Aug 14 Watch U.N. Helping Hand in Iraq? The United Nations Security Council on Thursday approved a resolution to create the Iraqi Governing Council and authorized a U.N. assistance mission to Iraq. Policy experts discuss whether the U.S. will allow the U.N. to provide more help on the… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch Power Outage An electricity blackout that began at around 4 pm EDT Thursday paralyzed much of the northeastern United States and parts of Canada. A New York Times reporter and an energy expert discuss the likely causes of the power outage, and… Continue watching
Aug 13 Liberia’s Taylor Begins Exile in Nigeria Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor began his second day in exile in southeastern Nigeria on Wednesday, after handing control of his war-torn country to his vice president and in the face of United Nations war crimes charges. Continue reading
Aug 13 Three Men Held in International Missile Smuggling Plot A suspected arms dealer appeared in a federal court after his arrest in an international sting for attempting to arrange the sale of a missile to what he thought was a Muslim terrorist planning to shoot down a passenger plane… Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch Sentencing Dispute Following Attorney General John Ashcroft's order that U.S. attorneys should report federal judges if their sentences do not match federal guidelines, Ray Suarez and guests discuss the dispute that has ensued over mandatory minimum sentencing. Continue watching
Aug 12 Two Suicide Bombings Threaten Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire Two suicide bombings occurring less than an hour apart Tuesday killed two Israelis and left dozens wounded, ending the relative calm that has marked the six weeks since a cease-fire by Palestinian militants on June 29. Continue reading
Aug 12 Utah Governor Mike Leavitt Tapped to Head EPA President Bush announced Monday that his choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency is Utah Governor Mike Leavitt, a Republican and an advocate of shifting environmental regulation to the states. Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch Chicago Affirmative Action Debated A model for the use of affirmative action in city contracts faces a constitutional challenge in Chicago. Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago reports on the public and legal debate. Continue watching
Aug 11 Liberia’s Taylor Resigns, Hands Power to Vice President Liberia's President Charles Taylor, blamed for more than a decade of violent civil war in his country and accused of war crimes in Sierra Leone, stepped down from office Monday. Continue reading
Aug 11 Costs Rising for Those in Private Medicare Plans As Congress considers expanding the roll that private plans play in Medicare, a report released Monday by The Commonwealth Fund cautioned that those enrolled in private Medicare+Choice plans have seen their costs double over the past four years. Continue reading