Sep 07 Labor Day brings Biden to Pennsylvania, Harris and Pence to Wisconsin By Alexandra Jaffe, Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press Democratic candidate Joe Biden is collecting a trio of Labor Day endorsements from organized labor while running mate Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence are set to campaign in Wisconsin as the 2020 presidential race, disrupted for months by… Continue reading
Sep 06 States plan for cuts as Congress deadlocks on more virus aid By Associated Press Spending cuts to schools, childhood vaccinations and job-training programs. New taxes on millionaires, cigarettes and legalized marijuana. Borrowing, drawing from rainy day funds and reducing government workers’ pay. Continue reading
Sep 05 Trump out to build ‘permission structure’ to win back voters By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Inside the Trump campaign’s effort to construct a “permission structure” — a clunky catchphrase for creating an emotional and psychological gateway to help disenchanted voters feel comfortable voting for the president again despite their reservations about him personally. Continue reading
Sep 05 Watch 6:41 The threat of disinformation looms over the elections By PBS NewsHour Disinformation, especially on social media, is threatening the upcoming election just like it did in 2016, social media and tech giants Facebook and Twitter announced this week. Deen Freelon, an associate professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill… Continue watching
Sep 05 AP FACT CHECK: Trump on McCain; Biden’s stretch on virus By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press President Donald Trump said he never called John McCain a loser — he did — and denigrated the record of the late Republican senator on veterans affairs despite routinely appropriating one of McCain’s crowning achievements on that front as his… Continue reading
Sep 04 U.S. wildlife agency seeks to carve out areas from protections By Matthew Brown, Associated Press Friday's announcement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would place greater weight on the economic benefits of developments when deciding if land or water should be protected. Continue reading
Sep 04 Watch 2:26 Atlantic report highlights Trump’s complex relationship with the military By William Brangham President Trump is facing continued criticism over disparaging remarks he allegedly made about U.S. troops. A report in The Atlantic magazine, which was later confirmed by multiple other news outlets, says Trump repeatedly called fallen American servicemembers “losers” and “suckers.”… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch 12:10 David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart on Kenosha politics, Trump and the military New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including visits to Kenosha, Wisconsin, by President Trump and Joe Biden and how their responses to social unrest have… Continue watching
Sep 04 ‘Our country is in a state of emergency.’ First-time voters reflect on why they are voting in 2020 By Justin Stabley A new set of eligible Americans will cast ballots for the first time this year. These first time voters plan to participate in an election that comes in the midst of a global pandemic that has affected schooling, work, the… Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Trump holds news conference following accusations of U.S. military comments By Associated Press The allegations, sourced anonymously in The Atlantic, describe multiple offensive comments by the president toward fallen U.S. service-members, including calling World War I dead at an American military cemetery in France "losers" and "suckers" in 2018. Continue reading