Stagecraft and the power of political photographs – CBS News Watch CBS News With the invention of photography came a new way to view, mythologize and remember the nation’s presidents. CBS News chief election & campaign correspondent Robert Costa talks with Washington Post critic Philip Kennicott about how photographs capture the power of the presidency,
We’ve all seen a lot of political ads lately. But in battleground states, it’s a tsunami. Jack Levis is an independent voter in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, which makes him one of the most desirable voters on the planet: “Emails, texts, phone calls, it’s in my news feed, it’s in social media. In the last two
NEW YORK—Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” in the final days before the election, playing herself as the mirror-image double of Maya Rudolph’s version of her in the show’s cold open. The first lines the candidate spoke as she sat across from Rudolph, their outfits identical, were drowned out
Thomas Higdon was a politics fanatic his entire life: He kept up on the news cycle, he door-knocked for candidates, and he volunteered for a number of campaigns. He long dreamed of working in government, but he and everyone around him felt it wouldn’t be possible because of his substance use. His use of alcohol
While some states require a simple majority vote, Florida requires at least 60 percent of the vote to pass a constitutional amendment. TAMPA—Floridians will be joining voters from nine other states to decide if deregulated abortion access should be enshrined in their state constitution this election. Voters in seven other states have already said yes.
Many Americans of my generation—born early 1950s—have been living with Bob Woodward our entire adult lives. You think I’m speaking figuratively, but in my case it’s literally true: Way downstairs in a “Nixon cupboard” are my original hardback copies of All the President’s Men (1974) and The Final Days (1976); up on a third-floor Supreme
For most of the 20th century, Woodrow Wilson was a progressive icon. America’s 28th president was widely regarded by the left for pioneering reforms he enacted over the course of his tumultuous two terms in office. But recently Wilson’s star has lost its luster. In his new book, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn, Christopher Cox