“I think it’s dangerous to set as the main protagonist of your campaign somebody other than yourself,” one activist said.
Category: Politics
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After railing against federal spending, GOP lawmakers, conservative groups benefit from government aid program
Groups that call for smaller government found they needed federal help to stay afloat.
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Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s tax returns, financial records to come Thursday
House Democrats and a Manhattan prosecutor are seeking access to the president’s personal financial records as part of separate investigations.
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Trump has tried to claim Democrats want to eliminate police. Americans aren’t buying it.
Even two-thirds of Republicans reject the idea that “defund the police” means eliminating police entirely.
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Chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized last month after injuring his head in a fall
Roberts has experienced at least two seizures since the early 1990s, but his doctors determined that was not what caused his fall in June, a court spokeswoman said.
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What Ilhan Omar actually said about ‘dismantling’ systems in the U.S. government
Republicans and conservative media allege Omar called for the dismantling of the entire U.S. political and economic system. That’s not what she said.
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Biden criticizes Trump camp for taking aim at Tammy Duckworth
Joe Biden leveled a sharp attack on the Trump campaign Tuesday for going after Tammy Duckworth. A Purple Heart recipient and potential Biden running mate, Duckworth had urged a “dialogue” on removing statues of George Washington.
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Voting rights of some felons in Florida in question after appeals court ruling
Advocates scramble to understand the effect on efforts to restore voting rights to as many as 1.4 million people.
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Trump’s claim that 99 percent of coronavirus cases are ‘totally harmless’
No matter how you slice the numbers, Trump’s figure makes little sense.
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Trump administration officials downplay guidance from health experts as they push to reopen schools
After President Trump called recommendations for safely reopening schools “very tough & expensive,” other officials stressed that the government guidance is optional.
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Kanye West says he’s serious about a 2020 White House bid despite no organization and other obstacles
The rapper, who has been friendly with President Trump, told Forbes magazine that he will run under the Banner of the Birthday Party and has a running mate lined up.
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Trump apparently can’t help but make reopening schools into his new partisan cause
An issue of critical importance gets saturated in political toxicity.
