The president still keeps trying to tag the Democratic presidential nominee with Bernie Sanders’s policies.
Category: Politics
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In call with Democratic senator, Barrett declines to discuss how she might rule on health-care law
Sen. Chris Coons talked by phone with President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee as Democrats argue that she could vote to gut the Affordable Care Act.
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In subtle rejoinder to Trump, science carries the night at the Sammies awards for federal workers
The honoring of Anthony S. Fauci and other government scientists amounted to an understated rebuke to the administration.
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‘A Republican Party unraveling’: GOP plunged into crisis as Trump abruptly ends economic relief talks, dismisses virus
Vulnerable Republicans are beginning to distance themselves from Trump although the 11th-hour repositioning may not be enough to stave off defeat.
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Vice-presidential debate live updates: Pence, Harris poised to square off in Salt Lake City
The running mates of President Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are scheduled to appear for 90 minutes at the University of Utah in their first and only debate of the 2020 election.
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Trumpworld’s latest effort to undermine the Russia probe may be even less substantive than prior attempts
It relies on heavily redacted documents — and ignoring what was publicly known — to hint at impropriety.
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Four years ago today, the U.S. saw the wildest hour in presidential election history
Revisiting the Russia-“Access Hollywood”-WikiLeaks-Podesta day of the 2016 campaign.
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Trump returns to Oval Office as aides refuse to say when he last tested negative for the coronavirus
The potentially dangerous move by a still infectious and recovering covid-19 patient was Trump’s latest attempt to send a message that Americans should not be afraid of a disease that hospitalized him and infected much of the West Wing.
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In 2016, Mike Pence was an asset for Trump. In 2020, it’s not so clear.
Pence was a relatively popular VP pick running alongside an unpopular nominee in 2016. In 2020, though, he enters the debate as a face an unpopular coronavirus response.
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Despite White House outbreak, Trump and some aides return to work, flouting CDC guidance
Their presence sent yet another message to the public that the president is unchastened by illness.
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By appearing to pull the plug on coronavirus stimulus, Trump makes life much harder for his party
There’s now a developing narrative that the president and his party are the reason no relief is coming before the election.
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Even if state polls are underestimating Trump as much as they did in 2016, Biden is in position to win
An interactive look at how the polls are evolving.
