May 05 Watch Prime Minister Tony Blair Holds Early Lead in U.K. Election Polls Citizens in the United Kingdom headed to the polls Thursday in an election likely to re-elect Tony Blair to a historic third term. Continue watching
May 03 Iran Says It Will Resume Nuclear Activity By PBS News Hour On the opening day of a U.N. conference on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Iran announced Tuesday that it will continue pursuing all "legal" nuclear activities. Continue reading
May 03 Iraq’s First Elected Government Takes Office By PBS News Hour Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari was sworn in as prime minister in Baghdad Tuesday as Iraq's first democratically elected government took office. Continue reading
May 03 Watch Congress Moves to Standardize Driver’s Licenses Congress voted to set strict national standards on requirements for receiving a driver's license after the 9/11 Commission found that all 19 hijackers used valid state-issued licenses. Continue watching
Apr 29 Chinese Leader, Taiwanese Opposition Chief Discuss Thaw in Relations By PBS News Hour In a historic move, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Taiwanese opposition leader Lien Chan met Friday in Beijing to discuss a roadmap to reconciliation after nearly six decades of hostility between communist China and democratic Taiwan. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch President Presses for Social Security Benefit Changes Reiterating his Social Security reform proposals first outlined in a primetime news conference, President Bush on Friday called on Congress to consider his proposal to allow benefits for lower income earners to increase more quickly than for more wealthy individuals. Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch Columnists Debate DeLay, Social Security Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and National Review editor Rich Lowry join Jim Lehrer to discuss the House ethics battle, President Bush's plan for Social Security and the GOP proposal to ban filibusters for judicial nominees. Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch U.S.-South American Relations Explored In the wake of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to South America this week, two regional experts discuss the sometimes tense relationship between the United States and South American nations. Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch Congress Approves a New $2.6 Trillion Budget for 2006 Congress this week approved a $2.6 trillion budget plan for 2006, which calls for new tax cuts and spending reductions in the next five years. Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Darfur Update The African Union is seeking to bolster its presence in the troubled western Sudanese region of Darfur. Fred de Sam Lazaro of Minnesota's Twin Cities Public Television reports on the ongoing violence in Darfur. Continue watching