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... Virginia's gubernatorial contest showing Democrat Terry McAuliffe ahead of Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, 42 percent to 37 percent. But both men are unpopular. Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker is testing out a small-government message ... in Iowa. The Washington Examiner looks at how he's being received. Bolstered ...
... sitting with first lady Michelle Obama included a teacher from Sandy Hook, a police officer who responded to the massacre at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin last year, and the parents of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old killed by gunfire last month about a mile from the Obamas' Chicago ...
... Pontiff. With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer. PBS NewsHour's Coverage of Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican from 2005-2013: December 2012: Appeals for Peace Around the World as Millions Celebrate ...
Photo by PBS NewsHour After decades of using different metrics to calculate high school graduation rates, the Department of Education has for the first time released data for most states' graduation rates under one standardized measurement. The new data highlights an effort to provide a uniform baseline for analysis, beginning ...
... contested and came down to the wire. These shots capture the victories and defeats in the congressional and gubernatorial races. (Slide Show by Rebecca Jabobson/PBS NewsHour) Democrats retained control of the Senate with surprising ease. With three races too close to call, they had the possibility of gaining a ...
... in Boston, respectively. And correspondent Hari Sreenivasan will offer a deep dive into data through our Vote 2012 Map Center. He'll also talk to PBS stations in the battlegrounds and states with competitive down-ticket races, including Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. Online Coverage ...
President Obama arrives for a campaign rally Sunday in Concord, N.H. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. In a game that's all about numbers, President Obama and Mitt Romney are looking at 83. Those are the combined Electoral College votes up for grabs in states the Associated Press dubs tossups: Colorado, Florida, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia...
President Obama takes the stage Thursday for a campaign rally in Boulder, Colo. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. The economic mood of the country is pretty well set heading into Election Day, but Friday's Labor Department report showing a better than expected 171,000 jobs added in October will certainly be welcome news for President Obama...
Volunteers for President Obama in Glendale, Wis., prepare for weekend canvassing efforts. Photo by Darren Hauck/Reuters. President Obama, Mitt Romney and a team of boosters are fanning out across the country Thursday, with the campaign getting back to real business with five days to go and the aftermath of Sandy still unfolding across the East...
Volunteers in Columbus, Ohio, make phone calls for Mitt Romney on Tuesday. Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters. It's a scary proposition for both campaigns -- a tied race, with both President Obama and Mitt Romney within the margin of error in key battlegrounds. The New York Times/CBS News poll of likely voters out Wednesday found the...
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