May 03 Watch Plan Defeated Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed to revise his plan for disengagement from Israeli settlements in Gaza after the Likud party rejected his proposed plan in a non-binding referendum yesterday. Continue watching
Apr 30 Massachusetts Won’t Marry Out-of-State Couples Without States’ Permission Governors and attorneys general across the country are developing responses to a letter Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney sent Thursday telling them that gay couples will only be allowed to marry there if their home states grant him permission. Continue reading
Apr 30 President Disgusted by Treatment of Iraqi Prisoners President Bush said Friday that he was disgusted by the treatment of Iraqi prisoners, after pictures showing some of the allegations against U.S. soldiers were made public. Continue reading
Apr 30 The Defense of Marriage Act By PBS News Hour The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is a federal law designed to give states the right to refuse recognition of a same-sex marriage approved by another state. It also defines marriage as a union between a man and woman for… Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch Behind Closed Doors President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney met with the 9/11 Commission in a closed-door session at the White House on Thursday. Jim Lehrer discusses the historical significance of their meeting with presidential historians Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith. Continue watching
Apr 28 High Court Considers Enemy Combatant Detentions By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in two precedent-setting cases that ask whether in the war on terrorism President Bush can order American citizens held indefinitely in a military jail without charges, a hearing or access to a lawyer. Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch Man with a Plan Lakhdar Brahimi, U.N. envoy to Iraq, proposed a plan to dissolve the Iraqi Governing Council next month and install an interim president and two vice presidents, all of whom would agree not to run in the June 2005 national elections. Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch War And Liberties The Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases Wednesday that may set how far the executive branch can go in detaining U.S. citizens without trial in the ongoing war against terrorism. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal helps interpret… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Vietnam Echoes Republicans ratcheted up attacks this week against alleged inconsistencies in Democratic presidential contender Sen. John Kerry's stances supporting the Iraq war and opposing the Vietnam war. Margaret Warner gets two perspectives on Kerry's war records from William Kristol and Tom… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Policy And Privacy The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether Vice President Dick Cheney has the right to keep his energy task force papers secret, another key case that will test the limits of executive branch power. Gwen Ifill discusses the details… Continue watching