Jun 20 Donald Trump’s embattled campaign manager Corey Lewandowski forced out By Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin, Associated Press Lewandowski has been by Trump's side since the beginning of his unlikely rise to presumptive GOP nominee. Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch 4:46 This season’s best graduation speakers included the president — and a middle schooler By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, as graduation season draws to a close, we look back at some of the advice given by actors, politicians and industry leaders to graduates across the country. And while most graduation speeches… Continue watching
Jun 08 #GirlIGuessImWithHer: Disappointed voters show reluctant support for Clinton By Kenya Downs One Twitter, would-be voters are showing reluctant support for Hillary Clinton using #GirlIGuessImWithHer. Continue reading
May 27 Watch 12:08 Shields and Brooks on Obama’s historic Hiroshima visit, ‘normalizing’ Trump By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 26 5 things you might have missed in the Clinton email report By Lisa Desjardins The 83-page State Department report on Hillary Clinton and the use of private email accounts at the department, released Wednesday, brought some new information to light and confirmed other findings. Here are five of the more interesting points. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 14:17 Shields and Brooks on the NRA’s endorsement of Donald Trump and the Bernie Sanders factor By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 17 Getting at the truth behind lying in politics By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press For more than two decades, researchers of different stripes have examined humanity's less-than-truthful underbelly. This is what they have found: We all stretch the truth, and politicians distort the truth more often, use more self-justifications and deceive in larger ways,… Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch 3:28 Sick of lawmakers’ empty talk? Let’s cut back the supply By PBS News Hour Does it seem these days that politicians are always speaking yet never really say anything? Give them a break, says Barton Swaim, former speechwriter for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. According to Swaim, we expect them to speak too often… Continue watching
Apr 03 Trump works to right campaign before Wisconsin primary By Josh Lederman and Jill Colvin, Associated Press Donald Trump worked to right his campaign on Sunday after a shaky week, brushing off verbal missteps about abortion, nuclear weapons and GOP rival Ted Cruz as he cast forward to Tuesday's Republican presidential primary in Wisconsin. Continue reading
Mar 19 Hundreds rally against Donald Trump in New York City By Elif Koc Hundreds of protesters gathered in Manhattan on Saturday to rally against the potential candidacy of businessman Donald Trump, the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination. Continue reading