• Trump pushes Congress for new health law after court ruling

    Trump pushes Congress for new health law after court ruling

    Dec 15, 2018 05:56 PM EST

    The five justices who upheld the health law in 2012 in the first major case — Chief Justice John Roberts and the court's four liberals — are all still serving. https://youtu.be/rK2pxJF70ts Since then, public opinion on the overhaul has shifted from mostly negative to generally favorable. Preserving the ...

  • How new details about Cohen and Manafort could shape the Russia investigation

    How new details about Cohen and Manafort could shape the Russia investigation

    Dec 08, 2018 05:16 PM EST

    ... nor whether Mueller has gotten him to answer key questions about his time as campaign chair, including his involvement in a June 2016 meeting with Russian actors at Trump Tower. Broader implications for national elections In seeking “a substantial term of imprisonment” for Cohen, federal prosecutors in the New York ...

  • Mueller's Russia report should be made public, new poll says

    Mueller's Russia report should be made public, new poll says

    Dec 07, 2018 10:00 AM EST

    Most Americans say special counsel Robert Mueller should be allowed to finish his Russia investigation, and that the full findings of that probe should be made public, according to a new poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist. Sixty-seven percent of U.S. adults said Mueller should be ...

  • Mueller's Russia probe, by the numbers

    Mueller's Russia probe, by the numbers

    Dec 04, 2018 10:32 PM EST

    https://youtu.be/M3vAzhTYGx8 34 The number of people who have been charged with crimes since the probe began. This includes 12 Russian intelligence officers and 13 other Russian nationals. (Three companies have been charged as well.) 5 The number of Trump's former business and campaign staffers who have ...

  • Voting access takes center stage in Georgia runoff election

    Voting access takes center stage in Georgia runoff election

    Dec 03, 2018 02:33 PM EST

    ... and administrative guidance in slightly different ways. Another major question facing the candidates is whether either would step aside from overseeing an election they were running in. Kemp was criticized for not resigning while overseeing his own election for governor. Barrow has said he would either resign or recuse himself ...

  • WATCH: Trump campaigns for Hyde-Smith ahead of Mississippi Senate runoff

    WATCH: Trump campaigns for Hyde-Smith ahead of Mississippi Senate runoff

    Nov 26, 2018 09:58 PM EST

    ... trying to boost their turnout and pick up support from white voters who are uneasy with Trump or the racially tinged stories about Hyde-Smith. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG6n1ad1gBA Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join Judy Woodruff to analyze the ...

  • Taiwan ruling party suffers major defeat in local elections

    Taiwan ruling party suffers major defeat in local elections

    Nov 24, 2018 08:51 PM EST

    https://twitter.com/zachary0223/status/1066349403374419968 https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1066357863843430400 Voters on Saturday also cast ballots on 10 referendums, including one on whether to amend the civil code to include same-sex marriage — which was legalized last year — and on whether to uphold a commitment to ban nuclear ...

  • 4 questions about Jeff Sessions' departure and the Russia investigation

    4 questions about Jeff Sessions' departure and the Russia investigation

    Nov 07, 2018 11:55 PM EST

    Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, echoed concerns about the Mueller investigation. In a tweet, the Maine Republican said she was “concerned Rod Rosenstein will no longer be overseeing the probe.” https://twitter.com/SenatorCollins/status/1060294357079810054 “Special Counsel Mueller must be allowed to complete his work without interference—regardless of ...

  • 'I can see 2022 from my house...' Palin tweet hints at primary run against Murkowski

    'I can see 2022 from my house...' Palin tweet hints at primary run against Murkowski

    Oct 05, 2018 09:27 PM EST

    Sarah Palin is insinuating she could mount a primary challenge against Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski if she opposes Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. In a tweet Friday, Palin wrote "Hey @lisamurkowski — I can see 2022 from my house." https://twitter.com/SarahPalinUSA/status/1048288254422728704 The tweet ...

  • WATCH: Putin says election meddling ‘nonsense’ risks poisoning U.S.-Russia relations

    WATCH: Putin says election meddling ‘nonsense’ risks poisoning U.S.-Russia relations

    Oct 03, 2018 07:52 PM EST

    On Venezuela’s economic crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-26JaJCotLU When asked whether Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro must go because of the country’s dire economic condition, Putin said it is up to the Venezuelan people and “nobody else in the world.” The situation has been building over ...