Jun 22 Watch 8:43 News Wrap: House Democrats hold sit-in to demand gun vote; DOJ alleges Medicare fraud By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, after Republican lawmakers rejected four gun control proposals on Monday, nearly 100 Congressional Democrats staged a sit-in, refusing to leave until they secured a vote on gun legislation. Also, the Department of Justice announced it… Continue watching
Jun 22 GOP unmoved after Democratic sit-in on guns By Erica Werner, Associated Press A drained and dwindling group of Democrats, some draped in blankets and toting pillows, carried their remarkable House floor sit-in past daybreak Thursday. Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 6:27 New book, ‘Listen Liberal,’ looks at Democratic party schism By PBS News Hour The raucous primary season brought simmering tensions and disaffection within the GOP to a boiling point. But equally severe divisions also surfaced in the Democratic party, centered around Sen. Bernie Sanders’ upstart populist campaign. Historian Thomas Frank explores the causes… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 7:23 Inside Russian hacking of Democrats’ opposition research on Trump By PBS News Hour For nearly a year, Russian hackers have been penetrating Democratic National Committee computers and stealing, among other things, research compiled on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. Gwen Ifill talks to Dmitri Alperovitch of CrowdStrike and Sasha Issenberg of Bloomberg Politics… Continue watching
Jun 12 Sanders, Clinton set to talk Tuesday By Michael D. Regan and Associated Press Bernie Sanders says he and Hillary Clinton are set to talk Tuesday evening after the final Democratic presidency primary… Continue reading
Jun 10 Democrats searching for unity as Clinton locks up nomination By Kathleen Hennessey and Ken Thomas, Associated Press Nearing the end of a lengthy primary fight, Democrats are coalescing around Hillary Clinton's presidential bid and looking to reunite the party through a carefully orchestrated plan aimed at nudging rival Bernie Sanders to make his exit. Continue reading
Jun 09 Sanders does not endorse Clinton but vows to stop Trump By Kathleen Hennessey and Josh Lederman, Associated Press With pressure growing for him to quit the presidential race, a subdued Bernie Sanders emerged from a meeting with President Barack Obama on Thursday vowing to work with primary rival Hillary Clinton to defeat Republican Donald Trump in the general… Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch 4:50 News Wrap: GOP will be absent from Calif. Senate race; Eritrean migrant smuggler arrested By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, no Republican earned enough primary votes to qualify for California’s Senate race, meaning that for the first time in Golden State history, two Democrats will face one another in a November runoff. Also, Italian authorities… Continue watching
May 24 Clinton, Sanders head for all-out blitz in California primary By Ken Thomas and Lisa Lerer, Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders dueled for support ahead of California's presidential primary on Tuesday as the Vermont senator showed few signs of backing off. Continue reading
May 16 Watch 11:01 Will Clinton and Sanders be able to patch things up after bruising campaign? By PBS News Hour Although the deep divides within the GOP have taken center stage in this election cycle, the Democrats have seen their own fair share of schism. As front-runner Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders prepare to compete for Kentucky and Oregon… Continue watching