Mar 22 WATCH: Sen. Ted Cruz presses Ketanji Jackson Brown on critical race theory By Associated Press Displaying a stack of books on racism from the reading list at Georgetown Day School, a prestigious private campus where Jackson serves on the board, Cruz grilled the nominee for her views on the topic. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 4:43 This week in politics: Ukraine and Supreme Court nominee hearings By PBS NewsHour Between the war in Ukraine and the upcoming confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Kentaji Brown Jackson, political divisions are emerging. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the political implications on these topics and… Continue watching
Jan 19 LISTEN: Supreme Court justices appear sympathetic to Cruz in campaign finance case By News Desk and Jessica Gresko, Associated Press Members of the Supreme Court's conservative majority seem sympathetic to Sen. Ted Cruz in his challenge to a provision of campaign finance law that limits the repayment of federal candidates' loans to their campaigns. Continue reading
Nov 15 Democrat Beto O'Rourke running for Texas governor in 2022 By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press It's O'Rourke's third run for office in as many election cycles after a narrow loss for U.S. Senate in 2018 and a short-lived presidential run in 2020. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 9:17 Recovery may take months even as more help reaches storm-hit Texas President Biden declares a disaster in Texas on Saturday, allowing affected Texans to apply for emergency grants for housing and low-cost loans to cover losses from the winter storm, which has left millions in the state without heat, power and… Continue watching
Feb 18 Sen. Ted Cruz returns from Cancun after uproar, says traveling 'obviously a mistake' By Steve Peoples, Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press The Republican senator said he began second-guessing the trip since the moment he first got on the plane Wednesday. "In hindsight, I wouldn't have done it," he told reporters. Continue reading
Feb 18 Sen. Ted Cruz on vacation in Mexico as storm slams Texas By Steve Peoples, Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has traveled to Mexico for a family vacation as his home state struggles with a powerful winter storm that left many residents without power or safe drinking water. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch 5:19 There's an ongoing battle of words to describe Jan 6, 2021. Here's why it matters By Christopher Booker Was it an insurrection? A coup? Should we call it domestic terrorism? Or just a peaceful protest gone awry? As a battle of politics becomes a battle for words to describe what happened in the capital and on Capitol Hill… Continue watching
Jan 08 Third-ranking Senate Democrat calls for Hawley, Cruz to resign By Associated Press The third-ranking Democrat in the U.S. Senate is calling on Republican Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz to resign, arguing that their objections to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory “incited and supported the violent mob that attacked the… Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 8:24 Politics wrap: Trump threatens GA secretary of state, Senate runoffs too close to call By PBS NewsHour Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Michael Hill to discuss what he calls a ‘poisonous’ political atmosphere: an explosive audio recording of President Trump threatening the Georgia Secretary of State to overturn the state’s election result, the too-close-to-call Senate runoff on… Continue watching