May 31 Watch Leader of Free Syrian Army on Civil War's Game Changer and Spillover Effects Leader of the Free Syrian Army on the War's Game Changer and Spillover Effects… Continue watching
May 31 Watch Presidential Push to Stop Sky-High Student Loan Interest Rates Presidential Push to Stop Sky High Student Loan Interest Rates… Continue watching
May 31 Medicare Trust Fund's Life Extended, But What Does It Really Mean? Slower growth in spending is helping extend the life of Medicare's hospital trust fund to 2026, two years beyond last year's estimate, officials said Friday. They also reported, however, that Social Security's disability trust fund, which pays monthly… Continue reading
May 31 Investigating Bombs with Robots and Shrapnel By Ray Suarez EmbedVideo(6586, 482, 304); For Tuesday's NewsHour, Science correspondent Miles O'Brien visited the barren desert canyons of New Mexico, where investigators study explosives... by building and exploding bombs. While there, they assembled a pressure-cooker bomb -- the kind used… Continue reading
May 31 Gwen's Take: The Perils of the Absolute I want to own a pair of glasses that will allow me to more accurately see shades of gray. That way, when bridges fall down, the urgency to find out why -- right away -- will fade. I will more… Continue reading
May 30 Watch Chopra Brothers Tell Story of How They Became Americans and Doctors in Memoir Chopra Brothers Tell Story of How They Became Americans and Doctors in Memoir… Continue watching
May 30 Watch How Would James Comey Be Received on Capitol Hill? President Obama's likely nomination of James Comey as FBI director could prove an easy confirmation with bipartisan support. Judy Woodruff talks to Bloomberg News' Phil Mattingly and New York Times' Michael Schmidt about the former deputy attorney general's qualifications for… Continue watching
May 30 Starting the Conversation about Long-Term Care: 10 Things You Should Know By April Brown EmbedVideo(6582, 482, 304); I'll admit it -- I don't like to talk about death, dying or getting older. And long-term care or end-of-life issues are not subjects I really want to discuss with my parents on the… Continue reading
May 30 Sources: Obama to Name Ex-Bush Aide to Head FBI WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is prepared to nominate James Comey, a former Bush administration official with bipartisan credentials, as the next FBI director. In a possible warning sign, the top Republican on the Senate committee that would review the… Continue reading
May 30 Watch Obama to Nominate Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey as Head of the FBI President Barack Obama will reportedly nominate James Comey, a former official in George W. Bush's Justice Department to lead the FBI. With a Republican resume and a history of positions that won him Democratic support, Judy Woodruff reports on the… Continue watching