Oct 12 AP fact check: Clinton on Hurricane Matthew, climate change By Seth Borenstein and Julie Pace, Associated Press Clinton is generally right about climate change in a big picture way, but scientists were not quite as comfortable when it came to a claim the Democratic presidential nominee made about Hurricane Matthew. Continue reading
Oct 12 Unshackled, Trump unleashes aggressive attacks on own party By Steve Peoples, Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin, Associated Press The "shackles" gone, Donald Trump stepped up his fierce attacks on his own party leaders Tuesday, promising to teach Republicans who oppose him a lesson and fight for the presidency "the way I want to."… Continue reading
Oct 12 Where things stand in the key battleground states By Daniel Bush Here’s a breakdown of the trend lines as they stand now in mid-October, according to a broad range of polls. Follow these states closely for the next four weeks, and you’ll have a good sense of where the election is… Continue reading
Oct 11 Clinton brings in Gore as closer on climate change By Kathleen Hennessey and Catherine Lucey, Associated Press Al Gore laid out the environmental stakes of the presidential race in stark terms during a campaign stop for Hillary Clinton Tuesday, arguing that electing her opponent would lead to "climate catastrophe."… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 2:47 Trump attacks Republicans as Clinton campaigns with Gore By PBS News Hour The Republican party’s civil war raged on as Donald Trump took to his favorite social media platform. Trump tweeted a slew of critical comments about Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. In Pennsylvania, he doubled down on the threat to… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch 6:04 Blaming Russia, how will the U.S. respond to pre-election hacks? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch 7:40 What Trump and Clinton need to do in early-voting battlegrounds Ohio and Arizona By PBS News Hour Early voting begins in Ohio and Arizona on Wednesday, two states where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are running neck-in-neck. What is the political atmosphere in these contested states and how can each nominee pull ahead? John Yang speaks with… Continue watching
Oct 11 Column: Could Hurricane Matthew turn the tide in Florida’s voting? By Vikram Mansharamani The relationship between weather and turnout is proportional: the more extreme the weather, the more extreme its impact on turnout. Continue reading
Oct 11 How could President Trump or Clinton influence national LGBTQ rights? By David Crary, Associated Press Donald Trump says he would be a better president for gays than Clinton, yet major LGBT-rights groups strongly oppose him. Continue reading
Oct 11 Have Trump’s lewd comments swayed women voters in swing states? By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press Women voters in swing states are expressing deep disgust about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s assertion that an old tape featuring him talking about groping women amounted to “locker room talk” and not sexual assault. Continue reading