Oct 11 Watch 7:40 What Trump and Clinton need to do in early-voting battlegrounds Ohio and Arizona By PBS News Hour Early voting begins in Ohio and Arizona on Wednesday, two states where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are running neck-in-neck. What is the political atmosphere in these contested states and how can each nominee pull ahead? John Yang speaks with… Continue watching
Sep 04 On the road to 270, Arizona is home to best chance for a spoiler By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press If Hillary Clinton carries Arizona in November, there's a good chance it won't be because Democrats on their own have flipped a reliable GOP state they hope to win consistently someday. Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch 13:09 Interpreting Donald Trump’s tough immigration proposals By PBS News Hour Talk of a Mexican border wall and fighting illegal immigration were big applause lines for Donald Trump in his Wednesday night speech in Arizona. Lisa Desjardins recaps his remarks and Gwen Ifill gets perspectives from Kansas Secretary of State Kris… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 3:47 News Wrap: McCain, Rubio win their primaries By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Republican Senators John McCain and Marco Rubio sailed past their primary election opponents ahead of tough general election contests. Also, for the first time in more than 50 years, a U.S. commercial flight landed in… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 5:33 What people on the border think about building a bigger fence By PBS News Hour Donald Trump’s talk of building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico has been one of the most-repeated tropes of his campaign. Currently, there stands a 652-mile-long wall running across the almost 2,000 mile border. It stretches not just along… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch: Donald Trump vows to remove millions living in U.S. illegally By Jill Colvin, Christopher Sherman, Associated Press Hours after traveling to Mexico and meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, Donald Trump is expected to deliver a campaign speech on his immigration platform at a rally in Arizona. Watch the speech live here. Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch 4:02 News Wrap: Polls open in high-profile congressional primaries; ISIS leader killed By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, polls opened in several high-profile primaries. In Florida, Sen. Marco Rubio (R) appears poised to maintain his seat, while Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) faces stiff competition from Tim Canova. In Arizona, Sen. John McCain… Continue watching
Aug 29 Trump to deliver immigration speech amid questions of his stance on deportation By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press The announcement came late Sunday in a tweet by the Republican presidential nominee after days of wavering — and at least one canceled speech — on a question central to his campaign: Whether he would, as he said in November,… Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch 12:44 In an unconventional race, even the electoral map surprises By PBS News Hour During most election years, the electoral map is fairly predictable, except for ten or twelve swing states. But in this year's highly unorthodox race, Hillary Clinton has taken a substantial lead in five of these battlegrounds and is pursuing states… Continue watching
Aug 07 Trump to try to steady campaign with economic speech By Laurie Kellman and Jill Colvin, Associated Press Donald Trump is trying to shift from a disastrous stretch of his presidential campaign to one focused on policy and party unity. Continue reading