Jesse Baker

Guest: Todd Zwillich, Capitol News Connection

After an unprecedented series of bailouts and bankruptcies this year, we’ve been left wondering, Will there be more? The Takeaway explores bailouts and paybacks of the past, and what...

Investment bank Lehman Brothers is continuing its struggle to stay alive today. The stock price is in free fall; its shares fell as much as 11 percent to $3.75 in early electronic tr...

Lehman Brothers, the nation’s fourth-largest securities firm, is struggling to stay alive after investors rejected its survival plans. The company’s stock plummeted a further 40% afte...

Money, sex and oil: it sounds like the prime time soap opera "Dallas." But now it's Denver where that dangerous mix is in the headlines. U.S. government officials in charge of colle...

Treating an adult for bipolar disorder can be difficult, but what happens when it's a three-year-old child?

Shares of Lehman Brothers, the nation’s fourth-largest securities firm, have plummeted to the lowest level in a decade. Its upcoming third quarter earnings announcement is expected t...

If you think Senator Hillary Clinton is going to be involved in any kind of political cat fight with Sarah Palin, you should think again. As Clinton continues to stump for the Obama...

Congress is back in session today, wrapping up the summer holiday and both of the parties conventions. Capitol News Connections Todd Zwillich talks to John Hockenberry about what Co...

What seemed unlikely has happened: On Sunday, the Bush Administration took control of mortgage heavyweights Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in an effort to stabilize the housing market and U.S. economy.

Monday brought the hurricane, Tuesday teenage pregnancy, Wednesday an anxiously awaited Alaskan VP speech, and Thursday a town hall style declaration announcing John McCain as the off...

The news yesterday morning of McCain’s VP pick Sara Palin’s daughter was not a complete surprise; blogs had been tossing rumors around all last week. But how did Gov. Palin’s home sta...

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin called Gustov “The Mother of All Storms.” If it was a scare tactic to move the residents of New Orleans out of the city, it worked. Residents left by the t...

Last week Barack Obama taunted the media with the promise of finally letting us know who he had chosen to complete his ticket. But this week it’s John McCain’s term to tease us. The...

With only months left in the term, the Bush Administration is taking a hard look at the legacy they are about to leave. But President Bush’s place in history entirely depends on who ...

In the world of fashion, you get what you pay for, and that’s exactly the point Britain’s House of Lords has taken issue with. Clothing chains like H and M, or Forever 21 epitomize t...

New Orleans has experienced a boom in charter schools and a renewed sense and mission for public education. It’s a grand experiment, and Paul Tough, an editor for the New York Times m...

Guest: Jonathan Mahler, author and New York Times contributing writer. Mahler wrote the book "The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight over Presidential Power."

Osama bin Laden’s former driver, Salim Hamdan, was found guilty of war crimes, but acquitted on conspiracy charges Wednesday.

In the wake of violent protests involving the Olympic torch and the murder of 16 policemen in Xinjiang province, Olympics organizers and participants fear more civic disturbances. Iro...