Oct 21 Watch 6:46 What the latest polls mean for the presidency -- and Congress By PBS News Hour With just over two weeks until Election Day, there are some surprising shifts occurring in the electoral map. Judy Woodruff speaks with correspondent Lisa Desjardins and Nathan Gonzales of The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report about which voters are deserting… Continue watching
Oct 18 How will Elizabeth Warren use her influence after the election? By Erica Werner, Associated Press The wind-down of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign has left Sen. Elizabeth Warren onstage as arguably the most influential liberal politician in the country. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch 7:18 Is the Republican rupture irreconcilable? By PBS News Hour Numerous Republican leaders have rescinded their support for Donald Trump since the release of a 2005 tape in which he makes sexually aggressive comments about women. On Monday, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced he would no longer defend… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch 6:56 Why Senate control could ride on this tight New Hampshire race By PBS News Hour In New Hampshire, a high-profile contest is drawing outsized attention and outside money due to its stakes in shaping the Senate. Republican incumbent Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan, both well-respected and popular political figures in their state,… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 11:31 Shields and Brooks on Trump's 'solitariness' and Clinton's fight for millennials By PBS News Hour Since Monday night's debate, Donald Trump's taxes and tweets have drawn rapt attention. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the "bizarreness" of the week's campaign developments, Hillary Clinton’s struggle to… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 3:48 News Wrap: Congress considers fix to bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Republican congressional leaders opened the door for changes in a new law allowing the relatives of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. White House spokesman John Earnest said Congress may be having buyers remorse after… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 4:38 News Wrap: Congress ends stalemate over funding bill, averting crisis By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the Senate easily approved bill to keep the government funded until early December and the House moved to follow suit. Also, a Dutch investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 released its findings… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 10:37 Does the bill permitting lawsuits against governments set dangerous precedent? By PBS News Hour In a rare show of unity, 97 senators voted to override President Obama’s veto of a bill permitting families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia over its alleged support of the hijackers. The president has warned that it could… Continue watching
Sep 27 FBI chief: Extreme concern about fanatics from Syria, Iraq By Matthew Daly and Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Law enforcement and intelligence agencies remain extremely concerned that violent militants will eventually flow out of Syria and Iraq and into other countries in hopes of committing attacks, FBI Director James Comey told Congress on Tuesday. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch 10:34 North Carolina and Maryland challenge gerrymandering By Sam Weber, Laura Fong Gerrymandering -- the practice of drawing districts to benefit one political party over another or to protect an incumbent -- has a long history in the U.S. Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield reports on reform efforts in Maryland, where one district… Continue watching