Dec 30 Watch Ahead of Tuesday's Vote, Another Poll Shows Romney, Ron Paul Ahead in Iowa Heading into the final stretch before Tuesday's first-in-the-nation Caucuses, the GOP contenders chatted up Iowan voters in cold and windy weather Friday. Judy Woodruff reports on the candidates' last-minute campaigning. Continue watching
Dec 30 Peeling the Onion (Or, Why Iowa and New Hampshire Really Matter) By Gwen Ifill We have by now spent so many weeks consumed with the ups and downs of Republican presidential politics that we are in danger of misgauging its real impact, especially in these early days. It can be easy to dismiss the… Continue reading
Dec 30 Iowa's Emptying Nest Counties Could Spoil Romney's, Gingrich's Caucuses Weather-beaten farm buildings stand along Highway 6 in Marengo, Iowa. Marengo is located in one of Iowa's many "Emptying Nest" counties, where Republican presidential candidates are seeking support in next week's all-important Iowa Caucuses; photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images… Continue reading
Dec 30 The Iowa State of Play: Romney-Paul Out Front, Santorum Surging By Terence Burlij At a campaign stop in Atlantic, Iowa, Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul stopped briefly to talk with NewsHour Senior Correspondent Judy Woodruff. Photo by Quinn Bowman. A new NBC News-Marist poll released Friday confirms the state of… Continue reading
Dec 30 Iowa Dispatch: After 'Christmas With Ron Paul,' a Texas Respite By Judy Woodruff Presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul greets supporters during a campaign event Thursday in Atlantic, Iowa; photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images ATLANTIC, Iowa | First stop after arriving Thursday in Iowa to cover the Republican presidential Caucuses: Atlantic, a small… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch Thousands of Iraqis Who Helped Americans in War Caught in Visa Holdup In 2008, Congress passed a law allowing up to 5,000 Iraqis who had helped Americans during the war to come to the U.S. with their families as refugees each year, but the visa process has been slowed. Jeffrey Brown discusses… Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch Caucuses Seen as 'Very Important,' but 'You Have to Take Iowa in Context' Republican presidential hopefuls in Iowa shifted into campaign overdrive Thursday for the final leg before next week's first-in-the-nation Caucuses. Jeffrey Brown weighs the state's significance in the nominating process with Richard Norton Smith of George Mason University and Jeff Stein… Continue watching
Dec 29 The Photos That Defined 2011 By Mike Fritz 2011 will be remembered as a year that ended authoritative regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. The most wanted fugitive in the world was killed in Pakistan and severe weather battered the global population. We also said goodbye to… Continue reading
Dec 29 California to Stop Towing, Impounding Vehicles of Unlicensed Drivers By News Desk Starting Jan. 1, a new law will take effect in California, meaning that police officers can no longer impound a car at sobriety checkpoints if the driver's only offense is driving without a license, according to The Associated Press. Continue reading
Dec 29 Woodruff: Why Iowa Is So Influential By Judy Woodruff As I head to Iowa to cover my tenth (yes, tenth!) round of primary caucuses in the Hawkeye State, I'm every bit as excited as I was in late 1975, when I first flew to Des Moines to follow around… Continue reading