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 Watch 6:15 Is Clinton making gains in voter enthusiasm? By PBS News Hour Democratic strategist Guy Cecil says, unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has several possible electoral paths to the White House. Cecil joins Judy Woodruff to discuss new polls showing stronger numbers for Clinton, plus whether issues like allegations against Bill Clinton… 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 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 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
Oct 11 Watch 7:40 What Trump and Clinton need to do in early-voting battlegrounds Ohio and Arizona By PBS News Hour Early voting begins in Ohio and Arizona on Wednesday, two states where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are running neck-in-neck. What is the political atmosphere in these contested states and how can each nominee pull ahead? John Yang speaks with… Continue watching
Oct 11 Have Trump's lewd comments swayed women voters in swing states? By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press Women voters in swing states are expressing deep disgust about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s assertion that an old tape featuring him talking about groping women amounted to “locker room talk” and not sexual assault. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch Ryan won't campaign for Trump; Clinton widens lead in polls By PBS News Hour Speaker of the House Paul Ryan says he will no longer defend or campaign for Donald Trump. The announcement comes three days after The Washington Post released a 2005 video in which Trump uses vulgar language to describe his treatment… Continue watching