‘We got Greenland’: Trump pushes a made-up line about ownership of the arctic island
As part of an extended riff on his animosity toward Europe and the NATO alliance, Donald Trump did express a...
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Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.21.26: Democrats’ lead grows on the generic ballot
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * With less than two weeks remaining in the election...
How (and why) Republicans manufactured a faux controversy about Elissa Slotkin
At an unrelated event in the Oval Office, Donald Trump wasn’t asked about Sen. Elissa Slotkin, but the president apparently...
Trump’s latest example of antisemitic rhetoric was hardly his first
Sen. Roger Marshall’s re-election campaign is struggling for a lot of reasons, but one of the biggest problems for the...
Trump takes transactional politics to a new level at latest campaign rally
The E15 policy is probably unfamiliar to many Americans, but in parts of the Midwest, especially Kansas, it’s a very...
As Trump profits off the presidency, JD Vance is surprisingly unobservant
The good news for Donald Trump is that he’s profiting to a breathtaking degree from the presidency. The bad news...
The problem(s) with the White House’s new women’s health initiative
Donald Trump has probably been briefed by his political team on the ongoing gender gap in American politics. In the...
In Kansas, the interest rate Roger Marshall charged on medical bills makes a bad story worse
There’s no shortage of reasons why Republican Sen. Roger Marshall has been struggling in his re-election bid in Kansas. From...
Pressed on plans to livestream an execution, Mullin says Trump is ‘restoring American values’
Last year, only two countries killed their own citizens in public displays: Iran’s theocratic regime led the way with 11...
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.12.26: Musk spends heavily on midterms for the GOP
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * Elon Musk has already earned a reputation as the...
