Politics Oct 09 Democrats’ midterm demographic problem Today in the Morning Line: Supreme Court’s N.C. Voter ID decision highlights Democrats’ midterm demographic struggles 10 million fewer unmarried women showed up in 2010 vs. 2008 Non-white voters underrepresented in midterms by 60 percent Young voters are the…
Politics Oct 08 Why control of the Senate might not be decided on Election Night Today in the Morning Line: Louisiana plus Kansas plus Georgia plus Alaska could equal Election Night chaos Louisiana’s probably headed to a runoff The independent’s ahead in upset bid of Kansas Republican What if Georgia goes to a runoff…
Nation Oct 07 Forget Election Day — voting is already happening Today in the Morning Line: 43 states have some form of early voting What mail ballots could say about the N.C. Senate race About one-in-five expected to vote early More fundraising for President Obama Early voting underway: With less than…
Politics Oct 06 After Supreme Court decision, attitude toward same-sex marriage still polarized The NewsHour spoke individually to both defenders and opponents of gay marriage to get their take on the Supreme Court’s decision and what it could mean for the future of same-sex marriage in America.
Nation Oct 06 Democrats pour money into ‘firewall’ states Today in the Morning Line: N.C., Colo., Iowa tops in ad spending for final two months of campaign Democrats have edge on the air in all three Republicans spending more in Ark., Alaska, La. New polls show Roberts in…
Politics Oct 03 Morning Line’s October Top 10 Today in the Morning Line: Kansas, Iowa move up the board Are Republicans on cusp of majority? It could be close. Positive jobs report, as unemployment dips below 6 percent for first time in six years Obama expresses frustration…
Politics Oct 02 Obama to defend economic legacy President Obama has been saddled with approval ratings near or at the lowest of his presidency. Of late, he has been focused on foreign policy issues, yet today he tries to shift the narrative to talk about the economy in…
Politics Oct 01 No single issue breaking through this election When people ask this year, “What’s this election all about?” it’s not an easy question to answer. There’s no one clear issue that has broken through. Remember, this election was supposed to be about health care or, maybe, on the…
Politics Sep 30 Secret Service director in the hot seat Secret Service Director Julia Pierson testifies Tuesday at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at 10 a.m. EDT. She will face questioning over the agency’s handling of a Sept. 19 White House fence jumper.
Politics Sep 29 Obama blames bad intel for underestimating Islamic State group President Obama told CBS’ 60 Minutes that the intelligence community “underestimated what had been taking place in Syria” with the Islamic State group and that the U.S. overestimated the Iraqi army’s capabilities. Meanwhile, an NBC/WSJ/Annenberg poll out over the weekend…