by Andrew Merica | Oct 18, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON – Nearly eight out of 10 registered Latino voters will cast their ballots in the 2016 election, breaking the 2012 record by nearly 2 million voters, according to a projection released Tuesday by a leading Latino civic engagement group. Based on a survey by...
by David Gernon & Ross Krasner | Oct 18, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
DURHAM, N.C. — The Secret Service Monday joined the FBI, local police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to investigate the firebombing of a North Carolina Republican office, the Hillsborough Police Department announced Monday afternoon....
by Michelle Kim | Oct 14, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
It’s been a tough seven days for Donald Trump since he was heard on tape boasting about using his celebrity to push himself on women. Yet even on Thursday, after new allegations surfaced, some female supporters said they were sticking by their man. At a rally in West...
by Anna Waters | Oct 12, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON — A new survey by Gallup finds that Americans who make up Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s base will still be relevant politically after the Nov. 8 election and may be part of a new normal. The University of Virginia Institute for...
by Michelle Kim | Oct 12, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Environment, Featured
MIAMI – Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore reunited on the campaign trail Tuesday to highlight what both consider one of the most important issues of the presidential campaign: climate change. “The world is on the cusp of either building on the...
by Dan Waldman | Oct 11, 2016 | Campaign 2016
Every Satuday, ESPN hosts College GameDay — a show focusing on college football — at a different college campus around the country. Last week, ESPN set up shop in College Station, Texas at Texas A&M. But during the same weekend Washington University in St. Louis,...
by Andrew Merica | Oct 11, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
Ninety minutes before the debate, the spin room and media filing center at Washington University in St. Louis were buzzing with activity. Networks were live on air with pre-debate coverage, and reporters, producers and journalists of all kind were running...
by David Fishman | Oct 10, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Politics
PHILADELPHIA — Every four years, certain states get to shine in the political spotlight because of the importance they play in the presidential election. Ohio, New York, Virginia and Florida have been fixtures on the list. But this year, one battleground state looms...
by Dan Waldman | Oct 10, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics
ST. LOUIS – For U.S,. college students getting their first taste of presidential politics, the Clinton-Trump election is baffling. “As a Republican, there is nothing I wanted more than to vote for the Republican nominee,” said Zach Persing of Livingston, New Jersey....
by David Gernon | Oct 10, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — “A shotgun spray to kill a fly is not a good approach.” That was Nicole Tribble’s description of Donald Trump’s plan to combat the Islamic State as she stopped to take a picture near the White House on Monday, the day after...
by Dan Waldman | Oct 10, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics, Topics
ST. LOUIS – Tom Hildebrand brought 50 signs supporting Donald Trump and Mike Pence to Washington University ahead of the second presidential debate on Sunday. Within a couple of hours, those signs were gone. Most of the Wash U students in attendance were holding...
