Feb 26 Trump says he won’t release tax returns because of audits By Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is sticking to his new explanation for why he can't yet release copies of his recent tax returns: The IRS is auditing him, as Trump says it has for the last 12 years. Continue reading
Feb 09 Sanders, Kasich win 1st votes in tiny New Hampshire community By Associated Press DIXVILLE, N.H. — Bernie Sanders and John Kasich picked up the most votes as the first ballots of the first-in-the-nation primary were cast early Tuesday. Continue reading
Jun 21 8 things you didn’t know about the Confederate flag By Daniel Costa-Roberts Here are eight things you may not have known about the contentious Confederate emblem. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 7:12 How will Republicans act on Obama’s budget proposals? By PBS NewsHour Gwen Ifill gets analysis from Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Nia-Malika Henderson of The Washington Post on President Obama’s budget proposal and the shifting landscape for 2016 GOP contenders, plus an update on the political battles over… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch 11:56 Shields and Brooks on Koch brothers’ near-billion dollar spending plan, no third run for Romney By PBS NewsHour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including Mitt Romney’s decision not to make a third presidential run, the Koch brothers’ plan to spend $889 million on the… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch 5:33 News Wrap: U.S. economy slows but wages rise By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, the government reported that GDP growth slowed significantly in the last part of 2014, but wages and benefits rose at the best pace in six years. Also, former Gov. Mitt Romney announced he will not… Continue watching
Jan 30 Former GOP nominee Mitt Romney will not run for president in 2016 By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Romney's exit comes after several of his former major donors and a veteran staffer in the early voting state of Iowa defected to support former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 13:28 Shields and Brooks on same-sex right to marry, Romney run resistance By PBS NewsHour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the Supreme Court’s move to consider same-sex marriage, next steps for Republican congressional leaders, emerging GOP candidates for the next… Continue watching
Jan 16 Gwen’s Take: 3,2,1 … The 2016 presidential campaign starts now By Gwen Ifill Now it’s time to start paying attention to the 2016 race for president. The field basically breaks down into two categories -- the familiar names who have Been Here Before; and the new faces who could become the Next New… Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch 8:38 2016 presidential hopefuls aim to prove their worth in campaign warm up By PBS NewsHour Continue watching