Oct 22 Watch House Panel Approves Curbs for Insurers’ Antitrust Exemptions The House approved a bill on Wednesday that would limit the health insurance industry's exemption from federal antitrust laws. Betty Ann Bowser and Judy Woodruff report. Continue watching
Oct 21 Brazil Works to Clamp Down on Drug Violence Ahead of Olympics A firefight between drug gangs and the downing of a police helicopter in Rio de Janeiro last weekend heightened concerns about the city hosting the Olympic Games in 2016. Seth Kugel of GlobalPost provides an update in this Reporter's Podcast. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch Yoo’s Tenure Questioned Over Bush Torture Policy Spencer Michels reports on the ongoing academic wrangling over former Bush attorney John Yoo's instruction at the University of California, Berkeley. Continue watching
Oct 19 Arrests, Scrutiny Put Hedge Fund Sector on Edge The arrests of a prominent Wall Street hedge fund founder and five others on Friday have unsettled the hedge fund world and could spur calls for new rules governing the largely unregulated financial sector. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch Cash Strapped California Towns Eye Tax Hikes for Medical Marijuana With budget woes causing cuts to essential services across California, several communities in the state are weighing whether to raise additional revenue through tax hikes on medical marijuana. Spencer Michels reports. Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch Other News: Obama to Announce Afghan Strategy in ‘the Coming Weeks’ In other news, President Obama said he will announce whether he intends to send more troops to Afghanistan in "the coming weeks," and military jets bombed a series of militant targets along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Continue watching
Oct 12 Poll: Americans Support Civil Unions, but Oppose Same-sex Marriage Americans broadly support giving gay and lesbian couples the same rights as people in heterosexual marriages, but using the term "marriage" still draws opposition, according to the latest Pew Research Center survey on same-sex marriage. Continue reading
Oct 12 6 Uighurs Sentenced to Death Over Xinjiang Riots A Chinese court sentenced six Uighur men to death and a seventh to life in prison on Monday for murder and other violent crimes committed this summer during ethnic rioting in Xinjiang, China's western region. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch News Wrap: Afghan Official Leaves Election Commission In other news, an Afghan official resigned from a commission charged with determining whether fraud occurred in the nation's presidential election, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the world will not be deterred by new missile testing in North… Continue watching
Oct 09 Leaders React to Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Friday's surprise announcement that President Barack Obama would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize drew both praise from backers of the president and criticism from some of his harshest critics. Continue reading