• Have Republicans lost the suburbs?

    Have Republicans lost the suburbs?

    Nov 01, 2016 08:55 PM EST

    ... the party just a decade ago. It’s a difficult pivot, but not impossible. “Political arrangements are inherently unstable. So are all demographic ‘locks,’” Paul Taylor, a former executive director of the Pew Research Center, wrote in his 2014 book “The New America”. He added, “circumstances change, history surprises, coalitions ...

  • To some, Trump's 'bad hombres' is much more than a botched Spanish word

    To some, Trump's 'bad hombres' is much more than a botched Spanish word

    Oct 20, 2016 09:46 PM EST

    ... has worked to broaden his appeal to Hispanics, promising a better life if he's president. But to some voters, it's a lost cause. Taylor Brandreth watched the debate while visiting in Bradenton, Florida. He backed Trump in the primary in Virginia, where he works as a government consultant ...

  • Final debate clears up little for undecided voters

    Final debate clears up little for undecided voters

    Oct 20, 2016 02:42 PM EST

    ... I just don't know how to get there." Here's what else Holter and others had to say: 'LIKE A LITTLE KID' Watching the start of the debate at Bo's 'N Mine bar and grill in River Falls, Holter took note when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump again ...

  • Can Uber and Lyft save carpooling?

    Can Uber and Lyft save carpooling?

    Aug 27, 2016 05:21 PM EST

    ... care, then to the bank, and then to work. Tacking on errands makes it difficult to coordinate carpooling. The errands often fall on women. Brian Taylor, a professor of urban planning at the University of California, Los Angeles, calls this “the gender gap in schlepping.” In a 2015 study in ...

  • Convention protesters dispute police account of flag-burning

    Convention protesters dispute police account of flag-burning

    Jul 21, 2016 03:45 PM EST

    ... the day Trump was scheduled to accept the Republican nomination for president. The flag-burning brought to 23 the number of people arrested since the start of the convention, far fewer than many had feared. "We're still out there, we're still vigilant, to make sure we finish this ...

  • Do call it a comeback -- how the checkerspot butterfly found salvation in a women’s prison

    Do call it a comeback -- how the checkerspot butterfly found salvation in a women’s prison

    May 18, 2016 12:41 AM EST

    ... Lewis-McChord near Seattle, Washington, is not a place you would expect to be ideal habitat for an endangered species. But it is. Meet the Taylor's checkerspot butterfly. Ten years ago, this beautiful insect was on the brink of extinction; 99 percent of its native prairie habitat in the ...

  • 4 issues that remain in limbo in Congress

    4 issues that remain in limbo in Congress

    Apr 04, 2016 05:16 PM EST

    Congress increasingly is being defined by what it's not doing this election year. The Senate returns this week with a strong majority of Republicans saying no to any consideration of President Barack Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court. No hearings, no vote and, for some lawmakers, not even a meeting with federal appeals court Judge...

  • Clinton's critical mistake in handling her email release

    Clinton's critical mistake in handling her email release

    Feb 17, 2016 05:36 PM EST

    Tread carefully before opting out. A new Harvard study explores why choosing not to disclose might be perceived as worse than lying.

  • How a young, brash Donald Trump took on the NFL

    How a young, brash Donald Trump took on the NFL

    Feb 08, 2016 05:41 PM EST

    WASHINGTON -- More than 30 years ago, Donald Trump bought a franchise in the upstart United States Football League. He then led his fellow owners to sue the NFL in a high-stakes antitrust case.

  • Carson staffers quit, question his readiness for White House

    Carson staffers quit, question his readiness for White House

    Dec 31, 2015 10:23 PM EST

    DES MOINES, Iowa — Several top aides to Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson resigned on Thursday, citing frustration with the influence of the retired neurosurgeon's business manager and questioning his readiness for the White House.