At the Republican National Convention last week, Republicans celebrated both a new policy platform and the choice of Sen. JD Vance as the former president’s running mate. The choices go together all too well. Republicans are shifting toward a new kind of inward-looking big-government ...
National political conventions have evolved into party pep rallies. The only real business is the effort to generate as much positive press as possible. But even by that standard, the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee is shattering expectations. The New York Times, which just a ...
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Soon after word of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump flashed across the television screens and social media, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance became one of the first top Republicans to cast blame for the horrific event. “Today is not just some ...
by Noah Feldman You don’t need a legal expert to tell you that Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision striking down the appointment of Jack Smith as special counsel to investigate former President Donald Trump is terribly wrong. What’s less obvious is that Cannon’s opinion isn’t ...
The nation remains in shock as law enforcement officials unravel the mystery of what drove 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks to carry out an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump during a Saturday rally in Pennsylvania. Secret Service snipers took down Crooks after he ...
by Francis Wilkinson It’s wrong to view the Supreme Court’s ruling in the aptly titled Trump v. United States, its Constitution-torching invitation to authoritarian rule, as a decision without precedent. It’s just that Supreme Court precedents don’t necessarily roll quite like ...