Jul 07 As Republican infighting grows, donors call for calm By Steve Peoples and Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Worried about “Republican-on-Republican violence,” top party donors are taking action, with one firing off a letter calling for more civility and another seeking to block businessman Donald Trump from the debate stage altogether. Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch 7:26 Why GOP candidates are taking different stances on national security By PBS News Hour Our political analysts are back start the week with a 2016 campaign debrief. NPR’s White House correspondent Tamara Keith and USA Today’s Washington bureau chief Susan Page join Judy Woodruff to discuss Republican candidates in Iowa over the weekend, Hillary… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch 8:48 Will Rand Paul's surveillance stance pay off with Republican voters? By PBS News Hour Gwen Ifill talks to Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR about the 2016 campaign launches of former Gov. Martin O’Malley and Sen. Lindsey Graham, why Sen. Rand Paul took a stand on the Patriot… Continue watching
Jun 01 NSA powers expire as Patriot Act extension stalls in Senate By Erica Werner and Ken Dilanian, Associated Press The National Security Agency lost its authority at midnight to collect Americans' phone records in bulk, after GOP Sen. Rand Paul stood in the way of extending the fiercely contested program in an extraordinary Sunday Senate session. Continue reading
May 31 Watch 5:40 Senate debates Patriot Act surveillance as expiration nears By PBS News Hour The Senate is in a rare Sunday session, wrangling over three key surveillance provisions of the Patriot Act set to expire at midnight. PBS NewsHour's Political Director Lisa Desjardins joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington with more. Continue watching
May 31 Surveillance powers will lapse without Senate action By Associated Press Hours from a midnight deadline for contested anti-terror measures to expire, no solution was in sight as the Senate convened an extraordinary Sunday session to hash out a way forward. Intelligence officials warned the result would amount to a win… Continue reading
May 29 Why polls are ridiculous … until they're not By Gwen Ifill The Republican race is taking shape! The latest poll conducted by Connecticut’s Quinnipiac University says so. But with so many numbers to digest, here’s why it’s all so ridiculous. Continue reading
May 21 Paul commandeers Senate for nearly 11 hours to protest Patriot Act By Donna Cassata, Associated Press Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul commandeered the Senate floor Wednesday to deliver a nearly 11 hours-long protest against renewal of the Patriot Act, calling the post-Sept. 11 law government intrusion on Americans' privacy. Continue reading
Apr 19 Five things to know about GOP hopefuls in New Hampshire By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Republican presidential candidates and hopefuls were in New Hampshire this weekend for a party conference, the first gathering of its kind this year in the first-in-the-nation primary state. Continue reading
Apr 18 GOP contenders target New Hampshire voters for 2016 By Associated Press Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is making it a family affair while campaigning in New Hampshire, while Mike Huckabee is still playing coy about his presidential ambitions. Continue reading