Feb 26 Watch 2:05 Rocking out to Ray at the White House By PBS News Hour The White House was rocking Thursday night with a tribute to the music of the late Ray Charles. Even President Obama got a chance to stretch his vocal cords by leading a sing-along to one of the blues great’s famous… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch 54:17 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 26, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, Gov. Chris Christie endorses Donald Trump hours after a contentious debate that saw rivals taking aim at the GOP frontrunner. Also: Clinton and Sanders battle for black votes in South Carolina, Shields and Ponnuru talk the… Continue watching
Feb 26 IRS: Computer breach bigger than first thought, with 700K victims By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The IRS said Friday that the number of taxpayers whose tax information may have been stolen by computer hackers now exceeds 700,000 -- more than double the agency's previous estimate. Continue reading
Feb 26 Ex-Michigan lawmakers face felony charges over affair, bizarre cover story By Michael Gerstein, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. -- Two former Michigan lawmakers were charged Friday with felony misconduct in office, the state attorney general announced, after their extramarital affair snowballed into a political scandal when one of them concocted a bizarre cover story about being… Continue reading
Feb 26 Outside money more potent issue than gender in 2016 By Ken Thomas and Emily Swanson, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton could be the nation's first female president. Bernie Sanders warns of the role of super PACs in politics. While the two themes have become a big part of their primary contest, Americans view the issues very… Continue reading
Feb 26 Candidates' prescription drug price plans may miss the mark By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News Most of the people running for president say they want to do something about the rising cost of prescription drugs. But most of their proposals probably won’t work because they don’t address the dynamics behind these price increases. Continue reading
Feb 26 Trump says he won't release tax returns because of audits By Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is sticking to his new explanation for why he can't yet release copies of his recent tax returns: The IRS is auditing him, as Trump says it has for the last 12 years. Continue reading
Feb 26 Senator posts video of being charged by elephants in Africa By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Republicans like to tout the elephant as their party symbol, but as Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake recently found out, the animals don't always like Republicans. Continue reading
Feb 26 Trump wins Christie's support in race laced with insults By Steve Peoples and Jill Colvin, Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas -- Donald Trump scored a powerhouse endorsement Friday as he sought to regain headway in a Republican presidential race that devolved into a series of fierce insults and schoolyard taunts heading into the weekend before Super Tuesday… Continue reading
Feb 26 Rubio finally makes move on Trump, but is it too late? By Julie Pace, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Marco Rubio unleashed a campaign's worth of harsh criticism on Donald Trump in the final Republican debate before Tuesday's crucial primaries. Continue reading