Dec 28 Watch 6:33 2015 was a year of campaign surprises By PBS News Hour The 2016 race for the White House has taken some surprising turns, and 2016 hasn’t even started yet. What have we learned about the candidates and their campaigns across the past year? Tamara Keith of NPR and Amy Walter of… Continue watching
Dec 28 Trump, Clinton and the Top 10 political stories of 2015 By Rachel Wellford From Donald Trump’s rise to the top of a crowded Republican field to John Boehner’s resignation and the growing influence of the Black Lives Matter movement, 2015 was full of unexpected twists and turns. Continue reading
Dec 28 Speculation starting to swirl over a brokered GOP convention By Nancy Benac, Associated Press It's that point in the presidential election cycle when speculation starts swirling that the primaries won't produce a clear winner and one of the parties' big nominating conventions will dissolve in chaos. Continue reading
Dec 28 Activists predict abortion will be a hot issue in campaigns By David Crary, Associated Press With a deeper-than-ever split between Republicans and Democrats over abortion, activists on both sides of the debate foresee a 2016 presidential campaign in which the nominees tackle the volatile topic more aggressively than in past elections. Continue reading
Dec 26 Analysis: Trump ‘uniquely obsessed’ with media portrayal of campaign By Michael D. Regan and Jill Colvin, Associated Press Nobody understands the power of the media on public perception quite like Donald Trump. Continue reading
Dec 19 Trump bid mixes business and politics in unorthodox ways By Michael D. Regan and Julie Bykowicz, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump's use of corporate resources - his own and others - is just one more campaign tool. But it has drawn the attention of federal regulators, as well as campaign-law experts who say some of what he's doing could be… Continue reading
Dec 15 Fact checking the 5th Republican debate By Tami Abdollah and Vivian Salama, Associated Press A look at some of the claims in the latest Republican presidential debate and how they compare with the facts. Continue reading
Dec 15 Live blog: GOP presidential candidates meet for 5th debate By Associated Press LAS VEGAS -- The 2016 Republican presidential candidates are debating for the last time in 2015, this time in Las Vegas, as they race for advantage seven weeks before the first votes are cast in Iowa. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 4:15 Priority shift to national security puts GOP establishment in the spotlight By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 15 Who was the healthiest president ever? By Daniel Bush Donald Trump is in “astonishingly excellent” shape, according to a doctor’s note his campaign released yesterday. Trump's doctor said the real estate tycoon would be the healthiest president ever, but that claim deserves closer scrutiny. Continue reading