Politics

by Nicholas Fandos and Michael S. Schmidt on September 30, 2020 at 4:33 pm

The former F.B.I. director has long been a target of President Trump’s.

by James Hohmann on September 30, 2020 at 4:21 pm

The president personified his Twitter feed as he played to his base. Biden played to the center.

by Matt Flegenheimer and Maggie Haberman on September 30, 2020 at 3:22 pm

A face-off with Joe Biden devolves into an ugly shouting match as President Trump, characteristically, makes it all about him.

by Tiffany Hsu on September 30, 2020 at 2:45 pm

A rift between the president and the online news pioneer Matt Drudge is playing out in pithy headlines and needling tweets as the campaign heats up.

by Shane Goldmacher on September 30, 2020 at 2:34 pm

It was 90 minutes of chaos in a year of upheaval. But did it matter?

by Astead W. Herndon on September 30, 2020 at 1:36 pm

Joe Biden faced a barrage of attacks from President Trump, but he fired back several times in ways that drifted outside expectations.

by James Poniewozik on September 30, 2020 at 1:27 pm

The first Trump-Biden face-off was a dumpster fire, and a bullying president lit the match.

by Cat Zakrzewski on September 30, 2020 at 1:05 pm

Both turned to Twitter and Facebook to score points and land hits.

by Matt Stevens on September 30, 2020 at 12:20 pm

“The worst debate of all time,” one journalist wrote on Twitter.

by Michael M. Grynbaum on September 30, 2020 at 12:18 pm

In his second time moderating a presidential debate, the Fox News anchor attempted to reset the proceedings midway through.

by Dino Grandoni on September 30, 2020 at 12:16 pm

The former vice president has spent months reconciling the climate demands of his party’s liberal and moderate wings.

by Tory Newmyer on September 30, 2020 at 12:06 pm

Both candidates made inaccurate statements about jobs and the economy; Trump was worse.

by Jeremy W. Peters on September 30, 2020 at 11:57 am

There was broad agreement on one thing, at least: Whoever won, America lost.

by Paige Winfield Cunningham on September 30, 2020 at 11:50 am

The pandemic and Obamacare were front-and-center in Trump and Biden's bitter exchanges.

by Adam Nagourney on September 30, 2020 at 11:37 am

These were the moments that defined President Trump’s first presidential debate against Joe Biden.

by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns on September 30, 2020 at 11:36 am

Interrupting Joe Biden nearly every time he spoke, President Trump made little attempt to reassure swing voters about his leadership. Mr. Biden hit back: “This is so unpresidential.”

by Emma Green on September 30, 2020 at 11:34 am

President Donald Trump refused to clearly condemn white supremacy at last night’s debate. This was no accident.

by Joseph Marks on September 30, 2020 at 11:12 am

They are sure to give heartburn to election officials who have already debunked many of the claims.

by Lisa Lerer on September 30, 2020 at 11:00 am

With so much interrupting and mudslinging at the first presidential debate, much of it coming from the president’s lectern, it’s hard to say that this was helpful to anyone.

by Jacqueline Alemany on September 30, 2020 at 10:39 am

The voters used these words to describe Joe Biden: 'Professional,’ ‘showed restraint and compassion,’ ‘predictable,’ ‘politician,’ and ‘presidential.'

by Thomas Kaplan and Michael D. Shear on September 30, 2020 at 9:43 am

The long-anticipated first debate will cover issues like the coronavirus, social unrest and the Supreme Court, offering each candidate the chance to defend his record and attack his opponent’s.

by Jen Patja Howell on September 30, 2020 at 9:01 am

On Sunday, September 27, the New York Times dropped bombshell new reporting on nearly two decades of Donald Trump's tax return data. The story has attracted enormous attention and paints a dismal […]

by Elizabeth A. Harris on September 30, 2020 at 9:00 am

He has covered nine presidents over 50 years, making him perhaps the country’s most enduring chronicler of the Oval Office. His latest is yet another best seller, drawing praise and criticism […]

on September 30, 2020 at 5:03 am

Fact Check: Joe Biden Repeats False Claim that Trump Cleared 'Peaceful Protesters”. 3 US President Donald Trump walks back to the White House ...

by Julian E. Barnes, Adam Goldman and Nicholas Fandos on September 30, 2020 at 4:55 am

The disclosure appeared to be aimed at helping President Trump benefit politically, and intelligence agencies were said to object to its release.

on September 30, 2020 at 4:52 am

AP FACT CHECK: False claims flood Trump-Biden debate.

on September 30, 2020 at 4:52 am

President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of fabrications and fear-mongering in a belligerent debate with Joe Biden, at one point claiming that the ...

on September 30, 2020 at 4:41 am

Fact check: Did Trump's trade deals shrink trade deficits with China and Mexico? Biden, in an attempt to hit Trump on trade, said the president had ...

by Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, Meg Kelly on September 30, 2020 at 4:28 am

Here's our round-up of 21 dubious claims in the first debate clash between President Trump and Joe Biden, with the lion's share from Trump.

on September 30, 2020 at 4:18 am

Here's the fact check. CNN's Daniel Dale fact checks President Donald Trump's suggestion about injecting disinfectant as treatment for Covid-19. Source ...

on September 30, 2020 at 4:18 am

CNN's Daniel Dale fact checks President Donald Trump's claims about election fraud and mail-in voting made during the first presidential debate of ...

on September 30, 2020 at 4:16 am

I don't think you have any law enforcement," Trump said. SEE ALSO: Presidential debate fact check. EMBED <>More Videos. Both ...

by Carol Rosenberg on September 30, 2020 at 4:08 am

The ruling by a federal appeals panel, in a case about whether a detainee who was tortured should be repatriated to Saudi Arabia, could lead to independent health assessments of prisoners.

on September 30, 2020 at 4:07 am

Trump appears to be drawing a distinction between “absentee voting” — where voters typically request a ballot — and “vote-by-mail,” where election ...

on September 30, 2020 at 3:56 am

Trump fact check: Obama had the "slowest recovery" since 1929. TRUMP STATEMENT: "They (The Obama administration) had the slowest recovery ...

on September 30, 2020 at 3:42 am

Taking a look at claims made on both sides during the presidential debate between President Trump and former Vice President Biden. Author: 11alive.

on September 30, 2020 at 3:32 am

I am not trying to start a big political discussion here, but I think Trump's statement warranted a fact check since I received many messages from people ...

on September 30, 2020 at 3:30 am

The Trump campaign has feinted during the 2020 campaign toward ... Trump's support has grown slightly among predominantly Black men, but Biden ...

by Russell Berman on September 30, 2020 at 3:20 am

President Trump launched his comeback bid with a simple, familiar strategy: Bulldoze over everyone.

on September 30, 2020 at 3:11 am

Nevertheless, President Trump made the claim during a debate with former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday evening, Sept. 29.

on September 30, 2020 at 3:00 am

Follow our live fact check here throughout the night. Coronavirus and the economy. Trump claimed several times that Biden wants to shut down the ...

on September 30, 2020 at 2:58 am

BIDEN: Trump will be the “first (president) in American history” to lose jobs during his presidency. THE FACTS: No, if Trump loses re-election, he would ...

on September 30, 2020 at 2:55 am

President Trump claimed during a presidential debate that he'd been endorsed by Portland's sheriff. He hasn't. PMG PHOTO: JONATHAN HOUSE - A ...

on September 30, 2020 at 2:48 am

TRUMP'S CLAIM: "And now, we're weeks away from a vaccine." FACT CHECK: Most prominent public health experts have said that a vaccine will not be ...

on September 30, 2020 at 2:48 am

AP FACT CHECK: Claims from Trump and Biden's first debate. Moderator Chris Wallace of Fox ...

on September 30, 2020 at 2:48 am

President Donald Trump expressed doubt that mail-in ballots would result in a legitimate election during the presidential debate Tuesday night, even ...

on September 30, 2020 at 2:48 am

TRUMP'S CLAIM: “And now, we're weeks away from a vaccine.” FACT CHECK: Most prominent public health experts have said that a vaccine will not ...

by Ana Swanson on September 30, 2020 at 2:24 am

The trade deficit with China has fallen, though the U.S. trade deficit with the rest of the world is trending up.

by Anna Salvatore, Benjamin Wittes on September 30, 2020 at 1:13 am

It is one month before the presidential election; it has been three years since the Michael Flynn case began; and there have been two D.C. Circuit decisions since Judge Emmet G. Sullivan first […]

by Russ Buettner, Mike McIntire, Susanne Craig and Keith Collins on September 30, 2020 at 12:57 am

Figures drawn from President Trump’s tax-return data show how that number was calculated.

by Nicholas Fandos and Emily Cochrane on September 30, 2020 at 12:42 am

The White House formally sent Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination to the Senate, officially starting what is expected to be an uncommonly fast sprint to confirmation before […]

by Lisa Lerer on September 30, 2020 at 12:15 am

The first Trump vs. Biden debate starts soon. We’ll have a livestream with real-time fact-checking and analysis from New York Times reporters.

by Donna Cassata on September 30, 2020 at 12:06 am

Rep. Louie Gohmert introduced the measure, citing the party’s past support for slavery, in response to a summertime House vote to remove statues of Confederate leaders.

by David E. Sanger on September 29, 2020 at 11:49 pm

Despite the Pentagon’s talk of embracing quantum computing and artificial intelligence, the politics of killing off old weapons systems is so forbidding that the efforts often falter.

by Charlie Savage and Adam Goldman on September 29, 2020 at 11:15 pm

The judge has signaled skepticism about the legitimacy of Attorney General William Barr’s intervention to help a Trump ally.

by Michael S. Schmidt on September 29, 2020 at 10:21 pm

In a rare public statement, the former special counsel said one of the top prosecutors in his office had “incomplete information” about decision-making.

by Maggie Astor on September 29, 2020 at 10:11 pm

The timing of the deceptive video, which accuses Ilhan Omar of voter fraud, indicates that several conservatives, including Donald Trump Jr., may have known about it in advance.

by Tia Sewell on September 29, 2020 at 9:34 pm

U.S. intelligence officials are warning that violent domestic extremists pose a threat to the November presidential election, writes Reuters. Internal threat assessment memos from the FBI and […]

by Reid J. Epstein on September 29, 2020 at 9:26 pm

The moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News, will try to enforce a set of loosely defined ground rules. He may have more luck with one of the candidates.

by Katharine Q. Seelye on September 29, 2020 at 9:25 pm

She did more than powder noses; she advised on diction and apparel and helped commanders in chief put their best selves forward for television.

by Edward Wong, Lara Jakes and Eric Schmitt on September 29, 2020 at 8:55 pm

U.S. and Iraqi officials say they are surprised by the proposed retreat, which could set back American efforts to fight the Islamic State and to limit Iranian influence.

by Nick Corasaniti on September 29, 2020 at 8:11 pm

by Jacob Schulz, Margaret Taylor on September 29, 2020 at 7:59 pm

Seven months into a crippling pandemic and with wildfires ablaze across the West Coast, the majority of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Commitee (HSGAC) has its attention […]

by Bradley A. Brooker, Sujit Raman, James M. Sullivan on September 29, 2020 at 3:54 pm

On Sept. 28, the U.S. government issued a white paper (available on the U.S. Department of Commerce website) titled “Information on U.S. Privacy Safeguards Relevant to SCCs and Other EU Legal […]

by James Hohmann on September 29, 2020 at 3:25 pm

Polls show Biden leading Trump among women by more than twice as much as Clinton did in 2016.

by Tia Sewell on September 29, 2020 at 3:11 pm

On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at 11:00 a.m., U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan will hear the criminal case of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn for his final sentencing hearing. […]

by Ronald Brownstein on September 29, 2020 at 2:26 pm

Their health-care plans’ lack of protections is a feature, not a bug.

by Raul "Pete" Pedrozo on September 29, 2020 at 1:16 pm

On Sept. 18 and 19, People’s Liberation Army combat aircraft on 40 occasions intentionally crossed the median line in the Taiwan Strait that separates mainland China from the island of Taiwan. […]

by Tonya Riley on September 29, 2020 at 12:46 pm

They have been protesting online and in-person to highlight concerns to investors.

by Tory Newmyer on September 29, 2020 at 12:07 pm

Wage gains for those at the bottom failed to dent persistent economic inequality.

by Dino Grandoni on September 29, 2020 at 12:02 pm

The decision has agitated left-leaning activists who worry about a repeat of the 2016 election.

by Ayelet Waldman on September 29, 2020 at 12:00 pm

I thought I was a prison abolitionist. But then a stranger broke into my bedroom.

by Paige Winfield Cunningham on September 29, 2020 at 11:30 am

There's also mounting evidence that schools can reopen safely.

by Joseph Marks on September 29, 2020 at 11:12 am

A daylong summit on diversity in the cybersecurity workforce is scheduled for Wednesday.

by Jacqueline Alemany on September 29, 2020 at 10:42 am

New polling shows Joe Biden with a nine point lead in Pennsylvania among likely voters.

by Jen Patja Howell on September 29, 2020 at 9:01 am

James A. Baker III has been a lawyer, a presidential campaign manager, the White House Chief of Staff for two presidents, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State and the point person […]

by McKay Coppins on September 29, 2020 at 9:00 am

Former aides say that in private, the president has spoken with cynicism and contempt about believers.

by Glenn Kessler on September 29, 2020 at 7:00 am

Trump is the heavyweight champion of falsehoods. Biden is no slouch, but more in the middleweight or welterweight class.

by Robert Chesney on September 28, 2020 at 9:18 pm

Sunday, Sept. 27, was a dramatic win for TikTok (which was only fitting, considering the style of its typical popular content). It had initially dodged sanctions thanks to its proposed deal with […]

by Jack Goldsmith on September 28, 2020 at 8:32 pm

Since 2015, President Trump has defied the post-Watergate norm of tax disclosures by presidents and presidential candidates. Now, reporting from the New York Times on nearly two decades of […]

by Anna Salvatore on September 28, 2020 at 8:14 pm

A newly uncovered trove of the president’s tax returns reveals that he has personally guaranteed hundreds of millions of dollars in loans, putting him in a potentially vulnerable position to […]

by Tia Sewell on September 28, 2020 at 6:05 pm

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) today issued another public service announcement that warns of the potential threat posed by foreign […]

by William Ford, Tia Sewell on September 28, 2020 at 5:02 pm

Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, September 28, 2020, at 10:00 a.m.: The Brookings Institution will host an online event on whether presidential debates matter in […]

by Diana Cao on September 28, 2020 at 2:01 pm

Lawfare is partnering with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project to produce a series on election integrity in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. The Healthy Elections Project aims to assist […]

by John Hendrickson on September 28, 2020 at 11:19 am

On November 3, the network’s framing of the election narrative may help alleviate nationwide chaos—or sow it.

by Brent Griffiths on September 28, 2020 at 10:23 am

Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District is leaning blue.

by Jen Patja Howell on September 28, 2020 at 9:01 am

It's been a wild few weeks with President Trump threatening to shut WeChat and TikTok out of the U.S. market and rip them out of the app stores. There have been lawsuits, a preliminary […]

by Chuck Todd, NBC News on September 27, 2020 at 3:10 pm

Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) says Republicans are hoping to get the SCOTUS confirmation done before the election. Sen. Corey Booker (D-N.J.) criticizes Republicans for being hypocritical and […]

by Michael Eisenstadt on September 27, 2020 at 2:01 pm

Editor’s Note: Under President Trump, the United States has stepped up pressure on Iran, and the clerical regime has pushed back against U.S. allies and U.S. forces in the region. These […]

by Anna Salvatore, Tia Sewell on September 26, 2020 at 3:45 pm

Bradley P. Moss explored the legal risks that the Justice Department will face if it chooses to indict former National Security Adviser John Bolton for disseminating classified information in the […]

by Emma Green on September 25, 2020 at 11:05 pm

Amy Coney Barrett’s ascension is a triumph for the conservative legal movement.

by Tia Sewell on September 25, 2020 at 7:34 pm

A panel of three judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today unanimously ruled that the House of Representatives has standing to challenge President Trump’s reallocation of […]

by Anna Salvatore on September 25, 2020 at 6:50 pm

China has demolished at least 8,500 mosques and shrines belonging to the Uighur Muslim minority in Xinjiang, reports The New York Times. The efforts are part of a broader attempt to suppress Uighurs […]

by Bradley P. Moss on September 25, 2020 at 2:48 pm

In June, former National Security Adviser John Bolton published “The Room Where It Happened,” a tell-all book about his time in the Trump administration—triumphing over efforts by […]

by John Curiel, Angelo Dagonel on September 25, 2020 at 2:39 pm

Lawfare is partnering with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project to produce a series on election integrity in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. The Healthy Elections Project aims to assist […]

by E. Jean Carroll on September 25, 2020 at 1:18 pm

‘I Moved on Her Very Heavily’: Part 4

by Cornell Overfield on September 25, 2020 at 12:01 pm

Off the coast of Canada’s northern archipelago, a 52-foot sloop flies the New Zealand flag as it plies the waters from Nome to Lisbon. The Kiwi Roa, a 26-year old sailboat and Peter […]

by Russell Berman on September 25, 2020 at 11:00 am

Only in America does so much power rest in the hands of elderly judges.

by Jen Patja Howell on September 25, 2020 at 9:01 am

Rebecca Lissner is an assistant professor at the U.S. Naval War College. Mira Rapp-Hooper is a senior fellow at Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center. Together, they are the authors of "An Open […]

by Tia Sewell on September 24, 2020 at 9:02 pm

A judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today denied the Justice Department’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the department by Andrew McCabe, the former […]