KCRW's To the Point

Health insurance premiums under Obamacare are spiking and Donald Trump claims it's proof that the Democrats' signature healthcare reform is blowing up. Guest host Barbara Bogaev looks at how healthcare is shaping the campaign in the last two weeks before the election.

During the Republican primaries, Donald Trump was happy to point at polls that showed him defeating a crowd of professional politicians. Now, most polls indicate that he won't beat Hillary Clinton. He calls them "phony." We ask prominent pollsters about who to believe.

The "Internet of Things" consists of many devices all connected to the Internet and making life and business easier and more convenient than ever. But manufacturers are putting technology ahead of security — as illustrated all too dramatically by last week's massive disruption of services. 

When it comes to marijuana, drug warriors are on the defensive with almost two thirds of the country now favoring legalization. Next month's ballots in several states may be the beginning of the end for prohibition on the federal level. But even advocates warn there are risks as well as benefits. 

The federal government is subsidizing dash-cams and body-cams for local police in response to high-publicized incidents of police misconduct.  What does the footage really show? Should the public be able to see it all? We hear about the need for balance between privacy and so-called "transparency."

As Donald Trump alienates more and more possible voters, some Red States appear to be turning Blue—at least in the race for the White House. GOP candidates point with alarm at Hillary Clinton’s Supreme Court nominees, free college tuition and “Big Government” that’s bigger than ever. Are they selling government by checks and balances in hopes of gridlock and four years of a Democratic president who can’t get anything done?

In last night’s presidential debate in Las Vegas, Donald Trump refused to declare whether he’d accept the results of November’s nationwide voting. The debate itself was almost traditional--until Hillary Clinton got under Trump’s skin, giving way to another exchange of personal attacks and insults.

Studies show that political rhetoric can increase hostility, and hate crimes against Muslim Americans have been on the rise. Donald Trump has made that central to his campaign. Is Trump to blame? 

It’s an army of Iraqis who don’t like each other--Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites--advancing on the last urban stronghold of the Islamic State in Iraq. Nobody knows how long it will take or if they can hold it together.

Donald Trump says November’s voters have “the last chance to save the nation” from a conspiracy of bankers, the media, Hillary Clinton—and even the GOP.

Donald Trump is falling behind Hillary Clinton in large part because of declining support from women, who've been a major source of support for Republicans in the past. But they're divided when it comes to Trump, and we hear what that could mean for the Party.

A US ship fired cruise missiles into Yemen today — a nation torn by civil war and further devastated by Saudi Arabian air attacks carried out with US assistance. We hear about a humanitarian disaster and possible violations of international law.

There’s been another deadly bombing attack today on Aleppo, as Russia and the US agree to meet again they’ve been fruitless so far. As the humanitarian crisis gets worse than ever, what are the pros and cons of increased military action by the United States?

Republican defectors from Donald Trump have outraged his grassroots supporters. Trump says he can now fight his own party's leaders in his "own way." How will outright civil war in the influence next month's election and the politics of the future?

America's founding fathers accused each other of crimes, hypocrisy and sexual misbehavior, but times had changed — until last night at this year's second presidential debate in St. Louis.