by News Decoder | 17 Feb 2016 | Americas, United States
By Emefa Agawu “I cannot believe you’re calling during the Super Bowl half-time show!” I could hear the voice on the other end of the phone falter for a moment before a broad smile stretched across Kathy’s face. She chuckled and then said good-naturedly into the...
by Nelson Graves | 12 Feb 2016 | Americas, Politics, United States
Obama, Bush, Clinton, Palin — Deborah Charles covered them all. Here’s what it was like for a woman on the campaign bus. What word best describes Barack Obama? Hillary Clinton? George W. Bush? Deborah Charles covered four U.S. presidential campaigns, and...
by Nelson Graves | 29 Jan 2016 | Americas, Politics, United States
Gene Gibbons saw lots of politics during three decades covering the White House. But there’s no predicting who will succeed U.S. President Obama. “All bets are off this year.” Gene Gibbons saw lots of politics during his three decades covering the...
by News Decoder | 7 Jan 2016 | Americas, Politics, United States
By Christopher Alexander Gellert When primary voters in Iowa and New Hampshire trudge through the snow next month to select their nominee, some will vote for the candidate they support. Others will vote for the candidate they believe can win. For many Democrats, any...
by Bernd Debusmann | 5 Jan 2016 | Americas, Politics, United States
By Bernd Debusmann “Would you support or oppose bombing Agrabah?” That was question 38 in a long survey of Republican primary voters a few days after contenders for the party’s presidential nomination argued about foreign policy and national security in their last...