Feb 26 Watch 13:26 Shields and Ponnuru on Christie endorsing Trump and the 10th GOP debate By PBS News Hour Judy Woodruff joins syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Ramesh Ponnuru of the National Review to discuss the week in politics, including Gov. Chris Christie’s endorsement of Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Marco Rubio’s chances of derailing a Trump… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch 4:15 Christie endorses Trump after contentious debate By PBS News Hour The chaotic Republican primary race took another turn Friday when Gov. Chris Christie endorsed frontrunner Donald Trump. The move boosted Trump’s momentum just hours after Thursday evening’s debate, in which rivals Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Marco Rubio aggressively questioned… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch 4:48 News Wrap: Three dead in Kansas lawn-mower factory shooting By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, a shooting rampage at a lawn-mower factory in Hesston, Kansas, Thursday afternoon left three dead and 15 wounded before the gunman was killed by police. Also, hours before the start of the scheduled ceasefire in… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch 6:13 Could Iran's elections lead to real political change? By PBS News Hour Millions of Iranians cast their votes Friday afternoon for the country’s new Parliament, as well as for the council that will choose the next Supreme Leader. Though the government has blocked thousands of reformist candidates from running, moderates hope to… Continue watching
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