Aug 05 Congress Breaks for Recess with Plenty of Business Left to Finish Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., Rep. Keith Ellison, D.-Minn., and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D.-N.Y., leave the Capitol as Congress begins its summer recess Friday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Barack Obama turned 52 Sunday, celebrating privately with family and… Continue reading
Jul 31 Live Chat: Gwen Ifill and Dan Balz Answer Your Questions Join PBS NewsHour correspondent Gwen Ifill and Washington Post reporter Dan Balz for a special live chat, hosted by PBS's Washington Week and the Washington Post at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday. On the table: All things politics and… Continue reading
Jul 31 Unlocking the Secrets of a Swimmer’s Scourge, the Jellyfish Sting Updated: August 5 | On the morning of July 29, 1997, while swimming off the shore of Waikiki, a throng of box jellyfish stung Angel Yanagihara along her neck, arms and ankles. She swam back to shore… Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch Did Bradley Manning Get a Fair Trial? Though found not guilty of aiding the enemy, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was convicted on other 19 charges. Former CIA official Jeffrey Smith and Michael Ratner from the Center for Constitutional Rights join Jeffrey Brown to offer their views on… Continue watching
Jul 30 Changing the Culture of Sexual Assault Against Female Service Members Female Marine recruits stand in formation following hand-to-hand combat training during boot camp at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina. Even as combat roles begin to open up for female marines, many of them feel marginalized and discriminated against by… Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch Gangs ‘Do Whatever They Want’ in Honduras City Known as Most Dangerous Place Drug gangs rule the streets in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, where more than 20 people are murdered each week. Located at the crossroads of drug shipments from South America to the U.S., that city is now called the most dangerous… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch Shields and Brooks on Obama’s Economy Speech, Chances for Congress Compromise Shields and Brooks on Obama's Economy Speech, Chances for Congress Compromise… Continue watching
Jul 26 Happy Birthday ADA In a scene described as having "the fervor of a civil rights rally of the 1960s" supporters of the Americans with Disabilities Act climb the steps of the Capitol without their walkers, crutches and wheelchairs on Mar 12, 1990. Photo… Continue reading
Jul 26 Fiscal Fight Looming Over August Recess Pressure to reach an agreement on how to fund the U.S. government lingers while Congress prepares to go on a month-long recess next week. Congress is a week away from a month-long summer recess, and appears to be… Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch Attorney General Holder Says Texas Should Get Approval for Election Rule Changes Attorney General Holder Says Texas Should Get Approval for Election Rule Changes… Continue watching