Tuesday's Campaign Round-Up, 8.11.20
Today's installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
From The Rachel Maddow Show
Today's installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics
It's Trump's motivation that rankles: he apparently wants these student athletes to take unnecessary risks to advance his interests, not theirs.
Team Trump has reportedly explored "possible executive actions" the president could take to "curb mail-in voting."
The political implications of "terminating" the payroll tax, as Trump has vowed to do, are awful. The policy implications are just as bad.
Over the course of four days, Trump falsely accused Dems of "cheating" in the election, trying to "steal" the election," and "meddling" in the election.
Policymakers approved a series of aid packages in the spring with minimal difficulties. What changed? Mark Meadows became the White House chief of staff.
Trump said his unemployment plan will "take care of, pretty much, this entire situation." One weekday later, his plan looked like an unworkable mess.
Today's edition of quick hits.
Big Oil and Gas Versus Democracy—Winner Take All: Rachel Maddow's Blowout offers a dark, serpentine, riveting tour of the unimaginably lucrative and corrupt oil-and-gas industry.
The one thing Trump told voters he knew how to do -- get people in a room and strike big deals -- is the one thing he no longer even tries to do.
For reasons that don't make sense, Trump intends to "pursue a major executive order" to create a benefit that "Obamacare" already provides.
Republicans were apoplectic about Obama's "pen and phone" approach toward the end of his presidency. Under Trump, the GOP's posture is ... different.
China and Iran might want to see Trump lose, but they're not taking devious steps to help produce that preferred result. And then there's Russia.
Trump's new actions are based on a highly dubious legal authority, do very little to help those in need, and will have a negligible effect on the economy.
Congress won an important case on compelling testimony from the former White House counsel, but the victory comes with a catch.
Today's installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
For all of Trump's obsessive focus on improving the United States' global reputation, it's staggering to see the extent to which he's done the opposite.
Trump's policy toward Iran has already been exposed as one of his most spectacular failures. A shake-up at the State Department may make matters worse.
As the Trump administration lifts its "Do Not Travel" advisory on international travel, much of the world is keeping its doors closed to American visitors.
A non-partisan commission has scheduled three presidential debates for the fall. Trump and his team have begun lobbying for significant changes to the plan
We're used to hearing about efforts to acquire Trump's hidden financial records. But what if prosecutors have already received materials from his bank?
We're learning quite a bit about what happened when Trump urged an ambassador to try to get British officials to steer a lucrative golf tournament his way.
More than 55 million Americans have filed initial unemployment claims since mid-March -- a total unlike anything the country has seen in modern times.
Trump claimed children are "virtually immune" from COVID-19. For the leading social-media companies, that kind of misinformation couldn't be tolerated.