Feb. 25, 2016 10:59 a.m. EST
News: How did today’s government become so divided?
Separation of powers is a core component of American democracy, but political divisions rose to new heights this year as Congressional Republicans clashed with the Obama administration on everything from budget blueprints to Supreme Court nominations. Gwen Ifill talks to E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Matt Lewis of the Daily Caller for a closer look at today’s caustic political landscape.
Feb. 25, 2016 10:58 a.m. EST
News: 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 South Carolina’s The State and Abby Livingston of the Texas Tribune for more on the tooth-and-nail struggle for support in those states.
Feb. 23, 2016 12:08 p.m. EST
News: 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
News: Antonin Scalia: American Original, a Sacrificial SCOTUS Nominee and Behind-the-Scenes at the GOP Debate
On the Webcast Extra, long-time Supreme Court reporter Joan Biskupic tells stories of Antonin Scalia, the man who she literally wrote the book on. And as the fight to nominate Scalia's successor picks up, talk about a potential "sacrificial" nominee has picked up because Republicans have vowed to block anyone nominated by Obama.
Feb. 19, 2016 3:58 p.m. EST
News: The Fight to Replace Antonin Scalia at the Supreme Court and The Donald vs. The Pope
The sudden death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia threw the government and the 2016 campaign trail into an uproar this week. Senate Republicans immediately vowed to block any nomination put forward by President Obama to succeed the conservative justice. Republicans hoping to succeed the president are hoping to turn November's election into a referendum on the Court.
Feb. 12, 2016 6:46 p.m. EST
News: Washington Week in Milwaukee: Analysis from the Site of the Democratic Debate and the Narrowing Republican Field
Just 24 hours after Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders squared off in their sixth debate, we examine the state of the 2016 presidential campaign from the site of the PBS NewsHour debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After a double-digit loss in New Hampshire, the former secretary of state is aiming to blunt Sanders' momentum.
Feb. 12, 2016 5:59 p.m. EST
News: Washington Week Extra - Milwaukee Edition: A Special Voice of the Voters Town Hall
Gwen Ifill and the panel talk to voters of the Badger State less than 24 hours after the PBS Newshour Democratic Presidential Debate between HIllary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Voters asked the panel about the tone of the 2016 campaign, a lack of substance from the candidates and a potential Bernie Sanders-Donald Trump-Michael Bloomberg match-up in the general election.
Feb. 09, 2016 12:16 p.m. EST
News: Clinton camp wrestles with gender and generational divides
On the night before the New Hampshire primary, Gwen Ifill joins Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR to discuss the collision of gender politics and generational politics in Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the influence of the latest Republican debate, overlapping interests of Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders and how all of the candidates are tempering expectations.
Feb. 05, 2016 9:28 p.m. EST
News: Four candidates exit 2016 race, Fiorina fights to be on debate stage, Gilmore gets 4 votes in Iowa
After disappointing finishes in the Iowa caucuses, four presidential candidates left the 2016 race including Republicans Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum and Rand Paul and Democrat Martin O'Malley. Reid Wilson and Doyle McManus discuss why these candidates struggled to gain traction. Plus, Carly Fiorina is being left off the next Republican debate stage.
Feb. 05, 2016 9:26 p.m. EST
News: 2016 race turns to New Hampshire; Clinton, Sanders debate "progressive" values; Cruz, Trump, Rubio lead Republican field
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders met in their first one-on-one debate where they clashed over Wall Street, foreign policy and what it means to be a progressive. Days before the New Hampshire primary, Sanders leads Clinton by 20 points in the Granite State. On the Republican side, Donald Trump’s second-place finish in Iowa has shaken up the race for the GOP nomination.
