Tag: Donald Trump

The Right’s Long War On Howard Zinn Reaches The White House

Conservatives have been upset about kids reading ‘A People’s History of the United States’ for years, worrying that it stirs up trouble. Now Trump has taken up the cause.

By Peter Dreier

09.22.20 | 11:11 am

SWANTON, OH - SEPTEMBER 21: President Donald Trump charges up the crowd while speaking of the need to win the upcoming election during a campaign rally at the Toledo Express Airport on September 21, 2020 in Swanton, Ohio. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images)

Trump Hammered For Once Again Downplaying Coronavirus

By Cristina Cabrera

09.22.20 | 10:32 am

WINSTON SALEM, NC - SEPTEMBER 08: President Donald Trump addresses a crowd during a campaign rally at Smith Reynolds Airport on September 8, 2020 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The president also made a campaign stop in South Florida on Tuesday. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Trump To Announce SCOTUS Pick On Saturday

By Cristina Cabrera

09.22.20 | 10:01 am

Where Things Stand: The Short List

This is your TPM afternoon briefing.

By Nicole LaFond

09.21.20 | 12:46 pm

President Trump wasted no time declaring when his SCOTUS nomination announcement will be because the Senate majority leader wasted no time — literally no time, maybe minutes after the late justice’s death broke news Friday night — to declare he’d bring him or her to the Senate floor.