Jan 26 Watch Could a 3-Year Spending Freeze Help the U.S. Deficit? President Obama prepared to announce a proposal to freeze all non-defense spending over the next three years. Judy Woodruff speaks with the top Democrat and Republican from the Senate Budget Committee for more. Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch Brown’s Senate Victory Endangers Democrats’ Agenda Democrats are scrambling after Republican Scott Brown upset the Democratic attorney general for the remainder of Ted Kennedy's Senate term. For more on the implications in Washington and the Bay State, Gwen Ifill is joined by the Hotline's Amy Walter,… Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch In Mass. Senate Race, GOP Candidate Surging in Democratic Stronghold Massachusetts' special election to fill the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's seat is heating up as a Republican candidate is polling well in a bastion for Democratic politics. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch Shields and Brooks on Impact of Health Reform, Politics of 2009 Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the next steps for health care reform legislation and look back on the year in politics in 2009, including President Obama's first year in the White House. Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch In Illinois, ‘Gitmo North’ Tapped to House Detainees The Obama administration plans to send some Guantanamo Bay detainees to an underused prison in rural Illinois. Republican lawmakers denounced the plan, while local residents anticipate an economic boom. Continue watching
Dec 04 Young Voters a Complex and Growing Force By Quinn Bowman In the 2008 presidential election that sent Barack Obama to the White House, younger voters challenged the conventional wisdom that young people are too fickle, immature or uninformed to vote. Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch Afghan War Timeline Remains Point of Contention for Many Editorial page writers from around the country throw in their opinions and reactions to President Obama's Afghanistan strategy unveiled Tuesday night. Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch Obama to Present Afghanistan Strategy in National Address Judy Woodruff reports on the White House's Afghanistan briefing, and then columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sit down with Jim Lehrer to preview President Obama's Afghanistan announcement. Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch Palin Takes ‘Going Rogue’ on U.S. Book Tour Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is taking her new book, "Going Rogue," across the country. Judy Woodruff gets reactions. Continue watching
Nov 02 Election Day ’09: Races to Watch Without mid-term congressional races or a presidential election, the 2009 special election season has been dominated by a few key local races, which have attracted national headlines nonetheless. Continue reading