by Carl P. Leubsdorf Almost every week, some headline development occurs that seems as if it could dramatically impact the 2024 presidential race, such as Donald Trump’s virtual invitation for Vladimir Putin to attack some NATO members. Often, the impact of such events is ...
Beginning with the election of John F. Kennedy in 1960 and through the re-election of Richard Nixon in 1972, political journalist and biographer Theodore H. White wrote books called “The Making of a President.” Were he alive today he might title one about Joe Biden “The Unmaking of a ...
Watchful eyes on worldwide elections The world is going to witness elections on a mass scale. Half the world’s population — about 4 billion people from more than 60 countries, 40 democracies — will be heading to polls and, with two ongoing wars, 2024 will be a historical time: one ...
As we said last week, we aren’t fond of the idea that candidates should have to run as the party on their voter registration, because that could disadvantage candidates who are registered Independents. (Even though Independents make up about a quarter of West Virginia’s registered voters, ...
by Mark Gongloff If you were forced to guess the one political issue that will decide the 2024 US election based on sheer volume of news coverage, you might pick inflation or immigration. Maybe plagiarism. Or Taylor Swift’s Kansas City Chiefs fandom — almost anything, in fact, ...
Donald Trump’s blowout win in Iowa Monday night was a wake-up call for Democrats, but not for the reason they think. The reaction from the left over Trump’s 51% rout in the state’s Republican caucuses was expectedly agitated. Former Sen. Claire McCaskill declared on MSNBC’s ...