Jury selection for the trial of accused Washington-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo entered its second day, while the tandem trial of his alleged accomplice, John Allen Muhammad, has been underway for three weeks. Gwen Ifill gets an update on the…

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean announced Saturday that he would forgo public matching funds for his 2004 presidential campaign, becoming the first Democrat to opt out of the presidential public financing system in 30 years. Experts discuss Dean's decision and…

New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has become perhaps the most vigorous enforcer of the rules against corporate wrongdoings in America. Paul Solman speaks with Spitzer about his efforts to combat Wall Street's abuses and his recent testimony at…

The arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's top entrepreneur and a government critic, has rocked the country's financial markets and fueled criticism of President Putin for being anti-democratic.

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ordered that a severely brain-damaged woman be placed back on life support, at the request of her parents, after the woman's husband won a court order to have his wife removed from life support six days…

The Senate Judiciary Committee struggled over President Bush's nomination of conservative California Supreme Court Justice Janice Brown to the D.C. Court of Appeals. Some Democrats sought to forestall the Brown nomination, fearing that President Bush may be grooming her for…

John Allen Muhammad, the alleged Washington area sniper, on Monday won the right to defend himself against murder charges stemming from the three-week shooting rampage last October. Two law experts discuss the possible effects on the trial.