• Column: What the U.S. dollar's ups and downs mean for you

    Column: What the U.S. dollar's ups and downs mean for you

    Jun 08, 2016 07:22 PM EST

    ... role as a reserve currency, its ups and downs link seemingly unconnected dynamics. Its movements affect everyone from Japanese investors and British intelligence analysts to Argentinian small business owners and American families. What forces are affecting the greenback — and more importantly, what do the moves mean for you? There are ...

  • World leaders urge action against terrorism at Nuclear Security Summit

    World leaders urge action against terrorism at Nuclear Security Summit

    Apr 02, 2016 04:54 PM EST

    ... hand, known in diplomatic-speak as "gift baskets." Latin America and the Caribbean are now free of highly enriched uranium, the White House said, praising Argentina by name for converting its remaining stockpile into a less dangerous form. Fissile materials like highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium are necessary ingredients ...

  • Summit explores how to keep nuclear material away from terrorists

    Summit explores how to keep nuclear material away from terrorists

    Apr 02, 2016 12:14 AM EST

    ... improved their nuclear security, including stronger regulations and more physical security of nuclear facilities. MARGARET WARNER: The White House announced at least two more countries, Argentina and Indonesia, were joining some dozen other nations in removing all their highly-enriched uranium and plutonium, essential fuels for nuclear weapons. JUDY WOODRUFF ...

  • Shields and Brooks on Trump-Cruz wife feud, ISIS terror in Brussels

    Shields and Brooks on Trump-Cruz wife feud, ISIS terror in Brussels

    Mar 26, 2016 12:22 AM EST

    ... this historic visit and there were some voices, well, he shouldn't have gone to the baseball game, he shouldn't have gone on to Argentina, how much does that matter? DAVID BROOKS: Yes, I think those criticisms are unfounded. The president -- we have a big government. We can do ...

  • Latest from Cuba: Cubans shocked by Castro's joint news conference with Obama

    Latest from Cuba: Cubans shocked by Castro's joint news conference with Obama

    Mar 21, 2016 02:33 PM EST

    ... served the interest of the U.S. or the Cuban people. Obama says the U.S. has exercised as much flexibility as it can to make modifications to the embargo, but the list of things his administration can do is growing shorter. The bulk of changes will rely on Congress ...

  • Obama to raise human rights during historic trip to Cuba

    Obama to raise human rights during historic trip to Cuba

    Feb 18, 2016 01:25 PM EST

    ... travel to Cuba if he could speak to all kinds of groups -- including those that oppose the Castro government. From Cuba, Obama will travel to Argentina, where he'll meet with new President Mauricio Macri, the White House said. Word of his travel plans drew immediate resistance from opponents of ...

  • WHO alarmed at spread of Zika virus and risk of deformities in babies

    WHO alarmed at spread of Zika virus and risk of deformities in babies

    Jan 28, 2016 04:32 PM EST

    ... be caused by a population without immunity to the disease and the potential vast area of the spread from the southern United States to northern Argentina. The virus is spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which typically live in tropical and subtropical regions in the world. They also are known to ...

  • The nation's first Hispanic president?  Why no one's talking about that

    The nation's first Hispanic president? Why no one's talking about that

    Dec 24, 2015 10:33 PM EST

    Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio both have a legitimate shot at becoming the nation’s first Hispanic presidential nominee. And yet their ethnicity has received far less attention than Barack Obama’s race did when he ran for president eight years ago.

  • Pope Francis discusses family and women's rights in Philadelphia

    Pope Francis discusses family and women's rights in Philadelphia

    Sep 26, 2015 03:52 PM EST

    By Rachel Zoll and Michael R. Sisak PHILADELPHIA -- Pope Francis arrived in the City of Brotherly Love on Saturday for the final leg of his U.S. visit - a festive weekend devoted to celebrating Catholic families - and immediately called for the church to place greater value on women. The pontiff's plane touched down...

  • Struggling Catholic schools seek ways to set themselves apart

    Struggling Catholic schools seek ways to set themselves apart

    Sep 25, 2015 12:31 AM EST

    Today only about 2 million American students attend Catholic school, down from 5 million in the 1960s, due to a variety of social and economic reasons. Thousands of schools have closed as church leaders and educators struggled to make the finances work. The NewsHour's April Brown reports on how some have figured out how to...