May 27 Watch Newsmaker: Senator Bill Frist Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R - Tenn.) discusses the newly passed $350 billion tax cut plan, new legislation that will provide funding to combat AIDS worldwide, reconstruction in Iraq and the debate over Medicare. Continue watching
May 26 Watch Prospects for Peace Prospects for a summit between Israelis and Palestinians have raised new hopes for Middle East peace. But how realistic are they? Gwen Ifill gets some perspective from Stephen Cohen and Shibley Telhami. Continue watching
May 26 Watch Military Tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Margaret Warner reports on military tribunals for the alleged terrorists who are held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Guests incude Ruth Wedgewood, a professor of international law at Johns Hopkins University; and David Cole, a law professor at Georgetown University Law… Continue watching
May 23 Israel’s Sharon Says Ready to Accept U.S. "Road Map" to Peace After nearly a month of deliberation, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Friday that he is prepared to accept the U.S.-formulated "road map" to peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and will send the plan to his Cabinet for approval. Continue reading
May 23 Congress Passes $330 Billion Tax Cut The Senate approved a $330 billion compromise tax cut Friday morning that included a reduction of taxes on stock dividends and capital gains, $1,000 child tax credits and a reduction of the so-called marriage penalty tax. Continue reading
May 23 Senators Resume Debate Over Media Ownership The Senate Commerce Committee continued to debate media ownership regulations Thursday, as the Federal Communications Commission prepared to vote on a massive overhaul of the rules early next month. Continue reading
May 22 Watch Candidates’ Rx: Howard Dean In the second of a series of health care conversations with the Democratic presidential candidates, Ray Suarez speaks with former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean. Continue watching
May 22 Watch Fighting the Peace in Nasiriya, Iraq In Part II of her series on rebuilding postwar Iraq, Senior Correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth reports on U.S. efforts to maintain law and order in the war-torn city of Nasiriya. Continue watching
May 21 EPA Chief Christine Whitman Steps Down Christine Todd Whitman, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, is leaving her post after more than two years. Continue reading
May 21 Watch Candidates’ Rx: Rep. Richard Gephardt Starting a series of discussions with the Democratic presidential candidates about the nation's health care system, Margaret Warner talks with Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri about his plan to provide health care through employers… Continue watching