• Harris and Trump prepare for high-stakes debate as new polls show race close as ever

    Harris and Trump prepare for high-stakes debate as new polls show race close as ever

    Sep 09, 2024 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Mike Pence, warning about a second Trump term. That's as Donald Trump spent the weekend on the campaign trail, holding a rally in battleground Wisconsin. Donald Trump, Former President of the United States (R) and Current U.S. Presidential Candidate: We're run by stupid people, stupid, stupid people ...

  • News Wrap: UN calls for full inquiry after U.S. citizen killed in West Bank protest

    News Wrap: UN calls for full inquiry after U.S. citizen killed in West Bank protest

    Sep 07, 2024 09:45 PM EDT

    ... and Rebecca Hart both took gold in paraequestrian, and Team USA's sitting volleyball team beat China for their third consecutive gold.Still to come on PBS News Weekend, how Americans are navigating family planning and an effort to save mussels in Wisconsin from the effects of months of drought.

  • A look ahead to this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago

    A look ahead to this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago

    Aug 18, 2024 09:40 PM EDT

    ... shifts this week to knock on doors, including some high profile surrogates are out there, Pete Buttigieg, along with his husband in the state of Wisconsin, going through that key battleground state as they try to really just capitalize, as you said, Geoff, on the momentum that they`re feeling ...

  • Walz rallies union workers as he hits campaign trail on his own for first time

    Walz rallies union workers as he hits campaign trail on his own for first time

    Aug 13, 2024 10:55 PM EDT

    ... all this as Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin held their primaries today, voters heading to the polls for a say in key congressional races, including Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar, the latest progressive Squad member fighting a challenge to her seat.For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Laura Barron-Lopez.

  • A look at Walz's record and how he could bolster Democratic support in the Midwest

    A look at Walz's record and how he could bolster Democratic support in the Midwest

    Aug 06, 2024 10:55 PM EDT

    ... don't know who he is. For more on the Minnesota governor, I'm joined now by Twin Cities PBS reporter Mary Lahammer. She's been following Walz's career for some 20 years. Mary, good to see you. Thanks for joining us. Mary Lahammer, Twin Cities PBS: Thank you.

  • Sen. Ron Johnson says he gave the wrong speech at the RNC. Here's the one he meant to give

    Sen. Ron Johnson says he gave the wrong speech at the RNC. Here's the one he meant to give

    Jul 16, 2024 02:43 AM EDT

    Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson’s speech on the first night of the 2024 Republican National Convention was not the speech he intended to deliver. Johnson provided PBS News with the text of the speech he said he wanted to give on Monday. Read the full speech below. Johnson told PBS ...

  • WATCH: Sen. Ron Johnson said he delivered ‘wrong speech' at RNC due to teleprompter error

    WATCH: Sen. Ron Johnson said he delivered ‘wrong speech' at RNC due to teleprompter error

    Jul 16, 2024 02:24 AM EDT

    Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said Monday that the speech he gave on the first night of the Republican National Convention was “the wrong speech.” “That speech was written last week. They literally loaded the wrong speech,” he told PBS News. Co-anchor Amna Nawaz had asked Johnson about his ...

  • WATCH: 2024 RNC delegates react to Trump shooting

    WATCH: 2024 RNC delegates react to Trump shooting

    Jul 16, 2024 01:16 AM EDT

    MILWAUKEE – Chris Slinker was driving to his mother’s house when the news broke that a gunman had shot at former President Donald Trump during his rally in Pennsylvania. “The first feeling I had was I was scared. I was actually nervous and scared,” Slinker, a Wisconsin delegate, said Monday ...

  • Amy Walter and Francesca Chambers on expectations for the Biden-Trump debate

    Amy Walter and Francesca Chambers on expectations for the Biden-Trump debate

    Jun 24, 2024 10:30 PM EDT

    ... on this issue, the White House and the campaign separately?Francesca Chambers: Well, President Biden's campaign is actually sending surrogates like Elizabeth Warren to Wisconsin to talk about this issue, which will hopefully, they think, help them with suburban voters, suburban women as well. And so you would expect ...

  • The cicadas are coming. Here’s what to know if you’re in their path

    The cicadas are coming. Here’s what to know if you’re in their path

    Apr 30, 2024 10:01 PM EDT

    ... Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, according to Illinois Extension. The Northern Illinois Brood, or Brood XIII, is expected to cover that region, plus parts of neighboring Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan and Indiana. Animation by Megan McGrew/PBS NewsHour Two different broods don’t often emerge simultaneously — these particular 13- and 17-year ...