Feb. 25, 2016 10:58 a.m. EST
Web Video: Candidates scramble for support before Super Tuesday
Following Donald Trump’s solid victory in the Nevada caucuses, political director Lisa Desjardins reports on a race that has become a scattershot scramble for votes across dozens of states prior to Super Tuesday. Gwen Ifill consults Andy Shain of So…
Feb. 24, 2016 11:11 a.m. EST
Web Video: How do lawmakers feel about the plan to close Guantanamo?
Following President Obama’s announcement that he will fulfill his longstanding promise to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Capitol Hill lawmakers have been torn between support and opposition. Gwen Ifill talks to Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Co…
Feb. 24, 2016 11:08 a.m. EST
Web Video: Inside Obama’s plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center
President Obama announced plans Tuesday to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, asserting that its existence undermines national security. The proposal -- which would send the facility’s remaining 91 detainees to domestic U.S. sites -- …
Feb. 23, 2016 12:09 p.m. EST
Web Video: Supreme Court pays tribute to Antonin Scalia
The Supreme Court returned to the bench Monday for the first time since Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. Chief Justice John Roberts paid tribute to the eloquent and often confrontational jurist, describing him as “our man for all seasons.” Gwen Ifill…
Feb. 23, 2016 12:08 p.m. EST
Web Video: How did South Carolina and Nevada change the 2016 race?
With one more contest down and one less contender in the 2016 race, Donald Trump celebrated his solid victory in South Carolina as the remaining GOP hopefuls prepared for new battlegrounds.
Feb. 19, 2016 4 p.m. EST
Special: Antonin Scalia: American Original, a Sacrificial SCOTUS Nominee and Behind-the-Scenes at the GOP Debate
Stories about Antonin Scalia, the man, from the reporter who wrote the biography.
Feb. 19, 2016 3:58 p.m. EST
Full Episode: The Fight to Replace Antonin Scalia at the Supreme Court and The Donald vs. The Pope
The sudden death of Justice Scalia sets off an uproar about who should nominate his successor.
Feb. 18, 2016 11:04 a.m. EST
Web Video: Judge’s order to Apple over attacker phone encryption unlocks privacy concerns
Since the San Bernardino attack, the FBI has been trying to read the contents of a cell phone used by attacker Syed Farook, made impossible by encryption. Now Apple CEO Tim Cook is rejecting a federal court order to create software to unlock the dev…
Feb. 17, 2016 5 p.m. EST
Web Video: Antonin Scalia on the Second Amendment
Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away last week at the age of 79, was known for his colorful language in his written opinions and dissents from the bench. His most important majority opinion may have been in the 2008 case D…
Feb. 17, 2016 11:24 a.m. EST
Web Video: Will shoppers on food stamps pick up fresher foods?
The U.S. government wants to steer the 46 million Americans who receive food stamps toward healthier food choices. The USDA plans to require retailers that accept those benefits to stock more fresh foods. But would healthier options change behavior?…
