Jan 03 Watch Are Syrian Spies Keeping Tabs on Opposition Activists in U.S.? Are Syrian spies are operating in the United States, keeping tabs on Syrian-Americans?… Continue watching
Jan 03 In Sioux County, Is 2nd Place Best? By Dante Chinni Iowans listen to Texas Rep. Ron Paul last week during a town hall meeting at the Sioux Center Public Library. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Everyone likes to win, but sometimes it's better to finish second. Up in the northwest… Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch Occupy Des Moines Steps Onto the Political Stage Occupy Des Moines Steps Onto the Political Stage… Continue watching
Jan 03 Occupy Des Moines Steps Onto the Political Stage By Quinn Bowman We've all seen the dramatic coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement. What started at Zuccotti Park in Manhattan spread to cities across America. While OWS focused on income inequality and the power of money in politics as a corrupting… Continue reading
Jan 03 Gwen's Caucus Day Take: 5 Things to Watch for in Iowa By Gwen Ifill We love it when voters take over the narrative, and that's what will happen in Iowa Tuesday night as voters meet to caucus and choose a possible presidential nominee. Here's what we're watching: How will social conservatives split? Conventional wisdom… Continue reading
Jan 03 Iowa's Moment Has Arrived By Christina Bellantoni Iowa Republicans will choose their presidential nominee Tuesday. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images. Here we go! After 13 nationally televised debates, some 900 campaign events, candidates rising and falling in the polls and months of speculation about the shape of… Continue reading
Jan 02 Iowa Dispatch: Becoming Better Candidates By Judy Woodruff Whatever voters think of the political views of Republican presidential candidates Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum, they have to be struck by how much each has learned on the campaign trail in Iowa over the past year. Both have… Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch LAPD Urges Ongoing Vigilance After Arrest in String of Arson Fires LAPD Urge Ongoing Vigilance After Arrest in String of Arson Fires… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch As Iowa Winnows the Republican Field, Who Will Survive for N.H. Primary Fight? In the final 24 hours of campaigning before Iowa's Caucuses, the pressure is on GOP presidential candidates to convince many undecided voters to caucus for them on Tuesday night. Gwen Ifill discusses what to expect coming out of the Caucuses… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch Hours Before Caucuses, Many Iowan Voters Still Undecided Over GOP Contenders With just hours to go until Tuesday night's Iowa Caucuses, and with a new poll confirming four in 10 caucus-goers are either undecided or could change their minds, the pressure on Republican presidential candidates to close the deal with Hawkeye… Continue watching