Aug 19 Watch 8:06 John Kasich: Hunting down undocumented immigrants is 'not what America is' By PBS News Hour Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican presidential candidate, joins Gwen Ifill to discuss why he’s ready to run and win, plus the need for a tight border and a path to citizenship for immigrants, setting high educational standards, putting boots… Continue watching
Aug 19 Clinton lawyer says her email server was wiped clean By Stephen Braun, Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton's personal lawyer has told a Senate committee that emails and all other data on her computer server were erased before the device was turned over to federal authorities. Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch 1:43 Pork chops more popular than politics at the Iowa State Fair By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a visit to the Iowa State Fair to sample its famous pork chops. Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch 6:00 In a crowded race for Iowa, the importance of being Donald By PBS News Hour While other candidates crisscross the state of Iowa and drop money on political ads, it seems like they just can’t buy the attention Donald Trump has been getting. Gwen Ifill examines why the candidate has had such popularity, and how… Continue watching
Aug 18 Column: I'm a young, black female, and I may not vote in this presidential election By Arielle Newton On paper, I'm a progressive candidate's ideal. I'm a 23-year-old, black, queer, college-educated woman who is drowning in more than $160,000 of undergraduate student loan debt. I fervently believe in unlimited access to reproductive healthcare, despise corporate welfare, and consider… Continue reading
Aug 18 U.S. proposes to cut methane from oil, gas production by nearly half By Matthew Daly, Josh Lederman, Associated Press The Obama administration is proposing to cut methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas production by nearly half over the next decade in an unprecedented step to curb climate change. Continue reading
Aug 18 White House hires its first openly transgender staffer By Associated Press EDGARTOWN, Mass. — The White House has hired its first openly transgender staff member. Continue reading
Aug 18 Probe of Clinton's server could find more than just emails By Jack Gillum, Stephen Braun, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A forensic examination of Hillary Rodham Clinton's private computer server could unearth more details than what she put in her emails. It could answer lingering questions about the security of her system, who had access to it and… Continue reading
Aug 18 Obama administration approves Arctic drilling ahead of president's visit to Alaska By Kevin Freking, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's approval of the final permit to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean clashes with the message President Barack Obama will deliver when he visits Alaska to emphasize the dangers of climate change, some environmental… Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch 6:31 Are Iowa voters having a summer romance with Sanders and Trump? By PBS News Hour This year at the Iowa Fair, there was the usual celebration of corn, butter and pork, and then there were the tell-tale signs of an election year: the governors and senators, the legacy candidates, the outliers and the upstarts. Gwen… Continue watching