Jul 30 Bipartisan backlash for Trump after questioning Khan family By Lisa Lerer and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Donald Trump sparked bipartisan backlash after the Republican attacked the bereaved parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain who spoke at the Democratic convention last week. Continue reading
Jul 30 Trump’s ideas on Russia alarming allies, many in U.S. By Nancy Benac, Associated Press Donald Trump's flurry of offhand remarks and abrupt zingers on Russia — praising Vladimir Putin, dismissing NATO — have jolted the world, not to mention the U.S. presidential campaign. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch 4:19 How effective were the DNC and RNC? By PBS News Hour With the end of the DNC and RNC, a new stage in the presidential election is set to begin. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari Sreenivasan to recap the conventions and their effects on the campaigns for Hillary… Continue watching
Jul 30 Latino stars voice both outrage and caution in election year By Lynn Elber, Associated Press The reaction has been cautious from some, fiery from others as Latino stars search out their own path in an extraordinary political year. Continue reading
Jul 30 Hacker breaches a computer system Clinton campaign uses By Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas, Associated Press Officials say a computer service used by the campaign of Hillary Clinton was hacked as part of a broader breach of the Democratic National Committee, an intrusion for which the Russian government remains the leading suspect. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch 12:03 Shields and Brooks on which convention was more successful, Clinton’s failure to emotionally connect By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and syndicated columnist Mark Shields sit down with Judy Woodruff for a look at the conventions and agree the Democrats were more successful — even if Hillary Clinton failed to connect emotionally. “If we… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch 2:45 The reporter who’s been “schlepping” around with Hillary Clinton for eight years By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch 3:14 Hillary Clinton, with Bill in tow, launches bus tour of Rust Belt By PBS News Hour Democrat Hillary Clinton, with husband Bill at her side, along with veep candidate Tim Kaine and his wife, hit the hustings with a bus tour of the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Ohio, where Donald Trump is proving competitive. The… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch 6:21 Impact of appeals court ruling against No. Carolina voter I.D. laws By PBS News Hour A federal appeals court has struck North Carolina’s stringent voting rules that, among other things, required voters to show I.D. before voting. “The new provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision," the judges said. The Justice Department and the… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch 8:00 Clinton’s campaign and the DCCC are cyber hacked — was it the Russians? By PBS News Hour Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee have been cyber hacked. Sources told the NewsHour the DCCC hacker is the same as one that hit the Democratic National Committee. U.S. intel officials believe they’re Russian. Judy Woodruff talks with… Continue watching