• Still no consensus on border plan as Congress hurtles toward summer recess

    Still no consensus on border plan as Congress hurtles toward summer recess

    Jul 17, 2014 01:14 PM EST

    ... time is running out for lawmakers to reach a consensus on legislation to address the flood of unaccompanied minors crossing the southern border from Central America. President Obama is pushing lawmakers to approve a $3.7 billion emergency spending request to deal with the situation at the border. The measure ...

  • NSA surveillance revelations sour German perception of Obama

    NSA surveillance revelations sour German perception of Obama

    Jan 31, 2014 02:11 AM EST

    ... of America. On the other side, we have a complete other culture about data. MARGARET WARNER: Explain to Americans why this issue has struck such a nerve here in Germany, of all the European countries. PHILIPP MISSFELDER: Yes. It's a big cultural question in Germany, because most people in ...

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    Clinton Backs Obama, Perot Endorses Romney as Candidates Set to Debate

    Oct 16, 2012 01:54 PM EST

    ... yet at a moment when turbulence is sweeping critical regions of the world, we are increasingly unprepared. That is wrong. It's not the way America ought to be. The debate comes as even more polling confirms what we've been writing here since the candidates last met on a ...

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    Super PACs Wage Political Ad Wars with Hundreds of Thousands of TV Spots

    Oct 15, 2012 10:02 PM EST

    ... NewsHour is working with CMAG and NPR for this series of reports examining advertising spending. Joining us now is NPR correspondent Peter Overby, who took a look at super PACs. And for almost 20 years, you have been covering the way money drives politics in America. A lot of money ...

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    New Wave of Polls Gives Obama the Advantage

    Sep 19, 2012 01:21 PM EST

    ... government, there's a tape that came out today where the president's saying he likes redistribution," Romney told Fox News' Neil Cavuto. "I think a society based upon a government centered nation where government plays a larger and larger role, redistributes money, that's the wrong course for America ...

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    Romney Sweeps Primaries in Five States, Turns Focus to Obama

    Apr 25, 2012 01:10 PM EST

    Mitt Romney celebrates with supporters Tuesday night in Manchester, N.H. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. With his sweep of five states Tuesday, Mitt Romney seized the GOP nomination and made clear that his focus would now be directed squarely on President Obama. "To all of the thousands of good and decent Americans I've met who...

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    Court of Public Opinion Weighs In on Health Care Reform Law

    Mar 27, 2012 01:20 PM EST

    People gather outside the Supreme Court Tuesday as justices hear arguments on the health care reform law. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. The nation's high court will be the center of the political universe Tuesday, with the key provision of the health care reform law under scrutiny. The Supreme Court justices will hear arguments about...

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    Republican Rivals Clash in Heated Arizona Debate

    Feb 23, 2012 02:24 PM EST

    Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich participate in a debate Thursday night sponsored by CNN and the Republican Party of Arizona. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. The 20th -- and potentially final -- debate of the Republican presidential hopefuls taught the nation a lot about Senate process. Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney...

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    Obama Takes Jobs Speech on the Road

    Sep 09, 2011 12:18 PM EST

    President Obama outlines the American Jobs Act to a joint session of Congress. Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson. On Friday, President Obama will pick up where he left off Thursday night after laying out his $447 billion American Jobs Act proposal to a joint session of Congress. "I ask every American who agrees...

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    Getting High for Less: Easier Access to Better, Cheaper Heroin Cripples Small Towns

    Aug 18, 2011 05:40 PM EST

    By Paul Solman, Kelly Chen and Sarah Svoboda Black tar heroin. Photo via the City of Wichita police department. Note: We've been exploring economic inequality in America this week, and thought it an opportune moment to share something we had hoped to post the last time we visited the subject. Investigating economic inequality in Ohio...