Dana Roberson

Gov. Mark Dayton has announced that Lt. Governor Tina Smith will replace Senator Al Franken when he formally resigns. Her appointment has several implications for politics in Minnesota.

A conversation with Republican Governor Bill Haslam of Tennessee, the chair of the Republican Governors Association.

Thousands of firefighters are continuing to battle wildfires in Southern California that are burning through tens of thousands of acres.

It should be a slam dunk in Congress: Helping kids. But the Children’s Health Insurance Program still doesn’t have a funding plan.

In the wake of President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, we look at the symbolic importance of the city, and how Palestinians are responding.

Farai Chideya says John Hockenberry bullied her. She discusses the emotional and financial consequences of what happened, and what lessons can be taken for the wider media landscape.

The weeks Case in Point is about plea deals — in particular “C” pleas — which tend to favor mostly corporations.  

After a two month pause, North Korea launched another inter-continental ballistic missile on Tuesday.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in turmoil after its leader stepped down last week. 

"I guess women are seen as property and if you want to inflict damage, you damage property don’t you?" says documentarian Shafiur Rahman.

At the center of the Republican tax plan is a proposal to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent. But what exactly do corporations do with the extra cash on hand?

On Friday, terrorists attacked a crowded mosque in the Sinai peninsula, killing at least 300 people and injuring scores more.

Another mass shooting unfolded in California this week.  The shooter had been charged with assault back in January. So why did he still have access to guns?

“People previously had lives, they had jobs, they had houses, and now it is a country absolutely destroyed by war and disease.”

Controversy continues to swirl around one of President Trump's judicial nominees. But one legal analyst says the outcry is overblown.

Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore is under fire for alleged sexual encounters with teen girls, including sexual contact with a 14-year-old decades ago.

More and more Republican lawmakers are retiring, which is helping to usher in a new era of Trumpism.

President Donald Trump is now a few days into his 11-day Asia trip. During stops in Japan, South Korea and China, the president has tempered his occasionally harsh rhetoric.

Former White House Photographer Pete Souza discusses his new book, which is a key selection from some of the 1.9 million photos he took of President Obama throughout his years in office.

The U.N. Climate Change Conference is taking place this week in Bonn, Germany. For the first time, the Assembly of First Nations is joining as an official delegate.