Category: Politics

Were the United States 51 separate countries, most of those countries would still compare unfavorably to their global peers.

The president amplified a false birther conspiracy by declining to refute it; a lawyer for his campaign brought attention to the matter in a tweet.

Democrats say the president’s move to undermine the government-run mail service offers them a chance to scoop up rural voters, veterans and seniors.

A small group of House Republicans has started discussing whether someone should challenge McCarthy, a top Trump ally, for minority leader.

When Trump launched in birtherism attacks, the media was more prepared this time.

Amid the largest civil unrest in over half a century, criminal justice and race have become central issues in the 2020 presidential election. How Donald Trump and Joe Biden have approached those issues have at times varied widely.

President Trump is scheduled to speak to the City of New York Police Benevolent Association.

He has a habit of making bold, obviously untrue claims.

The choice of a Black running mate was welcomed warily by activists, who dislike Harris’s record as a prosecutor.

The president’s praise of a candidate whose extremist positions include espousal of the QAnon conspiracy has alarmed some in the GOP and divided the party on issues of race and decency.

In short: We don’t yet know. But there are all kinds of thorny legal issues raised by competing campaigns meeting with one another.

The appearance of the two Democrats came one day after the senator from California was named to the ticket.