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Ben JacobsThe Daily Beast |
One of the first indications that Donald Trump was a viable presidential candidate were his rallies. In the summer of 2015, the host of Celebrity...
As soon as Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia failed, he went on a revenge mission against the top three Republicans in...
As soon as Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia failed, he went on a revenge mission against the top three Republicans in...
Tweet Share Share Comment In what has somehow been nearly a decade and a half spent as a political journalist, I’ve...
This past weekend, some 1,500 people packed into a Marriott ballroom in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania, seeking advice. Many of them wore red MAGA...
This past weekend, some 1,500 people packed into a Marriott ballroom in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania, seeking advice. Many of them wore red MAGA...
Arizona was once a safe Republican state in presidential elections. Though pockets of Democrats existed — on Native American reservations in the...
Arizona was once a safe Republican state in presidential elections. Though pockets of Democrats existed — on Native American reservations in the...
After Donald Trump’s ill-fated debate against Kamala Harris where vigorously defended his crowd sizes and lied about Haitians in Springfield, Ohio...
The center of the political universe this month has been in Omaha, Nebraska. It’s not that the blue-collar workers in Rust Belt Pennsylvania or...
The center of the political universe this month has been in Omaha, Nebraska. It’s not that the blue-collar workers in Rust Belt Pennsylvania or...
Congressman Scott Perry is eating chocolate ice cream in the shadow of Newt Gingrich’s childhood home in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, during a street...
Congressman Scott Perry is eating chocolate ice cream in the shadow of Newt Gingrich’s childhood home in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, during a street...
There are affinity groups of every kind at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. There are events for Black Democrats, Hispanic Democrats,...
There are affinity groups of every kind at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. There are events for Black Democrats, Hispanic Democrats,...
The decision by Kamala Harris to choose Minnesota governor Tim Walz over Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro to be her running mate arrived like a...
For several well-placed Republican insiders on Tuesday, the response to Kamala Harris’s choice of Tim Walz as vice-president was one of overwhelming...
For several well-placed Republican insiders on Tuesday, the response to Kamala Harris’s choice of Tim Walz as vice-president was one of overwhelming...
Kamala Harris will be the Democratic nominee for president. With Joe Biden’s shock withdrawal on Sunday afternoon, the stage is set for Harris to...
From the arena floor to the lobbyist-funded open bars, Republicans in Milwaukee for their convention this week have been talking mostly about one...
Republicans in Milwaukee for their convention this week have been talking mostly about one thing, from the arena floor to the lobbyist-funded open...
In Milwaukee, Tuesday night was losers night. The prime-time lineup for the second day of the Republican national convention was full of speeches from...
In Milwaukee, Tuesday night was losers night. The prime-time lineup for the second day of the Republican national convention was full of speeches from...
There’s a lot more to the Republican National Convention than what happens in the Fiserv Forum. Clustered around the arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,...
There was a human crush on the floor of the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee when Donald Trump’s brand-new running mate arrived. Television cameras,...
This article was originally published on April 22, 2022. It is being republished following Donald Trump’s selection of J.D. Vance as his vice...
Before Saturday’s shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, the last time there was an assassination attempt on a president or former president was...
Normally when a party is facing a crisis on Capitol Hill, emotions are high. People get angry at one another. The quotes get spicy, and the intrigue...
Normally when a party is facing a crisis on Capitol Hill, emotions are high. People get angry at one another. The quotes get spicy, and the intrigue...
Republican operatives were hard pressed to imagine how Thursday’s debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump could have gone better for them. Maybe...
Republican operatives were hard pressed to imagine how Thursday’s debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump could have gone better for them. Maybe...
Mike Johnson, the accidental Speaker of the House, has spent his seven months in power trying to be everything to everyone. Hard-right conservatives...
Mike Johnson, the accidental Speaker of the House, has spent his seven months in power trying to be everything to everyone. Hard-right conservatives...
Tweet Share Share Comment An impeachment trial is supposed to be a big deal. The trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro...
Hudson County, New Jersey, is one of the country’s last remaining redoubts of old-fashioned machine politics where, just across the river from the...
Hudson County, New Jersey, is one of the country’s last remaining redoubts of old-fashioned machine politics where, just across the river from the...
Tweet Share Share Comment There was not much glory in Nikki Haley’s first victory of the 2024 presidential primary. About...