5 Things We Learned From Obama’s First-in-Five-Months Press Conference
Eight days after winning re-election, President Obama gave his first press conference since June. That five months have passed between press conferences is one thing; some observers have also noted...
View ArticleBenghazi and Petraeus: What We Know Now
Spencer Ackerman, writer for Wired magazine's national security blog, Danger Room, reviews what we know and don't know about the attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi and the scandal...
View ArticlePost-Election Politics
Molly Ball, political reporter for The Atlantic, discusses the politicking surrounding the fiscal cliff, the Benghazi hearings and the possible influence they may have on the President’s new Cabinet.
View ArticleOpinion: GOP's Furor over Susan Rice Means it Hasn't Learned its 2012 Lesson
Republicans lost the election mostly because Americans want cooperation and a serious focus by Congress on the economy. They should have learned a lesson about the gridlock they created. Remember that...
View ArticleMistaken Movie Indentity
Last September, the YouTube video "Innocence of Muslims" sparked protests around the world. Around the same time, an airing of a very different film about the Islamic faith caused a small riot in...
View ArticleProtect and Defend
On today’s show: we’ll have the first insider’s account of what happened during the Benghazi attack that claimed the lives of four Americans last September 11th. David Ives talks about the off-Broadway...
View ArticleWhat Happened in Benghazi
Jack Murphy and Brandon Webb, editors of the special operations website SOFREP.com, give an account of what happened during the Benghazi attack that claimed the lives of four Americans on September 12,...
View ArticleThe Case Against Intervention in Syria
Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, discusses what we learned at yesterday's hearings on Benghazi, and why she believes the situation in Syria needs diplomacy, not military...
View ArticleAre American utility companies at risk for a new kind of cyber attack?
In this week's Washington Report, Kerry Nolan speaks with New York Times' Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger about a new kind of cyber-attack; he looks at what we learned from the Benghazi...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics: Benghazi Emails; IRS Targeting; Obamacare
Last Friday was not the calmest day at the White House, as reporters and Republican lawmakers continued to press on the details of the Benghazi embassy attack. Plus, revelations that the IRS was...
View ArticleObama Administration Juggling Multiple Scandals
This week, three major scandals have picked up steam in Washington: the I.R.S. unfairly targetomg conservative groups, the Department of Justice's subpoena of journalists' phone numbers and last year's...
View ArticleDoJ vs. Reporters; Khaled Hosseini; Are You Leaning In?
Details continue to emerge about the way the Justice Department is going after leakers and the reporters they work with. The New Yorker'sRyan Lizza discusses the effect on journalism. Then,...
View ArticleThe Three-Headed Scandal Monster
Brooke takes a look at the three scandals that have dominated the news cycle for the past couple weeks: the IRS targeting conservative political groups, the DOJ looking through the phone records and...
View Article60 Minutes' Benghazi Apology
CBS News chief Jeff Fager has called the 60 Minutes report on Benghazi "as big a mistake as there has been" in the program's history. Media Matters for America Senior Fellow and author of Bloggers on...
View ArticleCorrecting the Record
This week saw a couple of attempts at explaining journalistic mistakes. The first was a terse apology from 60 minutes over a botched report on the Benghazi compound attack in 2012. The second was a...
View ArticleBenghazi, Examined
Last fall, Ambassador H. Christopher Stevens was killed in an attack on the U.S. embassy in Libya, after a confusing set of circumstances involving protests over an anti-Islamic video. The protests...
View ArticleThe Biggest Media Errors of 2013, the Never Ending Debate about Benghazi, and...
Annual roundup of the biggest media mistakes of the last year, why we won't stop arguing about Benghazi anytime soon, and confessions of a click-bait blogger.
View ArticleNo End In Sight
In a more than 7000-word piece last week, New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick reviewed the September 11, 2012 attack at a US consulate building in Benghazi, Libya, to determine, once and for all,...
View ArticleRIP Vile Rat
On September 11th, 2012, gunmen attacked two American compounds in Benghazi, Libya, killing four Americans. Sean Smith, one of the four killed in the attack, was an IT manager in the real world, but...
View ArticleSlate: The Barack Obama is Richard Nixon Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Obama's second-term scandal trifecta, including the DOJ's snooping on reporters. Plus, the murder...
View ArticleCapture of Benghazi Ringleader Ignites New Political Drama
U.S. commando forces have captured Ahmed Abu Khattala, the suspected leader of the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. The attack left four Americans, including...
View ArticleAn Inside Account of 13 Hours in Benghazi
On September 11, 2012, terrorists attacked the US State Department Special Mission Compound and a nearby CIA station called the Annex in Benghazi, Libya. A team of six American security operators...
View ArticleThe death of a teen activist marks a new low in Benghazi's violence
Last week, a group of activists, civil rights workers and military leaders were killed by Islamic militants — Tawfik Bensaud, a teenage peace activist, was among them. While politically-motivated...
View ArticleThe Clinton Email Scandal: All About Benghazi?
Hillary Rodham Clinton wants you to read her emails.I want the public to see my email. I asked State to release them. They said they will review them for release as soon as possible.— Hillary Clinton...
View ArticleFirst Batch of Clinton Emails Released
The first batch of thousands of emails sent through a private address by Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton while she was serving as secretary of state have been obtained by our...
View ArticleA Big Week Ahead for Congress
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.Congress is back from its holiday break, and lawmakers are gearing up for a big week. Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential...
View ArticleThe 11-Hour Benghazi Hearing, in 13 Minutes
Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics and policy for WNYC News, talks about yesterday's long-awaited testimony by Hillary Clinton before the controversial committee investigating the Benghazi...
View ArticleA Benghazi Victim's Alter Ego
This week, Hillary Clinton went before the House Select Committee on Benghazi to testify about the September 11th, 2012, consulate attack. The eleven hours of questioning yielded little new from the...
View ArticleFund Raising, Party Leadership, and Other Campaign News
Amy Davidson, senior editor at The New Yorker and author of its "Close Read" blog, talks about the latest political news, including Paul Ryan's apprehensions about running for Speaker of the House and...
View ArticleFilms to Catch and Skip This Weekend
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday, drops by to review the new releases hitting the box office. This week, Rafer reviews "13 Hours: The Secret...
View ArticleISIS Fears Spark Tentative Unity in Libya
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.This weekend, a new Michael Bay movie on the 2012 Benghazi attack, "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi," will provide Americans with a...
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Democratic strategists, donors worry Clinton’s message is failing
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a hotel in Burlington, Iowa, Jan. 20, 2016. Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/ReutersWASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton has questioned Bernie Sanders’...
View ArticleBernie Sanders Is Running For President!
Why did it take so long for Flint's water crisis to be acknowledged by local officials, let alone the national media? Plus: how '13 Hours' frames partisan discussion about Benghazi; and how the...
View ArticleMichael Bay's Benghazi Blockbuster Flop
In this election season, the attack on the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, has become Republican shorthand for Democrat incompetence and government cover-up. Michael Bay's film on Benghazi,...
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Clinton’s critical mistake in handling her email release
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens to a question as she testifies before the House Select Committee on Benghazi, on Capitol Hill in Washington October 22, 2015. Clinton deflected...
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U.S. warplanes strike ISIS training camp in Libya
A view shows damage at the scene after an airstrike by U.S. warplanes against Islamic State in Sabratha, Libya. Photo provided by Reuters/Sabratha municipality media office/HandoutWASHINGTON — American...
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What we learned from 52,000 pages of Hillary Clinton’s emails
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens to a question as she testifies before the House Select Committee on Benghazi, on Capitol Hill in Washington October 22, 2015. Photo by Jonathan...
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Benghazi committee promises final report by summer
House Benghazi Committee’s Republican chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, said in an email to The Associated Press that the committee has made “considerable progress” investigating the deadly...
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Benghazi attack suspect won’t face death penalty, says Justice Department
The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi in flames on September 11, 2012. Photo by Esam Al-Fetori/ReutersWASHINGTON — The Justice Department says it won’t seek the death penalty against the suspected Libyan...
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Sanders wins Oregon primary; Clinton declares victory in tight Kentucky race
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announces to the crowd that he had just won Oregon during a rally in Carson, California. Photo by Lucy Nicholson/ReutersWASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders has...
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Benghazi report faults security; no new Clinton allegations
File photo of U.S. capitol by Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee harshly faulted the Obama administration Tuesday for lax security and a slow response...
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Two years, $7 million, 800 pages later, GOP Benghazi report lands with a thud
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: After years of investigations, interviews, and hearings, the House special committee looking into the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, released 800 pages of...
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Clinton says it’s ‘time to move on’ from Benghazi. Republicans say it’s...
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton comments on the just-released Benghazi report as she speaks at Galvanize, a learning community for technology, in Denver. Photo by Rick...
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FBI may release documents from its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton testifies before the House Select Committee on Benghazi, on Capitol Hill in Washington October 22, 2015. The congressional committee is investigating...
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For national security positions, Trump picks outspoken critics of current...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: And we turn now to the other major appointments Donald Trump made today.Again, John Yang brings us some background.JOHN YANG: It’s a plum job for an...
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Hillary Clinton lets her ‘guard down’ in her new book ‘What Happened’
Hillary Clinton , seen in this file photo after the 2016 elections, will speak Mar. 31 at Georgetown University. Photo by Brian Snyder/ReutersNEW YORK — Hillary Clinton is calling her new book “What...
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Benghazi trial could undercut Sessions’ push for tribunals
A picture shows the interior of the burnt US consulate building in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on September 13, 2012 following an attack on the building in which the U.S. ambassador to Libya...
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Trial begins for suspected mastermind of Benghazi attacks
A picture shows the interior of the burnt US consulate building in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on September 13, 2012 following an attack on the building in which the U.S. ambassador to Libya...
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News Wrap: Trial begins for alleged organizer of Benghazi attack
Watch VideoThe post News Wrap: Trial begins for alleged organizer of Benghazi attack appeared first on PBS NewsHour.
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5 important stories you may have missed
A woman shouts slogans against Spanish National Police during a gathering outside National Police station, in Barcelona, Spain. Photo by REUTERS/Yves Herman.When the first notifications about the Las...
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