain took shots at each other over energy policy as they each toured Western states, hoping to drive home their message in what could be new battlegrounds this campaign season. Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch Zimbabwe Vote Crisis Grows After Tsvangirai Drops Out After a disputed election and claims of politically fueled violence, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dropped out of a run-off vote against President Robert Mugabe. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad examines the issue. Continue watching
Jun 23 European Union Imposes New Sanctions on Iran By Admin, PBS News Hour European Union nations agreed on Monday to impose new sanctions against Iran, including an assets freeze of the country's biggest bank, which is suspected of providing services to Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Continue reading
Jun 23 Tsvangirai Withdraws from Zimbabwe Runoff, Seeks Refuge in Dutch Embassy By PBS News Hour Police in Zimbabwe raided the opposition party's headquarters and took away about 60 people Monday, a party spokesman said. The raid came a day after the party's presidential candidate withdrew from a runoff against longtime President Robert Mugabe. Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch Shields, Brooks Discuss Obama's Fundraising Shift, McCain's Energy Proposal Tensions between the presumptive presidential nominees escalated over Sen. Barack Obama's refusal of public funds and Sen. John McCain's call to lift a ban on offshore drilling. Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the political news of the week. Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch Wiretapping Bill Heads to Senate After Telecoms Debate The House approved a wide-ranging terror surveillance overhaul Friday. Caroline Fredrickson of the ACLU and George Terwilliger, a former deputy attorney general for the first President Bush, examine the measure. Continue watching
Jun 20 House Easily Approves New Wiretapping Law By PBS News Hour After a prolonged partisan standoff, the House easily approved a bill Friday to overhaul wiretapping powers in the war on terrorism -- a measure President Bush had urged action on as an essential security tool. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch In a Strategic Shift, Obama Opts to Forgo Public Financing Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday he will opt out of public financing during the general election. A legal expert and a political reporter examine how the move will impact the race and Sen. John McCain's funding options. Continue watching