As the coronavirus tore through the world in 2020, and the United States and other countries confronted a shortage of tests designed to detect the illness, then-President Donald Trump secretly sent coveted teststo Russian President Vladimir Putin for his personal use. Putin, petrified of the virus, accepted the supplies but took pains to prevent political […]Read More

Elon Musk, who owns the social media platform X and is a high-profile backer of former president Donald Trump, said in an interview that it would be “pointless” to try to assassinate Vice President Kamala Harris — once again publicly airing questions about why no one has tried to kill her or President Joe Biden […]Read More

Hurricane Helene roared through the Southeast two weeks ago, destroying an uncounted number of buildings, triggering massive flooding and leaving more than 200 people dead. In a statement, President Joe Biden extended his sympathies, saying he was “praying for those who lost loved ones from Hurricane Helene, and for those whose homes, businesses, and communities […]Read More

Donald Trump falsely claimed as president that “cleaning” forests would prevent California wildfires. He showed Americans a doctored hurricane map, altered with a Sharpie to bolster an inaccurate tweet about the storm’s path. He said the calculated death toll of Hurricane Maria had been inflated, which was untrue. And in recent days, he has incorrectly […]Read More

Thecore ofKamala Harris’s housing platform is a simple idea: America needs more houses. But the vice president’s pitch — to help build 3 million homes and incentivize local governments and builders to join in — stands apart from how major political candidates typically talk about housing, if they do at all. To housing experts, the […]Read More

In September 2018, as allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett M. Kavanaugh threatened his confirmation to the Supreme Court, President Trump vowed that the FBI would have “free rein” to vet the claims. Trump said the FBI was “talking to everybody” and added on social media: “I want them to interview whoever they deem appropriate, […]Read More

DORAL, Fla. — Former president Donald Trump on Monday suggested that Democrats have embraced antisemitism in a way Republicans have not, even as he has a long history of trafficking in antisemitic tropes and criticizing Jewish Democrats. “The anti-Jewish hatred has returned even here in America, in our streets, our media and our college campuses, […]Read More

After taking over the Democratic ticket, picking a running mate, staging a convention and turning in a strong debate performance, Vice President Kamala Harris is now embracing potentially the riskiest test of a presidential campaign — the day-to-day grind of unscripted interviews. This week alone, Harris is appearing on CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” a Univision […]Read More

There are two theories that allies of Donald Trump promote to assert that the 2020 presidential election was illegitimate. The first is that rampant fraud — maybe with mail-in ballots, maybe from voting machines, maybe both, maybe something else — resulted in Joe Biden earning more votes nationally and in the states he flipped from […]Read More

A Nevada politician was found guilty of taking money meant for a memorial honoring a police officer killed in the line of duty and spending it on plastic surgery, rent and her daughter’s wedding. A federal jury on Thursday convicted Michele Fiore, a Republican justice of the peace and former Las Vegas City Council member, […]Read More