The optimist might look at President Joe Biden’s speech on the first night of the Democratic convention and note that the sitting president was presented with the opportunity to speak on two nights. That is, if you choose to look at his late start and subsequent spilling over past midnight Eastern as somehow a tribute […]Read More

CHICAGO — Barack Obama and Kamala Harris first met 20 years ago, when she was the district attorney in San Francisco and he was running for the Senate from Illinois. In 2008, she knocked on doors for him in Iowa ahead of the caucuses that helped propel him to the presidency. On Tuesday night, he […]Read More

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) faces a primary challenge Tuesday as part of a months-long push by former House speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to defeat the handful of Republicans who helped oust him last year. Gaetz led seven other House Republicans in teaming up with Democrats to remove McCarthy in October, an unprecedented vote that further […]Read More

CHICAGO — President Joe Biden, for several moments, couldn’t speak. At first, it was because he was dabbing his eyes. Then, it was because the cheers were so sustained. “Thank you,” he said nearly two dozen times, unsuccessfully trying to begin his speech amid a sea of “We love Joe” signs. His wife, first lady […]Read More

The first night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention featured many attacks on former president Donald Trump, some of which quoted him out of context. Here’s a roundup of a dozen claims that caught our attention, in the order in which they were made. As is our practice, we do not award Pinocchios for a […]Read More

CHICAGO — Welcome to The Campaign Moment, your guide to the biggest developments in the 2024 election, where the Democratic National Convention so far is largely about Donald Trump. (Make sure you are subscribed to this newsletter here. You can also hear my analysis weekly on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.) […]Read More

CHICAGO — In one of his last major appearances before he leaves office in five months, President Joe Biden formally passed the torch to his vice president, Kamala Harris, as a packed convention hall screamed and chanted in adulation for a prolonged stretch as he took the stage Monday night. For about five minutes after […]Read More

YORK, Pa. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday questioned whether Democrats knew where Vice President Kamala Harris “came from,” reprising a tactic that he has previously used against other Democrats, including former president Barack Obama and women of color in Congress. Trump also freshly described Harris’s policy positions as a “regulatory jihad,” without […]Read More

CHICAGO — In 2016 Hillary Clinton addressed the Democratic National Convention as the barrier-busting standard-bearer — the presidential nominee who many supporters felt was on track to shatter what she has called “that highest, hardest glass ceiling.” On Monday night, Clinton will return to the convention stage in a different role — the candidate who […]Read More