MANASSAS, Va. — President Biden, Vice President Harris and their spouses appeared together for a campaign rally here focused on “reproductive freedom,” a political show of force designed to blast former president Donald Trump over abortion and keep the issue front and center ahead of November’s elections. The Tuesday afternoon rally, which was interrupted several […]Read More

Two of President Biden’s top advisers, Mike Donilon and Jen O’Malley Dillon, will depart the White House and join his reelection campaign early next month as the president pivots to an all-hands-on-deck mode with former president Donald Trump quickly moving toward the Republican nomination. O’Malley Dillon, currently Biden’s deputy chief of staff, will be the […]Read More

It’s tricky to compare the scale of generational differences. Generations last a long time; social science is relatively young. What’s more, comparing things demands a shared scale. What scale or what measures are appropriate to use? That bit of hedging completed, it’s safe to say that tensions between younger and older Americans are acute. Older […]Read More

Presidential campaigns are, in essence, businesses with a limited shelf life. The candidate is the product. The campaign tries to sell the product with ads and outreach and by getting media attention. Donors are investors; power is the return. And at the scale of a major-party presidential nominee, the business is national, with thousands of […]Read More

EPPING, N.H. — After Nikki Haley recently fielded questions from reporters at a seafood restaurant here, she stopped to greet a diner who wanted to talk about the Republican candidate’s call for “consensus” on abortion at the federal level. “There is no consensus on that; that’s the problem,” the woman told Haley. “No, but that’s […]Read More

Former president Donald Trump has ramped up his public campaign appearances as he looks to fend off the most serious primary threat he faces — from Nikki Haley in New Hampshire on Tuesday. All signs are that he will emerge from the state just fine and be well on his way to the 2024 GOP […]Read More