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 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. 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.
Jan. 29, 2016 4:11 p.m. EST
News: State of the 2016 Campaign: Iowa Caucus Countdown
With just days until Iowa voters head to the caucuses, polls show that no candidate has the race locked up. On the Republican side, frontrunner Donald Trump skipped the latest GOP debate over a dispute with Fox News. He held a fundraiser to support veterans issues instead. But seven other candidates debated immigration and terrorism. How did Trump's absence affect Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio?
Jan. 22, 2016 2:27 p.m. EST
News: Conservative Backlash on Trump, Politics at the Supreme Court and Candidates Talk Foreign Policy
On the Webcast Extra, the 2016 election at one point focused largely on economic issues, but with terrorism at home and abroad, the candidates have focused more on foreign policy. POLITICO's Michael Crowley explains the debate. Plus, conservatives are fighting back against a potential Donald Trump nomination with the National Review publishing a front-page headline "Against Trump."
Jan. 22, 2016 9:58 a.m. EST
News: Political Storm with One Week to Iowa, Supreme Court to Weigh Immigration Plan and Iran Releases U.S. Prisoners
With one week until the Iowa caucuses, polls show outsider candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are gaining momentum. Trump, who is fighting off a conservative challenge from Ted Cruz, gained the endorsement of 2008 GOP VP nominee Sarah Palin. While in the Democratic race, Sanders' surge in polling has Hillary Clinton's campaign questioning his electability.
Jan. 19, 2016 8:41 p.m. EST
News: How Sarah Palin and the Tea Party Helped Ted Cruz Win in 2012
In the summer of 2012, Sarah Palin's endorsement helped fuel tea party-backed, first-time candidate Ted Cruz to an upset victory in the Republican Senate primary in Texas. Now 4 years later, Cruz is running a campaign for the GOP presidential nomination and hoped to win Palin's endorsement again, but on Tuesday the 2008 Republican VP nominee announced her support of frontrunner Donald Trump.
Jan. 15, 2016 9:16 p.m. EST
News: Trump, Cruz dominate GOP debate; Democratic race tightens and President Obama's final State of the Union
In the first Republican presidential debate of 2016, frontrunners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz traded jabs over Cruz's eligibility for the nation's top job because of his Canadian birth and what Cruz means by "New York values." On the Democratic side, with two weeks until the Iowa caucuses, the race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders has tightened in critical first states.
