Feb 10 Watch News Wrap: Romney, Santorum Pitch Conservative Values at CPAC In other news Friday, presidential hopefuls Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney touted their conservative credentials to activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. In Syria, at least 28 people were killed in a pair of suicide car… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch News Wrap: Obama Waives No Child Left Behind Requirements for 10 States In other news Thursday, President Obama excused 10 states from No Child Left Behind requirements. The law requires all public school students be proficient in reading and math by 2014. Republicans said the president was overreaching in granting waivers. Also,… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch Investigation Finds Members of Congress Steer Millions Close to Home Investigation Finds Members of Congress Steer Millions Close to Home… Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch Boehner: Senate Wants ‘No Part of Cutting Spending’ In an interview Monday with the NewsHour's Judy Woodruff, Speaker of the House John Boehner said that Congress gets along most of the time and that disagreements mostly occur over major bills. He also discussed his relationship with President Obama,… Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch News Wrap: At Least 5 Killed in Violence After Egypt’s Soccer Riot In other news Friday, cities across Egypt erupted in fresh violence as protesters accused the ruling military of failing to stop a soccer riot that killed 74 people this week. Also, malaria may be killing twice as many people as… Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch Obama vs. Congress: Good Re-election Strategy for President? In nearly every appearance these days, President Obama has urged Congress to act. In fact, criticizing congressional inaction has become a key part of his re-election strategy. Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports on the president's attempt to capitalize on political… Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch News Wrap: Somali Captors Threaten to Kill American Hostage if U.S. Interferes In other news Thursday, captors in Somalia threatened to kill an American hostage if the United States attempts to free him. The warning followed a Navy SEAL raid that rescued another American and a Dane. Also, government forces in Syria… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch Fact-Checking President Obama’s Third State of the Union Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman recaps President Obama's third State of the Union address, then The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler grades the speech on accuracy and provides more context on topics that may have been glazed over. Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch News Wrap: At Least 7 Killed by Syrian Government Forces in Overnight Assault In other news Wednesday, Syrian government forces launched a new assault overnight in Hama, according to the opposition. At least seven people were killed there and elsewhere. Also, Indiana's GOP-led House moved closer to adopting a "right-to-work" law, banning unions… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch Watchdog-in-Chief Richard Cordray Outlines Plan to Clean Up Consumer Lending Watchdog-in-Chief Richard Cordray Outlines Plan to Clean Up Consumer Lending… Continue watching