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Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks assess political news, including the showdown in Congress over spending, President Obama's new budget and worker protests in Wisconsin.
Judy Woodruff talks with two analysts about worker protests in Wisconsin over bargaining rights and whether that fight will spread to other states.
Longtime essay contributor Roger Rosenblatt recently returned to the NewsHour for a conversation with Jeffrey Brown about the craft of writing and his new book. Now, Rosenblatt answers some of your questions.
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Betty Ann Bowser helps decode the debate over health care reform.
Paul Solman explains the ins and outs of the global economy.
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Judy Woodruff explores how young people are handling the economic downturn.
Protests in Libya against Moammar Gadhafi's 40-year regime are continuing, despite government forces on Sunday reportedly firing upon funeral processions of those who have died in the protests.
The House approved a spending plan early Saturday morning that would cut $60 billion in domestic programs, foreign funding and some military projects.
It's always a pleasure to have the boys of spring and summer -- syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks -- back in action together. In this week's Doubleheader, we discuss the big jump states face in Medicaid expenditures.
On President Obama's trip to Silicon Valley Friday, there were echoes of a debate raging around the country: how much should the government invest to help spur job growth vs. how much should it focus on austerity?
It's a familiar cycle. Voters say they want new faces and fresh thinking in Washington. But once the newcomers arrive in the nation's capital, they discover themselves consigned to back benches and basement offices.
Across the country, states faced with massive budget gaps are looking for ways to slash Medicaid spending. Combined, states are looking at a $125 billion shortfall in fiscal year 2012.
The fight over state workers' right to collective bargaining is not confined to Wisconsin, where Democratic lawmakers refused to show up for a vote on the issue in a Republican-controlled state senate.
Some believe that most automobiles in the future will be electric. As they are becoming more common, engineers are investigating how these vehicles can feed power back to the electric grid.
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This week, two astronomers announced that may have found a new planet on the outer reaches of our solar system which they're calling Tyche. Theoretical physicist Brian Greene talks about the difficulty in understanding the far reaches of our universe.
[Need to Know]
Some Illinois cemeteries have graves containing as many as eight caskets, but a new bill in the state Legislature would reduce that number to three.
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Feb. 18, 2011
Scientists building computers that can simulate the workings of the human brain scored a major victory when their creation, Watson, beat the greatest "Jeopardy!" winners of all time.
