In Wroclaw, Poland on Friday, European Union economic leaders gathered to discuss the economic crisis facing Europe. Jeffrey Brown discusses what's next for the eurozone with The Economist Magazine's Zanny Minton Beddoes.
The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction -- otherwise known as the "super committee" -- is charged with putting a plan forward to cut at least $1.5 trillion from the U.S. deficit. Republican and Democratic congressional leaders…
At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, President Obama said the debt deal had averted "a massive blow" to the economy, but it wound up being another rocky day for global markets. Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest on the markets and…
With six days left before the debt ceiling deadline arrives, there will be no shortage of reporters trying to glean intelligence from President Obama's closed-door meeting with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner Thursday afternoon. But there's one thing the…
A vote on Speaker Boehner's debt plan was delayed until Thursday after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the bill would cut $850 billion instead of the promised $1.2 trillion. Gwen Ifill discusses the ongoing stalemate with President Obama's senior…
As Debt Crisis Drags On, Fallout for Consumers Still Unclear…
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks dissect the week's developments in the debt-ceiling debate, including the latest breakdown in talks between the White House and congressional Republicans, plus the "Gang of Six" plan and a…
Mark Shields, David Brooks and Hari Sreenivasan talk debt ceiling and the NFL lockout…
The national debt clock ticks on in April, 2011. Photo via Getty Images. It's a conundrum. We in the news business are constantly justifying to ourselves why we cover the stories we cover, and why you should care. It…
There were mixed signals out of Washington Thursday as to whether progress is being made over reaching a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling before the Aug. 2 deadline. Judy Woodruff discusses the "Gang of Six" plan to reduce…
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