May 19 Watch Primary Voters Display Discontent with Incumbents, 'Establishment' Candidates Tuesday's primary elections in Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Arkansas ended with a veteran Senator out of the race, another forced into a runoff and a third facing a Tea Party outsider. Jim Lehrer reports on what these primaries mean for the… Continue watching
May 18 Senate Veteran Specter Loses Pennsylvania Democratic Primary By Quinn Bowman Updated 11:58 p.m. ET | Despite the backing of President Barack Obama, Gov. Ed Rendell and much of the Democratic Party apparatus, five-term Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter lost a close primary challenge from Rep. Joe Sestak. "It's no surprise… Continue reading
May 18 Rand Paul Wins GOP Nomination for Kentucky Senate Seat By Dave Gustafson In a race viewed across the U.S. as a test of the strength of the tea party movement, Rand Paul beat GOP establishment favorite Trey Grayson in the Kentucky primary for U.S. Senate, The Associated Press and other media organizations… Continue reading
May 18 Times Square Bomb Plot Suspect Shahzad Arraigned The Pakistani-American man accused of attempting to detonate a car bomb in New York City's Times Square appeared briefly in court on Tuesday evening, more than two weeks after his arrest. Faisal Shahzad, 30, was charged with five… Continue reading
May 18 Democrats Hope for Financial Reform Passage This Week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., filed a procedural motion called cloture Monday evening to end debate on the financial reform bill that has been working its way through the Senate, setting up a vote on the legislation as… Continue reading
May 18 Politico Reporter: Primaries Test Power of Parties' Establishments By Kwame Holman _pap_embed_custom('news01s3fb8qebd',482,304,""); Politico national political reporter James Hohmann stopped by The Rundown Tuesday to talk about the first big day of the 2010 midterm season as voters head to the polls in Pennsylvania, Arkansas and Kentucky to… Continue reading
May 18 Clinton: Major Powers Have Reached Deal for New Sanctions Against Iran By Talea Miller Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday that China, Russia and Western powers have agreed to a draft sanctions resolution against Iran for its nuclear program after months of negotiations. "We have reached agreement on a strong draft with… Continue reading
May 18 Tuesday's Primaries Could Be a Showcase for Party Divisions U.S. Senate hopeful Rep. Joe Sestak campaigns in Philadelphia, Penn. In politics, winning is everything. And over the next few days there will be a lot of airtime and ink devoted to the winners of the Tuesday Pennsylvania, Kentucky,… Continue reading
May 18 Watch Republicans Attack Blumenthal's Service Record Republican Senatorial candidates have attacked Richard Blumenthal, the frontrunner on Connecticut's Democratic ticket, about statements they said inflate his service record in Vietnam. Judy Woodruff reports on Blumenthal's response. Continue watching
May 18 Watch Conn. Candidate Blumenthal Under Fire Over Vietnam Service Record Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut's leading Democratic candidate for the Senate, spoke out amid allegations that he lied about his military record in Vietnam. Judy Woodruff talks to a reporter with the Hartford Courant in Connecticut about the backlash from the Republican… Continue watching