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
Jan 07 North Korea Reiterates Pledge to Freeze Nuclear Program North Korea promised Tuesday to suspend its nuclear power program and refrain from testing or making atom bombs, in a move that South Korea said would propel the next round of six-nation nuclear talks. Continue reading
Jan 07 North Korea Reiterates Pledge to Freeze Nuclear Program North Korea promised Tuesday to suspend its nuclear power program and refrain from testing or making atom bombs, in a move that South Korea said would propel the next round of six-nation nuclear talks. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch Immigrant Workers Experts and lawmakers discuss President Bush's proposal to extend legal status to all immigrants who have found work in the United States and match potential foreign workers with American employers. Continue watching