Category: Politics

The GOP claimed that this convention would be significantly more optimistic than Democrats’. Most of what we got Monday was decidedly not that.

Trump sees personal connections with foreign leaders — particularly autocratic ones — as the most important component of his relationships with them.

The vice president has transformed himself into a loyal student and servant of Trump — binding his political ambitions to a mercurial and capricious boss now at risk of losing in November.

The GOP is getting its turn in the spotlight after a four-day virtual convention last week during which Democrats nominated Joe Biden. A roll of states is expected to give Trump the Republican nod on Monday morning.

Republican wariness with Trump is nothing new. But the convention forces what Republicans would prefer to remain in the shadows out into the light.

Even death is partisan.

Stephen Hahn said data show convalescent plasma, which the FDA authorized for emergency use Sunday, would save 35 out of 100 people who get the coronavirus. But that’s not what the data show.

The party platform is all Trump, as is the convention.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy got more questions than ever about his political leanings toward Trump.

Conway chose Trump over truth and logic, paving the way for the mainstreaming of Trumpism.

The Washington Post has reported that Trump sent potential lenders documents that often exaggerated his wealth and concealed some debt.