Dec 24 The nation's first Hispanic president? Why no one's talking about that By Daniel Bush Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio both have a legitimate shot at becoming the nation’s first Hispanic presidential nominee. And yet their ethnicity has received far less attention than Barack Obama’s race did when he ran for president eight years… Continue reading
Dec 23 Cruz blasts Washington Post cartoon depicting daughters By Associated Press TULSA, Okla. -- Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz says a Washington Post cartoon depicting his 5- and 7-year-old daughters as monkeys is inappropriate and that children of candidates should be off-limits in campaigns. Continue reading
Dec 22 GOP debates set viewership records By Daniel Bush The Republican field is generating record-breaking debate interest. This year’s GOP match-ups account for the top six most-watched primary debates of all time. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 3:11 Democrats differ on Islamic State fight in third debate By PBS News Hour Democrats walked into the debate Saturday in New Hampshire ready to talk security. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Gov. Martin O'Malley tangled on the fight against the Islamic State and whether the U.S. must… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 8:26 Why the kerfuffle over DNC voter information matters By PBS News Hour Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton addressed the Sanders’ campaign breach of DNC voter data during the third Democratic debate. Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join Gwen Ifill to discuss why Martin O’Malley… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 25:03 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 20, 2015 By PBS News Hour Sunday on NewsHour Weekend: A critical province in Afghanistan may be on the verge of falling to the Taliban, experts fact-check Saturday's Democratic presidential debate, and how the 2016 campaigns are using vast amounts of data to identify and target… Continue watching
Dec 20 Democratic debate analysis: Did Sanders regain momentum? By Michael D. Regan and Lisa Lerer, Associated Press Clinton's brush-off of the data breach controversy underscores her confidence in a race in which Sanders is struggling to regain momentum as the focus shifts away from an economic message to one of national security. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch 5:50 How accurate were candidates' statements at the third Democratic debate? By PBS News Hour The three major contenders for the Democratic Party's 2016 presidential nomination shared the stage on Saturday night for the final time this year. Politifact's Jon Greenberg joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington to fact-check what they said. Continue watching
Dec 20 Republicans change strategies on health care law By Michael D. Regan and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Republican foes of President Barack Obama's health care law may be able to get more by chipping away at it than trying to take the whole thing down at once. Continue reading
Dec 20 Sanders software breach spotlights campaign reliance on voter data By Zachary Green Political campaigns have always had a vested interest in gathering as much information about voters as possible. The data breach between the Clinton and Sanders teams proves just how valuable that information is. Continue reading