Having first attempted to make his case in a court of law, former president Donald Trump on Friday afternoon turned to the court of public opinion. Earlier in the day, he had joined his legal team as they sought to overturn the verdict in the civil trial that found him liable for sexually assaulting writer […]Read More

Police in a Denver suburb are disputing claims by some Republicans, including former president Donald Trump, that a Venezuelan gang has taken over an apartment complex there, the latest political flash point in the immigration debate. Trump has repeatedly raised the issue in recent appearances and social media posts, seeking to tie Vice President Kamala […]Read More

One of the defining characteristics of Sen. JD Vance’s (R-Ohio) politics, at least since his rebirth as a far-right voice and an acolyte of Donald Trump’s, is that Americans should have more kids — and that Americans without kids are not full participants in the American experiment. Since Vance was tapped as Trump’s running mate, […]Read More

There are a few things that are particularly useful to remember about former president Donald Trump. One is that he operates under the assumption that he can simply talk his way out of any situation. It’s likely that this stems from his career as a salesperson: that he learned to say whatever he needed to […]Read More

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Western nations on Friday to lift restrictions on the use of donated weapons against Russian territory, telling military and defense leaders gathered in Germany that it was “wrong” to tie his country’s hands in battling Russia’s forces. Zelensky, in his first in-person appearance at a U.S.-led forum of nations providing […]Read More

Family members of three people who will appear near the top of voters’ 2024 ballots have spoken out against their own kin. If you’re looking for something that epitomizes our polarized political age, that’s surely it. But as Donald Trump and his allies seek to play up supposed political discord in Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim […]Read More

When JD Vance became the Republican nominee for vice president, a speech he gave in April condemning the Ukrainian government for what he claimed was an “assault on traditional Christian communities” became a rallying cry for lobbyists hired by a lawyer of an ally of the Russian Orthodox patriarch. “We commend Vance for taking a […]Read More

The coordinated campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris raised $361 million in August, nearly three times as much as the $130 million collected by the coordinated effort of her Republican rival, Donald Trump, giving her a clear financial edge with two months to go before Election Day, her campaign announced Friday. Harris’s larger campaign, which […]Read More

On the day after President Joe Biden decided to end his reelection bid in July, more than 300 former staffers for Vice President Kamala Harris publicly endorsed her candidacy — a flurry of alumni support with little precedent in this already unusual campaign. “We were able to witness her leadership firsthand,” the former staffers wrote […]Read More