A new voter’s guide to presidential candidate Donald Trump
Donald Trump announced his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on June 16, 2015. That means that some Americans who will be voting for the first time this November…
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The right’s serious minds have a Tim-Walz-Chinese-sleeper-agent theory
On Monday morning, the Republican chairs of three House committees released a nearly 300-page report detailing what they alleged were impeachable offenses committed by President Joe Biden. Hours later, one…
Convention night one showed the snap evolution of the Democratic Party
The optimist might look at President Joe Biden’s speech on the first night of the Democratic convention and note that the sitting president was presented with the opportunity to speak…
Gaetz faces primary challenge amid McCarthy revenge tour
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) faces a primary challenge Tuesday as part of a months-long push by former House speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to defeat the handful of Republicans who helped…
Barack and Michelle Obama look to add a flavor of 2008 to Harris’s bid
CHICAGO — Barack Obama and Kamala Harris first met 20 years ago, when she was the district attorney in San Francisco and he was running for the Senate from Illinois.…
Fact-checking Day 1 of the 2024 Democratic National Convention
The first night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention featured many attacks on former president Donald Trump, some of which quoted him out of context. Here’s a roundup of a…
At long last, President Joe Biden passes the torch with convention speech
CHICAGO — President Joe Biden, for several moments, couldn’t speak. At first, it was because he was dabbing his eyes. Then, it was because the cheers were so sustained. “Thank…
5 takeaways from the Democratic convention, Biden’s speech on Day 1
CHICAGO — Welcome to The Campaign Moment, your guide to the biggest developments in the 2024 election, where the Democratic National Convention so far is largely about Donald Trump. (Make…
Biden passes the torch to Harris on first night of DNC
CHICAGO — In one of his last major appearances before he leaves office in five months, President Joe Biden formally passed the torch to his vice president, Kamala Harris, as…
Trump portrays Harris as foreign, echoing past attacks on Democrats of color
YORK, Pa. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday questioned whether Democrats knew where Vice President Kamala Harris “came from,” reprising a tactic that he has previously used against…