Jul 17 Watch States Plagued by Fiscal Problems, Pension Payments Grim findings from a task force come amid further setbacks to the nation's economic health. Jeffrey Brown discusses eroding revenues, state budget cuts and steep pension obligations with former New York Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch, the report's co-chair, and Susan… Continue watching
Jul 17 When 'Even Iowa's Six Electoral Votes Matter' By News Desk As Iowa voters migrate within the state, political geography has begun to shift. This entry is cross-posted on It's a Free Country, WNYCs interactive politics site. Iowa has been good to both President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. It… Continue reading
Jul 17 New Obama TV Ad Hammers Romney on Release of Taxes By Christina Bellantoni President Obama campaigns in Cincinnati on Monday. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. The Obama campaign is welcoming Mitt Romney to Pennsylvania on Tuesday with a new television ad that keeps up the drumbeat over the presumptive GOP nominee's taxes. The… Continue reading
Jul 16 Watch Did GOP Money Man Sheldon Adelson Violate Bribery Law? One of the largest Republican donors in the 2012 election, gambling magnate Sheldon Adelson, is now under investigation for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, an anti-bribery law. Ray Suarez discusses the charges against Adelson with ProPublica managing editor Stephen… Continue watching
Jul 16 Watch Obama's Shift on Gay Marriage Lucrative for Campaign From California, correspondent Spencer Michels reports on how President Obama's public endorsement of same-sex marriage triggered a flood of support from the gay community -- which is now providing campaign support both in votes and in fundraising. Continue watching
Jul 16 Watch News Wrap: Air Force Sex Abuse Trial Begins In other news Monday, a Texas-based U.S. Air Force instructor went on trial, facing charges of rape and sexual assault of female recruits. Also, fighting in Syria's capital, Damascus, intensified as government tanks, troops and helicopters battled rebels in three… Continue watching
Jul 16 Watch For Obama, Romney, New Attack Ads Pull In Al Green, 'America the Beautiful' For Obama, Romney, New Attack Ads Pull In Al Green, 'America the Beautiful'… Continue watching
Jul 16 Corralling the Gay and Lesbian Vote By Spencer Michels Community activists attend a San Francisco fundraiser in June, raising money for one of the city's two major gay and lesbian Democratic clubs. Photo courtesy Reese Aaron Isbell. More than 30 years ago -- June of 1982 to be exact… Continue reading
Jul 16 How Important is the Gay and Lesbian Vote for the Upcoming Election? A gay pride and an American flag hang from a shoulder bag during a demonstration outside of the Phillip Burton Federal Building in 2011 in San Francisco, Cal. Photo by Justin Sullivan/ Getty Images. "This didn't happen in Nashville." That's… Continue reading
Jul 16 Obama's Campaign Attack Strikes a Familiar Tune By Christina Bellantoni Mitt Romney. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. CHICAGO | In a campaign getting nastier by the minute, you could see it coming that Mitt Romney's singing would eventually be used against him. On the trail this year, the presumptive Republican… Continue reading