Jan 07 President Proposes $674 Billion Economic Stimulus Plan "I will ask members of both parties to work with me to secure our economic future. We cannot be satisfied until every part of our economy is healthy and vigorous," Mr. Bush said in a speech to the Economic Club… Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch Opening Day Kwame Holman reports on the opening of the 108th Congress. Continue watching
Jan 06 U.N. Demands North Korea Comply With Nuclear Safeguards A United Nations nuclear monitoring agency on Monday decided not to report North Korea's attempts to restart its nuclear program to the Security Council. Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch Dual Dilemmas: North Korea and Iraq Two members of the Senate Foreign Intelligence Committee discuss the situations in North Korea and Iraq. Continue watching
Jan 05 Two Suicide Bombers Kill 22, Wound 100 in Tel Aviv Two suicide bombers detonated themselves barely two minutes apart in a commercial area in Tel Aviv, killing at least 22 and wounding more than 100. Continue reading
Jan 03 New South Korea Leader Offers to Mediate North Korea-U.S. Standoff Officials from incoming South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun's government said Roh would offer to help North Korea and the U.S. negotiate an end to their dispute over the North's efforts to restart its nuclear program. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch Shields and Brooks on the Democratic Field With three candidates declared and another half dozen in the wings, the race for the Democratic nomination is already becoming a crowded affair. Mark Shields and David Brooks offer their takes on those bidding to take on the President Bush. Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch State Budget Crises With a slumping economy and a shrinking tax base, states are facing massive budget shortfalls and tough questions. Four governors discuss efforts to stave off a financial crisis in their state. Continue watching
Jan 01 Supreme Court History By Admin, PBS News Hour "It is relatively easy to describe in one or two sentences the role of the Supreme Court of the United States in our nation's system of government," Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote in his book, "The Supreme Court."… Continue reading
Jan 01 Brazil Inaugurates Leftist President "If at the end of my mandate all Brazilians have the possibility to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, I will have fulfilled the mission of my life," Silva said. Continue reading