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President Trump’s first rally since the coronavirus took hold in the U.S. provided an unsurprising disaster of a speech, but the sparse crowd in attendance after the campaign touted ticket requests of over a million was a stunning surprise that sent Trump allies scurrying for excuses. Trump’s embarrassing speech on …

With peaceful protests ongoing nationwide, President Trump continued using harsh rhetoric and called for aggressive police tactics to halt constitutionally-protected demonstrations. While discussing a forthcoming executive order on police reform at a roundtable event in Dallas on Thursday, the president used terms like “force,” “real strength” and “real power” when …

As George Floyd’s family laid his body to rest at his funeral and protests across the nation called out for racial justice, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) singlehandedly blocked the passage of a bill that would finally declare lynching a federal crime. In a floor speech, Paul claimed the Emmett Till …

Minutes after announcing plans to mobilize the military to violently crack down on the millions of Americans who since last week have been demonstrating against police brutality, President Trump sauntered over to Washington, D.C.’s historic St. John’s Episcopal Church to have his picture taken with a Bible. His path was …

President Trump took a question about possible ramifications for China if it were clear that their mishandling of the coronavirus crisis affected other countries and turned it into an opportunity to raise the specter that China may have been “knowingly responsible” for the virus. During Saturday’s COVID-19 daily briefing, Trump …

In an ideal world, the White House press secretary would be a fearless defender of the truth and a window into the actions of the United States’ most powerful office. In the real world, the best we can hope for is something akin to the president’s public advocate, communicating the …

UPDATE 4/12: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from the hospital on Sunday, according to the BBC. Johnson was admitted last week as a “precautionary step” after testing positive and showing “persistent” symptoms of the coronavirus. The prime minister was moved to intensive care on Monday but was …

A Fox Business channel guest on Monday laid a ton of uninterrupted Dear Leader-esque praise of the president’s handling of the coronavirus crisis that, even for the Trump-friendly station, needs to be heard to be believed. While responding to a question about whether the president will take further action in …

Update: Former Vice President Joe Biden committed at the March 15th Democratic debate that his running mate would be a woman. His campaign confirmed the news in a tweet: “My running mate will be a woman.” WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden is close to all but securing the …

Editor’s note: Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday was put in charge of handling the federal response to the coronavirus. Pence has been tasked with handling a deadly infectious disease before — and performed terribly. Stephen Rodrick, in his 2017 profile of the vice president, explored how Pence’s slow and …