Jan 18 Watch Supreme Court Sends Abortion Case Back to New Hampshire The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a lower court was wrong to declare a New Hampshire abortion law unconstitutional and sent the case back to the lower court to find less drastic ways to repair the statute. Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Assisted Suicide Law The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday upheld an Oregon law that allows doctor-assisted suicide. By a 6-3 vote, the court said the U.S. Justice Department may not use a federal drug law to override the state law. Continue watching
Jan 16 Key U.N. Members Agree Iran Must Suspend Nuclear Program By PBS News Hour Russia and China agreed with the United States and its European allies Monday that Iran must fully suspend its nuclear program, but the countries stopped short of demanding the matter be sent to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch Chile Elects First Female President Chile elected Socialist Michelle Bachelet, a 54-year-old single mother and pediatrician who suffered imprisonment, torture and exile under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, as its first female president. Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch Medicare Drug Program Suffers Technical Problems More than two weeks after its launch, technical glitches in Medicare's prescription drug program continue to prevent many low-income seniors from receiving much-needed prescriptions. Continue watching
Jan 13 Lab Finds Mutation in Bird Flu Virus; EU Pledges $100 Million in Aid By PBS News Hour A British laboratory has found that two victims of Turkey's bird flu outbreak died from a slightly mutated strain of the H5N1 virus, raising fears the virus could start spreading more easily. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch New German Chancellor Angela Merkel Visits U.S. In the first meeting between President Bush and Germany's new Chancellor Angela Merkel, the two leaders criticized Iran's nuclear research program but disagreed over using prison camps such as Guantanamo Bay. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch Senate Judiciary Committee Concludes Alito Hearings The Senate Judiciary Committee concluding confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito on Friday with witness testimonies. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch Shields and Brooks on Final Day of Alito Hearings Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito and the push to gain support in the Democratic party. Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch Europe and the United States Press to Refer Iran to Security Council Britain, France, Germany and the United States pressed to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council after Iran announced Tuesday that it would resume uranium enrichment efforts. Continue watching