Familiar figures from Donald Trump’s orbit showed up at the Republican convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday. There was his former adviser Peter Navarro, who gave a rip-roaring speech to an enthusiastic audience. There was his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort. His longtime adviser Roger Stone showed up on the convention floor, too. All of them […]Read More

FREEPORT, Pa. — Friends, neighbors, strangers — they rose early Thursday to line the main drag of Corey Comperatore’s tiny hometown with knee-high American flags. Firetrucks flanked the black van carrying his body up the country road to Laube Hall. Snipers kept watch on roofs. No one knew how many mourners would roll into Freeport […]Read More

Extremist supporters of former president Donald Trump are lashing out online against Usha Vance, the wife of Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), launching anti-immigrant attacks because of her Indian heritage. Usha Vance, an attorney, is the daughter of Indian immigrants and a San Diego native. She met her husband, who is currently serving […]Read More

MILWAUKEE — Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) was visibly amped up as he spoke before a crowd and talked about Black voters joining the Republican Party in recent years at an event celebrating Black delegates during the Republican National Convention this week. “As African American conservatives, sometimes it’s easy to feel like you’re the only one,” […]Read More

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — As President Biden convalesced from covid and battled the biggest political crisis of his presidency Thursday, Vice President Harris appeared before a roaring crowd of supporters in North Carolina in what amounted to an audition for the role of Democratic nominee for president. Biden has struggled to quash Democratic doubts about his […]Read More

One of the advantages that a candidate challenging an incumbent president usually enjoys is that he or she can make sweeping promises of how they’d leverage executive power. Whatever issue is most potent with voters, the challenger can pledge that by strong-arming Congress or issuing an executive order or invoking some sort of ancient magic, […]Read More

MILWAUKEE — There has been extensive reporting on what the Republican National Convention looks like, but what about what the convention sounds like? Our journalists on the ground here have been keeping track of the songs they have heard in and around Fiserv Forum. “Celebration” by Kool & The Gang blasted through the speakers when […]Read More

Three weeks after the faltering debate performance that rocked his candidacy, President Biden is facing the most concerted effort yet by leading Democrats seeking to force him out of the presidential race amid concerns over his advanced age and sluggish poll numbers. The private but widely voiced doubts of the party’s top leaders — including […]Read More

Former president Barack Obama has told allies in recent days that President Biden’s path to victory has greatly diminished and he thinks the president needs to seriously consider the viability of his candidacy, according to multiple people briefed on his thinking. Obama has spoken with Biden only once since the debate, and he has been […]Read More