Aug 02 Congresswoman Waters to Face Public Ethics Trial The House Ethics Committee announced Monday that Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., will face a public trial for her alleged role in steering federal bailout funds to a bank with ties to her husband. The charges against the 10-term congresswoman… Continue reading
Aug 02 Arizona Dispatch: SB 1070 Through a Photojournalist’s Lens PHOENIX | When Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB 1070, was signed into law in April, it was just a normal day for Arizona Republic photographer Nick Oza. He was out shooting other events for the newspaper when he got the… Continue reading
Aug 02 Judge Allows Virginia Lawsuit Against Health Reform to Move Forward A federal judge on Monday declined the Justice Department's request to throw out Virginia Attorney General Ken Cucinelli's lawsuit challenging the new federal health care reform law, a decision that gave opponents of the law their first significant… Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch Sebelius: Health Reform Misinformation Persists; Medicare Solvency Now Stronger With more measures from the health care reform law set to take effect, more states are filing legal challenges as well. Judy Woodruff talks to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for more on the latest health care reform… Continue watching
Jul 30 Arizona Dispatches: The ‘Talk’ of the Valley and an Illegal Immigrant’s Tale PHOENIX | Much has been made in recent months of the day that Senate Bill 1070 -- Arizona's controversial immigration law -- would go into effect. Everyone was waiting, debating, preparing. In the end, after Judge Susan Bolton's ruling,… Continue reading
Jul 30 Conversation: Exclusive E-Books Deal Stirs Publishing World By Molly Finnegan On July 22, literary agent Andrew Wylie announced an exclusive partnership with retailer Amazon to begin selling digital versions of many classic backlist titles by authors such as Vladimir Nabokov, Philip Roth, Evelyn Waugh, Hunter S. Thompson, Salman Rushdie and… Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Juarez Struggles at Epicenter of Drug Violence A violent drug war continues to deepen in Mexico. Ioan Grillo of GlobalPost reports from one of the epicenters: Juarez. Continue watching
Jul 29 House Ethics Committee Considering Plea Deal from Rangel The NewsHour has learned that Rep. Charles Rangel's attorneys have presented the House ethics committee with a tentative plea agreement related to 13 charges of ethical misconduct allegedly committed by the New York Democrat. According to a Democratic… Continue reading
Jul 29 Timeline: The Oil Spill at 100 Days By Lea Winerman As the Deepwater Horizon oil leak surpasses the 100-day mark, here is a timeline of some key events from the past few months with links to NewsHour coverage (click on images for a larger view):… Continue reading
Jul 29 Ray Suarez: The Complex Immigration Fight in Arizona By Ray Suarez Reaction has flowed in fast and furious to a judge's decision to block parts of an Arizona immigration law and the pledge from Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to appeal the ruling. Ray Suarez and a NewsHour reporting team are… Continue reading