RFK Jr.’s running mate drops the pretense about helping Trump
For as long as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been running for president, Democrats have cast him as a stalking horse for Donald Trump. But Kennedy has consistently denied playing…
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How Democrats have tightly choreographed the use of signs at party convention
CHICAGO — Shelia Smoot runs the Alabama delegation sign choreography operation like a drill sergeant. “Jill is coming up — the ‘Jill’ signs please,” Smoot said, turning toward her state’s…
At convention, Democrats claim patriotism, American flag as their own
CHICAGO — Patriotism is cool at this year’s Democratic National Convention. Delegates wear suits adorned with stars and stripes, dresses with American flag patterns, and blouses featuring bald eagles or…
Behind the DNC scenes, a hotel cook mulls Kamala Harris’s pitch
CHICAGO — On the morning of her first shift serving VIP guests at the Democratic National Convention, Leah Jordan wondered: Is my milk about to spoil? She opened her fridge…
Trump falsely labels Harris swap as ‘violent’ as he defends Jan. 6 rioters
HOWELL, Mich. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday falsely depicted Vice President Kamala Harris’s path to the Democratic nomination as violent and distorted her record on crime, even…
In biggest speech of her career, Harris hopes to tell her story first
CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris has spent much of the past two days holed up with a small group of top aides in the Park Hyatt hotel, just blocks…
He joined the force after allegedly storming the Capitol. He was just arrested.
John Carl and other rioters surrounded police officers near a set of stairs leading to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a recent criminal complaint. When officers…
A new voter’s guide to presidential candidate Donald Trump
Donald Trump announced his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on June 16, 2015. That means that some Americans who will be voting for the first time this November…
The right’s serious minds have a Tim-Walz-Chinese-sleeper-agent theory
On Monday morning, the Republican chairs of three House committees released a nearly 300-page report detailing what they alleged were impeachable offenses committed by President Joe Biden. Hours later, one…
Convention night one showed the snap evolution of the Democratic Party
The optimist might look at President Joe Biden’s speech on the first night of the Democratic convention and note that the sitting president was presented with the opportunity to speak…