Feb 03 Democrats add 4 more debates, including one in Flint, Michigan By Ken Thomas, Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Democrats have finalized an agreement with the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to hold a presidential debate on Thursday night in New Hampshire and three more debates later this spring. Continue reading
Jan 17 The latest: Democratic presidential candidates face off in Charleston By Michael D. Regan and Associated Press The Democratic presidential debate is underway, with three candidates set to clash over health care, gun policy and more. Continue reading
Jan 17 Sanders pitches tax hike to pay for universal health care plan By Michael D. Regan and Ken Thomas, Associated Press Vowing to achieve universal health care, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders released a sweeping proposal hours before Sunday's Democratic presidential debate to create a new single-payer health care system in the United States paid for with a variety of widespread tax… Continue reading
Dec 22 GOP debates set viewership records By Daniel Bush The Republican field is generating record-breaking debate interest. This year’s GOP match-ups account for the top six most-watched primary debates of all time. Continue reading
Dec 19 Sanders expected to face tough questions in third debate By Michael D. Regan and Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas, Associated Press Revelations that campaign workers for Sanders improperly accessed voter data compiled by the Clinton campaign have thrown a wild card into the primary season's third debate. Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch 6:32 Fact or fiction? Taking a closer look at the Democratic debate By PBS NewsHour Saturday night was the second Democratic 2016 presidential candidate debate featuring a smaller group of three: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley. Angie Holan of PolitiFact joins William Brangham from Washington to fact check the candidates' statements and offer… Continue watching
Nov 15 Key takeaways from the second Democratic presidential debate By Ken Thomas, Associated Press The deadly attacks in Paris cast a somber mood at the start of the second Democratic presidential debate, but the field spent the rest of the night tossing sharp elbows over Wall Street reform, gun control and the minimum wage. Continue reading
Nov 15 Clinton criticized after invoking 9/11 to defend campaign donations By Ken Thomas, Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign on Sunday defended her donations from Wall Street by saying she worked to help the financial sector rebuild after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and sought to address the abuses that led to an economic crisis. Continue reading
Nov 15 Fact checking the second Democratic debate By Christopher S. Rugaber and Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Bernie Sanders persisted in using shopworn stats on income inequality and Hillary Rodham Clinton glossed over the well-heeled donors to her campaign in the latest Democratic presidential debate. Here are some of the claims in the debate Saturday night and… Continue reading
Nov 14 Following Paris attacks, Clinton and Sanders spar on foreign policy By Lisa Lerer, Associated Press A day after deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, Hillary Rodham Clinton cast herself as the strongest U.S. commander in chief in an uncertain world, even as she found herself forced to defend the Obama administration's response to the rise of… Continue reading