• News Wrap: Silicon Valley comes to Trump Tower

    News Wrap: Silicon Valley comes to Trump Tower

    Dec 15, 2016 12:16 AM EST

    ... t name the third one? RICK PERRY: I can't. The third one, I can't. Oops. JOHN YANG: Last night, at a rally in Wisconsin, the president-elect defended his choice of ExxonMobil chairman Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state. Critics say Tillerson's too close to Russia ...

  • What's next for the Dakota Access Pipeline?

    What's next for the Dakota Access Pipeline?

    Dec 10, 2016 06:08 PM EST

    ... lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Scott Segal, a partner with Bracewell LLP, a government relations firm that serves oil and gas industry clients, told the PBS NewsHour that Pruitt will revisit energy regulation and that some regulations "are probably going to be pared back." READ NEXT: For Native ‘water protectors ...

  • At Ohio rally, Trump ‘unofficially’ announces defense pick Mattis

    At Ohio rally, Trump ‘unofficially’ announces defense pick Mattis

    Dec 03, 2016 12:34 AM EST

    ... KELLYANNE CONWAY: Hey, guys. We won. You don't have to respond. I mean, seriously. JOHN YANG: Today, Trump supporters moved to block recounts in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. The president-elect was in New York today, meeting with longtime supporters Republican Senator David Perdue of Georgia and former U ...

  • With recount efforts brewing in three states, what now?

    With recount efforts brewing in three states, what now?

    Nov 27, 2016 09:17 PM EST

    ... how votes are recounted or processed. STEWART: Can you walk us through the nuts and bolts process of this, what’s going to happen in Wisconsin, and then possibly in Michigan and Pennsylvania? KEITH: Yes, so what’s happening right now is that the Elections Commission in Wisconsin has reached ...

  • What does voter turnout tell us about the 2016 election?

    What does voter turnout tell us about the 2016 election?

    Nov 20, 2016 08:03 PM EST

    ... by the U.S. Elections Project. But among those figures were stark contrasts in key states that helped swing the election to Trump -- in Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan and elsewhere -- indicating the President-elect’s leap from long-shot candidate to the most powerful political position in the world may ...

  • WATCH: Trump vows to unify a deeply divided nation

    WATCH: Trump vows to unify a deeply divided nation

    Nov 09, 2016 08:43 AM EST

    Video by PBS NewsHour NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to unify a deeply divided nation, having scored a stunning victory backed by extraordinary support from working-class America. The tough-talking New York billionaire claimed victories in the nation's premier battleground states, but his appeal across ...

  • What young people want the next president to care about

    What young people want the next president to care about

    Nov 08, 2016 12:25 AM EST

    ... in our government, our country was truly good. No Democrat or Republican can fix it. Only God can. ABBY ROSS, Black River Falls High School, Wisconsin: And I want the next president to know that women deserve equal pay to men. This is America, and we are known for our ...

  • Battleground map shows how Clinton and Trump could win

    Battleground map shows how Clinton and Trump could win

    Nov 08, 2016 12:23 AM EST

    ... Democratic states, places that have gone Democratic in a lot of the last six elections -- in all of the last six elections, places like Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan. They feel better about Michigan, but the Clinton campaign is saying that they're still up there. And you have President Obama going ...

  • Candidates storm swing states as headlines on FBI, taxes swirl

    Candidates storm swing states as headlines on FBI, taxes swirl

    Nov 01, 2016 11:10 PM EST

    ... and replace. LISA DESJARDINS:  Trump's Keystone State visit is part of a final week push in states that voted twice for Barack Obama, including Wisconsin, where he is tonight.  And the campaign just announced new ad buys in usually dark blue Michigan and in New Mexico, which may be ...

  • Is FBI email probe this election’s ‘October surprise’?

    Is FBI email probe this election’s ‘October surprise’?

    Oct 30, 2016 09:07 PM EST

    From the Kennedys getting Martin Luther King, Jr. out of jail to George W. Bush’s youthful drunk driving arrest, the term “October surprise” has come to mean an event in the closing weeks of a presidential campaign that could affect the race. The FBI's announcement that it is reviewing more emails related to Clinton might...