In the spring, health officials occasionally warned of an extremely challenging fall and winter. But back then, it was a prospect that Trump had very little time for.
Category: Politics
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For Trump to win, his campaign manager thinks he has to carry a state where he’s down 7 points
Or, under some scenarios, more than one such state.
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State Department signals it will keep most details of its spending at Trump’s properties hidden until after election
The agency had said it would it would try to release by Thursday up to 300 pages of information sought in open-records requests. It instead sent two.
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5 takeaways from the dueling Trump and Biden town halls
Trump fell into familiar traps, while Biden provided a little more clarity on court-packing.
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From QAnon to dictators, Trump embraces those who embrace him back
Throughout his presidency, Trump has struggled to condemn white supremacists and other extremists who show support for him, no matter their views or actions.
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Rather than condemn the QAnon conspiracy theory, Trump elevates its dangerous central assertion
Presented with the full scale of the belief system, Trump shrugs.
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How The Washington Post’s polling average works
The polling average, both nationally and in key battleground states, helps us make sense of all the results that are released.
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Trump doubles down on confrontation during town hall in Miami
Under sharp questioning, the president offered falsehoods and exaggerated claims and little specificity about his plans for a second term.
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Trump opposed Obama’s 2012 reelection based on metrics where he now fares even worse
The federal deficit is only the latest.
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Biden signals he’ll take a position on Supreme Court expansion before the election
Joe Biden suggested his position on expanding the Supreme Court depends on how Senate Republicans handle the Amy Coney Barrett nomination, saying he would announce his stance before the election.
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Abortion rights group calls for ouster of Sen. Feinstein from top Democratic post on Judiciary Committee
Liberals were particularly irate at Feinstein’s praise of Republicans for their handling of the confirmation hearings for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
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Fact-checking the dueling town halls of Trump and Biden
Trump was a whirling dervish of falsehoods, but Biden also had a few stumbles.
