• How Trump and Biden are talking to critical Florida voters

    How Trump and Biden are talking to critical Florida voters

    Oct 13, 2020 10:45 PM EST

    ... it's risky. It's risky. But you have got to get out. Yamiche Alcindor: Meanwhile, Vice President Mike Pence campaigned in another battleground state, Wisconsin.Vice President Mike Pence I think the choice in this election is whether America remains America. Yamiche Alcindor: With just three weeks until Election ...

  • In new videos for Biden, Obama and Harris make appeal to Black voters

    In new videos for Biden, Obama and Harris make appeal to Black voters

    Sep 29, 2020 10:00 AM EST

    ... celebrity news sites featuring former President Barack Obama and Sen. Kamala Harris, Biden’s running mate. Each of the videos, which were shared with the PBS NewsHour before their release, will appear on The Shade Room and The Young, Black, and Fabulous, and will include a pitch to back Biden ...

  • Trump prompts controversy with refusal to accept a potential election defeat

    Trump prompts controversy with refusal to accept a potential election defeat

    Sep 24, 2020 10:55 PM EST

    Florida Senator Marco Rubio pledged to peacefully swear in the president in 2021. And Utah Senator Mitt Romney dismissed anything other than a peaceful transition as unthinkable and unacceptable. Former Wisconsin Governor Scott walker, however, backed the president, tweeting: "Smart candidates never concede anything before an election. They focus on ...

  • Understanding the magnitude of the U.S. coronavirus death toll

    Understanding the magnitude of the U.S. coronavirus death toll

    Sep 21, 2020 10:35 PM EST

    ... today. All told, Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arizona have seen the most cases per capita so far. But over the last week, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Utah have seen the most cases per capita. New York, which suffered the worst outbreak early on, accounts for more than 16 ...

  • Battle for Iowa heats up over rural issues

    Battle for Iowa heats up over rural issues

    Sep 20, 2020 09:14 PM EST

    ... last few weeks has been issues pertaining to ethanol. And just in the last couple days here, President Trump traveled to the neighboring state of Wisconsin to promise more money, more money for an agriculture and farm sector that has been sent a lot of money in recent years.  Hari ...

  • Biden, Trump campaign in Minnesota as its early voting period begins

    Biden, Trump campaign in Minnesota as its early voting period begins

    Sep 18, 2020 10:55 PM EST

    Crowd: Four more years! Four more years! President Donald Trump: Thank you very much. Lisa Desjardins: At a rally in Wisconsin last night, the president painted a grim picture of what a Biden win would look like, in a more than an hour-and-a-half-long speech condemning recent ...

  • Trump’s war on mail-in voting suffers setback in Pennsylvania

    Trump’s war on mail-in voting suffers setback in Pennsylvania

    Sep 17, 2020 10:00 PM EST

    ... try to make a direct appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Earlier this year, a state supreme court ruling on election law surrounding the Wisconsin primary was appealed to the nation’s highest court, which shot down a request by Democrats to extend absentee voting. The Trump campaign has ...

  • What you need to know about voting by mail

    What you need to know about voting by mail

    Sep 16, 2020 10:35 PM EST

    ... all those mail-in ballots being counted, we may not have a winner declared on election night. Elections officials in critical battlegrounds of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and other states aren't currently allowed to begin counting those mail-in ballots until Election Day. So, if an estimated 60 percent of ...

  • Western wildfires highlight divergent stances of Trump, Biden on climate change

    Western wildfires highlight divergent stances of Trump, Biden on climate change

    Sep 14, 2020 10:55 PM EST

    ... Journal Sunday he did not think he was bound by the state's rules. Then today, Vice President Pence held an indoor rally in Janesville, Wisconsin, where cases of COVID-19 have been ticking up. As he draws crowds, the president is also looking to target his campaign, including to ...

  • Biden, Trump make campaign pitches as final phase of the race begins

    Biden, Trump make campaign pitches as final phase of the race begins

    Sep 07, 2020 10:40 PM EST

    ... that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy. William Brangham: Meanwhile, the two vice presidential nominees spent today in Wisconsin. In the city of La Crosse, Vice President Mike Pence stressed the Republican ticket's support for law enforcement. Vice President Donald Trump: I ...