Dec 03 Thursday’s Headlines: Afghanistan Hearings, Bernanke on the Hill On an unusually warm December day in Washington this Thursday, top administration officials are gearing up for another day of hearings on President Obama's decision to send an extra 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. In hearings yesterday, Secretary of State… Continue reading
Dec 02 High Court Hears Beachfront Property Case By Quinn Bowman The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle spoke with the NewsHour Wednesday about Supreme Court oral arguments in a case about government takeover of beach property in Florida. Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch Other News: Seattle Police Kill Suspect in Officers’ Deaths In other news, police killed the man suspected of shooting four police officers over the weekend, and the chief executive of General Motors was forced out Tuesday by the board of directors. Continue watching
Nov 30 U.S., Europe Respond Angrily to Iran’s Threat to Build More Nuclear Plants By Online DA Iran has refused to comply with a United Nations demand to halt enrichment at one of its nuclear facilities, and escalated the specter of new sanctions by declaring it would build 10 more plants. Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch Manhunt Intensifies After State Police Slayings Four police officers were killed in Washington state Sunday while waiting for their shifts to start. Jeffrey Brown speaks with a Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter for more on the manhunt for the suspected shooter. Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch In Mumbai, Tensions Remain One Year After Deadly Attack One year after terrorist attacks rocked the Indian capital of Mumbai, Simon Israel of Independent Television News updates the political situation there. Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch U.S. Charges 8 With Aiding Somali War Recruiting Federal prosecutors in Minnesota on Monday announced charges against eight more people in an ongoing investigation into young Somali-Americans leaving the United States to fight with a terror group in Somalia. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Nov 19 Watch Gates: Fort Hood Probe Raises ‘Troubling Questions’ on Warning Signs As a Senate Committee began the first hearing into the shooting attack at Fort Hood, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the launch of a Pentagon review of the circumstances around the shootings. Judy Woodruff speaks with two reporters for an… Continue watching
Nov 18 Holder: ‘I’m Not Scared’ of What 9/11 Suspect Might Say By Larisa Epatko At a Wednesday appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder defended his decision to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a civilian court in New York City. Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch Holder: ‘We Need Not Cower’ Facing 9/11 Suspect U.S. Attorney General appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday to defend trying 9/11 suspects in New York. Kwame Holman has the story. Continue watching