Category Archives: Politics

Election Update: ‘Key Battleground States To Watch’ (WSJ Video)

Americans head to the polls after many states saw historic levels of early voting; the battleground states that will likely decide the next president; when to expect election results. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday has the latest election update.

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Morning News Podcast: Election Day Arrives – Joe Biden, Mail-In Ballots

Axios’ Margaret Talev and Mike Allen walk us through what they’re preparing for on election night.

  • Plus, how the election could come down to Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballots.
  • And, why voting is a sacred right.

Guests: Axios’ Margaret Talev and Mike Allen; Noah Feldman, constitutional law professor at Harvard University; and Rev. Otis Moss, senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ.

Politics Monday: Tamara Keith And Amy Walter On The Campaigns Final Days

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest in politics, including which voter demographics will be critical in the 2020 election, how President Trump is reaching out to his supporters during the campaign’s final days and the key Senate races to watch.

Morning News Podcast: Trump-Biden Campaigns, Rapid Covid-19 Testing

President Trump and Joe Biden target battleground states, schools weigh plans for rapid COVID-19 tests, and 6 ways small businesses can boost holiday sales in 2020 amid the pandemic.

World News Podcast: Joe Biden, Green Innovation & Mexico’s Coca-Cola Habit

A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why it has to be Joegreen innovation (14:35) and the fight against Mexico’s Coca-Cola habit (20:10). Zanny Minton Beddoes hosts.

SUNDAY PODCAST: NEWS FROM ZURICH, LONDON & TOKYO (MONOCLE 24)

The weekend’s top news under scrutiny by Monocle’s editor in chief Tyler Brûlé, Rob Cox and Benno Zogg, with commentary from our editors in London and Tokyo. Plus: Christoph Amend of ‘ZEITmagazin’.

Political News: ‘Shields & Brooks’ On Closing 2020 Campaign Strategies (PBS)

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the closing campaign strategies of President Trump and Joe Biden, the potential influence of the Supreme Court with the addition of Justice Amy Coney Barrett and predictions for election results.

Morning News Podcast: A Historic Election – Why It Looks & Sounds Different

Just this year alone, the pandemic and social justice movements have dramatically changed the trajectory of the election. So today, we’re taking a moment to acknowledge what’s different – whether it comes to what our country looks like, who is voting and how the last eight months have shaped this historic election.

Guests: Axios’ Margaret Talev, Chris Jackson, senior vice president of Ipsos Public Polling, and Mark Hugo Lopez, director of global migration and demography research at Pew Research Center.

2020 Election: The States With Most TV Ad Spending

The Trump and Biden campaigns are both spending hundreds of millions of dollars nationally on broadcast TV advertisements. FiveThirtyEight elections analyst Nathaniel Rakich looks at which states are seeing the biggest ad buys.

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Morning News Podcast: Extended Voting Deadline Allowed, Hurricane Zeta

Supreme Court declines to disturb ballot deadlines in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Hurricane Zeta makes landfall in southeastern Louisiana, and Colorado firefighters battling wildfire leave apology note after cutting fence to save home.