MILWAUKEE — Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, recounted his hardscrabble Ohio upbringing and his post-Sept. 11 military service as he introduced himself and his young family to the nation at the Republican National Convention here Wednesday night. Unfurling the tale of a boy who grew up in poverty in southwest Ohio […]Read More

MILWAUKEE — Republicans have provided very little unwanted drama at their convention this week, and Donald Trump has enjoyed every adulatory minute of it. But away from this convention city, Democrats have provided some drama of their own, likely to the detriment of President Biden. Democrats have unwittingly flipped the script of convention week, which […]Read More

LAS VEGAS — President Biden has tested positive for the coronavirus and is experiencing mild symptoms, including a cough, runny nose and “general malaise,” the White House said Wednesday. Biden has canceled his planned events in Las Vegas and has departed en route to Delaware. He plans to isolate there while continuing to work, White […]Read More

LAS VEGAS — President Biden has tested positive for the coronavirus and is experiencing mild symptoms, including a cough, runny nose and “general malaise,” the White House said Wednesday. Biden has canceled his planned events in Las Vegas and has departed en route to Delaware. He plans to isolate there while continuing to work, White […]Read More

LAS VEGAS — President Biden has tested positive for the coronavirus and is experiencing mild symptoms, including a cough, runny nose and “general malaise,” the White House said Wednesday. Biden has canceled his planned events in Las Vegas and has departed en route to Delaware. He plans to isolate there while continuing to work, White […]Read More

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, in separate private meetings with President Biden last week, told him that his continued candidacy imperils the Democratic Party’s ability to control either chamber of Congress next year. Jeffries (D-N.Y.) met with Biden on Thursday night at the White House, and Schumer (D-N.Y.) […]Read More

Special Counsel Jack Smith formally filed notice on Wednesday that he will appeal a Florida judge’s decision to dismiss the 40-count mishandling of classified documents and obstruction case against former president Donald Trump. The appeal, laying out Smith’s argument for why the case should not be dismissed, is expected to land in coming weeks in […]Read More

MILWAUKEE — Donald Trump’s running-mate, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, is expected to recount his hardscrabble Ohio upbringing — marked by poverty and addiction — and his military service as he introduces himself and his young family to the nation at the Republican National Convention here Wednesday night, according to a person familiar with his […]Read More

When Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake came to the lectern of the Republican convention Tuesday, she began by extending an effusive welcome to everyone in attendance. Well, almost everyone. “Wait a minute. I don’t mean that,” Lake said. “I don’t welcome everybody in this meeting, in this room. The guys up in the fake news, […]Read More