Feb 26 Watch What's the Difference Senior Correspondent Margaret Warner speaks with Mike Donilon, senior adviser and media consultant for Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), and David Axelrod, senior adviser and media consultant for Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) about the differences between the two leading candidates for… Continue watching
Feb 25 High Court Upholds State Ban on Religion Scholarships By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court upheld Wednesday government scholarship restrictions that bar any taxpayer money for college students who pursue a degree in theology, an important legal marker in the rules of church-state separation. Continue reading
Feb 25 Pres. Bush, Greenspan Differ on Social Security Cuts By PBS News Hour Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan urged Congress on Wednesday to consider trimming Social Security benefits as a way to tackle the nation's escalating budget, but President Bush later in the day said he opposed the idea. Continue reading
Feb 25 Kerry Takes Three More States Ahead of Super Tuesday Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts won primary elections in Hawaii, Idaho and Utah on Tuesday, maintaining his front-runner status in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination ahead of the crucial March 2 "super primary."… Continue reading
Feb 24 Opposition Groups Reject Peace Plan for Haiti By PBS News Hour Opposition leaders in Haiti, who have been trying to pressure President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to resign, said Tuesday that they rejected a U.S.-backed peace proposal because it does not require the embattled president to step down. Continue reading
Feb 24 President Bush Endorses Amendment Banning Gay Marriage By PBS News Hour President Bush announced that he is in favor of amending the U.S. Constitution to ban marriages between same-sex couples. He said he would like to see an amendment "defining and protecting marriage as a union of a man and woman,… Continue reading
Feb 24 President's Speech Outlines Themes for 2004 Race By PBS News Hour President Bush turned his attention to the 2004 presidential race Monday, presenting key points of his campaign message and criticizing Democratic front-runner, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch Conspiracy Charges The Pentagon announced today that it is going to try two prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay in military tribunals. Ray Suarez discusses the decision with Eugene Fidell, the founder of the National Institute of Military Justice. Continue watching
Feb 23 Disputed Iranian Election Hands Control Back to Conservatives By PBS News Hour Conservatives reclaimed control of Iran's parliament Monday after controversial elections last week that were boycotted by reformists who called the vote a "historical fiasco."… Continue reading
Feb 23 U.S. Marines Head to Haiti to Guard Embassy By PBS News Hour Fifty U.S. Marines left for Haiti on Monday to protect the American Embassy and diplomats as armed rebels overran the country's second-largest city, Cap-Haitien, and threatened to attack the capital, Port-au-Prince. Continue reading