Jan 29 Rubio Leads Charge to Sway Conservatives on Immigration Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Richard Durbin, D-Ill., at a press conference on their immigration proposal. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. The dynamics of the push to pass true… Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch Defense Department Budget Will Be Major Questioning Point for Nominee Hagel Confirmation hearings will soon begin for former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, tapped to replace Leon Panetta as Secretary of Defense. Hagel will likely face sharp questioning, especially about the Pentagon's budget crisis. Kwame Holman reports on the defense department's budget… Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch Celebration Turns to Retaliation Against Collaborators in Malian City of Gao Jubiliation broke out in Gao, Mali after the city was liberated from Islamist rebels, only to be quickly followed up with retribution against those who had worked with the jihadists. Lindsey Hilsum of Independant Television News offers a report from… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch Daily Download: Can Facebook Posts Get You Fired? NewsHour's political editor Christina Bellantoni talks with the Daily Download's Howard Kurtz and Lauren Ashburn about how the digital world affects and infects the culture we live in. They talk about what one should and shouldn't publish on social media… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch From Golan Heights, Increasing Concern Over Civil War Next Door in Syria From Golan Heights, Increasing Concern Over Civil War Next Door in Syria… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch Egypt's Morsi Hoped Violence Would Burn Out, Instead Spreads to More Cities Egypt's Morsi Hoped Violence Would Burn Out, Instead Spreads to More Cities… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch Bipartisan Senate Proposal on Immigration Reform Reflects Election Response Bipartisan Senate Proposal on Immigration Reform Reflects Election Response… Continue watching
Jan 28 Weekly Poem: 'Frogs' By Tom LeGro Gerald Stern is the author of several collections of poetry and is the winner of numerous awards, including the National Book Award for "This Time: New and Selected Poems" (1998). Continue reading
Jan 28 Reports: Ancient Manuscripts in Timbuktu Damaged During Fighting By News Desk The Ahmed Baba Institute, an Islamic learning center in the town of Timbuktu in the West African nation of Mali, holds thousands of ancient drawings and writings from the Quran and everyday life in this point along a… Continue reading
Jan 28 Can Your Employer Fire You Over a Facebook Posting? Weigh In Here Updated, 7:50 a.m. Monday's Daily Download segment explored how employers are being forced to rewrite social media rules. Howard Kurtz and Lauren Ashburn of Daily Download joined me for a discussion about how the rapidly evolving digital world… Continue reading