Jul 16 Helms-Burton Act By PBS News Hour On July 16 President Bush enacted a six-month waiver of provisions of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act that would allow lawsuits against foreign companies who deal with Cuban businesses once claimed by U.S. nationals. Continue reading
Jul 13 Procedural Fight Derails Campaign Finance Debate After a rancorous fight over the scope and length of debate, the House Thursday put off consideration of sweeping campaign finance reform. Continue reading
Jul 13 Violence Erupts Following Northern Ireland Marches More than 100 police officers and dozens of residents were hurt early today as Catholic protesters rioted in Belfast following the heaviest day of Protestant marching season. Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch A House Divided: Campaign Finance Reform Kwame Holman reports on the delay in campaign finance reform legislation. Continue watching
Jul 12 Pres. Bush Pledges Medicare Overhaul President Bush today promised to "modernize and strengthen Medicare" in addition to offering a discounted prescription coverage for seniors. Continue reading
Jul 12 Russian Politician Accepts Radio Shares A liberal Russian politician has accepted a stake in Echo of Moscow, saying he hoped to save the influential independent radio outlet from a government takeover. Continue reading
Jul 11 Microsoft Allows Removal of Icons In response to a judge's ruling, Microsoft has agreed to allow computer manufacturers to remove shortcuts for some Microsoft products from the Windows desktop. Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch Haunted Village: The Hunt for War Criminals in Yugoslavia Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports on the search for war criminals in Yugoslavia. Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch Debating Campaign Finance Reform The House of Representatives is poised to debate campaign finance reform. Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch Background: Debating Campaign Finance Reform Kwame Holman reports on the status of campaign finance reform as the House prepares to look at the issue. Continue watching