Jan 20 Scenes From South Carolina's Campaign Trail By Teresa Gorman Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks during a campaign stop on Jan. 19, 2012 in Walterboro, S.C. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The PBS NewsHour's politics team is on the ground in South Carolina covering the busy days… Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch Tara Setmayer at Political Parity Launch Tara Setmayer at Political Parity Launch… Continue watching
Jan 20 The Education Conversation - South Carolina Edition In this week's Education Conversation, we look at how GOP candidates score on education and why South Carolina's graduation rates are so low. Continue reading
Jan 20 Gwen's Take: Five Things to Watch for in South Carolina COLUMBIA, S.C. | This has probably been the single craziest week of the 2012 campaign, as candidates rose and fell nearly every single day. As the voters here head to the polls for an unusual Saturday Republican party primary, here's… Continue reading
Jan 20 Gingrich's Ex-wife, Romney's Taxes, CNN's King Fuel Combative GOP Debate By Christina Bellantoni From left, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul at Thursday's GOP debate in South Carolina. Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images. Thursday's Republican presidential debate in Charleston, S.C., may have lasted two hours, but it was… Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch After Dropping out, Perry Alludes to Gingrich's Personal Troubles in Endorsement A possible scenario for U.S. health care in 2025. Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch Villaraigosa: Washington Must Be Smart About Cuts, Investments in U.S. Cities Bracing for a new federal budget, hundreds of U.S. mayors sought meetings in Washington this week. Their message: don't let cities fall through the cracks. Ray Suarez discusses the challenges local governments face amid a national debt crisis with Mayors… Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch Gingrich to NewsHour: I Have Momentum to Beat 'Liberal' Romney GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich sat down with Gwen Ifill Thursday in South Carolina after Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced his endorsement of the former speaker of the House. Gingrich discussed his momentum ahead of Saturday's primary, and said his… Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch After Dropping out, Perry Alludes to Gingrich's Personal Troubles in Endorsement Concluding that there was "no viable path forward," Texas Gov. Rick Perry suspended his campaign for the presidency in an announcement Thursday morning. He immediately endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for the Republican nomination. Judy Woodruff has an update… Continue watching
Jan 19 Rejected Keystone XL Pipeline Project at Top of Congress' Agenda Capitol dome; file photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Congress got back to work this week, kind of. The House convened late Tuesday evening, conducted one day of legislative business on Wednesday and then left town again so the Republicans… Continue reading