New York Police Department (NYPD) officers form a line near City Hall in lower Manhattan, New York City, July 1, 2020. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) The Fraternal Order of Police, the largest police union in the U.S., endorsed President Trump for re-election on Friday, commending him for his focus on law and order. “During his first four

Joe Biden at a campaign appearance in Pittsburgh, Pa., August 31, 2020; President Trump at a White House coronavirus briefing, August 10, 2020. (Alan Freed, Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) This is how we will look back on the 2020 presidential race, no matter who wins. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W e have two months until Election Day. And

Joe Biden and his handlers know that he should be out and about, weighing in daily on the issues of the campaign. In impromptu interviews, Biden should be offering alternative plans for dealing with the virus, the lockdown, the economic recovery, the violence and the looting, the racial tensions. Yet … Read More

The supposed Post Office conspiracy against mail-in voting feels a little old already, but it still has currency in certain circles, so it’s worth knowing the facts. Kevin Kosar of AEI has a great new report on it. A key passage: Despite a major surge in voting by mail, the USPS has more than enough

A poll worker casts a mail-in ballot for a voter at a drive-thru polling station during the primary election amid the coronavirus outbreak in Miami, Fla., August 18, 2020. (Marco Bello/Reuters) On the menu today: As Facebook takes steps to prepare for a divided and angry election season, let’s remember what we can do to

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Pittsburgh, Pa., August 31, 2020. (Alan Freed/Reuters) The Biden campaign has released a new ad based on his speech in Pennsylvania this week. It’s closing message is, I think, very effective. He says, “Donald Trump adds fuel to every fire.” I rate that as

President Trump arrives in Avoca, Penn., August 20, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) A little more than a month ago, Joe Biden led Donald Trump in the RealClearPolitics polling average in Pennsylvania, a key swing state that Trump won in 2016 by less than one point. Now, at the start of September, that gap has halved, and Biden

Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy, III (D-MA) speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pa. July 25, 2016. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) Today, Massachusetts voters get to choose the victor of the state’s Democratic Senate primary. Incumbent Senator Ed Markey is hoping for victory in the face of a challenge against Joseph Kennedy III, since 2013 a

Sen. Ed Markey speaks at a campaign stop in Brookline, Mass., August 31, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Incumbent Senator Ed Markey (D., Mass.) has won the Democratic Senate primary in Massachusetts against Joe Kennedy III. Markey’s defeat of Kennedy marks the first time a member of the Kennedy family has lost a congressional race in Massachusetts.

Kenosha, a city of 100,000 in Wisconsin’s southeastern corner, now confronts the question of when lethal force is justified in two different cases. One, the shooting of Jacob Blake by a police officer, I addressed yesterday. The other is the case of Kyle Rittenhouse, who is alleged to have killed two people and … Read

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during a campaign appearance in Pittsburgh, Pa., August 31, 2020. (Alan Freed/Reuters) They see a red flag in his threat to end the filibuster if the Republicans are too ‘obstreperous.’ When Barack Obama and Joe Biden took over the White House in 2008, they had run on an ambitious

U.S. soldiers attend welcoming ceremony for NATO troops near Orzysz, Poland, in 2017. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters) A recent Military Times poll shows President Trump losing support among active-duty service members, trailing Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by nearly 4 percentage points. About 41 percent of active-duty troops expressed support for the former vice president while 37

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about safety in America during a campaign event in Pittsburgh, Penn., August 31, 2020. (Alan Freed/Reuters) A tour of his campaign website leaves the voter wondering about the details of his agenda, particularly on foreign policy. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE J oe Biden’s campaign website could easily be mistaken for

An ATF investigator looks through a burned-out building in Kenosha, Wis., August 28, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) ‘The violence will continue unless you vote for Biden’ sounds like a threat. Voters don’t always respond well to threats. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE C all me crazy, but I don’t think Joe Biden’s best response to the news of

President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech as the 2020 Republican presidential nominee during the final event of the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House, August 27, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) There’s been a lot of criticism (including by me) of Trump’s speech for being too long and not thematic enough.

President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech as the 2020 Republican presidential nominee during the final event of the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House, August 27, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) When you think of Donald Trump, is the first phrase that comes to mind “a heart full of gratitude”? Because

President Donald Trump gestures after delivering his acceptance speech as the 2020 Republican presidential nominee during the final event of the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., August 27, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) On the menu today: The Republicans go out and make the only case for Trump

Protesters confront U.S. Rep. Brian Mast in Washington, August 27, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters) The Democratic challenger to Representative Brian Mast (R., Fla.) wondered if it was “open season” on Trump administration officials in a June social media post. The race between Mast and Pam Keith, who is backed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, for

Abby Johnson, a former clinic director for Planned Parenthood, speaks during the 2020 Republican National Convention broadcast from Washington, D.C., August 25, 2020. (2020 Republican National Convention/Handout via Reuters) The speeches delivered by elected Republican officials at this week’s GOP convention were hit-and-miss. South Carolina pols Tim Scott and Nikki Haley got off to a

Donald Trump spoke for an hour and ten minutes, and he did not seem as if he was enjoying it. Trump’s demeanor at the start of the speech was almost genial, and at points, he managed the twinkle in the eye that he gets at some of his rallies, such as when he was chiding

University of Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Ind. (Matt Cashore/USA TODAY Sports) On the third night of the Republican National Convention, former Notre Dame head football coach Lou Holtz addressed the crowd, calling Trump “a consistent winner, an outstanding leader [who] deserves to be reelected as our president.” “There’s a statue of me at

Former Vice President Joe Biden greets workers during a campaign stop at the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Mack assembly plant in Detroit, Mich., March 10, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) His proposals would eliminate large numbers of union jobs in manufacturing. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A mid all the confusion caused by the coronavirus and the usual noise of

President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech as the 2020 Republican presidential nominee during the final event of the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House, August 27, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) President Trump hit at Joe Biden’s record on trade during his speech at the Republican National Convention, accusing him of

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) during her weekly news conference with Capitol Hill reporters in Washington, D.C., May 7, 2020 (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said on Thursday that Joe Biden should not participate in debates with President Trump during the general election campaign. “Don’t tell anybody I told you this,

Vice President Mike Pence delivers his acceptance speech as the 2020 Republican vice presidential nominee during an event for the 2020 Republican National Convention at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Md., August 26, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Vice president Mike Pence called Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden a “Trojan horse for the radical left” in his nomination

Florida businessman Maximo Alvarez speaks during the 2020 Republican National Convention broadcast from Washington, D.C., August 24, 2020. (2020 Republican National Convention/Handout via Reuters) Imagine that on Sunday, before the Republican convention began, I told you that some of the best and most memorable remarks would come from recovered cancer patient Natalie Harp, Cuban-American immigrant

Former Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during a speech delivered for the 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., August 20, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) It still remains something of a mystery to me why there’s so little apprehension among liberal pundits and Democrats about the similarities

(Rainer Puster/iStock/Getty Images Plus) A shoutout to the Americans who can’t stand party conventions NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE O ne of the worst things about working in political journalism is that every so often you have to listen to politicians talk for extended periods of time. I can’t stand presidential debates, especially the too-numerous and too-crowded

Former Covington Catholic High School Student Nicholas Sandmann speaks from the Lincoln Memorial to the 2020 Republican National Convention broadcast from Washington, D.C., August 25, 2020. (2020 Republican National Convention/Handout via Reuters) Nicholas Sandmann, the Covington Catholic High School student who sued major news outlets in the aftermath of their coverage of a controversial interaction

Former Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during a speech delivered for the 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., August 20, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Around the middle of the month, those of us who were paying attention noticed that there was no discernable bump in the