May 18 Graham: ‘I’m running’ to be ‘best commander in chief’ By Bill Barrow, Associated Press ATLANTA -- South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham all but confirmed Monday that he will run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, saying he believes he'd be the best commander in chief amid continued Middle East unrest. Continue reading
Jan 09 Gwen’s Take: Ping-pong politics By Gwen Ifill So here we are. No matter how trivial or horrific, it seems we have reached a stage in our national and international debates where no event is allowed to rise or fall on its own merit anymore. Continue reading
Aug 04 Republicans struggle to nail down a platform on immigration By Charles Babington, Associated Press While often a flashpoint issue among Republicans in their primaries this year, the party could get a grace period of sorts in November. Immigration appears likely to have only a modest impact on the roughly 10 Senate races that will… Continue reading
Jun 10 Is Clinton’s book tour a prelude to a presidential campaign? By Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe It’s the million-dollar question that Hillary Clinton so far isn’t answering, but the carefully orchestrated publicity campaign for her new memoir has all the trappings of a presidential run. The former Secretary of State kicked things off Monday the way… Continue reading
Jun 09 How Lindsey Graham keeps beating them all By Terence Burlij, Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Mention Lindsey Graham’s name at a tea party rally, and the boos rain down. But despite angering some conservatives with his support for matters ranging from comprehensive immigration reform to President Obama’s nominees for the Supreme Court, the South Carolina… Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch News Wrap: McCain and Graham Visit Egypt, Urge Opposition Members Be Released In other news Tuesday, Sens. John McCain, D-Ariz., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., visited Cairo, where they urged the military-backed Egyptian government to release some members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Also, a series of car bombs killed more than 50 around… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch Gang of Eight Senators Say Immigration Bill is Common Sense Gang of Eight Senators Say Immigration Bill is Common Sense… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch News Wrap: Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice Addresses Senate Critics In other news Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice met with Sens. Lindsey Graham, John McCain and Kelly Ayotte, who have been critical of Rice's initial explanation of the attacks on a U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Continue watching
Jul 20 Graham Lone Republican Voting ‘Aye’ as Senate Committee Approves Kagan By Quinn Bowman The Senate Judiciary committee voted 13-6 Tuesday to recommend that the full Senate approve Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be the next Supreme Court justice. The vote was along party lines with one exception -- South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham… Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch Obama Renews Calls for GOP Support on Immigration Reform President Barack Obama called on Congress to move forward with immigration reform legislation, in part as a response to Arizona's new immigration law. Judy Woodruff talks with two reporters about the likelihood of reform. Continue watching