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
May 10 Former Iranian President Enters Presidential Race By PBS News Hour An experienced politician with ties to the West and a moderate platform entered Iran's presidential race Tuesday. Continue reading
May 06 British Prime Minister Blair Wins Historic Third Term By Admin, PBS News Hour British Prime Minister Tony Blair won a historic third successive term in office, but with a significantly smaller parliamentary majority for his Labour Party due to voter backlash over his support of the war in Iraq. Continue reading
May 05 Watch Pentagon Analyst Arrested for Intelligence Leaks Federal agents allege Pentagon analyst Lawrence Franklin illegally disclosed classified information to a pro-Israel lobbying group. Continue watching
May 05 Watch Prime Minister Tony Blair Holds Early Lead in U.K. Election Polls Citizens in the United Kingdom headed to the polls Thursday in an election likely to re-elect Tony Blair to a historic third term. Continue watching
May 03 Iran Says It Will Resume Nuclear Activity By PBS News Hour On the opening day of a U.N. conference on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Iran announced Tuesday that it will continue pursuing all "legal" nuclear activities. Continue reading
May 03 Iraq's First Elected Government Takes Office By PBS News Hour Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari was sworn in as prime minister in Baghdad Tuesday as Iraq's first democratically elected government took office. Continue reading
May 03 Watch Congress Moves to Standardize Driver's Licenses Congress voted to set strict national standards on requirements for receiving a driver's license after the 9/11 Commission found that all 19 hijackers used valid state-issued licenses. Continue watching