Jan 20 Watch Inside the battle for Iowa and New Hampshire By PBS News Hour With less than two weeks before early voting starts in the 2016 race, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin officially endorsed Donald Trump in Iowa Tuesday night, attacking the Republican establishment in the process. Gwen Ifill talks to Paul Steinhauser of… Continue watching
Jan 20 Palin joins Trump on campaign trail as Iowa caucuses near By Jill Colvin and Sean Murphy, Associated Press TULSA, Oklahoma — Conservative firebrand Sarah Palin joined Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Oklahoma Wednesday as part of her endorsement pledge in the increasingly intense race for the GOP nomination. “Are you all ready to work to make America… Continue reading
Jan 19 Sarah Palin: ‘No more pussyfooting around’ if Trump elected By Jill Colvin, Associated Press AMES, Iowa -- Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump received a key endorsement Tuesday from conservative heavyweight Sarah Palin. Continue reading
Jul 09 Once politically toxic, Medicare plans to cover end-of-life counseling By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Matt Sedensky, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Six years ago, a proposal for Medicare to cover end-of-life counseling touched off a political uproar that threatened to stall President Barack Obama's health care law in Congress. This week, when Medicare finally announced it would make the… Continue reading
Sep 23 Republicans doing everything they can to save Kansas, Senate By Domenico Montanaro, Simone Pathe, Rachel Wellford Today in the Morning Line: Sarah Palin, Jeb Bush to campaign for Pat Roberts Orman would be among richest members of Congress U.S., allies begin airstrikes in Syria Obama talks climate Cracking down on offshore tax breaks Mending fences:… Continue reading
Apr 28 Congress returns to full plate, if it chooses to do anything with it By Terence Burlij, Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Lawmakers return to Washington Monday after a two-week recess with a long list of issues demanding their attention, but with a limited appetite for addressing any major pieces of legislation in advance of November’s midterm elections. Continue reading
Jul 12 Shields and Brooks on Palin and Puig By Hari Sreenivasan In this episode of the Doubleheader -- where syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks tackle the sport of politics and the politics of sport -- we talk about a kerfuffle in Alaska… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch Conservative Activists Outline Political Future at CPAC Meeting Conservative Activists Outline Political Future at CPAC Meeting… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch More Secret Service Agents Out as Scandal Inquiry Expands Three more Secret Service agents resigned Friday amid an ongoing prostitution scandal that has now implicated a 12th employee as well. Ray Suarez and Julie Pace of The Associated Press discuss the state of the investigation into conduct by officers… Continue watching
Oct 06 The Palin Primary Begins By David Chalian Perhaps the most astonishing part of Sarah Palin's decision not to seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination is how easily and completely it was overshadowed by the death of Steve Jobs. It was three years ago, on the eve of… Continue reading