Sep 07 Labor Day brings Biden to Pennsylvania, Harris and Pence to Wisconsin By Alexandra Jaffe, Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press Democratic candidate Joe Biden is collecting a trio of Labor Day endorsements from organized labor while running mate Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence are set to campaign in Wisconsin as the 2020 presidential race, disrupted for months by… Continue reading
Sep 05 Trump out to build 'permission structure' to win back voters By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Inside the Trump campaign’s effort to construct a “permission structure” — a clunky catchphrase for creating an emotional and psychological gateway to help disenchanted voters feel comfortable voting for the president again despite their reservations about him personally. Continue reading
Sep 05 AP FACT CHECK: Trump on McCain; Biden's stretch on virus By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press President Donald Trump said he never called John McCain a loser — he did — and denigrated the record of the late Republican senator on veterans affairs despite routinely appropriating one of McCain’s crowning achievements on that front as his… Continue reading
Sep 04 Watch 2:26 Atlantic report highlights Trump's complex relationship with the military By William Brangham President Trump is facing continued criticism over disparaging remarks he allegedly made about U.S. troops. A report in The Atlantic magazine, which was later confirmed by multiple other news outlets, says Trump repeatedly called fallen American servicemembers “losers” and “suckers.”… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch 12:10 David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart on Kenosha politics, Trump and the military New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including visits to Kenosha, Wisconsin, by President Trump and Joe Biden and how their responses to social unrest have… Continue watching
Sep 04 'Our country is in a state of emergency.' First-time voters reflect on why they are voting in 2020 By Justin Stabley A new set of eligible Americans will cast ballots for the first time this year. These first time voters plan to participate in an election that comes in the midst of a global pandemic that has affected schooling, work, the… Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Trump holds news conference following accusations of U.S. military comments By Associated Press The allegations, sourced anonymously in The Atlantic, describe multiple offensive comments by the president toward fallen U.S. service-members, including calling World War I dead at an American military cemetery in France "losers" and "suckers" in 2018. Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Biden slams Trump over alleged comments mocking U.S. war dead By Zeke Miller, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press Biden is intensifying his efforts to frame the 2020 election as a referendum on the president's character. Defending himself, Trump says the allegations published by The Atlantic are false. Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Trump officials hold press conference on Serbia-Kosovo economic deal By Associated Press Serbia and Kosovo announced Friday that they have normalized economic ties as part of U.S.-brokered discussions that also include Belgrade moving its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem and Pristina recognizing Israel. Continue reading
Sep 04 Trump disparaged U.S. military casualties as 'losers,' 'suckers,' report says By Associated Press The allegations were first reported in The Atlantic. A senior Defense Department official with firsthand knowledge of events and a senior U.S. Marine Corps officer who was told about Trump's comments confirmed some of the remarks to The Associated Press. Continue reading