Jun 04 Watch Obama Claims Victory, Clinton Weighs Next Moves After a long primary race, Sen. Barack Obama is beginning his first days as the presumptive Democratic nominee as Sen. Hillary Clinton is weighing her next moves. Continue watching
May 23 Watch Secretaries of State Offer Advice to Next President Several former secretaries of state met at the University of Georgia to discuss issues the next president will have to face. In this excerpt, Colin Powell, Madeleine Albright and James Baker talk about improving the U.S. image abroad. Continue watching
May 23 Watch Clinton Gaffe, McCain Health Records Top Campaign News As Sen. Hillary Clinton apologized for citing the 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy as a rationale for staying in the race, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama took harder punches at one another in the presidential contest. Mark Shields and… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch Wright Defends Sermons as Debate Over Race Continues Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Sen. Barack Obama's longtime pastor, defended the fiery sermons that have become an issue on the campaign trail Monday and criticized what he called an "attack on the black church." A panel of columnists and analysts discuss… Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch Zimbabwe Court Deals Major Blow to Opposition Party On Monday, Zimbabwe's highest court refused to order the release of presidential election results -- dealing a blow to the opposition party, which says its leader defeated President Robert Mugabe in the vote. NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton provides an update from… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch McCain Completes Comeback to Clinch GOP Nomination Last fall, Sen. John McCain's presidential bid was looking all but dead, with a shrinking, infighting staff and almost no money. On Tuesday, he picked up enough delegates to complete his remarkable comeback and win the GOP nomination. Continue watching
Feb 14 If I hear one more presidential (or candidate) speech about the imperative to rescue those poor subprime home owners, I will scream. Question/Comment: Paul, If I hear one more presidential (or candidate) speech about the imperative to rescue those poor subprime home owners, I will scream. Not one economist, not one candidate, no one ever addresses the painfully unregulated and rogue rental… Continue reading
Dec 10 Putin Eyed for PM Role in Likely Successor's Government By PBS News Hour Dmitry Medvedev, the man tapped as the likely successor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, offered the outgoing president a role in his government as prime minister once Putin is forced to step down in the spring. Continue reading
Dec 07 Russian Official Asserts Goal of Nuclear Parity with U.S. By Admin, PBS News Hour Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, a possible candidate in the country's upcoming presidential election, said Friday that Russia must be on par with the United States in terms of military and nuclear arms. Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch Las Vegas Races to Expand Social Services Amid Growth Boom In the next Big Picture election report from Las Vegas, the NewsHour looks at how the Nevada city's recent population increase has strained school and health care systems and local residents and leaders discuss how the burden on social services… Continue watching