Sep 12 Watch Shields and Brooks on Obama as reluctant warrior, sacrificing immigration reform before midterms By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including how lawmakers are reacting to President Obama’s airstrike plan against the Islamic State, the president’s decision to delay executive action… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch Bill Clinton celebrates 20 years of AmeriCorps, talks Islamic State strategy and midterm election outlook By PBS News Hour In the 20 years since President Bill Clinton signed the AmeriCorps National Service Program into existence, more than 900,000 participants have worked on service projects across the U.S. They've tutored kids, aided communities after disaster and fought hunger. The former… Continue watching
Sep 05 Hillary Clinton expected to make 2016 decision early next year By Peter Orsi, Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she will likely make a decision on whether to run for president around the beginning of 2015. Continue reading
Sep 05 GOP not taking any chances in Kansas Senate race By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: National Republicans sending Roberts some help McDonnell found guilty on corruption charges Kerry, Hagel talk strategy with NATO allies The 'Bill factor' in the midterms Roberts getting reinforcements: National Republicans are reportedly sending in… Continue reading
Aug 24 Sen. Rand Paul calls Hillary Clinton 'a war hawk' By Associated Press Calling Hillary Rodham Clinton "a war hawk," Sen. Rand Paul says that if the former secretary of state seeks the presidency, some voters will worry that she will get the U.S. involved in another Mideast war. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch Brooks and Marcus on police power in Ferguson, political change in Iraq By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week’s top news, including the response to the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, by politicians and President Obama, as well as the political… Continue watching
Aug 13 The tea party may have been defeated in primaries, but it drives the Republican agenda By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Border crisis is latest example of GOP watching its right flank 'Amnesty' becoming a 2014 issue Clinton-Obama to hug it out on Martha's Vineyard Obama calls Missouri shooting 'heartbreaking,' urges calm Races set in… Continue reading
Jul 17 Still no consensus on border plan as Congress hurtles toward summer recess By Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Still no consensus on border plan Pew poll finds support for accelerating legal process Clinton, undecided leading the 2016 pack Plus daily trivia and Line Items Congress still searching for consensus on border plan:… Continue reading
Jul 04 Richard Mellon Scaife, billionaire newspaper publisher, dies at 82 By Talia Mindich As heir to the Mellon banking and oil fortune, the notoriously reclusive Scaife,… Continue reading
Jun 30 How Democrats are trying to turn the Hobby Lobby loss into a political win By Domenico Montanaro There is no question that Monday’s Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision is a blow to the Obama administration and the Affordable Care Act. But while conservatives celebrate the narrow 5-4 decision striking down the law’s contraception mandate for “closely held”… Continue reading