In extraordinary circumstances, Trump is preoccupied with using his perch to push the same grievances he usually does.
Category: Politics
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Mary Trump says the U.S. has devolved into a version of her “incredibly dysfunctional family”
The president’s niece tells The Post his “clearly racist” behavior stems from a combination upbringing and political cynicism.
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Tens of thousands of mail ballots have been tossed out in this year’s primaries. What will happen in November?
The unprecedented shift toward absentee voting during the pandemic raises the possibility that large number of ballots could be rejected because of errors or mail delays.
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Trump just shook up his campaign. But the GOP can’t shake up what it really needs to: Trump.
Republicans have spent three-plus years accommodating his impulses, which makes a true course-correction extremely difficult.
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White House warns stimulus package ‘must’ include Trump payroll tax cut proposal
President Trump believes a payroll tax cut will prove popular and help the economy, but many lawmakers from both parties are not convinced and a showdown could complicate passage of the next stimulus package.
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Power Up: GOP governors, breaking with Trump, start to embrace mask wearing as coronavirus surges
Brian Kemp, Ron DeSantis and others are notable exceptions.
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The White House’s claims of rampant voter fraud are getting embarrassingly lazy
A truck fire! A misprint! Hide your kids!
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Wealthy longtime Democratic donors boosted Biden with big checks in the second quarter
Wealthy longtime Democratic donors injected Biden’s White House bid with big checks in the second quarter, new campaign finance filings show.
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Supreme Court deals blow to felons in Florida seeking to regain the right to vote
The high court declined to lift a federal appeals order blocking some convicted felons from participating in an upcoming state primary.
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CDC employees demand the agency confront ‘widespread acts of racism and discrimination’
More than 1,200 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for “7 Acts of Change,” beginning with declaring “racism a public health crisis in the United States.”
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Top health official violated federal contracting rules, HHS inspector general finds
CMS Administrator Seema Verma spent more than $5 million on politically connected contractors to help raise her profile, do communications work.
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How a middle school principal used the Ocasio-Cortez playbook against a 16-term incumbent
Two black, first-time candidates, Jamaal Bowman and Mondaire Jones, are poised to reshape Democratic politics in New York’s suburbs.
