Nov 13 Watch 6:57 How the Roy Moore scandal raises GOP concerns for 2018 By PBS News Hour Prominent Republicans have called for Roy Moore to abandon his Senate run as another woman comes forward to say he assaulted her as a teen. Can the Alabama candidate weather these accusations of wrongdoing? Amy Walter of The Cook Political… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch 7:46 What does Flake's warning about Trump mean for the GOP? By PBS News Hour A Twitter battle and a retirement announcement forced a Republican divide further into the public eye on Tuesday. Judy Woodruff gets two views from Brian McGuire, former chief staff for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Chris Buskirk of American Greatness… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 12:00 Shields and Brooks on Trump dismantling Obama's achievements, Puerto Rico in need By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including President Trump’s efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act and his refusal to certify the Iran nuclear agreement, the federal… Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch 4:01 Friction grows between Trump administration and the GOP By PBS News Hour President Donald Trump reached out to Democrats again on Saturday to find a way to repeal the Affordable Care Act. His appeal to them, amid reports of tension with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, hint at friction between the administration… Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch 4:42 Who wins and loses in the GOP's proposed tax overhaul By Travis Daub President Trump and congressional Republicans unveiled the most sweeping overhaul of the tax code in more than three decades. Many details are not yet decided, but the president told supporters in Indianapolis that the current tax code is a “relic”… Continue watching
Sep 26 Trump, GOP consider surtax on wealthy, doubling standard deduction By Marcy Gordon, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press On the eve of the grand rollout of the plan, details emerged on Capitol Hill on Tuesday while Trump personally appealed to House Republicans and Democrats at the White House to get behind his proposal. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 8:41 Sen. Flake: It's not conservative to stay silent about the chaos of the Trump administration By PBS News Hour In his new book “Conscience of a Conservative,” Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., examines where his own party has gone wrong, calls for a return to conservatism and criticizes the man at the top of the ticket. Sitting down with Judy… Continue watching
Jun 10 Many in GOP unshaken by Comey's testimony against Trump By Erica Werner, Associated Press The FBI chief he fired called the president a liar, but the response from many Republicans was a collective shrug. Continue reading
Dec 31 How Donald Trump cast aside decades of Republican orthodoxy By Steve Peoples, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump is remaking the Republican Party in his image with an opaque populist agenda that sometimes conflicts with traditional conservative beliefs. Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch 4:58 Are the suburbs the next political battleground? By PBS News Hour America’s suburbs are undergoing a drastic demographic shift -- one that could have big implications on Election Day. Suburban areas that used to be reliably Republican are now steering Democratic. Judy Woodruff learns more from the NewsHour’s Daniel Bush. Continue watching