May 14 Democrats fear Sanders may undermine efforts to beat Trump By Michael D. Regan and Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas, Associated Press Democratic Party leaders are upping the pressure on Bernie Sanders to drop out, alarmed that his continued presence could undermine efforts to beat the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald Trump. Continue reading
May 14 Report: Billionaire Adelson will give Trump millions for 2016 election By News Desk The biggest donor in the last presidential election cycle is now backing Donald Trump. Continue reading
May 14 GOP fails to meet self-imposed deadline on Puerto Rico's debt By Michael D. Regan and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press House Republicans have missed a self-imposed deadline for a plan to help Puerto Rico manage $70 billion in debt. Continue reading
May 14 Original 'Team Trump' celebrates as candidate moves toward nomination By Michael D. Regan and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Donald Trump's original team of political operatives are celebrating the rise of the businessman's candidacy as he moves to become the Republican presidential nominee. Continue reading
May 13 Watch 12:47 Shields and Gerson on the Obama transgender decree, Trump's campaign By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the Obama administration’s new transgender restroom directive, Donald Trump’s latest attempts to unify the Republican party and what Sen. Bernie… Continue watching
May 13 Trump says his tax rate is 'none of your business' By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is refusing to disclose even what tax rate he pays until an IRS audit of his tax returns is complete. Continue reading
May 12 Obama directs public schools to accommodate transgender students By Eric Tucker, Associated Press U.S. to give directive to schools on transgender bathroom access. Continue reading
May 12 Watch 3:51 Trump and Ryan trumpet 'great conversation' — but Speaker still withholds endorsement By PBS News Hour The Republican presidential drama shifted to Capitol Hill Thursday, as presumptive nominee Donald Trump met with party leaders, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, behind closed doors. Trump and Ryan issued a joint statement calling the sitdown a “great conversation” —… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 4:36 Three months before Olympics, Brazil impeaches its president By PBS News Hour Months of political turmoil in Brazil reached a divisive climax Thursday, as the Senate voted 55-22 to impeach and suspend President Dilma Rousseff on charges of illegally manipulating finances to hide a government deficit. As the country prepares to host… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 53:36 PBS NewsHour full episode May 12, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, Donald Trump meets with Paul Ryan, but fails to secure an endorsement. Also: Brazil votes to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, new details emerge in the 2014 Winter Olympics doping scheme, Puerto Rico stares down the Zika… Continue watching