Dec 23 Senators Tap Bill Frist As New GOP Leader The members of the U.S. Senate's incoming Republican majority unanimously chose Tennessee Sen. Bill Frist as their new leader during a conference call Monday. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch The Senate’s New Leader: Bill Frist Senator-elect Lamar Alexander and political correspondent James Barnes discuss newly-elected Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. Continue watching
Dec 20 Wall St. Firms to Pay $1.4 Billion in Settlement With Regulators Ten of Wall Street's largest firms on Friday agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle allegations by state and federal regulators that they provided misleading stock advice to investors for the benefit of corporate investment banking clients. Continue reading
Dec 20 Senator Lott Steps Down As Majority Leader Yielding to increasing pressure from the White House and fellow lawmakers, Senator Trent Lott (R- Miss.) stepped down as U.S. Senate majority leader Friday. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch Stepping Aside: Sen. Trent Lott Two senators discuss Sen. Trent Lott's decision not to serve as Senate majority leader when Congress reconvenes in January, and assess the race to succeed him. Continue watching
Dec 19 Liberal Wins South Korean Presidential Election Pro-government party candidate Roh Moo Hyun, a former labor and human rights lawyer, narrowly won South Korea's presidential election Thursday in a vote that could complicate relations with the U.S. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright: What Next? Former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright discuss the U.S. response to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction report. Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch Hans Blix: Responding to Iraq U.N. lead weapons inspector Hans Blix says Iraq's weapons report contains inconsistencies and little new information. Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch Lott Under Fire Senator Trent Lott continued to apologize for the remarks he made at Sen. Strom Thurmond's birthday party last week and insisted that he will serve his full term. Margaret Warner talks with a political correspondent of Time Magazine, and longtime… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch Broken Trust? American Indians sue the Department of the Interior over alleged mismanagement of land trusts and funds. Continue watching