Dec 12 White House hails 'most ambitious climate change agreement in history' By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The White House is praising what it calls "the most ambitious climate change agreement in history" after the United States and nearly 200 other countries backed the deal in Paris. Continue reading
Dec 12 Bernie Sanders' Iowa supporters try to get new people out to caucus By Catherine Lucey, Associated Press For Bernie Sanders, victory in Iowa's kickoff presidential caucuses hinges on a simple proposition: that his message of political revolution will inspire people who typically stay home on that deep-winter night. Continue reading
Dec 12 U.S. House under new management, but it's business as usual By Erica Werner, Associated Press It's looking like business as usual in the U.S. House as lawmakers wrap up a year-end spending bill that pays for Planned Parenthood, the president's health care law and other Obama administration priorities, while shunning some top conservative priorities. Continue reading
Dec 12 Trump and Carson have months to weigh third-party runs By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press State filing deadlines would give the two Republicans until about March to launch independent or third-party campaigns, experts said. That would give a well-financed campaign enough time to gather sufficient signatures on petitions so the candidate could appear on the… Continue reading
Dec 12 No consensus about legality of Trump's idea to ban Muslims from U.S. By Mark Sherman, Associated Press There's no legal or historical precedent for closing U.S. borders to the world's 1.6 billion Muslims, but neither is there any Supreme Court case that clearly prevents a president or Congress from doing so. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 7:28 How Speaker Ryan is retooling the GOP agenda By PBS News Hour In his first four working weeks, new Speaker of the House Paul Ryan presided over passage of a $600 billion defense bill, a bill to tighten screening of Syrian refugees and a five-year highway bill. Political director Lisa Desjardins offers… Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch 11:51 Shields and Brooks on the GOP's Trump problem, Paul Ryan's speaker leadership By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch 4:59 News Wrap: Congress buys time with short-term spending bill By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Congress sent President Obama a short-term spending bill to fund agencies through the middle of next week, buying more time to negotiate a $1.1 trillion long-term tax and spending bill. Also, chemical industry giants DuPont… Continue watching
Dec 11 Could Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric influence politics well beyond 2016? By Daniel Bush Despite widespread condemnation from critics at home and abroad, Donald Trump’s polls aren’t suffering. His lead has only increased since he called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, proving that such inflammatory rhetoric resonates with many Republican… Continue reading
Dec 11 Gwen's Take: The dangers of hyperbole By Gwen Ifill At a time when covering a presidential campaign means sorting through your definitions of dishonesty, bigotry and intolerance, being reasonable seems to be a dodge. Continue reading