Politics Sep 23 Republicans doing everything they can to save Kansas, Senate Today in the Morning Line: Sarah Palin, Jeb Bush to campaign for Pat Roberts Orman would be among richest members of Congress U.S., allies begin airstrikes in Syria Obama talks climate Cracking down on offshore tax breaks Mending fences:…
Politics Sep 22 Outside spending eclipses all past midterms Today in the Morning Line: Outside money breaks record Where’s the money going? North Carolina might be election night’s Rosetta Stone Obama to preside before UN Security Council Lois Lerner breaks her silence The Outsiders: Back in April,…
Politics Sep 19 Kansas court rules with Democrat, shaking up race for control of U.S. Senate The Kansas state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Democrat Chad Taylor, who dropped out of the Senate race at the beginning of September, will no longer show up on the ballot on Nov. 4. Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach…
Politics Sep 18 President Obama says no to ground troops — again Today in the Morning Line: Obama reiterates there will be no U.S. ground troops fighting Islamic State group Poroshenko makes the rounds in D.C. Biden veers off course on Iowa trip House approves plan to arm Syrian opposition; Senate…
Politics Sep 17 Obama heads to CENTCOM as top military adviser won’t rule out ground troops President Obama heads to U.S. Central Command, otherwise known as CENTCOM, in Tampa, Florida, Wednesday. He will be briefed by commanders at 10:05 am EDT and deliver remarks at 11:40 am EDT. His trip comes a day after Joint Chiefs…
Politics Sep 16 Why Iowa’s Senate race is one of the closest in the nation November midterm elections are only seven weeks away. In Iowa, one of the closest U.S. Senate races is down to Republican and Iraq War veteran Joni Ernst and Rep. Bruce Braley, a Democrat. Judy Woodruff reports from Iowa City, where…
Politics Sep 16 Departing Sen. Harkin worries gridlock gives the White House too much power Iowa Senator Tom Harkin sat down with Judy Woodruff to discuss his 40 years on Capitol Hill and why he thinks congressional gridlock is giving too much power to the executive branch.
Politics Sep 16 Morning Line’s mid-September top 10 Senate races Poll after poll finds Republicans more interested and engaged in this election than Democrats, and that means those post-Labor Day polls, using narrower screens of who’s most likely to vote, are giving the GOP an even bigger boost than they…
Politics Sep 12 There are more Islamic State group fighters than U.S. thought Today in the Morning Line: When it comes to war, what’s in a name? President promising to “go as far as he can” on immigration by end of the year Boehner tries to show a united front…
Politics Sep 11 ‘Light footprint’ president makes case for intervention Today in the Morning Line: Obama tries to sell the public on fighting Islamic State group A shift from ‘light footprint’ West Point speech Looking for an ‘Obama Doctrine’? Keep looking (or stop) Obama just ramped up the ‘Global…