Nov 03 Senate Approves $87 Billion for Iraq, Afghanistan Efforts The Senate's voice vote approval Monday of an $87.5 billion bill to fund occupation and rebuilding efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan paves the way for President Bush to sign the measure into law. Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch Mutual Fund Hearing On Capitol Hill, senators criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission for its failure to detect abuses in the $7 trillion industry earlier. Kwame Holman reports on the hearing on the Hill. Continue watching
Oct 31 Malaysia Welcomes First New Prime Minister in 22 Years Abdullah Ahmad Badawi became Malaysia's first new prime minister in 22 years Friday, succeeding Mahathir Mohamad, one of Asia's longest serving and most controversial leaders. Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch Weekly Analysis with Shields and Safire Political analysts Mark Shields and William Safire discuss the week's events, including the optimistic news about the U.S. economy and President Bush's postwar policy in Iraq. Continue watching
Oct 30 Watch Newsmaker: Wesley Clark Democratic presidential candidate and retired four-star Gen. Wesley Clark discusses key issues in the upcoming race for the White House, including the impact of tax cuts on the economy and strategies for postwar reconstruction in Iraq. Continue watching
Oct 30 Watch Saving the Forests The Senate is poised to pass a bill which would approve more extensive logging on more than 20 million acres of federal forests. The House of Representatives is considering legislation that would devote a record $2.9 billion for firefighting and… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch Life in the New Iraq Following Bush administration criticism that the media is only covering bomb attacks and other violence in Iraq, correspondent Simon Marks visits hospitals, schools, markets and even a race track in Baghdad to find out how life has changed since the… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch Law and Order in Russia The arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's top entrepreneur and a government critic, has rocked the country's financial markets and fueled criticism of President Putin for being anti-democratic. Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch Democratic Debate Face-off The nine Democrats in contention for their party's 2004 presidential nomination met at a debate in Detroit last night sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Institute and Fox News Channel. Gwen Ifill, who moderated the debate, reviews the highlights. Continue watching
Oct 24 Rebels Ask for New Liberian Leader to Step Down Liberia's main rebel group has asked the government's transition leader to step down, or risk threatening a peace agreement intended to end more than a dozen years of civil war. Continue reading