Jun 20 Potential Deal on Border Security Could Boost Immigration Bill's Outlook The U.S.-Mexico border wall in Nogales, Arizona. Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images The prospects for a decisive vote in favor of a Senate plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system appeared to brighten in the past 24 hours… Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch Sen. Tim Kaine: Let's Not Make Path to Citizenship Dependent on Border Security Sen. Tim Kaine talks about his priorities and working on comprehensive immigration reform. Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch News Wrap: Federal Reserve Paints Brighter Economic Picture the Federal Reserve estimated unemployment will fall faster than expected. Continue watching
Jun 19 Highlights from Gwen Ifill's Reddit 'Ask Me Anything' Gwen Ifill will host a reddit AMA starting 1 p.m. EDT Thursday. Gwen Ifill answered your questions on reddit during her first "Ask Me Anything" session Thursday afternoon. Ifill is a senior correspondent for "PBS NewsHour" and… Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch Cicada Mania: The Entomologists' 'Super Bowl' Miles O'Brien looks at the cicada emergence along the Eastern United States… Continue watching
Jun 19 Live Blog of Supreme Court Decisions Thursday By Katelyn Polantz The Supreme Court could make landmark rulings on three major issues this month, weighing affirmative action in higher education, the Voting Rights Act section 5 and California's Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act,… Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch Afghan Government Backs Away From Talks With Taliban, U.S. A day after an announcement that the Afghan government would open negotiations with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzai reversed that decision, raising objections including the Taliban's use of its formal name at its new office in Qatar. Karzai also suspended… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Will Setback in Afghan Negotiations Affect Long-Term Prospects for Talks? A day after a breakthrough agreement on holding direct talks, Afghan President Hamid Karzai backed away from announced negotiations with the U.S. and the Taliban. Jeffrey Brown talks with The New York Times' Rob Nordland, from Doha, Qatar, for more… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Report Argues U.S. Is Neglecting, Undervaluing Education in the Humanities A new report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences panel warns that the U.S. could lose its competitive edge in the liberal arts and social sciences. Jeffrey Brown talks with two members of the panel: actor and writer… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Abolitionist Frederick Douglass Honored With Statue in the Capitol At the U.S. Capitol's Emancipation Hall, lawmakers honored the legacy and spirit of Frederick Douglass -- freed slave, abolitionist and human rights advocate -- with a new statue in his likeness. Ray Suarez offers excerpts from the ceremony. Continue watching