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    Democrats don't need Kansas Senate nominee, court rules

    Oct 01, 2014 07:04 PM EST

    ... his residency after a long career in Washington. Secretary of State Kris Kobach — a Republican and a strong Roberts supporter who unsuccessfully sought to block Taylor's removal from the ballot — said counties need to begin printing tens of thousands of ballots Thursday so that people could start voting in ...

  • Is President Obama too cautious?

    Is President Obama too cautious?

    Sep 09, 2014 01:00 PM EST

    ... shows independent Greg Orman and incumbent Republican Sen. Pat Roberts essentially tied, with Orman holding a slight 37 percent to 36 percent edge. Democrat Chad Taylor, who dropped out of the race but will remain on the ballot, pulls in 10 percent and the libertarian candidate gets 6 percent. It ...

  • How a last minute Democrat move could steal Kansas from the GOP

    How a last minute Democrat move could steal Kansas from the GOP

    Sep 05, 2014 12:41 AM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: And the other big political story of the last 24 hours is from Kansas. The U.S. Senate race there grew much more interesting late yesterday after Democratic candidate Chad Taylor abruptly announced that he was dropping out of the race. That leaves independent Greg Orman to ...

  • In Bank of America settlement, who's feeling the pain?

    In Bank of America settlement, who's feeling the pain?

    Aug 22, 2014 07:23 PM EST

    ... that come in each month, and hence are the safest; some slices only get the last payments that come in each month, so when people start defaulting, those are the slides that lose money first.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHXcnWrw7r4 There was little fear that the housing market ...

  • How weather and nutrient pollution create fertile conditions for toxic algae blooms

    How weather and nutrient pollution create fertile conditions for toxic algae blooms

    Aug 05, 2014 12:57 AM EST

    ... Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford University. She is a leading expert on the water quality and sustainability of the Great Lakes. and Marlene Harris-Taylor is a reporter for The Toledo Blade. Marlene Harris-Taylor, are people calmer today? MARLENE HARRIS-TAYLOR, The Toledo Blade: Yes, I would say ...

  • Boehner pulls House border bill amid conservative revolt

    Boehner pulls House border bill amid conservative revolt

    Aug 01, 2014 12:22 AM EST

    ... ve seen this game before," said Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., who is close to House GOP leaders. "Any time the groups come out and start to score about these issues, then senators get involved and they start having meetings and then they all sit together and sing 'Kumbaya' and ...

  • Senate races to move VA, highway bills; House postpones its vacation for one more day

    Senate races to move VA, highway bills; House postpones its vacation for one more day

    Jul 31, 2014 09:15 PM EST

    ... missile defense system might also pass. But three months before midterm elections, the unbreakable dispute over immigration exposed longstanding differences inside Republican ranks, postponing the start of the House's vacation one day until Friday. And a new outburst of harsh partisan rhetoric between leading officials in both parties served ...

  • Construction companies relying on federal Highway Trust Fund face Congressional roadblock

    Construction companies relying on federal Highway Trust Fund face Congressional roadblock

    Jul 12, 2014 12:08 AM EST

    The federal Highway Trust Fund is running out of money. Congress only has a few weeks to find more revenue, the Obama administration warned, or else the states will see a 28 percent reduction in federal funds, and 700,000 jobs will be at risk. The NewsHour’s Quinn Bowman reports from West Virginia on one project...

  • Resentment and rumor builds against health workers trying to contain Ebola outbreak

    Resentment and rumor builds against health workers trying to contain Ebola outbreak

    Jul 04, 2014 11:45 PM EST

    The latest Ebola outbreak in West Africa is now the largest and deadliest outbreak ever. And unlike outbreaks of the past, it is affecting both rural and urban areas. Jeffrey Brown talks to Laurie Garrett of the Council on Foreign Relations about a recent summit on the outbreak, distrust building against health workers in infected...

  • Jason Moran strikes up the band -- and a conversation -- to enthrall new jazz listeners