David J Fazekas

Marcus Mabry, international business editor for our partner The New York Times, and Jonathan Marcus, diplomatic correspondent for the BBC, take a look at the week ahead as President B...

The White House has a plan to have states compete for cash prizes for their school systems, funded from $4 billion in stimulus money. It's being called the "Race to the Top." To expla...

The financial reform bill introduced Tuesday by Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), chair of the Senate Banking Committee, would dramatically change the way U.S. banks are monitored. But...

A Brooklyn jury acquitted two former Bear Stearns executives Tuesday. The two men had been charged with lying to investors. To give us the low-down on all of this is a man accustomed ...

Hundreds gathered at Michigan’s state capitol in Lansing, Mich., yesterday to protest budget cuts to school programs. To help explain what's going on right now in Michigan, we're join...

Here's a preview of the coming week with Marcus Mabry, international business editor for The New York Times, and Chris Hogg, BBC correspondent in Shanghai. This week: a look at how th...

Marcus Mabry, international business editor for The New York Times, and Adam Mynott, from the BBC, join us to take a look at the consequences of Abdullah Abdullah pulling out of the j...

Colombia will sign a deal with the United States today to give the American military access to seven of its military bases. The deal has been in the works for months, and it has raise...

Money Takeout: Louise Story talks about the latest GDP numbers and just how confident consumers seem to be feeling. Sports Takeout: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin looks ahead to the NFL games...

Washington Takeout: Takeaway correspondent Todd Zwillich looks at the details of the House health care reform bill. Sports Takeout: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin reviews Game 2 of the World ...

Lawns may be literally green, but the side effects of maintaining grass are frequently bad for the environment. Now scientists may have found a way to make lawns more eco-friendly. M...

"Green jobs" were a much-repeated idea on the campaign trail in last year's presidential election; the administration is visiting two plants that aim to produce these jobs. Today the ...

Marcus Mabry, international business editor for The New York Times, takes a look at the week ahead in the health care reform debate, handicaps the chances that the public option will ...

Washington Takeout: The Takeaway's Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich tells us why the Obama administration had declared H1N1 a national emergency. Business Takeout: Columnist...

Federal officials say they're investigating whether pilot fatigue was a factor in an incident where a Northwest Airlines jet overshot its planned destination (the Minneapolis airport)...

Washington Takeout: The Takeaway's Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich, has found some interesting predictors of future war planning buried in a military policy bill.  Sports T...

The war in Afghanistan continues to drag on, and the Obama administration is waiting for the country's presidential election runoff before deciding whether to send additional troops t...

Washington Takeout: Congress has passed an expansion to the federal definition of "hate crimes"; the law will now include crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity...

Washingon Takeout: The Takeaway's Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich, continues reporting on health care reform's progress in Congress. Moderate Democrats may be warming up to ...

Washington Takeout: The Takeaway's Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich, reports on health care reform in the House of Representatives as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi looks for the...