Jun 24 Court Orders FCC to Review Media Ownership Rules A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its new media ownership rules, marking a victory for consumer advocacy groups that had opposed the ease in regulations. Continue reading
Jun 24 Supreme Court Sets Aside Cheney Energy Task Force Case By Admin The Supreme Court said Thursday that the White House does not have to abide by a lower federal court's order to turn over records of energy task force meetings chaired by Vice President Dick Cheney. Continue reading
Jun 23 SEC Approves Reforms to Mutual Fund Governance A divided Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved regulations changing the way mutual fund companies are governed in response to widespread scandals and corruption charges throughout the $7 trillion industry. Continue reading
Jun 23 U.S., North Korea Open Third Round of Nuclear Talks After months of diplomatic maneuvering, the United States and North Korea met Wednesday for a third round of high level talks aimed at defusing a tense standoff between the two nations over the threat of North Korea's nuclear arms program. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch Controversy Continues Over White House Role in Abuse Senate Democrats and Republicans Wednesday debated the Bush administration's declassification of legal documents related to the abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody. Two experts discuss the documents and the implications of their release. Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch On the Issues President Bush told congregants at a Baptist church in Philadelphia that he would like to increase the funding to fight HIV/AIDS in America and abroad. Meanwhile, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., criticized the president's health care policies at a speech in… Continue watching
Jun 22 Wal-Mart Sex Discrimination Suit Can Proceed, Judge Says A lawsuit charging Wal-Mart with sex discrimination will move forward, a federal judge decided Tuesday, making it the largest private civil rights case in U.S. history. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch Former President Clinton Releases Memoir Former President Clinton's autobiography, "My Life," hits store shelves Tuesday. Historians discuss the role presidential memoirs play in shaping history and how Clinton might be remembered. Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch 9/11 Commission Questions Iraq Connection The 9/11 Commission questioned the Bush administration's assertion that deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had collaborated with al-Qaida ahead of the terrorist attacks. Following a background report, two political columnists discuss the Bush administration's response to the panel's findings and… Continue watching
Jun 16 Attacks Cripple Iraqi Oil Exports; Security Official Killed Insurgents bombed a key oil pipeline in Iraq Wednesday, crippling the country's 1.6 million-barrel-a-day oil industry and halting all of the country's crude oil exports through the Persian Gulf. Continue reading