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With more than 100,000 Americans now dead from the coronavirus, President Trump has spent this week doing what he does best — ignoring the crisis and instead railing against invented demons. This week’s demon is Twitter, the social media platform that the president normally uses to his great advantage, peddling …

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 …

WASHINGTON — Three weeks ago, Joe Biden was left for dead by the proverbial side of the highway after his dismal finishes in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada. Now, with his Tuesday sweep of the Arizona, Illinois, and Florida primaries, Biden has won 18 out of 26 primary elections. He …

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 …

Running for President of the United States is a fundamentally narcissistic act. As a rule, you should never trust a person who does it. This includes Bernie Sanders. Sanders is rare among candidates, however, in that he seems to share this opinion. Yes, he is mounting his second insurgent presidential …

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joe Biden is back from the dead. Bernie Sanders can’t win over voters of color en masse. It’s establishment versus outsider, party elites versus the revolution. The media narratives practically write themselves the day after Biden’s resounding win in the South Carolina primary on Saturday. But on …

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 …