Aug 30 Watch Missouri Democrats Use Stem Cell Research as Key Issue in Elections Democratic Senate candidate Claire McCaskill is hoping that support for embryonic stem cell research will be the key to ousting incumbent Republican Senator Jim Talent in Missouri's midterm elections. A special NewsHour series of election year reports - Choices '06… Continue watching
Aug 29 Pastors Back Blackwell; Strickland Widens Lead in Polls By Admin, PBS News Hour In the week before Labor Day's traditional fall campaign kickoff, Ohio governor's race has been anything but static. Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch Iran's President Ahmadinejad Challenges President Bush to Debate At a news conference Tuesday, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continued to voice Iran's right to pursue "peaceful nuclear energy" and challenged U.S. President Bush to a live televised debate. Margaret Warner reports from Tehran. Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch Lawmakers Use Line Items to Fund Projects for Own Districts NewsHour Congressional Correspondent Kwame Holman reports on how Congress funds its own pet projects. Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch Analysts Discuss Growing Republican Voices Against War in Iraq Analysts Mark Shields and Ramesh Ponnuru discuss political stories of the week, including comments made by two prominent Republicans criticizing the Bush administration on its handling of the war in Iraq. Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch New York Times Researcher Sentenced in China A New York Times researcher in China, Zhao Yan, was charged with revealing state secrets and has been detained by authorities in Beijing for almost two years. The court announced Friday that Yan will be given a three-year prison sentence. Continue watching
Aug 25 Santorum-Casey Race Going to the Dogs (and Ducks and Gorillas) By Admin, PBS News Hour As if the battle for the U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania was not rough enough, now, it appears, the animals have hit the campaign trail, and are wading into protest politics. Continue reading
Aug 24 Top U.S. Diplomat to Lobby Sudan for U.N. Darfur Force By Admin, PBS News Hour Calling an end to genocide in Darfur one of its top priorities, the State Department announced Thursday that it would send one of its top diplomats to Sudan to try to convince the African nation to allow a peacekeeping force. Continue reading
Aug 23 Governor Frank Murkowski Loses Re-election Bid in Alaska Primary By Admin, PBS News Hour After a rocky first term, Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski lost his chance at a second try for Alaska's governor's mansion. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch Debate over Welfare Reform Lingers 10 Years Later Ten years ago, then-President Clinton signed into law major welfare changes that tightened restrictions on who could receive welfare and for how long. Experts assess the impact the law has had over the years. Continue watching