Oct 28 Watch 5:09 News Wrap: Supreme Court to hear first case on transgender rights By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear its first case on transgender rights, which involves a transgender teen in Virginia who was barred from using the boys' bathroom at a high school. Also, the secretary… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 4:22 Interpreting the FBI's announcement on Clinton's private server By PBS News Hour Director James Comey announced the FBI will review a new batch of emails apparently related to Hillary Clinton’s private server. The messages were discovered in an unrelated investigation concerning former Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner’s alleged communication with a 15-year-old girl. Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 9:58 How polls and campaign tactics are shaping up in critical states By PBS News Hour This campaign season, the electoral map has undergone major upheaval -- and the race could come down to just a handful of critical states. For insight into what's motivating voters in hotly contested Texas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and New… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 6:09 The woman behind the sexual-assault survivor 'bill of rights' By PBS News Hour Rape kits are essential evidence for prosecuting sexual assault. But in many parts of the country, they’re destroyed after six months. While assault victims can fight to preserve them longer, that information isn't necessarily shared. It's an issue Amanda Nguyen… Continue watching
Oct 28 Clinton calls on FBI to release all info on newly discovered emails By Associated Press Clinton also said she is confident new emails will not change FBI's conclusion she should not face prosecution. Continue reading
Oct 28 FBI reviewing new information on Clinton's private email server By Michael Biesecker and Eric Tucker, Associated Press The disclosure raises the possibility of the FBI reopening the criminal investigation involving the Democratic presidential nominee just days before the election, although it is not clear if that will happen. Continue reading
Oct 28 Our politics team picks the strangest things on the campaign trail this week By Lisa Desjardins, Daniel Bush, Pamela Kirkland In an unusual political season, there's been no shortage of strange moments. Our politics team picks the strangest things that happened on the campaign trail this week, including a viral campaign ad from Texas and surprise speaking gigs for a… Continue reading
Oct 28 U.S. Senate candidate apologizes for mocking rival's family, military service By Sara Burnett, Associated Press Illinois Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk apologized Friday for mocking his Democratic rival's immigrant background and her claim that her family's military service dates back to the Revolution — comments that drew wide criticism and threatened an already difficult re-election… Continue reading
Oct 28 Campaign plane carrying Mike Pence skids off New York runway By Will Weissert, Associated Press The plane was coming to New York from Fort Dodge, Iowa, where it had made a hard landing but stayed on the runway earlier Thursday afternoon. After a rally in Fort Dodge, Pence's flight to New York was delayed because… Continue reading