• Debate takeaways: Rubio stuck in a loop, Christie on the attack

    Debate takeaways: Rubio stuck in a loop, Christie on the attack

    Feb 07, 2016 04:44 AM EDT

    ... his company tried to use eminent domain to build an Atlantic City casino. Trump scoffed, saying Bush "wants to be a tough guy." Bush fired back, "How tough is it to take property from an elderly woman?" It was the only moment in which Trump flashed any of the rhetorical ...

  • What’s behind the Ted Cruz surge?

    What’s behind the Ted Cruz surge?

    Dec 15, 2015 02:54 AM EDT

    ... goes in there like a -- frankly, like a little bit of a maniac. You're never going to get things done that way. Look, I built a phenomenal business. I'm worth many, many billions of dollars. I have some of the greatest assets anywhere in the world. You can ...

  • Real inequality: why things are better than they seem and will almost surely get worse

    Real inequality: why things are better than they seem and will almost surely get worse

    Jul 17, 2014 03:00 PM EDT

    ... So while the median state school is vastly better than it used to be and the gap in what you can study has shrunk between the average and the elite schools, the social benefits of going to the top few universities have grown to the point where admission committees wield ...

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    Historians Discuss What's Changed, What Hasn't After 9/11

    Sep 11, 2011 10:54 PM EDT

    ... you're in Terre Haute. Much of what has changed, like the proverbial iceberg, is beneath the surface. Government, we're all thinking about this, the age of cutting back on government, the fact is government has been transformed, expanded by, I saw one estimate $600 billion has been spent ...

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    Programs Aim to Break Cycles of Poverty in the South Through Home Ownership

    Aug 01, 2008 08:30 PM EDT

    ... she was focused on everyday needs -- feeding two children and paying her bills -- until she heard about a local program that helps low-income families build wealth and save toward home ownership.The Adams-Jefferson-Franklin-Claiborne (AJFC) Community Action Agency serves residents of nine poverty-plagued counties in southwest ...

  • News Wrap: After threat assessment, Trump criticizes 'naive' intelligence officials

    News Wrap: After threat assessment, Trump criticizes 'naive' intelligence officials

    Jan 30, 2019 11:45 PM EDT

    ... President Trump fired back at intelligence chiefs who contradicted him before Congress on global security threats Tuesday. ... Judy Woodruff: In the day's other news: The Federal Reserve kept a key interest rate unchanged, and it pledged to be patient in ordering future rate hikes. The Central Bank raised rates ...

  • Meet the Trump trade adviser whose tariff policy is about to be tested

    Meet the Trump trade adviser whose tariff policy is about to be tested

    Mar 08, 2018 11:40 PM EDT

    Peter Navarro is one of the key White House figures who has made a case for imposing stiff new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. What ideas and philosophy drive Navarro? Economics correspondent Paul Solman revisits his profile of Trump's right-hand man on trade to consider what President Trump’s tariff announcement means for the global...

  • Opinion: Trump’s immigration policies are a windfall for China and India

    Opinion: Trump’s immigration policies are a windfall for China and India

    Feb 08, 2018 08:11 PM EDT

    America is losing jobs and competitiveness because of its shortsighted immigration policies.

  • 1 million Americans pool money in religious ministries to pay for health care

    1 million Americans pool money in religious ministries to pay for health care

    Jan 16, 2018 10:46 PM EDT

    Enrollment in health care sharing ministries has soared since the Affordable Care Act was passed. But unlike the ACA or employer-provided insurance, these ministries have little, if any government oversight, no guarantee of solvency and can deny claims that traditional insurance companies are barred from rejecting.

  • U.S. needs to stop North Korea before they "perfect" missile capability, McMaster says

    U.S. needs to stop North Korea before they "perfect" missile capability, McMaster says

    Dec 18, 2017 11:45 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump sent Congress his first national security strategy on Monday, laying out his view of American priorities in an unstable world. Judy Woodruff speaks with national security adviser H.R. McMaster, who led the process to devise the new strategy. On North Korea, McMaster said the president has asked his team to continuously refine...