North Carolinians set a record on the first day of early voting in the state, casting 353,166 ballots on Thursday and becoming the second battleground state this week to top its previous mark. Voting proceeded at a brisk pace despite the carnage from Hurricane Helene, which devastated the western part of the state late last […]Read More

On the lengthy menu of unusual aspects to Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, one item stands out: his consistent and diverse efforts to sell things to his supporters. All presidential candidates make pitches to their supporters, of course, often to the point of irritation. But those appeals are generally centered on efforts to get campaign […]Read More

Donald Trump has long argued that he avoids policy specifics because it limits his ability to negotiate. If he states publicly that he wants to do Specific Thing X, this suggests, his ability to pressure trade partners is hamstrung by their understanding his bottom line. You can see how this would appeal to Trump. It […]Read More

Over 35 seasons working as a ranger in Glacier National Park, Kim Peach, 67, recalls only two incidents in which he responded to a report of a gun being fired — and both became his most memorable days on the job. So last year, when he spotted an advertisement featuring a smiling Tim Sheehy running […]Read More

During his campaign for a second term, former president Donald Trump has proposed a string of tax giveaways: He has suggested “no tax on tips,” an idea he said he heard from a waitress in Nevada. He has declared that no one, regardless of income, should have to pay taxes on Social Security benefits or […]Read More

BERLIN — President Joe Biden met with top world leaders here Friday at a tenuous moment for Ukraine and the Middle East, two ongoing and volatile wars that have marked Biden’s time in office and will define his foreign policy legacy. “Ukraine faces a tough winter. We must sustain our resolve, our effort and our […]Read More

During Donald Trump’s presidency, his D.C. hotel charged the U.S. Secret Service 300 percent or more above standard government rateson multiple occasions, and at times charged the government agency more than it did other patrons — including a Chinese business and members of a foreign royal family, according to a new report released Friday by […]Read More

When Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait raised the question of Donald Trump’s age during their conversation at the Economic Club of Chicago earlier this week, the former president got suddenly defensive. It was not the case, he said, that he had attacked President Joe Biden’s age, as Micklethwait suggested. Instead, he insisted, he […]Read More