Jul 09 Watch Nuclear-Armed Iran Would Bring ‘Stability’ But Risks John Mearsheimer, political science professor at the University of Chicago, says a nuclear-armed Iran would bring stability to the region, but Dov Zakheim, former Pentagon official now with the Center for Naval Analyses, says it would trigger an arms race. Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Brooks, Dionne on Dismal Jobs Report, Romney’s Health Care Message Brooks, Dionne on Dismal Jobs Report, Romney's Health Care Message… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Britain’s Barclays Investigated for Rigging Libor Rates In a scandal that triggered a CEO resignation, an investigation and basic questions about the integrity of the financial system, British bank Barclays paid $450 million in fines last week to settle accusations that it helped rig the Libor rate. Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Weak Job Numbers Put Recovery in Doubt Employers added just 80,000 jobs in June, well below the numbers some economists had predicted and a clear sign the economic recovery is still faltering. Ray Suarez speaks with supporters of both presidential campaigns to hear why they believe the… Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch Taste of College Encourages Students to Continue Classes In his second report from South Texas, special correspondent John Merrow explores from the students' perspective how early college programs are encouraging youth to stay in high school. Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch Arguments Brew at State Level Over Medicaid Expansion Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser takes a closer look at the arguments over Medicaid expansion and the states that want to opt out rather than take federal money. Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch Campaigns Duel Over Calling Health Care Mandate a ‘Tax’ In the days since the Supreme Court upheld President Obama's health care law, a debate has grown louder, particularly in the presidential campaigns, over whether the mandate in the health care overhaul is a tax. National Journal correspondent Major Garrett… Continue watching
Jul 05 Could Current Medicaid Recipients Lose Coverage From Supreme Court Ruling? By Betty Ann Bowser Tonight on the PBS NewsHour, our Health Unit takes a look at what's becoming a controversial part of the federal health care reform law: the expansion of Medicaid to cover up to 17 million uninsured adults. While the individual mandate… Continue reading
Jul 05 How the Medicaid Expansion Could Impact Your State By Jason Kane It was a seemingly simple concept. The United States would inch closer to universal health care by expanding the Medicaid program to about 17 million low-income people. The federal government would pick up 100 percent of the tab for the… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Why Obama Thinks You Would Care About a Dinner With Sarah Jessica Parker As part of an ongoing series on social media and politics, Ray Suarez and journalists Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz of Daily-Download.com discuss how campaigns send targeted emails, and what happens to politicians' deleted tweets. Continue watching