2020 election
Trump Takes His Election Delegitimization Crusade To The Next Level Prime Badge
This Week in Voting Rights: A weekly roundup of news on Americans' access to the ballot box.
08.03.20 | 2:14 pm
If The Feds Protect The Suburbs, Will The Suburbs Protect The President? Prime Badge
This Week in the Swamp: A weekly dive into the muck of the Trump administration.
07.30.20 | 6:29 pm
Where Things Stand: Just Another 2020 Morning News Dump Prime Badge
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.
07.30.20 | 12:25 pm

There was a lot going on this morning.

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Where Things Stand: A Hint At Why He’s Been More COVID Behaved Lately Prime Badge
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.
07.27.20 | 12:57 pm

There are plenty of explanations out there for President Trump’s minor shift in coronavirus posturing in recent weeks. The President is suddenly encouraging mask-wearing, cancelling the in-person convention and giving new COVID-19 briefings. Maybe fellow GOPers’ messaging on masks had an impact. Maybe he didn’t want another Tulsa repeat. Or maybe, as the virus creeps into his inner administration circle, he’s taking it more seriously.

But according to new reporting in the Washington Post, it’s the same as it ever was — all about his reelection.

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CLEVELAND, OHIO - JULY 21: Texas GOP delegates look to the ceiling of the Quicken Loans arena as balloons drop on the last day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor CLEVELAND, OHIO - JULY 21: Texas GOP delegates look to the ceiling of the Quicken Loans arena as balloons drop on the last day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor