• News Wrap: Putin vows West won’t ‘defang’ Russia

    News Wrap: Putin vows West won’t ‘defang’ Russia

    Dec 19, 2014 12:19 AM EDT

    ... security lapses. They recommend greater accountability at the agency and a higher security fence around the White House, among other things. The suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing returned to federal court today for the first time since being arraigned in July of 2013. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appeared at a final ...

  • The top 10 political stories of 2014

    The top 10 political stories of 2014

    Dec 16, 2014 02:23 PM EDT

    ... s ban. NASA spent $349 million to build a rocket tower in Mississippi, then shut it down. The charity set up for victims of the Boston marathon bombing is ready to shut down. Keep an eye on the Rundown blog for breaking news throughout the day, our home page for ...

  • New book examines how preparing for disaster is key to bouncing back

    New book examines how preparing for disaster is key to bouncing back

    Dec 03, 2014 01:25 AM EDT

    ... know what it will be. So this is about readiness for any kind of disruption makes you better ready for every disruption. GWEN IFILL: In Boston's case, it was about the Boston Marathon bombing... JUDITH RODIN: Right. GWEN IFILL: ... something which, even though you say they were preparing, for ...

  • Obama proposes body-worn cameras for police

    Obama proposes body-worn cameras for police

    Dec 01, 2014 08:05 PM EDT

    ... want to repeal the programs that are authorized by Congress because they have proven to be useful in many cases, citing the response to the Boston Marathon bombing. "But it is not clear that there is a consistency with regard to the way that these programs are implemented, structured and ...

  • The real threat Americans face from Ebola is the anxiety that it's causing

    The real threat Americans face from Ebola is the anxiety that it's causing

    Oct 23, 2014 09:38 PM EDT

    ... a professor at the University of California, Irvine, who studied the health effects of populations worried after watching coverage of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Boston Marathon bombing and Iraq war. "Frankly flu is more serious." THE IMPACT OF FEAR Holman found in studies published by the American Medical Association ...

  • 2 out of 3 Americans support U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, Syria

    2 out of 3 Americans support U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, Syria

    Oct 03, 2014 02:34 PM EDT

    ... 9/11, that another attack was imminent and about the same as the 58 percent who were worried about another attack after the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Despite the concern, only a third are closely following news of U.S. airstrikes. Douglas Dowden, 49, who lives in central California ...

  • Obama in prime time, a list

    Obama in prime time, a list

    Sep 10, 2014 09:58 PM EDT

    ... against Syria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g5DccEbTGA&feature=youtu.be April 19, 2013 10:05 p.m. EDT -- Calming the nation after the Boston Marathon bombing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6c6aKX9fu4#t=18 May 1, 2012 7:39 p.m. EDT -- Announcing the plans for the ...

  • U.S. officials fear radicalized citizens will carry out lone-wolf terror plots

    U.S. officials fear radicalized citizens will carry out lone-wolf terror plots

    Aug 29, 2014 08:48 PM EDT

    ... Such plots are difficult to detect because they don't require large conspiracies of people whose emails or phone calls can be intercepted. The 2013 Boston Marathon bombings were like that, carried out by radicalized American brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev acting on their own. So was the 2010 attempt ...

  • News Wrap: Texas governor to send troops to Mexico border

    News Wrap: Texas governor to send troops to Mexico border

    Jul 22, 2014 01:25 AM EDT

    ... into the house from outside. Over the July 4 weekend, more than 50 people were shot, with 17 killed. JUDY WOODRUFF: A friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect was convicted today of obstruction. He's one of two men charged with taking Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's backpack from his dorm ...

  • Jeh Johnson on counterterrorism challenges, deportation enforcement

    Jeh Johnson on counterterrorism challenges, deportation enforcement

    May 16, 2014 12:08 AM EDT

    Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson joins Judy Woodruff for a conversation about protecting the United States from future terrorist attacks, immigration policy and reform and use of force by Border Patrol.