Biden shifts gears, opens the door to 2024 debates with Trump
In 2020, Donald Trump’s behavior during the debates was a national embarrassment. In 2024, President Joe Biden appears willing to debate him again anyway.
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Saturday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. — Presented by Oblong Books in partnership with the Bardavon in Kingston, NY, bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, Rachel Maddow will discuss the topics in her latest book, "PREQUEL: An American Fight Against Fascism" with University of Pennsylvania Professor Anthea Butler. Each ticket will include a hardcover copy of PREQUEL.
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.26.24
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
White House touts Mitch McConnell’s line on Trump, border policy
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested a bipartisan border bill was derailed by Donald Trump. It was a line the White House was eager to hear.
Building on Obama’s plan, Biden boosts overtime pay for millions
Barack Obama expanded overtime pay for millions. Donald Trump largely gutted that policy. Joe Biden is reversing Trump's reversal — and going even further.
On targeting Hillary Clinton, Trump rewrites recent history
Donald Trump now says it would’ve been “terrible” if he’d tried to prosecute Hillary Clinton after the 2016 election. But that's exactly what he did.
An unsettled contradiction at the heart of Trump’s immunity claim
On immunity and impeachment, Donald Trump and his lawyers made one argument in 2021 and the opposite argument in 2024.
Pressed on the ‘assassination’ question, Team Trump doubles down
Pushing an audacious immunity claim, Donald Trump's defense attorneys keep confronting the "assassination" question — and answering it an unsettling way.
The serious point at the heart of Biden’s latest anti-Trump joke
President Joe Biden seemed pleased to needle Donald Trump over his 2020 disinfectant fiasco, but there appears to be a larger strategy behind the humor.
On Trump’s trial, voters aren’t buying what the GOP is selling
Donald Trump and his allies set out to convince the public his ongoing criminal trial is meritless. New polling suggests they've failed completely.
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.25.24
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
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Though it hardly seemed possible, Giuliani’s legal troubles intensify
Rudy Giuliani was already facing an avalanche of legal difficulties. A grand jury in Arizona managed to make the Republican's troubles even worse.
Without drama or fanfare, Biden advances policies that matter
As Donald Trump's legal troubles dominate the political conversation, President Biden is methodically advancing an ambitious and meaningful policy agenda.
Endorsement in hand, Trump takes new steps to humiliate Bill Barr
Bill Barr abandoned his principles and said he'd vote for Donald Trump. The former president decided to humiliate his former attorney general again anyway.
RNC’s ‘election integrity’ lawyer charged with election crimes
Christina Bobb is the lawyer overseeing the RNC's "election integrity" efforts. She was also just indicted by a grand jury for election-related crimes.
Indictments in GOP’s ‘fake elector’ scandal reach new heights
Slowly but surely, the controversy from 2020 has become one of the most consequential political scandals in a generation.
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 4.24.24
Today’s edition of quick hits.
Trump searches in vain for a rescue as his criminal trial unfolds
Donald Trump continues to beg congressional Republicans to rescue him from his prosecutions. Whether he understands this or not, they can't help him.
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