Jul 12 British Police Arrest Bombing Suspect By PBS News Hour British police said Tuesday that they arrested a suspect in the July 7 subway and bus bombings in downtown London and are investigating whether the four bombers died in the attacks. Continue reading
Jul 11 North Korea Agrees to Return to Nuclear Talks By PBS News Hour North Korea agreed Saturday to resume multilateral talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program five months after saying it would never do so. Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch Public Broadcasting Hearings A Senate subcommittee held hearings Monday on the future of funding for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting and alleged biases in PBS programming. Continue watching
Jul 06 Sudan's Government, Rebels Reach Tentative Peace Deal By PBS News Hour Representatives of the Sudanese government and rebel groups fighting government forces signed a declaration of principles Tuesday in a tentative deal aimed at bringing peace to the war-ravaged Darfur region of the East African nation. Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch The Next Supreme Court Nominee Sens. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, discuss the upcoming confirmation battle over who should replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch Supreme Court History In a prelude to the expected battle over the next Supreme Court justice nomination, an historian explains the selection and confirmation process and the past battles between Congress and the president. Continue watching
Jul 01 Settlers, Israeli Army Clash in Lead Up to Gaza Strip Pullout By PBS News Hour The Israeli Army reopened the Gaza Strip's Jewish settlements area Friday. Continue reading
Jul 01 Sandra Day O'Connor, First Female Justice and Moderate Swing Vote, Retires By Admin, PBS News Hour Associate Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a critical moderate swing vote in many of the court's decisions, announced Friday she was retiring after some 24 years of service. Continue reading
Jul 01 Profile: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor By Admin, PBS News Hour Born to Henry and Ada May Day on March 26, 1930, in El Paso, Texas, O'Connor spent her early years on her parents' 155,000-acre ranch, known as Lazy B, in southeastern Arizona. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch Justice O'Connor's Legacy Justice Sandra Day O'Connor resigned from the U.S. Supreme Court Friday after a 24-year term. Law analysts discuss her legacy and the view of O'Connor as the "swing" vote. Continue watching