• How a last minute Democrat move could steal Kansas from the GOP

    How a last minute Democrat move could steal Kansas from the GOP

    Sep 05, 2014 12:41 AM EDT

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: And the other big political story of the last 24 hours is from Kansas. The U.S. Senate race there grew much more interesting late yesterday after Democratic candidate Chad Taylor abruptly announced that he was dropping out of the race. That leaves independent Greg Orman to ...

  • In Bank of America settlement, who's feeling the pain?

    In Bank of America settlement, who's feeling the pain?

    Aug 22, 2014 07:23 PM EDT

    ... that come in each month, and hence are the safest; some slices only get the last payments that come in each month, so when people start defaulting, those are the slides that lose money first.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHXcnWrw7r4 There was little fear that the housing market ...

  • How weather and nutrient pollution create fertile conditions for toxic algae blooms

    How weather and nutrient pollution create fertile conditions for toxic algae blooms

    Aug 05, 2014 12:57 AM EDT

    ... Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford University. She is a leading expert on the water quality and sustainability of the Great Lakes. and Marlene Harris-Taylor is a reporter for The Toledo Blade. Marlene Harris-Taylor, are people calmer today? MARLENE HARRIS-TAYLOR, The Toledo Blade: Yes, I would say ...

  • Boehner pulls House border bill amid conservative revolt

    Boehner pulls House border bill amid conservative revolt

    Aug 01, 2014 12:22 AM EDT

    ... ve seen this game before," said Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., who is close to House GOP leaders. "Any time the groups come out and start to score about these issues, then senators get involved and they start having meetings and then they all sit together and sing 'Kumbaya' and ...

  • Senate races to move VA, highway bills; House postpones its vacation for one more day

    Senate races to move VA, highway bills; House postpones its vacation for one more day

    Jul 31, 2014 09:15 PM EDT

    ... missile defense system might also pass. But three months before midterm elections, the unbreakable dispute over immigration exposed longstanding differences inside Republican ranks, postponing the start of the House's vacation one day until Friday. And a new outburst of harsh partisan rhetoric between leading officials in both parties served ...

  • Construction companies relying on federal Highway Trust Fund face Congressional roadblock

    Construction companies relying on federal Highway Trust Fund face Congressional roadblock

    Jul 12, 2014 12:08 AM EDT

    ... of the construction season possibly on some of our projects. And people are going to lose their jobs. QUINN BOWMAN: Back at Bizzack Construction, Gary Taylor is hoping both sides will decide that keeping the money flowing is vital. GARY TAYLOR: We're the destination of Appalachian coal work that ...

  • Resentment and rumor builds against health workers trying to contain Ebola outbreak

    Resentment and rumor builds against health workers trying to contain Ebola outbreak

    Jul 04, 2014 11:45 PM EDT

    The latest Ebola outbreak in West Africa is now the largest and deadliest outbreak ever. And unlike outbreaks of the past, it is affecting both rural and urban areas. Jeffrey Brown talks to Laurie Garrett of the Council on Foreign Relations about a recent summit on the outbreak, distrust building against health workers in infected...

  • Jason Moran strikes up the band -- and a conversation -- to enthrall new jazz listeners
  • Why one economist isn't running with the bulls: Dow 5,000 remains closer than you think

    Why one economist isn't running with the bulls: Dow 5,000 remains closer than you think

    May 21, 2014 04:00 PM EDT

    The impending end of the government's unprecedented monetary and fiscal policies will be a revelatory moment for the U.S. economy. Will the market continue booming without those interventions? Terry Burnham isn't buying that it will.

  • Biden urges Russia to live up to Geneva agreement on Ukraine

    Biden urges Russia to live up to Geneva agreement on Ukraine

    Apr 22, 2014 11:42 PM EDT

    In a show of solidarity with Ukraine’s embattled interim government, Vice President Biden issued a warning to Russia to follow the agreement struck in Geneva to diffuse tensions. Meanwhile, pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine continued to defy the accord, and Ukraine’s acting president announced the resumption of “anti-terrorist” operations against the separatists. Gwen Ifill reports.