This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFormer vice president Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept the Democratic presidential nomination because of coronavirus concerns, convention organizers confirmed Wednesday.Biden will deliver his speech accepting the nomination later in August in his home state of Delaware, organizers said, adding that all other speakers who had been planning to travel to Milwaukee will no longer do so.The move marks the latest disruption in plans for what is typically a political festival but is now being conducted almost...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFormer vice president Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept the Democratic presidential nomination because of coronavirus concerns, convention organizers confirmed Wednesday.Biden will deliver his speech accepting the nomination later in August in his home state of Delaware, organizers said, adding that all other speakers who had been planning to travel to Milwaukee will no longer do so.The move marks the latest disruption in plans for what is typically a political festival but is now being conducted almost...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareRepublican National Convention planners are considering the White House South Lawn as the site of President Trump’s nationally televised nomination acceptance speech later this month, according to a Republican familiar with the discussions.The decision to stage the most high-profile political event of Trump’s reelection campaign at the national seat of presidential power would be just the latest break by Trump in presidential norms, which have historically drawn clear lines between official business of the president and...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareRepublican National Convention planners are considering the White House South Lawn as the site of President Trump’s nationally televised nomination acceptance speech later this month, according to a Republican familiar with the discussions.The decision to stage the most high-profile political event of Trump’s reelection campaign at the national seat of presidential power would be just the latest break by Trump in presidential norms, which have historically drawn clear lines between official business of the president and...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump on Thursday abruptly canceled the Republican National Convention celebrations scheduled for next month in Jacksonville, Fla., making the latest in a series of head-snapping reversals in the face of a nationwide pandemic that continues to spread out of control.Trump has for months instructed his advisers to find a way to stage a loud, boisterous and packed convention celebration, after North Carolina officials said they could not guarantee such an event in Charlotte. Advisers scoured the country for a new...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump on Thursday abruptly canceled the Republican National Convention celebrations scheduled for next month in Jacksonville, Fla., making the latest in a series of head-snapping reversals in the face of a nationwide pandemic that continues to spread out of control.Trump has for months instructed his advisers to find a way to stage a loud, boisterous and packed convention celebration, after North Carolina officials said they could not guarantee such an event in Charlotte. Advisers scoured the country for a new...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump sees two school issues as key to reelection, and after paying almost no attention to education for most of his presidency, he’s pushing both in negotiations over the next pandemic relief bill.The president’s first priority is getting schools to reopen this fall, which he sees as central to economic recovery and getting parents back to work. Trump regularly tells advisers that he believes it is “totally safe” for children to return to school, a senior White House official said.He is also newly focused on...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump sees two school issues as key to reelection, and after paying almost no attention to education for most of his presidency, he’s pushing both in negotiations over the next pandemic relief bill.The president’s first priority is getting schools to reopen this fall, which he sees as central to economic recovery and getting parents back to work. Trump regularly tells advisers that he believes it is “totally safe” for children to return to school, a senior White House official said.He is also newly focused on...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump announced Wednesday night that he is replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale with longtime political aide Bill Stepien as recent show him falling further behind Joe Biden in the presidential race amid a spreading that has devastated the economy.The president wrote on social media that Parscale, “who has been with me for a long time,” will stay as a senior adviser focusing on digital and data strategies. Parscale has been marginalized in the campaign for several weeks, officials said, with Trump angry...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump announced Wednesday night that he is replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale with longtime political aide Bill Stepien as recent show him falling further behind Joe Biden in the presidential race amid a spreading that has devastated the economy.The president wrote on social media that Parscale, “who has been with me for a long time,” will stay as a senior adviser focusing on digital and data strategies. Parscale has been marginalized in the campaign for several weeks, officials said, with Trump angry...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFor months, President Trump insisted on packed crowds at his nominating convention.“Since the day I came down the escalator, I’ve never had an empty seat and I find the biggest stadiums,” he in a phone call on May 29, according to two people familiar with the call who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share its contents. “We can’t do social distancing.”But behind the scenes, advisers were scrambling to plan a massive multi-day event amid a pandemic. They asked the federal government to provide protective...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFor months, President Trump insisted on packed crowds at his nominating convention.“Since the day I came down the escalator, I’ve never had an empty seat and I find the biggest stadiums,” he in a phone call on May 29, according to two people familiar with the call who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share its contents. “We can’t do social distancing.”But behind the scenes, advisers were scrambling to plan a massive multi-day event amid a pandemic. They asked the federal government to provide protective...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareJoe Biden is conducting an unusually open and public search for a running mate, , disclosing that he is looking at about a dozen choices and even confirming specific names — all as contenders jockey for the job in plain sight.But behind the scenes, two prospects with national experience who are significantly younger than Biden are emerging as the early leaders in the eyes of top Biden allies, according to interviews with a half-dozen people in frequent contact with the campaign: Sens. and .Although Biden’s search is just...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareJoe Biden is conducting an unusually open and public search for a running mate, , disclosing that he is looking at about a dozen choices and even confirming specific names — all as contenders jockey for the job in plain sight.But behind the scenes, two prospects with national experience who are significantly younger than Biden are emerging as the early leaders in the eyes of top Biden allies, according to interviews with a half-dozen people in frequent contact with the campaign: Sens. and .Although Biden’s search is just...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareJoe Biden’s week-long rollout of endorsements from a series of boldfaced political names is intended to emphatically place him as the leader of a Democratic Party whose factions are newly allied against a common opponent: President Trump.Biden on Tuesday won the public embrace of his most significant supporter yet: former president Barack Obama. In a video that served as part endorsement and part political blueprint, Obama called on Americans to unite in a“great awakening” in November and attested that his former vice...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareJoe Biden’s week-long rollout of endorsements from a series of boldfaced political names is intended to emphatically place him as the leader of a Democratic Party whose factions are newly allied against a common opponent: President Trump.Biden on Tuesday won the public embrace of his most significant supporter yet: former president Barack Obama. In a video that served as part endorsement and part political blueprint, Obama called on Americans to unite in a“great awakening” in November and attested that his former vice...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareHarvard philosopher Cornel West, a prominent champion of Bernie Sanders’s presidential ambitions, defiantly threw his support to the Green Party when Hillary Clinton, a politician he called a “neoliberal disaster,” sealed the Democratic nomination in 2016.Four years later, in a clear sign of all that has changed, West says he will support the probable Democratic nominee Joe Biden as part of an “anti-fascist coalition” against President Trump in November, despite his concerns about the former vice president’s ties to “Wall...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareHarvard philosopher Cornel West, a prominent champion of Bernie Sanders’s presidential ambitions, defiantly threw his support to the Green Party when Hillary Clinton, a politician he called a “neoliberal disaster,” sealed the Democratic nomination in 2016.Four years later, in a clear sign of all that has changed, West says he will support the probable Democratic nominee Joe Biden as part of an “anti-fascist coalition” against President Trump in November, despite his concerns about the former vice president’s ties to “Wall...WW…

10 minPresident Biden, already struggling with broad unpopularity and growing concerns among Democrats about his standing, is now facing an expanding list of declared or potential challengers who could further complicate his effort to win a second term and defeat leading rival Donald Trump.On Thursday, Jill Stein, blamed by some Democrats for helping to funnel votes away from Hillary Clinton in 2016, announced another presidential bid in 2024 as the Green Party candidate. And later in the day, Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) — who has openly flirted with the idea of mounting a third-party...…10 minPresident Biden, already struggling with broad unpopularity and growing concerns among Democrats about his standing, is now facing an expanding list of declared or potential challengers who could further complicate his effort to win a second term and defeat leading rival Donald Trump.On Thursday, Jill Stein, blamed by some Democrats for helping to funnel votes away from Hillary Clinton in 2016, announced another presidential bid in 2024 as the Green Party candidate. And later in the day, Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) — who has openly flirted with the idea of mounting a third-party...WW…