Feb 24 Watch 5:16 News Wrap: Another round of volleys over Supreme Court nomination By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President Obama affirmed he will name a successor to Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, despite Senate Republicans’ avowed refusal to hold hearings on the matter. Also, Obama nominated the first ever African-American or female… Continue watching
Feb 24 HealthCare.gov ‘passive’ on heading off fraud By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press WASHINGTON — With billions in taxpayer dollars at stake, the Obama administration has taken a "passive" approach to identifying potential fraud involving the president's health care law, nonpartisan congressional investigators say in a report due out Wednesday. Continue reading
Feb 24 Obama urges quick Supreme Court confirmation; GOP says no hearings, no votes By Mary Clare Jalonick and Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — No hearing. No vote. Don't even bother knocking on our door. That's the message Senate Republicans delivered to President Barack Obama and his sometime-soon nominee for the Supreme Court to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch 3:43 Inside Obama’s plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center By PBS News Hour President Obama announced plans Tuesday to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, asserting that its existence undermines national security. The proposal -- which would send the facility’s remaining 91 detainees to domestic U.S. sites -- would fulfill the… Continue watching
Feb 23 Watch 10:27 How do lawmakers feel about the plan to close Guantanamo? By PBS News Hour Following President Obama’s announcement that he will fulfill his longstanding promise to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Capitol Hill lawmakers have been torn between support and opposition. Gwen Ifill talks to Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Col.) and Sen. Dick… Continue watching
Feb 23 Social Security, joblessness top economic concerns for Americans By Nancy Benac and Emily Swanson, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Finally, something that polarized Americans can agree on. Ask people what economic issues will be important for the next president, and Democrats, Republicans and independents alike all put a high priority on protecting Social Security and reducing unemployment. Continue reading
Feb 23 Congress backs court challenge to Obama’s climate change plan By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — More than 200 members of Congress are backing a court challenge to President Barack Obama's plan to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. Continue reading
Feb 23 Republican race rips bandage off Nevada immigration detente By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press PAHRUMP, Nev. — Nevada Republicans thought they had put their immigration problems behind them. Continue reading
Feb 23 Guantanamo Bay undermines security, must be closed, Obama says By Kathleen Hennessey, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials say the Pentagon's long-awaited plan to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer the remaining detainees to a facility in the United States calls for up to $475 million in construction costs… Continue reading