May 05 Watch After Shutdown Showdown, Lawmakers Appear 'Prepared to Work Together' on Budget In Washington, Vice President Biden met with top lawmakers Thursday to begin a new round of high-level budget, deficit and spending negotiations. Jeffrey Brown discusses the looming debt deadline and the issues at play with The Washington Post's Lori Montgomery. Continue watching
May 03 Watch Chambliss: Pakistan Must 'Get Serious,' Deliver Mullah Omar, Zawahiri Lawmakers Weigh Future of U.S., Pakistan Relations… Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch Bipartisan Budget Deal Clears Congress; House Takes Up GOP's 2012 Plan On Thursday, the House and Senate approved the bipartisan budget compromise to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year. The House then turned its attention to the budget for next year, specifically the Republican plan. Congressional… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch Reid, Boehner Back to White House Thursday Night for More Budget Talks Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Harry Reid comment on the budget negotiations. Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch News Wrap: Police in Yemen Raid Protesters' Camps, Injuring 80 In other news Thursday, police in Yemen attacked protesters' camps and injured more than 80. In Bahrain, police arrested six leading activists in the opposition movement. In the U.S., the Senate approved a spending bill that includes $6 billion in… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch House Moves to Avert Shutdown for Two Weeks, But Battles Remain Judy Woodruff talks with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Rep. Allen West, R-Fla. Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch News Wrap: Demonstrators in Iraq Demand End to Corruption, Prisoner Abuse In other news Thursday, more than 3,000 Iraqis protested prisoner abuse and court-system corruption in the streets of Baghdad. The demonstrations were one of the biggest since political unrest began in Egypt and Tunisia. In northwestern Pakistan, a suicide bomber… Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch News Wrap: Egypt Unrest Rattles Energy Market, Prompts Senate Hearing In other news Thursday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee heard testimony that unrest in Egypt has rattled energy markets but is only one factor in rising oil prices. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reported that a 3.5… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch Kerry: U.S. Needs New 'Egyptian-People-Centric Policy' Ray Suarez speaks with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., about the situation in Egypt and the U.S. government's fine line between the longstanding alliance and supporting democratic reforms. In a New York Times editorial, Kerry called on… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch News Wrap: Car Bomb at Iraqi Funeral Kills Dozens as Wave of Violence Continues In other news Thursday, at least 48 people were killed and more than 120 wounded after a car bomb tore through a funeral in a predominantly Shiite section of Baghdad. Increasing violence in Iraq has killed more than 200 people… Continue watching