Nation Apr 20 How Harriet Tubman kicked Andrew Jackson off the front of your $20 bill By PBS NewsHour
Politics Oct 28 Watch 8:33 Treasury Secretary Lew on Congress ‘coming to terms’ with the debt limit The bipartisan budget deal passed by the House is the product of negotiations between Congressional leaders and the White House. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew sits down with Gwen Ifill to discuss how Congress achieved its moment of breakthrough, plus a… By PBS NewsHour
World Jul 23 Watch 5:02 Facing fire from lawmakers, Kerry warns against rejecting Iran deal There were testy exchanges and blunt talk in a Senate hearing on the Iran nuclear agreement. Republicans criticized the deal, and suggested that even if it passes Congress, it could be rolled back by the next administration. Secretary of State… By PBS NewsHour
World Jul 23 Kerry pushes back against critics of Iran deal WASHINGTON — A trio of Obama administration officials will stand stalwart behind the Iranian nuclear deal despite deep concern on Capitol Hill that Iran will try to evade nuclear inspectors and use billions from sanctions relief to further destabilize the… By Deb Riechmann, David Espo, Associated Press
Oct 15 Treasury Secretary Jack Lew: Stop treating budget matters with crisis-driven politics By Anne Azzi Davenport Following the briefing, Gwen Ifill sat down with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Office of Management Budget Director Shaun Donovan to talk about the deficit, why it's grown smaller and its potential growth in the years to come. Continue reading
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Sep 08 Treasury wants to make overseas inversions less profitable for U.S. corporations By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press A growing number of U.S. companies are shifting their addresses abroad in an effort to reduce their U.S. taxes. The maneuver is known as a corporate inversion. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch House GOP plan unclear as Obama reiterates no negotiation under shutdown threat House GOP plan unclear as Obama reiterates no negotiation under shutdown threat… Continue watching
May 16 Watch White House Works to Calm Storm of Scandal President Barack Obama used a rainy, Rose Garden news conference to get in front of a series of political storms, tackling questions on the IRS scandal, the AP subpoenas and Benghazi. Judy Woodruff talks to White House communications director Jennifer… Continue watching