Feb 03 Lieberman Quits Race After Tuesday Defeats Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut thanked his fellow candidates and bowed out of the presidential race after poor performances in all of the seven state primaries and caucuses held around the country. Continue reading
Feb 02 President to Create Commission on Prewar U.S. Intelligence President Bush announced Monday that he would establish an independent bipartisan commission to examine American intelligence operations, including possible errors in prewar assessments of Iraqi weapons programs. Continue reading
Feb 02 Pres. Bush Proposes $2.4 Trillion Budget for 2005 By PBS News Hour President Bush sent Congress a $2.4 trillion election-year budget Monday that focuses on the war on terror, homeland defense and the economy and also lays out a plan that seeks to cut the projected record deficit of $521 billion. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch Carolina Clash As the South Carolina primary arrives, Democratic presidential hopefuls battle to woo the state's large African-American and military veteran populations. Ray Suarez reports from South Carolina on the politics of the Palmetto State. Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch Budget Blueprint President Bush proposed a $2.4 trillion 2005 budget Monday, which includes increases in defense and homeland security spending and budget reductions for the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency. Members of Congress debate the budget's potential effect on the… Continue watching
Jan 30 Candidates Take Aim At Feb. 3 Primaries, Front-runner Kerry By Admin, PBS News Hour The three candidates who trailed Sen. John Kerry and Howard Dean in the New Hampshire primary results -- Tuesday's contests in seven states offer an opportunity to emerge as one of the candidates that could challenge front-runner Kerry. Continue reading
Jan 30 Missouri Largest Prize in Feb. 3 Primaries Seven states will hold primary elections on Feb. 3, allocating 269 delegate votes to the candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. A candidate must win at least 2,159 delegate votes to become the party's nominee. Continue reading
Jan 30 Cost of Medicare Changes Climbs From $400 Billion to $530 Billion The Bush administration announced Thursday that the new Medicare changes passed by Congress two months ago would cost at least $530 billion over ten years -- one-third more than the original Congressional Budget Office estimate. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch Weapons Hunt Margaret Warner speaks with former CIA directors John Deutch and R. James Woolsey on the intelligence behind the assertion that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch View From Turkey Ray Suarez spoke with Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday in Washington on the state of U.S.-Turkey relations, the upcoming elections in Iraq and the convergence of religion and politics in the Middle East. Continue watching