Oct 25 Late in the race, Clinton gains ground with young voters By Laurie Kellman and Emily Swanson, Associated Press Many young voters are coming over to Clinton in the closing stretch of the 2016 campaign, according to a new poll. It’s not necessarily because they like Clinton, but is nevertheless a late sign of strength among a voting bloc… Continue reading
Oct 25 As race speeds to an end, Clinton and Trump turn toward swing state Florida With the race for the White House speeding to an end, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are campaigning Tuesday in swing state Florida, where tens of thousands of voters are already flocking to the polls. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch In a tough-talking election, language and politics are inextricably linked By PBS News Hour The way we talk about politics seems to sound different this election season. Mark Thompson, author of “Enough Said: What’s Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics?”, joins Jeffrey Brown to look at the causes and effects of the current… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch 4:42 How the push to register Latino voters could change Arizona's political makeup By PBS News Hour Arizona, a traditionally red state, could be in play this election for the first time in decades. Hoping to boost voter turnout, a group called One Arizona focused on helping eligible Latinos register to vote, signing up 150,000 voters this… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch 51:36 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 24, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, with Donald Trump behind in the polls, Hillary Clinton expands her focus to Senate races. Also: The push to register Latino voters, rising tensions in the protest over the North Dakota oil pipeline, a Syrian activist… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch 7:21 How Clinton and Trump are strategizing with two weeks to go By PBS News Hour With 15 days until Election Day, most polls show Hillary Clinton with a growing lead over Donald Trump, who is suggesting that the polls are rigged. Meanwhile, Clinton has shifted her campaign on focus on Senate races. Judy Woodruff speaks… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch 2:55 Trump focuses on Florida as Clinton rallies for other Democrats By PBS News Hour With two weeks until Election Day, Donald Trump is focused on one state: Florida. The GOP nominee maintains that his prospects for the Sunshine State are bright, despite polls showing he is falling behind. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is pushing to… Continue watching
Oct 24 Justice Souter's old warning finds new life in this election By Margaret Warner Surprisingly, over the past few days, excerpts of a public conversation I held four years ago with retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter in Concord, New Hampshire, have been circulating on the internet. Continue reading
Oct 24 Obama administration announces double-digit premium hikes for Affordable Care Act By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Healthcare premiums will go up sharply next year under President Barack Obama's health care law, and many consumers will be down to just one insurer, the administration confirmed Monday. Continue reading
Oct 24 With email dumps, WikiLeaks probes the limits of full transparency By Raphael Satter, Associated Press WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange first outlined the hypothesis nearly a decade ago: Can total transparency defeat an entrenched group of insiders?… Continue reading