Oct 13 Presidential election spirals into debate of who treats women worse By Julie Pace, Associated Press Trump's campaign is now signaling it will spend the election's final month relitigating Bill Clinton's marital affairs and unproven charges of sexual assault, as well as what Trump says is Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's role in intimidating the women who… Continue reading
Oct 12 Two women say Trump touched them inappropriately, New York Times reports By Associated Press Trump denies the accusations. He tells the Times, "None of this ever took place."… Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 15:21 Why the Trump tape started a national conversation about sexual assault By PBS News Hour A 2005 tape of Donald Trump speaking lewdly about women and describing sexual assault has gone far beyond politics, sparking a national discussion and an avalanche of reactions on social media after Kelly Oxford encouraged people to share their stories. Continue watching
Oct 12 Trump's campaign plans big ad buy, Kellyanne Conway tells PBS NewsHour By Daniel Bush Conway said the campaign was targeting “a variety of states that Obama carried twice,” a signal that Trump could spend more time and resources in coming weeks on ads in states like Virginia and Colorado. Continue reading
Oct 12 Trump urges supporters to vote on wrong day By Associated Press Trump told a Florida crowd to "make sure you get out and vote, Nov. 28." Election Day is actually Nov. 8. Continue reading
Oct 12 AP fact check: Clinton on Hurricane Matthew, climate change By Seth Borenstein and Julie Pace, Associated Press Clinton is generally right about climate change in a big picture way, but scientists were not quite as comfortable when it came to a claim the Democratic presidential nominee made about Hurricane Matthew. Continue reading
Oct 12 Unshackled, Trump unleashes aggressive attacks on own party By Steve Peoples, Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin, Associated Press The "shackles" gone, Donald Trump stepped up his fierce attacks on his own party leaders Tuesday, promising to teach Republicans who oppose him a lesson and fight for the presidency "the way I want to."… Continue reading
Oct 11 Clinton brings in Gore as closer on climate change By Kathleen Hennessey and Catherine Lucey, Associated Press Al Gore laid out the environmental stakes of the presidential race in stark terms during a campaign stop for Hillary Clinton Tuesday, arguing that electing her opponent would lead to "climate catastrophe."… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 2:47 Trump attacks Republicans as Clinton campaigns with Gore By PBS News Hour The Republican party’s civil war raged on as Donald Trump took to his favorite social media platform. Trump tweeted a slew of critical comments about Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. In Pennsylvania, he doubled down on the threat to… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch 6:04 Blaming Russia, how will the U.S. respond to pre-election hacks? By PBS News Hour Continue watching