Jun 25 No Agreement Reached in Six-Nation Nuclear Talks As talks began winding down Friday, diplomats reported some constructive discussions between the United States and North Korea but no concrete progress on efforts to persuade the North to dismantle its nuclear arms program. Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch Moving to Minnesota Earlier this year, the U.S. government agreed to grant refugee status to 15,000 members of the Hmong ethnic group which has been homeless since the end of the wars in Indochina. Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro follows a group of… Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch Rocky Transition The Senate Armed Services Committee today questioned Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz about the U.S. plans to transition authority to the interim Iraqi government. Congressional Correspondent Kwame Holman takes a look at… Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch Reel Politics: ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ The Michael Moore film "Fahrenheit 9/11" opened today to heated debate about its tactics and tone. Arts Correspondent Jeffrey Brown discusses the feverish reception to the politically charged film with movie critics Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times and… Continue watching
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