Oct 18 Biden looks to increase oil supplies ahead of midterms By Josh Boak, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Administration officials have teased that additional oil can be released from the U.S. strategic reserve as part of a response to recent production cuts announced by nations in OPEC+. Continue reading
Oct 12 Jan. 6 committee seeks to preserve its work as time runs out By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has collected a staggering trove of evidence. Now the question is what to do with it all. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 5:03 With control of the U.S. Senate at stake, eyes are on Wisconsin’s race With the midterms just a month away, Republicans only need one more seat in the U.S. Senate to regain control for the remainder of President Biden's term. Judy Woodruff joins Geoff Bennett from Madison, Wisconsin to discuss the state's hotly… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 5:13 A look at Georgia’s biggest races ahead of the midterms The governor's race in Georgia is a rematch of 2018's election, when Republican Gov. Brian Kemp edged out Democrat Stacey Abrams by under 55,000 votes. In the state's Senate race, a scandal is unfolding around Republican candidate Herschel Walker, who… Continue watching
Sep 20 WATCH: President Biden delivers remarks on DISCLOSE Act, an election transparency bill By Associated Press Declaring that "dark money erodes public trust," Biden called on Congress to support an election transparency bill that would require Super PACS and other groups spending money in elections to disclose donors who give at least $10,000 during an election… Continue reading
Aug 12 GOP spends big in state-level effort to change U.S. Constitution. By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Conservative groups pushing for a convention of the states as a way to amend the U.S. Constitution have been spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in state legislative primaries to elect Republican lawmakers sympathetic to their cause. Continue reading
May 15 Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman recovering from stroke By Marc Levy, Steve Peoples, Associated Press The 52-year-old Fetterman, who confirmed that he had been hospitalized all weekend, insisted the health emergency wasn't slowing his campaign. But the stunning revelation, two days before Pennsylvania’s primary, created a cloud of uncertainty over the Democratic front-runner’s candidacy. Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch 8:30 Amy Walter and Laura Barrón-López on Biden’s ATF nominee, Trump’s sway in primary races By Lisa Desjardins, Tess Conciatori Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Laura Barrón-López of POLITICO join Lisa Desjardins to discuss the latest political news, including a recharged debate over President Biden's nominee to run the agency that regulates guns, legislation… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch 4:49 A year into Biden’s presidency, where does he stand? By PBS NewsHour President Biden marked his first year in office on a downbeat note: low approval ratings, a defeat of the Democrats’ voting rights bill in the Senate, and the Build Back Better Bill stalled. But perhaps Biden's biggest political concern is… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch 7:54 States redraw districts ahead of midterms By PBS NewsHour Several states across the country have redrawn legislative districts on the basis of the 2020 census. In Michigan, the lines were drawn for the first time by an independent commission made up of citizens. NewsHour Weekend's Christopher Booker has an… Continue watching