May 18 Watch Senate Begins Debate over Judicial Nominees The Senate began debate Wednesday over controversial judicial nominee Priscilla Owen, bringing closer the potential showdown over the use of the filibuster. Continue watching
May 18 Watch Villaraigosa Becomes First Latino L.A. Mayor in More Than 100 Years Residents of Los Angeles elected city councilman Antonio Villaraigosa as mayor of the second largest city in America on Tuesday. Villaraigosa, the first Latino mayor in Los Angeles in more than a century, defeated the incumbent James Hahn by an… Continue watching
May 17 Watch A Frontline Report About Syrians' Views On Lebanon and the United States The NewsHour presents an excerpt of a Frontline World special broadcast on Damascus and Syrians' views of their country's involvement in Lebanon and fear of reprisals from Washington. Continue watching
May 17 Watch Senate Braces for Potential Showdown Over Judicial Nominees Talks between Senate Democrats and Republicans over President Bush's judicial nominees broke off late Monday after party leaders failed to reach a compromise for voting on the controversial nominees. An update on the potential Senate showdown. Continue watching
May 16 Watch Senate Locked Over Filibuster Debate Talks between Republican and Democratic Senate leaders over President Bush's judicial nominees came to a halt Monday, days before Congress is expected to vote on a controversial proposal to ban judicial filibusters. Continue watching
May 16 Watch Supreme Court on Wine Sales The Supreme Court on Monday struck down state laws banning consumers from buying wine from out-of-state vineyards. The 5-4 ruling called bans on interstate wine shipments discriminatory. Continue watching
May 13 Watch Shields and Brooks Discuss the Fight Over Judicial Nominees, John Bolton Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's decision to send John Bolton's nomination as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to the Senate floor for a vote without an endorsement and the Senate's heated standoff… Continue watching
May 13 Watch The Senate Standoff Over President Bush's Judicial Nominees Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., urged Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., to come to a compromise with Democrats over President Bush's judicial nominees so a "nuclear option" to terminate filibusters can be avoided. A report on the… Continue watching
May 12 Watch Bolton Nomination Moves Forward Without Committee Endorsement The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday voted to send the president's nomination of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to the Senate floor for a full vote, but declined to recommend whether the nominee should be… Continue watching
May 11 Watch Two Federal Judges Describe Their Confirmation Hearing Experiences Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., has announced plans to bring the first of President Bush's judicial nominations to the Senate floor for a vote. Two judges describe their own confirmation hearing experiences and weigh in on the current nomination… Continue watching