Nov 15 Watch Lame-Duck Congress Reconvenes as Rangel Leaves Own Trial On Monday, Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel walked out of his own ethics trial, the 111th Congress reconvened and newly elected members attended orientation. Kwame Holman has an overview then Ray Suarez gets more on what to expect from the lame-duck… Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch Four Years After Health Reform, an Update on Care in Massachusetts Betty Ann Bowser begins a new series on health reform's effects with a report from Massachusetts, where a major health care reform law passed four years ago and served as a model for the federal law. Continue watching
Nov 15 NewsHour Connect: WNYC Reporter on Rangel Trial The House Ethics Committee convened this morning to deliberate the charges against Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. The proceedings got off to an interesting start when Rep. Rangel walked out of the room a mere forty minutes after the hearing… Continue reading
Nov 15 Rangel’s Ethics Trial, Lame Duck Begin Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. File photo by Getty Images. As dozens of newly-elected members of Congress arrive this week for freshmen orientation, one veteran lawmaker begins his fight to save his job. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., after months… Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch Reported Russian Spy Defection, Hunt Stirs Up Cold War Memories Russian newspaper Kommersant reported that a top-ranking official in its spy service known only as Colonel Shcherbakov outed spies earlier this year to the U.S. He and his family reportedly have left Russia for the U.S. with a Russian hit… Continue watching
Nov 12 Supreme Court Refuses to Block ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ By News Desk The Supreme Court refused to block enforcement of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on openly gay servicemembers Friday, the latest in a series of court battles over the policy. The legal challenge came from the Log… Continue reading
Nov 08 Watch Tea Party Sen.-Elect Lee Vows to Vote Against Debt Limit Increase Judy Woodruff talks to Sen.-elect Mike Lee of Utah about how Republican congressional leaders will implement ideas from candidates who ran on a Tea Party platform of smaller government and reduced spending. Continue watching
Nov 04 Questions of Photographic Propriety in ‘Framing Innocence’ In 1999, Cynthia Stewart, an amateur photographer and school bus driver in Oberlin, Ohio, was arrested on two felony charges for photographs she'd taken of her eight-year-old daughter, which she tried to have developed at a nearby drugstore. The charges… Continue reading
Nov 04 Haiti Bracing for Tropical Storm; Jobless Claims Rise; Qantas Grounds A380s After Flames Shoot from Plane A red flag at a relocation camp in Port-au-Prince warns Haitians of approaching Tropical Storm Tomas. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. The Haitian government has called for the voluntary evacuation of all its earthquake zone camps ahead of… Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch News Wrap: California Just Says No to Legalizing Marijuana In other news Wednesday, a proposition to legalize recreational use of marijuana in California failed with 54 percent voting against it. Continue watching