Vance, Walz square off in what could be final meeting of presidential campaigns
NEW YORK — It was a political joust with a healthy side of Midwest nice. Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) shook hands twice Tuesday before…
5 takeaways from the 2024 vice-presidential debate
Welcome to The Campaign Moment, your guide to the biggest moments in the 2024 election, including when politicians occasionally agree on some things. (Did a friend forward this to you?…
In debate, Walz struggles to answer question on his time in Hong Kong
It is one of the featured elements of Tim Walz’s biography: how as a teacher he often went to China, and how it informed his worldview. In his telling, it…
Fact-checking the vice-presidential debate between Vance and Walz
In the vice-presidential debate Tuesday night, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) proved he could match his running mate on the falsehood meter, though with a bit more verve and polish. Minnesota…
Vance peddles Trump agenda in softer tones, misleading ways during debate
Gone was the JD Vance of “childless cat ladies.” Gone was the JD Vance who falsely claimed Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ cats and dogs. And gone was the…
Trump downplays U.S. troop injuries in 2020 Iranian attack as headaches
Former president Donald Trump once again downplayed the traumatic brain injuries suffered by American soldiers in an Iranian missile strike on an air base in Iraq in 2020, describing them…
Tim Walz says his son, Gus, witnessed a shooting at a rec center
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s son, Gus, witnessed a shooting last year at a St. Paul recreation center in which a teenager was shot in the head — something the Democratic…
As Harris shifts to the center, progressives hold their fire — for now
Donald Trump describes Kamala Harris as the most “radical left” person to run for president, a “Comrade Kamala” who wants to raise taxes to fund a liberal agenda. But the…
The most memorable lines from the Vance-Walz VP debate
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R) met on the debate stage Tuesday night in what is likely to be the only vice-presidential debate of the…
The Vance-Walz VP debate was overshadowed by war and disaster
Vice-presidential debates rarely matter much in presidential campaigns and Tuesday’s clash between Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance may matter less than ever — not because of what was…