May 17 Politics Dons a Cap and Gown By Katelyn Polantz We drove 600 miles south last weekend to find dueling graduation speeches from Michelle Obama and Mitt Romney. Continue reading
May 17 Geithner: 'I Don't Understand' Why Debt Ceiling Debate Is Back By News Desk U.S. Treasury Secretary speaks with the PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown Thursday at Marlin Steel Wire Products, a factory in Baltimore Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown during a factory tour Thursday that he couldn't understand why… Continue reading
May 17 Conservative Group Rejects Ad Proposal Tying Obama to Wright By Terence Burlij A proposed $10 million TV ad campaign linking President Obama to his controversial former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, right, will reportedly not make it to the small screen. The Associated Press reported Thursday that a conservative group tied to… Continue reading
May 17 Watch Politics Puts on Its Cap and Gown Politics peppered the graduation ceremonies for Virginia Tech and Liberty University. Continue watching
May 17 Report: Conservative Super PAC Planning 'Provocative' Attack on Obama By Christina Bellantoni GOP strategists are working with billionaire Joe Ricketts, above, on a proposal to mount a "provocative" campaign against President Obama, the New York Times reports. Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images. Update, 2:25 p.m. A few hours after the New York… Continue reading
May 17 Running for President: Chronicling Almost 200 Years of Propaganda Published by the Library of Congress, "Presidential Campaign Posters" is a visual anthology of election season artwork -- images that capture the public sentiment, issues and prevailing design trends of a given campaign era. The book showcases images… Continue reading
May 16 Watch As Defense Rests, What's at Stake for John Edwards? Despite a nearly three-week run by the prosecution, John Edwards' defense attorneys rested after two days without calling the former vice presidential nominee, his mistress or daughter to the stand regarding the campaign finance charges he faces. Judy Woodruff and… Continue watching
May 16 Former Sen. Bill Bradley: We Must 'Do Better' to Fix Washington EmbedVideo(3404, 482, 304); Sen. Bill Bradley, the former presidential candidate and Democratic senator from New Jersey, talked with Judy Woodruff about his new book, "We Can All Do Better." Bradley said the media, money in politics… Continue reading