Jan 15 Watch Supreme Court Watch: Federal Medical Leave Act Gwen Ifill discusses the debate over the Federal Medical Leave Act with the Supreme Court reporter for The Chicago Tribune. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch Weighing Affirmative Action President Bush enters the affirmative action debate, calling a University of Michigan program unconstitutional. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Life or Death Outgoing Governor George Ryan of Illinois has sparked a national debate over the use of the death penalty after he granted clemency to 167 inmates on death row in his state. Continue watching
Jan 13 U.N. Team Says Iraq Inspections Could Take a Year United Nations weapons experts said Monday that they may need up to a year to complete their inspections in Iraq, as thousands of U.S. troops continue to be deployed to the Gulf region ahead of a potential confrontation with Baghdad. Continue reading
Jan 13 News Outlets Disband Voter News Service Six major news organizations decided on Monday to dissolve the Voter News Service, a consortium they formed to collect voter information and exit poll data nationwide. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch Justice Reconsidered In the largest emptying of death row in U.S. history, outgoing Illinois Gov. George Ryan has commuted all Illinois death sentences to prison terms of life or less, while condemning the state's capital punishment system as fundamentally flawed and unfair. Continue watching
Jan 10 Deadline for Immigrant Registration Arrives Immigrants from 13 mostly Muslim countries visited Immigration and Naturalization Service offices by the thousands Friday to register with authorities as required under anti-terror laws introduced after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Continue reading
Jan 10 North Korea Says It Will Withdraw From Global Nuclear Arms Treaty North Korea announced Friday it would withdraw from a treaty aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, sparking alarm and condemnation from leaders around the world. Continue reading
Jan 09 U.N. Inspectors Say They’ve Found No "Smoking Gun" in Iraq Chief United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix told the U.N. Security Council Thursday that his inspection teams had not found any "smoking guns" after visiting some 125 Iraqi sites. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch Inspecting Iraq Experts discuss the ongoing weapons inspections process in Iraq after chief weapons inspector Hans Blix reported to the U.N. Security Council that Iraq has no "smoking gun."… Continue watching