Oct 06 2010: The Year of the Vanishing Candidate: Now You See Them, Now You Don't This year, mostly you don't. Once upon a time, not so long ago, candidates in competitive races sought out the news media to help get their messages across to the voters, and they scheduled frequent public events so they could… Continue reading
Oct 06 Michelle Obama Makes the 2010 Soft Sell to Democrats: Don't Stay Home First lady Michelle Obama told listeners Wednesday on a conference call aimed at getting out the Democratic vote in November to remind voters that "change is difficult and we are just beginning to see the results of our work." The… Continue reading
Oct 06 Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Over Funeral Protests By David Chalian A member of Westboro Baptist Church protests at a veterans' hospital in Virginia. File photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. The PBS NewsHour's Mike Melia previews Wednesday's high-profile First Amendment case before the Supreme Court: On the steps of the Supreme… Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Supreme Court Justices 'Felt the Emotion' of Military Funeral Protest Case Supreme Court justices are considering a battle of First Amendment rights vs. individual privacy after members of a controversial church protested at the funeral of a U.S. Marine. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal describes Wednesday's hearing and considers… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Supreme Court Weighs First Amendment Limits in Military Funeral Protest Case The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a First Amendment case involving the controversial Westboro Baptist Church group protesting at a U.S. Marine's funeral. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Oct 05 Inside the Supreme Court: Marcia Coyle on NASA Background Checks Case By Elizabeth Summers Courtroom sketch courtesy William Hennessy How much personal information should a job applicant have to give up to a prospective employer? That's the question the Supreme Court wrestled with Tuesday as it heard arguments in the privacy case… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch In Wisconsin, Feingold in Tough Senate Battle With 'Outsider' Businessman With four weeks until Election Day, incumbent Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin is facing a tough midterm battle against GOP challenger Ron Johnson. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Oct 05 Political Checklist: Feingold Faces Big Trouble in Wisconsin In this week's Political Checklist, Judy Woodruff previews a story that will air on Tuesday's NewsHour about the U.S. Senate battle in Wisconsin between incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold and Republican Ron Johnson. Woodruff tells Political Editor David Chalian that as… Continue reading
Oct 05 Times Square Attempted Bomber Given Life Sentence; Japan Slashes Key Rate Updated 12:30 p.m. ET | Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-born man who confessed to trying to blow up a car bomb in Times Square in May, was sentenced Tuesday to a mandatory life term in prison. Shahzad, 31, defended… Continue reading
Oct 05 In Ad, O'Donnell Says, 'I'm Not a Witch' By David Chalian "I'm not a witch." That's not your usual opening sentence in a political campaign ad. But Christine O'Donnell's candidacy in Delaware has proven to be anything but usual. The Tea Party-backed Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate is looking to… Continue reading