Jan 18 Watch Democrats on Edge as Massachusetts Voters Go to Polls President Obama traveled to Massachusetts on Sunday to stump for Democratic candidate Martha Coakley in the increasingly tight race to fill the Senate seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy. Continue watching
Jan 17 Obama Authorizes Military Reserves for Haiti Response By Talea Miller President Barack Obama Sunday issued an executive order mobilizing selected military reserves, including medical staff to work from hospital ships and Coast Guard personnel, to bolster aid efforts in Haiti. He wrote it is "necessary to augment the active Armed… Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch Shields and Brooks Examine Mass. Senate Race, U.S. Quake Aid Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the week's news, including the tight Senate race in Massachusetts and the American response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch In Mass. Senate Race, GOP Candidate Surging in Democratic Stronghold Massachusetts' special election to fill the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's seat is heating up as a Republican candidate is polling well in a bastion for Democratic politics. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Big Banks Brace for Major Tax Hike President Obama announced Thursday plans to tax the nation's biggest banks to recoup TARP costs. But not everyone thinks this is such a great idea. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch News Wrap: Deal Reached on Taxing 'Cadillac' Plans In other news, President Obama and union leaders reached an agreement on taxing high-cost health care plans, and a suicide bomber killed 20 people in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Desperation Mounts in Haiti as Aid Begins to Arrive On the second day after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, planes began to arrive with aid while Haitians continued to search through the rubble of buildings for survivors. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Death Toll in Afghan War Up to 14 in Jan. In other news, four American troops were killed in Afghanistan Wednesday, raising the U.S. death toll to 14 for the month; and, the Supreme Court weighed whether to give anti-trust protection to the National Football League. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch Haiti Stunned by Scope of Earthquake Destruction One day after a devastating 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, the impoverished nation struggled to rescue the injured and aid the displaced. Judy Woodruff recaps the aftermath and ongoing rescue efforts. Continue watching
Jan 12 After Obama's First Year, Examining Black Americans' Views on Progress By Judy Woodruff As we near the end of President Obama's first year in office, and with talk of race much in the air this week in Washington, a new poll from the Pew Research Center caught my eye. Pew released… Continue reading