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. 22, 2016 9:31 a.m. EST
News: Rand Paul shares his secret to winning Iowa
With a two-week countdown to the first voting in Iowa, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., joins Gwen Ifill to discuss which special group of voters he’s working to win over, breaking through the Donald Trump media domination, plus why he thinks the GOP front-runner shouldn’t be the next president.
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 9:19 p.m. EST
News: Bill Clinton: Asset or liability? And Nikki Haley: GOP rising star.
On the Webcast Extra: Bill Clinton has been hitting the campaign trail on behalf of his wife Hillary Clinton, but Republicans and Democrats have used his past indiscretions against him. Is he helping or hurting Hillary's second campaign for the White House? And South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley delivered the Republican response to the State of the Union address. Is the GOP rising star a potential
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.
Jan. 12, 2016 11:27 p.m. EST
News: Nikki Haley delivers the Republican State of the Union response
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley delivered the Republican response to President Obama's final State of the Union address. In her nine-minute speech, Haley made the case to elect a Republican president in November. Learn more about Nikki Haley here .
Jan. 08, 2016 9:09 p.m. EST
News: Executive Action on Guns, North Korean Nuclear Threat and Countdown to Iowa & NH
President Obama announced new executive actions to curb gun violence including expanding background checks and mental health screenings. North Korea claimed this week to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. On the 2016 campaign trail, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is questioning his GOP rival Ted Cruz's eligibility to run because he was born in Canada.
Dec. 18, 2015 9:47 p.m. EST
News: Obama Year-End Wrap Up, Sanders Campaign Sues DNC, Congress Passes Spending Deal and Fed Raises Rates
As President Obama heads to Hawaii for vacation and looks ahead to his final year in office, Peter Baker of The New York Times reports on what the president has left on his agenda including criminal justice reform. In the 2016 race for the White House, the Bernie Sanders campaign is in hot water with the DNC after a Sanders staffer exploited a security flaw to access Clinton voter records.
Dec. 17, 2015 11:26 a.m. EST
News: What did GOP candidates get wrong in debate on national security?
At the debate Tuesday night in Las Vegas, Republican presidential candidates competed to prove who would be best prepared as commander in chief to keep the country safe. Angie Holan of PolitiFact joins Gwen Ifill to examine some of the claims made by the candidates on vetting Syrian refugees and boosting border security.
