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Former President Donald Trump is seen raising his fist on the jumbotron in the Fiserv Forum at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday. With an agenda highlighting supposed mayhem in Democratic cities, Republican calls for unity were already ringing hollow, Curtis writes.

Respect for difference is more important than an appeal for nonexistent unity

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted July 17, 2024 at 1:28pm
Former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by Secret Service agents after being grazed by a bullet during a July 13 rally in Pennsylvania.

The political system is blinking red

By David Winston
Posted July 17, 2024 at 6:01am
From left, Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., former President Donald Trump, vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., sit together at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday.

Not your father’s (or grandfather’s or great-grandfather’s) GOP

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted July 16, 2024 at 6:00am, Updated at 4:36pm
Donald Trump walks toward the stage to speak at a rally at Montana State University on Aug. 9.

The path to victory for Trump is policy, not personality

It’s been 60 years since Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, but opponents of change are still working to turn back the clock, Curtis writes.

The never-ending fight for civil rights

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted July 11, 2024 at 6:00am
President Joe Biden gives a thumbs-up as leaves Harrisburg International Airport on July 7 after holding several campaign events in Pennsylvania.

The state of Joe Biden: Hope isn’t a strategy

By David Winston
Posted July 10, 2024 at 6:00am
It is a strange position when an incumbent president suddenly announces he’s the Great Outsider, Shapiro writes. Above, Joe Biden speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4.

The sad folly of Joe Biden’s defiance

By Walter Shapiro
Posted July 9, 2024 at 6:00am
President Joe Biden is increasingly the focus of the 2024 presidential race, which is not advantageous to his campaign, Stuart Rothenberg writes.

Biden is not the candidate Democrats want voters to focus on

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted July 8, 2024 at 1:14pm
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump were stressed by different topics during their June 27 debate, according to a Roll Call Factba.se analysis.

What Biden and Trump were stressed about during their debate

By Alex Angle
Posted July 5, 2024 at 2:04pm
No one knows which version of Donald Trump will show up Thursday night, Winston writes, but voters may see a more disciplined, focused candidate relying on policy points rather than personal attacks. Above, Trump and Joe Biden debate on Sept. 29, 2020.

The debate: Preseason is over

By David Winston
Posted June 26, 2024 at 6:00am
Donald Trump participates in a roundtable at the 180 Church in Detroit, Michigan, on June 15.

Will the real Donald Trump get the coverage he deserves?

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted June 21, 2024 at 6:00am