Dec 17 On Mideast Talks, U.S. Moves to ‘Main Course’ By Larisa Epatko Mideast talks entered a new phase after the U.S. administration dropped an unsuccessful bid to have Israel extend its settlement freeze. So what happens next?… Continue reading
Dec 16 Border Patrol Agent’s Death in Arizona Rekindles Immigration Issue By Hari Sreenivasan With the midterm campaign season in the rear-view mirror and issue ads fading from memory, the death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in Southern Arizona this week shone a new light on the illegal immigrant traffic across… Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch News Wrap: House Vote on Tax-Cut Bill Hits Democratic Roadblock In other news Thursday, a House of Representatives vote on the tax-cut deal that President Obama cut with Republicans ran into a roadblock. Continue watching
Dec 16 White House Releases Afghan War Review, WikiLeaks’ Assange Granted Bail The Obama administration's review of its strategy in Afghanistan says the "surge" of troops that the president sent to war last year has made gains against al-Qaida -- but cautions those gains "remain fragile and reversible." The summary, based on… Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch BP Faces Lawsuit to Recover Billions in Damages From Gulf Spill The Justice Department filed a major lawsuit against BP and eight other companies involved in the Gulf oil spill disaster. Ray Suarez has more. Continue watching
Dec 15 Judge Postpones New Sentence for Jailed Russian Tycoon Khodorkovsky Former Yukos oil company chief executive officer Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks with his lawyer Vadim Klyuvgant from inside the defendant's glass cage in a Moscow courtroom on Nov. 2, 2010. Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images. In the latest twist in the long-running… Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch News Wrap: WikiLeaks Founder Granted Bail; Fire in Bangladesh Kills 27 In other news Tuesday, a judge in Britain granted bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange despite protests from Swedish authorities who want to question him in connection with alleged sex crimes there. Also in Bangladesh, a fire tore through a… Continue watching
Dec 14 The Cases Against Julian Assange WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange was freed from jail Tuesday on $310,000 bail and under strict security rules set down by a British court. Prosecution lawyer Gemma Lindfield announced prosecutors would appeal the decision to grant bail, but didn't give… Continue reading
Dec 14 U.S. Diplomat Richard Holbrooke Dies, WikiLeaks Founder Assange in Court U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke had a career that spanned four decades. Photo by Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images. Richard C. Holbrooke, President Obama's envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, died Monday at the age of 69. A longtime diplomat, with a… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Two Years Later, Madoff Scheme Fallout Continues Saturday marked the deadline for victims of Bernard Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme to file a lawsuit with the court's bankruptcy trustee. Ray Suarez discusses the latest developments with New York Times reporter Diana Henriques, who has covered the story from… Continue watching