Feb 01 Watch 5:15 2016 candidates make final push for Iowa turnout By PBS News Hour The 2016 presidential candidates made one last pitch to Iowa voters, imploring those already on their side to turn out to caucus. Judy Woodruff, reporting from Iowa, offers a campaign roundup going into the year’s first election contest. Continue watching
Feb 01 Cruz tops Trump in Iowa; Clinton, Sanders in virtual tie By Julie Pace and Catherine Lucey, Associated Press After a long year of campaigning, Republican and Democratic presidential candidates face voters for the first time, battling in Iowa Monday for a boost toward the White House — or in many cases, simply a reason to stay in the… Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch 8:24 How Donald Trump brought unpredictability to Iowa By PBS News Hour From on the ground in Iowa, Judy Woodruff talks to Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and NPR’s Tamara Keith about that state’s broad support for Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz’s ground game and strategy with religious voters, Hillary… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch 10:14 Brooks and Cottle on Iowa caucus expectations By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and Michelle Cottle, contributing editor to The Atlantic, join Gwen Ifill for a preview of the Iowa caucuses, including how Donald Trump has changed American politics, the tight race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie… Continue watching
Feb 01 GOP, Democratic races tight as Iowa kicks off first day of voting By Julie Pace and Catherine Lucey, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — In a high-stakes test of enthusiasm versus organization, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders hope to ride voter energy into victories in Monday's Iowa caucuses, as Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton bank on sophisticated get-out-the… Continue reading
Feb 01 Presidential super PACs lost steam in second half of 2015 By Julie Bykowicz and Chad Day, Associated Press Jeb Bush's super PAC provided the starkest illustration of the downward trend. Continue reading
Jan 31 2016 opponents attack Cruz on his credibility By Michael D. Regan and Steve Peoples, Scott Bauer, Associated Press Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz has used the idea of trust as a cornerstone of his campaign. But his rivals have criticized his message. Continue reading
Jan 31 Clinton: GOP ‘grasping at straws’ over e-mail controversy By Associated Press Clinton told ABC's "This Week" that "it's pretty clear" that Republicans are "grasping at straws" in their response to the latest release of emails from Clinton's private home server. Continue reading
Jan 29 How Donald Trump made my students take politics more seriously By Anne La Pietra Anne La Pietra teaches government at Urbandale High School in Iowa and discusses what it's like to go "first," how Donald Trump has made her students more politically-engaged than ever before. Continue reading
Jan 28 Trump says he wanted to attend debate, but had to skip it By Jill Colvin, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is once again breaking all the rules of campaigning, holding his own protest event Thursday to coincide with the final GOP debate before Monday's Iowa caucuses. Continue reading