• With Washington mired in partisan gridlock, can state leaders push forward?

    With Washington mired in partisan gridlock, can state leaders push forward?

    Feb 22, 2014 01:43 AM EDT

    ... gathered in Washington this week for their winter meeting. And with action in the nation's capital stymied by partisan gridlock, many are looking to the states for solutions to the country's challenges. For a sample of what's happening, we are joined by two governors, Tennessee Republican Bill ...

  • Trump may scrap the Iran nuclear agreement. Here’s what you need to know

    Trump may scrap the Iran nuclear agreement. Here’s what you need to know

    Oct 10, 2017 11:35 PM EDT

    ... time for Iran to build a nuclear weapon was as little as one month. After the deal, the breakout time is at least 12 months. In return, the U.S. and the U.N. lifted sanctions related to Iran's nuclear program worth more than $100 billion, and promised not ...

  • Satellites seek out methane leaks from pipelines, oil fields, landfills and farms

    Satellites seek out methane leaks from pipelines, oil fields, landfills and farms

    Jun 17, 2021 10:09 PM EDT

    ... what makes the most sense in terms of emissions reductions and mitigation.” Yet while the world’s ability to hunt down methane emitters is growing, the global policies needed to do something about it aren’t yet in place. Much of the current approach to dialing back methane is dependent ...

  • Rep. Gallego: Democrats are going to protect U.S. -- and your paycheck

    Rep. Gallego: Democrats are going to protect U.S. -- and your paycheck

    Oct 18, 2017 10:30 PM EDT

    ... He has represented Phoenix in Congress since 2015, and is a Marine Corps veteran who served in the Iraq War. I began by asking him what's at stake in the fight over health care. REP. RUBEN GALLEGO, D-Ariz.: Well, what's at stake is the rising premiums on ...

  • As Trump softens border wall money demand, will other barriers derail spending bill?

    As Trump softens border wall money demand, will other barriers derail spending bill?

    Apr 25, 2017 11:17 PM EDT

    ... opposed to including the wall in this bill since the beginning of the negotiations. There's no plan to make Mexico pay for it, as the president promised it would. There's no plan to resolve the eminent domain issues on the border, and the money is better used elsewhere ...

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    Film, Music Industries Battle Leading Internet Companies Over Online Piracy

    Dec 15, 2011 11:14 PM EDT

    ... with the very real problem of sites that are located outside of the jurisdiction of our court system and our legal system that are engaging in theft and illegal activity. JEFFREY BROWN: What's the problem with the way they are proposing? MARKHAM ERICKSON: The problem is, the proposals in ...

  • Obama says New Orleans is 'moving forward' after hurricane

    Obama says New Orleans is 'moving forward' after hurricane

    Aug 27, 2015 11:49 AM EDT

    WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says New Orleans is "moving forward" a decade after Hurricane Katrina dealt it a devastating blow, and has become an example of what can happen when people rally around each other to build a better future out of the despair of tragedy. Obama was marking the ...

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    Is Your Pension Safe? States Struggle With Pricey Challenges

    Jun 22, 2011 10:33 PM EDT

    As part of his continuing coverage of Making Sen$e of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports from Rhode Island on the struggles that states are facing over how to calculate investment returns for public pension funds to keep them fully funded.

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    BP Remains Optimistic 'Top Kill' Will Seal Oil Leak

    May 27, 2010 04:00 AM EDT

    Reports that more oil than originally thought is flowing into the Gulf of Mexico were tempered by early successes in the 'top kill' procedure to stop the leak at its source. Tom Bearden continues to track the progress of the spill with a team of researchers in Louisiana.

  • Bill and Melinda Gates on the political debate over Common Core standards

    Bill and Melinda Gates on the political debate over Common Core standards

    Oct 07, 2015 11:48 PM EDT

    Bill and Melinda Gates, two of the world’s leading philanthropists, sit down with Gwen Ifill in Seattle to discuss their efforts to support education reform and the political battles over the Common Core standards.