Mar 04 Watch Obama Vows to Cut Waste in Government Spending Kwame Holman recaps the day's economic news, including President Barack Obama's new campaign against wasteful government spending and reactions to a plan for massive new spending on the economy. Continue watching
Mar 04 New Details Emerge on Mortgage Relief Plan By Admin, PBS News Hour The Obama administration on Wednesday announced new details on its $75 billion mortgage relief plan to help those in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch Steele-Limbaugh Clash Sparks Debate Over Next Steps for GOP New questions are surfacing over the future of the Republican Party amid a public dispute between GOP National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh. Political analysts assess what's next for the GOP. Continue watching
Mar 03 Lawmakers Begin to Stake Positions on Health Care Reform By PBS News Hour One of the Senate's key leaders in shaping comprehensive health care legislation signaled Tuesday that he intends to set an aggressive schedule for Congress with the goal of passing a bill this summer. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch Other News: Senate Debates Spending Bill, Obama Denies Russia Deal The Senate will keep thousands of "earmarks" in a spending bill, and President Barack Obama denied a report that he offered Russia a deal on a planned U.S. missile shield. Jim Lehrer recaps the day's other news headlines. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch Government Officials Defend Economic Recovery Plans Facing criticism from some lawmakers, government officials defended their economic recovery plans. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Mar 03 Obama, Brown Praise Relations, Assess the Economic Crisis By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday hailed the "special relationship" between their countries as the two held talks on how to solve the economic crisis reverberating around the globe. Continue reading
Mar 03 Reversing Bush Rule, Obama Resumes Safeguards for Endangered Species By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he wants federal agencies to resume full scientific reviews of projects that could harm endangered wildlife and plants. Continue reading
Mar 02 Watch Karzai Raises Stakes in Dispute Over Afghan Election Date Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called for moving presidential elections up from August to April in what some are viewing as a political maneuver to rein in his critics. Margaret Warner provides an update from Afghanistan on the political developments. Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch Obama Names New Health Care Team to Tackle Reform Agenda President Barack Obama has named Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to head the Health and Human Services Agency and Nancy-Ann DeParle, a former Clinton official, to head the White House Office for Health Reform. Analysts examine the picks and the job… Continue watching