Guilfoyle, a prosecutor-turned-Fox News host-turned Trump surrogate, was married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom and worked with Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee.
Category: Politics
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White House role in Republican convention raises Hatch Act concerns
The Office of Special Counsel has noted that White House aides are not permitted to assist with political events while on duty or while in a federal building.
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Journalist John Dickerson: ‘The major problem is that we look to the president for too much’
The author of “The Hardest Job in the World” reflects on the high stakes of the office and Lincoln’s “deep reservoir of human emotion.”
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Republican convention live updates: First lady Melania Trump to headline second night from Rose Garden
Speakers on the second day of the GOP gathering will focus in part on the culture wars, including remarks planned on abortion, undocumented immigrants and the media.
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Nikki Haley’s bet that Trumpism will outlast President Trump
Her speech supported Trump, but could also be recast for a potential 2024 bid of her own.
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The GOP convention focuses on a presidential contest between two nonexistent candidates
The normal convention process of reshaping views of candidates meets a presidency rooted in hyperbole and disinformation.
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The GOP distills its Biden attack: He’s a pushover
The GOP’s attacks on Biden spent little time on his record or calling him too extreme, instead arguing that he’s a stalking horse for other, more extreme Democrats.
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How the Republican Party is trying to sell America on Trump’s coronavirus response
As is often the case, the defense relies heavily on cherry-picked claims.
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Republicans make a political miscalculation when they warn that Democrats are ending the suburbs as we know them
Republicans’ overarching strategy to scare Americans from a diverse nation, specifically a diverse suburbia, is years out of touch with reality in much of the country.
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Trump and Republicans attack Biden as tool of the left, agent of socialism
Promises of an upbeat convention quickly give way to grievance and an effort to revise the president’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Trump’s Black supporters bring attacks from the Internet to convention prime time, in answer to diverse Democratic ticket
A reference to the “mental plantation” was a sign of how online rhetoric has seeped into the mainstream. The connection has grown more explicit with attacks on vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris.