Politics Oct 27 Why Republican women are running for Congress in record numbers This year, more women are running for Congress than ever before, shattering records set in 2018. But this time, the increase in female candidates is driven in part by Republican women on the ballot. Lisa Desjardins reports on what the…
Politics Oct 23 5 takeaways from the final Trump-Biden debate President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden made clear Thursday that voters face a stark choice. Trump asked Americans to believe that the United States has rounded the corner on the coronavirus pandemic, at…
Politics Oct 22 What’s at stake for Trump and Biden in final presidential debate The presidential campaign spotlight is fixed Thursday night on a stage at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will confront each other in person for the first time in weeks during a 90-minute…
Politics Oct 19 How fear-based campaigning is affecting American voters This year’s election is raising anxiety levels across the country. Why are so many Americans feeling stressed and fearful as the presidential campaigns enter their final sprint? We hear from some of them, and Lisa Desjardins reports on the conscious…
Politics Oct 16 Biden, Trump return to swing states after competing TV town halls President Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden campaigned in battleground states Friday, with Biden traveling to Michigan and Trump to Florida. The appearances come after the two participated in televised town hall events Thursday night. On different broadcast networks, they…
Politics Oct 08 Maine Sen. Susan Collins faces challenge of her political career from Sara Gideon One of the Senate seats in play this November is that of Maine’s senior senator, Republican Susan Collins, who has long nurtured a reputation as bipartisan. But during the Trump era, her favor has fallen with some of Maine's fiercely…
Politics Oct 08 5 takeaways from the VP debate Vice President Mike Pence dodged questions much more frequently than his opponent during their debate Wednesday, instead launching counter-attacks against Sen. Kamala Harris and her running mate, former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee. But Harris also sidestepped…
Politics Sep 30 5 takeaways from the first Trump-Biden debate Though policy differences were largely lost in a near-constant flurry of interruptions, cross-talk and pleas for decorum by the moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News, five themes emerged from the first presidential debate.
Politics Sep 24 What every Democratic senator has said about filling a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year With less than six weeks until the presidential election, the White House is preparing to nominate a new Supreme Court justice, following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has insisted that the nominee…
Politics Sep 19 What every Republican senator has said about filling a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death leaves a vacancy on the Supreme Court just before the presidential election, as Justice Antonin Scalia's did in 2016, when Barack Obama was president. Here’s what Senate Republicans said in 2016, and what they’ve said publicly…