Dec 20 Democrats Set Stage for Supreme Court Defense of Voting Rights Act Provision By Kwame Holman The U.S. Supreme Court building. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. With the Supreme Court set to hear a challenge to a main provision of the Voting Rights Act in February, advocates argued Wednesday that the November elections only underscored the… Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch Program on Polio Eradication Suspended in Pakistan After 9 Aid Workers Killed At least nine people have been killed for their involvement in Pakistan's polio eradication campaign to deliver vaccines to 33 million children. The World Health Organization and UNICEF announced a temporary suspension of the vaccination campaign due to safety concerns. Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch Remembering Robert Bork: Law-and-Order Conservative, Supreme Court Nominee Judge Remembering Robert Bork: Law-and-Order Conservative, Supreme Court Nominee Judge… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch Sen. Joe Lieberman Reflects on 24 Years in the Senate, Sandy Hook, Partisanship Sen. Joe Lieberman Reflects on 24 Years in the Senate, Sandy Hook, Partisanship… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch Providing Appropriate Security at Embassies and Preventing Future Attacks Abroad Providing Appropriate Security at Embassies and Preventing Future Attacks Abroad… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch Examining the Efficacy and Limitations of Gun Control Laws to Stop Violence Examining the Efficacy and Limitations of Gun Control Laws to Stop Violence… Continue watching
Dec 19 After Newtown Shootings, Questions About Mental Health Coverage President Barack Obama speaks at a vigil held Sunday night at Newtown High School for families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. In his speech at the memorial service for the Newtown victims,… Continue reading
Dec 19 Research Chimps to Retire to Louisiana Sanctuary By Fred de Sam Lazaro Chimps socialize and snack at Chimp Haven. Image by Cameron Hickey. The NIH announced plans on Tuesday to move more than 100 chimpanzees from the New Iberia Research Center into retirement at Chimp Haven, a 200-acre chimpanzee… Continue reading
Dec 19 Robert Bork, Supreme Court Nominee, Dies at 85 By Cassie Chew Judge Robert Bork testifies at his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 1987. Photo by CNP/Getty Images On Sept. 18, 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Robert Bork, testifies on the fourth day of his Supreme Court… Continue reading
Dec 19 Federal ‘Tax Breaks’ or ‘It’s My Money’? Image by Robin Jareaux/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query, a comment sent by a viewer from Kansas: Barbara… Continue reading