Politics Feb 15 Exploring the life of Justice Leondra Kruger, a potential U.S. Supreme Court nominee As President Biden examines the records of potential Supreme Court nominees, we continue our series of profiles of the women on his short list. California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger has never faced questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee, unlike…
Politics Feb 10 How Trump may have violated the Presidential Records Act There were more headlines Thursday about Donald Trump and his potential mishandling of White House records, including questions about whether the former president broke federal law. Chuck Rosenberg, a former U.S. attorney and senior FBI official, joins Geoff Bennett to…
Politics Feb 03 Sarah Palin takes The New York Times to court, raising First Amendment concerns A court case in New York began Thursday that will pit a Republican political star against a media giant and could put the First Amendment on trial. Sarah Palin versus The New York Times is a case more than four…
Politics Jan 28 How a new law 'turbocharges' difficulties of voting in Texas Later in this midterm election year, voters in 19 states will head to the polls with new, more restrictive voting laws on the books. One of those states is Texas, where the party primaries are just a few weeks away.
Politics Jan 19 Biden acknowledges setbacks to domestic agenda in rare press conference President Joe Biden fielded questions from reporters Wednesday on everything from soaring inflation, to the stalemate on voting rights legislation and Americans' anxiety over omicron. It was his first formal press conference in 10 months. Geoff Bennett joins Judy Woodruff…
Politics Jan 18 Senate Dems eye talking filibuster amid voting rights legislation setbacks The U.S. Senate officially began debate Tuesday on a key Democratic priority — voting rights legislation. But without support from 60 senators, final passage is impossible. Democrats met Tuesday evening for an update on the path forward from Majority Leader…
Politics Jan 11 Biden, Harris push voting rights legislation in Georgia. Will it make a difference? As President Biden and Vice President Harris step up their push for Democrats to pass federal voting rights legislation, Geoff Bennet gets two different views on the significance of their trip to Georgia Tuesday and what lies ahead. Latosha Brown,…
Nation Jan 06 Harris on the state of democracy a year after Jan. 6 On the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Judy Woodruff speaks to Vice President Kamala Harris about the state of American democracy, the Democrats' agenda and the administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Politics Dec 22 Rep. Bowman on the progressive response to Manchin's Build Back Better backtrack In the three days since Sen. Joe Manchin threw up a massive roadblock on the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better agenda, Democrats have begun the scramble to salvage the bill or at least its key priorities. For progressives, the breakdown…
Politics Dec 20 Biden's approval dips to new low as independents sour on his leadership Just 41 percent of Americans approve of the job he has been doing as president, according to a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.