Foreign policy differences once were mostly at the margins. In the Trump era, Republicans and Democrats are far apart on priorities and how to engage with the world.
Category: Politics
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A devastating picture of Trump’s coronavirus response — from a firsthand witness
Olivia Troye isn’t the first White House aide or ally to speak out against Trump. But she’s one of the most important. And what she describes is bleak.
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Election live updates: Trump returning to Wisconsin; Biden to face live audience at town hall
The president’s trip underscores the importance of Rust Belt states to his reelection bid. The Democratic challenger will appear before a socially distanced audience in Pennsylvania at an event broadcast by CNN
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Eric Trump agrees to testify in New York investigation — but not until after election
The New York Attorney General’s office has been seeking to interview the president’s son as part of a probe into the Trump Organization’s financial practices.
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William Barr is the poster child for politicized law enforcement officials
Like his boss, Barr often stretches the truth to make a politically useful point.
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Charge that Trump fumbled the pandemic is strongly supported by available evidence
A former Pence aide’s assertions about Trump’s focus are validated by what we already know.
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William Barr’s eyebrow-raising ‘robber barons’ metaphor for the Trump era
In a speech to a conservative audience Wednesday night, Barr likened our current situation to C.S. Lewis’s quote pitting “robber barons” against “omnipotent moral busybodies.”
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The Trailer: The big takeaways from 2020’s primaries
In this edition: What we learned from hundreds of primaries, an interview with a QAnon-curious candidate, and the war over Joe Biden’s words.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court strikes Green Party presidential ticket from ballot, clearing the way for mail ballots to be sent out
The decision, like a similar ruling Monday by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, came as a win for Democrats, who feared a third-party ticket could siphon votes from Joe Biden.
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Trump claims ‘rigged election’ after some N.C. voters got two ballots. They can still only vote once.
A mixup in one county in North Carolina led to fewer than 500 voters receiving duplicate ballots.
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An only-red-states America probably isn’t one Trump would actually like
Poorer and smaller — and with far fewer places for Trump to golf.
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Former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker works with Pence on debate preparations, people familiar with sessions say
Walker is effectively playing the role of Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, in practice sessions, the people say.
