Earlier this year, Americans’ perception of the presidential election was bleak. Both parties were seemingly about to nominate candidates who were broadly disliked — popular within their parties but broadly viewed negatively. The share of Americans indicating that they disliked both candidates was 25 percent, according to the Pew Research Center, the highest level on […]Read More

One of the odd aspects of the Secret Service’s encounter with alleged gunman Ryan Routh near a Trump Organization golf course was that Donald Trump was there in the first place. The presidential election is in seven weeks. Why is the Republican nominee hitting the links instead of the trail? It’s not surprising, mind you. […]Read More

Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to sit for a rare interview with reporters from the National Association of Black Journalists on Tuesday, part of an effort to court Black voters and present a contrast with former president Donald Trump after his contentious sit-down with the group in July. The conversation will be Harris’s first […]Read More

PHOENIX — A key election official in Arizona’s Maricopa County plans to ask the state’s highest court as early as Tuesday to prohibitnearly 100,000 longtime residents from voting in state and local races this fall after discovering the state has no record of asking them for documents proving their U.S. citizenship. Like other states, Arizona […]Read More

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) trekked to Georgia this week to give the keynote speech at a dinner hosted by the Faith & Freedom Coalition, an organization founded by longtime conservative activist Ralph Reed. Reed introduced Vance, praising the senator and encouraging the audience to work for his election. “Can we agree that it’s time for […]Read More

A judge has denied a request from Mark Meadows, who was Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, to move theArizona election-subversion-related prosecution against him from state court to federal court. The ruling Monday by U.S. District Court judge John J. Tuchi in the district of Arizona is a further setback for Meadows, who unsuccessfully […]Read More

An Ohio sheriff this weekend urged residents in his county to collect the addresses of homes sporting signs for Vice President Kamala Harris, arbitrarily suggesting that there would be an influx of undocumented immigrants if she wins the presidential race. Bruce Zuchowski, the sheriff of Portage County who is seeking reelection, made the incendiary remarks […]Read More

Former president Donald Trump on Monday blamed the “rhetoric” of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the potential assassination attempt he faced Sunday. “[The suspected gunman] believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it,” Trump said in a Fox News interview published Monday morning. “Their rhetoric is causing […]Read More