Jan 12 Supreme Court Rejects Appeal on Secret Sept. 11 Detainees By Admin The Supreme Court refused to consider whether the government had the proper authority to withhold names and other basic details about hundreds of foreigners detained in the United States in the weeks and months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch How Do They Live With Themselves Essayist Roger Rosenblatt looks at a new documentary, "Fog of War."… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch The Power of One The current U.S. Supreme Court is increasingly being called the "O'Connor Court" because of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's tie-breaking swing votes. Legal experts discuss the first woman justice's pivotal role on the nation's top court. Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch The Power of One: Background The current U.S. Supreme Court is increasingly being called the "O'Connor Court" for the pivotal fifth vote Justice Sandra Day O'Connor often casts. Kwame Holman looks at the unique power of the court's first woman justice. Continue watching
Jan 09 Dean Defends Iowa Comments, Wins Harkin Endorsement By PBS News Hour Iowa Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin endorsed Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean Friday, as Dean continued to defend himself over disparaging remarks he made in 2000 about the Iowa caucus system. Continue reading
Jan 09 Supreme Court Accepts Case Testing Enemy Combatant Detention By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether a U.S. citizen seized abroad can be kept indefinitely in a military jail, the latest in a series of legal challenges to the Bush administration's antiterrorism policies. Continue reading
Jan 09 U.S. Lowers National Terror Alert Level to ‘Elevated’ By PBS News Hour Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced Friday that the U.S. terror alert level is being reduced from "high" to "elevated," although some heightened security measures will remain in place. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch Weapons Search Before the Iraq war, Bush administration officials spoke in a tone of certainty about illicit Iraqi weapons programs, but so far the CIA has found little evidence of operational weapons of mass destruction in that country. Kwame Holman updates the… Continue watching
Jan 08 CDC Says Current Flu Season May Have Peaked By PBS News Hour The current flu season appears to have peaked after getting off to an unusually early and harsh start, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. Continue reading
Jan 08 FDA Maintains Ban on Silicone Breast Implants By PBS News Hour The Food and Drug Administration Thursday said it needed more evidence demonstrating the safety of silicone breast implants before it would reverse a 1992 ban on routine sales of the devices. Continue reading