• Congress has no plan to prevent a Homeland Security shutdown this week

    Congress has no plan to prevent a Homeland Security shutdown this week

    Feb 23, 2015 02:12 PM EST

    ... union enrollment hard and could hurt Democrats’ ground operations in the state in 2016. Are you ready for campaign ads? Well the conservative Super PAC American Crossroads has already put together a new ad attacking the Clinton Global Initiative for accepting foreign donations, and it features audio of none other ...

  • With Alaska results, stage is set for fall elections

    With Alaska results, stage is set for fall elections

    Aug 20, 2014 01:01 PM EST

    ... S. has a responsibility to help stop the violence in Iraq, compared with 41 percent who said it does not. Whether public perception will shift at all following the release of an Islamic State group video that appears to show the beheading of American journalist James Foley is unclear. At ...

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    Outside Super PACs Poised to Dominate 2012 Spending

    Oct 17, 2011 10:21 PM EST

    ... only the new beast on the scene. Oftentimes, these super PACs are forming first a political committee, which, as you said, have to operate fairly transparently, but at the same time they're creating a sister organization that is a nonprofit group that is far less regulated. And these nonprofi

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    Students Experience Hunger to Raise Money for Haiti

    Mar 01, 2011 03:16 PM EST

    Students sort clothes at World Vision warehouse. Photo by Tom Bearden Any parent can testify to the fact that teenagers can sometimes resemble a plague of locusts -- they can eat you out of house and home. So it may be something of a surprise that 300,000 American teens volunteered ...

  • Kazakh president issues 'shoot to kill' order as protesters clash with troops

    Kazakh president issues 'shoot to kill' order as protesters clash with troops

    Jan 07, 2022 11:45 PM EST

    ... s authoritarian politics. Nick Schifrin reports. ... Judy Woodruff: Today, Kazakstan's president promised to shoot to kill protesters after a week of demonstrations. Kazakstan lies at the strategic crossroads of Russia, China, and Central Asia, and has large energy reserves with billions invested by American companies. Despite that wealth, many ...

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    New Poll Reveals Stakes for Wednesday's Debate

    Oct 01, 2012 01:05 PM EST

    ... go to a safer harbor? How do we get there? David said Romney would be wise to promise to reform the tax code and offer a simple message of policy competency at the debate. "[W]hat he has to do is shift it off the personal stuff and try to ...

  • A quarter of United Methodist churches in U.S. have left during split

    A quarter of United Methodist churches in U.S. have left during split

    Dec 15, 2023 03:41 PM EST

    ... a historic shift in a denomination that was until recently the third largest in the United States, and perhaps the closest to the mainstream of American religious culture — its steeples prominent in rural crossroads and urban squares, scenes of countless potluck suppers, earnest social outreach, and warm yet decorous worship ...

  • President Obama draws a line in the sand with State of the Union

    President Obama draws a line in the sand with State of the Union

    Jan 21, 2015 02:04 PM EST

    PAC being set up by Mitch McConnell allies, will work with American Crossroads to ensure the GOP holds the Senate in 2016. Keep an eye on the Rundown blog for breaking news throughout the day, our home page for show segments, and follow @NewsHour for the latest. TOP TWEETS Here ...

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    Parties Look to Budget Battles with Sequestration a Reality

    Mar 05, 2013 02:00 PM EST

    President Barack Obama met with his Cabinet at the White House Monday. The president and Congress remain locked in stalled budget negotiations as the effect of the sequestration begin to impact the U.S. economy. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images With Washington bracing for impact on two fronts -- ice expected to fall from the sky...

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    How Do You Spend $1 Billion in a White House Race Anyway?

    May 30, 2012 10:11 PM EST

    Mitt Romney's win Tuesday in Texas effectively sets up a two-man contest for the White House. As President Obama and his Republican challenger look to corral votes and money, Judy Woodruff, The Washington Post's Tom Hamburger and Politico's Kenneth Vogel discuss the role of campaign finance and super PACs this election season.