Mar 27 Watch Group in India Targets Sex Trade An organization in India is fighting forced prostitution by counseling and training women in other forms of work and helping their children so they don't follow in their mothers' footsteps. Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television provides… Continue watching
Mar 23 Former Interior Department Official Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Case By Admin, PBS News Hour Former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice Friday for trying to conceal the nature of his relationship with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch President Bush Vows to Fight Drug Trade in Latin America President Bush visited Guatemala Monday, after pledging Sunday on a stopover in Colombia to seek more aid for the country to fight drug traffickers. Experts discuss the growing drug trade and the administration's efforts to curtail it. Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Republican Rep. Putnam Discusses Next House Legislative Session With Democrats in comfortable control of the House of Representatives in the 110th Congress, Republican Conference chair Adam Putnam, R-Fla., provides the GOP's perspective on the upcoming legislative agenda and hopes for cooperation. Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch Ohio Republican Senate Seat in Jeopardy Though Ohio's two-term Senator Republican Mike DeWine has insisted in his campaign that he is an independent force, his ties to President Bush may cost him his re-election to the Senate. Recent polls show Democratic candidate Sherrod Brown widening his… Continue watching
Oct 18 Watch Senate Races in New Jersey and Pennsylvania Heat up as Election Day Nears As the Senate races in New Jersey and Pennsylvania heat up, incumbents in both states are in danger of losing their seats. A political journalist from each state analyzes the races and the key issues the candidates are focusing on… Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch Authors Analyze, Criticize Foreign Aid Agencies in New Books The NewsHour's Economics Correspondent Paul Solman reports on the effectiveness of foreign aid in reducing proverty. Continue watching
Sep 15 Congressman Ney Pleads Guilty; Padgett to Run in His Spot By PBS News Hour After months of denying any wrongdoing, Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, agreed Friday to plead guilty for his role as "Representative No. 1" in the federal corruption investigation into disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Continue reading
May 08 Former Aide, Abramoff Associate Pleads Guilty in Lobby Probe By Admin, PBS News Hour A former congressional chief of staff and business associate of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty Monday to charges in connection with the wide-ranging corruption and influence-peddling investigation by the Justice Department. Continue reading
May 04 Congress Set to Hammer Out Competing Lobbying Reform Bills By PBS News Hour With House passage Wednesday of legislation aimed at reforming the relationship between lawmakers and lobbyists, a conference committee must now hammer out critical differences between the House bill and a measure adopted by the Senate in March. Continue reading