Sep 11 Post Convention Polls Show Obama Leads Romney By Christina Bellantoni First came the CNN/ORC International survey, giving the Democratic incumbent a four-point bounce from a post-Tampa/pre-Charlotte convention poll. But the latest Washington Post/ABC News survey showed the race remained virtually unchanged from before the conventions… Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch Democracy Still Fragile in Iraq, Where Sectarian Tensions Reach Breaking Point Bridging Sectarian Divides Among Iraq's Majority Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch Iraq’s Sunni Vice President Says Death Sentence is Politically Motivated Iraq's Sunni vice president, Tariq al-Hashemi, was sentenced to death in absentia by an Iraqi court for overseeing death squads which killed government officials and opposition leaders from 2006 to 2011. From exile in Turkey, Hashemi reaffirmed his innocence and… Continue watching
Sep 09 How to Invest $100,000 if You’re 45 By Paul Solman Photo by Kick Images via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Friday's query is being posted today since it was bumped by the Democratic… Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch Shields and Brooks Wrap on 2012 Democratic National Convention Shields and Brooks Wrap on 2012 Democratic National Convention… Continue watching
Sep 07 Hurricane Winds Blast Solar Panels and Roof Tiles…On Purpose At Florida International University, 12 giant fans mimic the intensity of a Category 5 hurricane, pummeling rooftops, building materials and solar panels with winds reaching 157 miles per hour. A team of researchers led by civil engineer… Continue reading
Sep 07 Gwen’s Take: Lessons Learned in Tampa and Charlotte By Gwen Ifill Delegates from North Carolina react to Vice President Joe Biden's speech during the closing night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention held at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C. Photo by Jared Soares for the PBS NewsHour. Continue reading
Sep 07 Slide Show: The Final Night of the Democratic National Convention Streamers fell; politicians and GM workers took the podium; the nominations for the Democratic party were officially accepted. Relive the final night of the Democratic National Convention via our slide show of the night's best highlights. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch State Department Dubs Haqqani Network Terrorists, ‘Sopranos of the Afghan War’ U.S. State Department announced its decision to designate the Pakistan-based Haqqani network a terrorist group. As a terrorist organization, the State Department can use different tactics to undercut the group's power, especially going after individual members through Haqqani's extensive financial… Continue watching
Sep 06 Former President Clinton Delivers for Obama By News Desk In wide-ranging speech that stretched for nearly an hour, former President Bill Clinton emphatically made the case for electing President Obama to a second term and attacked the Republican Party platform. Here are some of the sights from the second… Continue reading