Reuters Video: Politics

Obama says U.S. to cut nuclear weapons deployment

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:08:00 -0400

June 19 - In a speech to Berliners, U.S. President Barack Obama says the world's nuclear weapons are a threat to peace. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)

NSA details terror plots stopped by snooping

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:05:00 -0400

The NSA and FBI outlined several terror plots they claim to have foiled through NSA-sponsored surveillance, including a plan to bomb the New York Stock Exchange.

Obama arrives in Germany

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:37:00 -0400

June 18 - US President Obama arrives in Germany for two-day visit for meetings with Chancellor Merkel and a speech at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

"Yes We Scan" protest in Berlin ahead of Obama visit

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:48:00 -0400

June 18 - Demonstrations take to the streets in Berlin to air grievances ahead of U.S. President Obama's visit to Germany. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Building the superhero Fed chair

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:23:00 -0400

If Ben Bernanke is ready to hang up his cape, the next Federal Reserve chair will need more than mortal powers to handle all the challenges ahead, from unwinding QE to kicking the U.S. economy into higher gear. It will take a superhero. (June 14, 2013)

Newtown families renew push for gun control

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:56:00 -0400

June 13 - Families of victims of the Newtown shooting arrive in Washington, D.C. to lobby for tougher gun control laws. Miriam Berger reports.

NSA chief: Surveillance has stopped dozens of potential attacks

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:18:00 -0400

June 12 - The head of the National Security Agency says broad U.S. surveillance efforts has helped stop "dozens" of possible attacks. Katharine Jackson reports.

Pressure on government mounts after NSA leaks

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:10:00 -0400

June 12 - Following leaks by Edward Snowden about the U.S. National Security Agency's monitoring of phone calls and internet use, the American Civil Liberties Union files a lawsuit challenging the legality of the surveillance program. Simon Hanna reports.

Ex-NSA official on Snowden and the U.S. spy leviathan

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:56:00 -0400

Thomas Drake, who was prosecuted for allegedly disclosing National Security Agency secrets years before Edward Snowden surfaced, says the U.S. government has an “industrial-scale” surveillance system that “the Stasi in East Germany would have drooled over.” Drake speaks with Reuters defense correspondent Andrea Shalal-Esa.

Touring lawmakers’ cash-hauling hangouts

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:06:00 -0400

Members of Congress are forbidden by law from dialing for dollars from their offices on Capitol Hill. But that’s not stopping them from raking in cash. Reuters’ Andy Sullivan takes us on a walking tour of the places lawmakers go to raise campaign money within shouting distance of the Capitol dome.