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  1. tremendous content
    Trump’s Kitschy Nostalgia Is the PointThe schmaltzy music lets his followers feel what they want to feel.
    By Sam Adler-Bell
  2. politics
    Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump Speaks To The Press In Palm Beach, Florida
    What We Know About the Trump-Campaign HackLast week, the Trump campaign said it was the victim of a hack from Iran as multiple news outlets received internal documents from an unknown source.
    By Nia Prater
  3. early and often
    Donald Trump
    The Wildest Things Trump Said at His Private Mar-a-Lago Donor RetreatOver the weekend, Trump compared the Biden administration to the Gestapo and bragged he was bigger than Taylor Swift.
    By Chas Danner
  4. the national interest
    Donald Trump
    The Paramilitary CandidateTrump has made justice for insurrectionists the center of his campaign.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. the system
    The Normalization of Trump’s Alleged CrimesHis legal strategy is both buying him time and erasing the accusations against him.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  6. trump campaign
    Yet Another Trump 2016 Alum Has Been Charged With a Federal CrimeTom Barrack is accused of illegally lobbying the Trump administration on behalf of the United Arab Emirates.
    By Matt Stieb
  7. the swamp
    The Full(est Possible) Story of the Four Seasons Total Landscaping Press EventA six-week, 37-source search for answers.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  8. early and often
    Trump Spent His Holiday Weekend Bolstering His Loser RoutineA roundup of Trump’s latest preposterous election claims and flailing attempts to convince America that he’s definitely not a loser.
    By Chas Danner
  9. 2020 presidential election
    Federal Judge Rebukes Trump’s Effort to Overturn Pennsylvania Election ResultsIn a scathing ruling, the judge said the Trump campaign was trying to “disenfranchise almost 7 million voters.”
    By Chas Danner
  10. early and often
    Lindsey Graham Pressured Georgia Secretary of State to Toss Legal BallotsSecretary of State Brad Raffensperger says he’s alarmed by the efforts of Graham and other Trump allies to challenge Biden’s victory in Georgia.
    By Chas Danner
  11. vision 2020
    Trump’s Voter-Suppression Strategy Is a Crisis (Even If It Backfires)Historic turnout doesn’t erase the threat posed by the GOP’s open contempt for the political rights of its opposition.
    By Eric Levitz
  12. trump campaign
    Trump Campaign Website Hacked in Apparent Cryptocurrency ScamA message up for around 30 minutes baselessly claimed that voters would soon learn that “the trump-gov is involved in the origin of the coronavirus.”
    By Matt Stieb
  13. trump campaign
    Trump Has Given Up on Reaching Voters Who Think COVID Is ‘a Big Deal’“If you think Covid is a big deal, then you are not voting for the president,” a Trump ally said this week, forfeiting 65 percent of the electorate.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. politics
    Kimberly Guilfoyle Reportedly Offered Hush Money to Sexual-Harassment AccuserThe ex-Fox News host and current Trump campaign staffer allegedly showed an assistant nude photos and tried to buy her silence.
    By Matt Stieb
  15. trump campaign
    Trump Cancels One of His Saturday Wisconsin Rallies As Local COVID Cases SurgeA rare coronavirus-considerate decision from the president.
    By Matt Stieb
  16. trump campaign
    Ex–Trump Campaign Manager Brad Parscale Hospitalized After Standoff With PoliceParscale was tackled and involuntarily committed by Fort Lauderdale police on Sunday after his wife told them he was suicidal, armed, and had hit her.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  17. vision 2020
    How the Campaigns Are Preparing to Win the Chaotic Election AftermathIt’s a new political world in which November 3 doesn’t necessarily mark the end of the campaign, but the beginning of a new phase.
    By Ben Jacobs
  18. vision 2020
    Trump Ad Asking Americans to ‘Support Our Troops’ Features Russian JetsAn image that the campaign ran the week of 9/11 appears to be asking Americans to support the wrong troops.
    By Matt Stieb
  19. vision 2020
    The 2020 Trump Campaign Is Reportedly a Financial MessThe campaign spent over $800 million of its $1.1 billion haul — including some questionable purchases — before the fall homestretch began.
    By Matt Stieb
  20. politics
    NYC Tenants in RNC Video Say They Were Tricked“I am not a Trump supporter,” insisted one of the three tenants who claim they were misled about the purpose of their interviews.
    By Chas Danner
  21. vision 2020
    Trump Replaces Brad Parscale As 2020 Campaign ManagerIn the wake of the disastrous Tulsa rally, Parscale has been demoted, with deputy campaign manager Bill Stepien taking the reins.
    By Matt Stieb
  22. vision 2020
    The Trump Campaign Is Considering Using Statues As Rally PropsAs he doubles down on defending the country’s racist past, Trump may bring statues of “America’s founding fathers” on the campaign trail.
    By Matt Stieb
  23. the pandemic president
    Trump Campaign Removed Social-Distancing Stickers From Seats at Tulsa RallyThe Trump team didn’t just put the president’s supporters at risk, it undid an effort by arena staff to protect them.
    By Chas Danner
  24. politics
    All the Reasons Trump’s Tulsa Rally Was a Complete DisasterThe failure of the overhyped event has left the Trump campaign in disarray, and at least eight staff members have now tested positive for COVID-19.
    By Chas Danner
  25. trump campaign
    Trump’s Tulsa Rally Is Still Happening, Pandemic and Reason Be DamnedThe president’s top coronavirus advisers couldn’t stop it, a legal challenge failed, and his campaign still believes it will Make Trump Great Again.
    By Chas Danner
  26. trump campaign
    Facebook Removes Trump Ads With Nazi Symbol Used to Identify Political PrisonersThe ad condemning “dangerous” leftist groups featured an inverted red triangle used by Nazis to identify political prisoners in concentration camps.
    By Matt Stieb
  27. vision 2020
    Tulsa Health Director ‘Wishes’ Trump Would Postpone Rally As Cases Spike in OKThe health director added that he was “concerned about our ability to ensure the president stays safe” in an indoor arena without social distancing.
    By Matt Stieb
  28. george floyd protests
    Trump Reschedules His Juneteenth Rally in TulsaThe president said he was pushing the rally back a day to honor the requests of “many of my African-American friends and supporters.”
    By Chas Danner
  29. vision 2020
    Trump Campaign Reportedly Orders Red ‘Trump-Branded’ Face MasksMove over, MAGA hat.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  30. coronavirus
    Trump Vows More Rallies Despite CPAC Coronavirus CaseA CPAC attendee tested positive for COVID-19, but Trump is not concerned about the risks and vowed to hold “tremendous” campaign rallies.
    By Chas Danner
  31. politics
    Trump Is Beefing With the Mayor of Minneapolis Over MAGA Rally BillAfter a Minneapolis arena tried to pass a half-million-dollar security bill on to the campaign, Team Trump threatened to sue and attacked the mayor.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  32. trump campaign
    Trump Campaign: ‘Remind AOC and Democrats That This Is Our Country, Not Theirs’In a campaign email, the president defends the Electoral College on the grounds that the U.S. belongs exclusively to Republican voters.
    By Eric Levitz
  33. other people’s money
    Trump Cared About His Campaign Spending When It Was His Money — Not AnymoreHe loves spending “other people’s money,” and that’s what he’ll do in 2020.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  34. vision 2020
    GOP Donors Demand Trump Magically Become a Normal Human by 2020Donors are starting to worry that Trump’s 2020 campaign might just be a bunch of nepotism hires rationalizing the outbursts of a senescent narcissist.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. russia investigation
    Rick Gates Solicited Proposal for Online Disinformation Campaign to Help TrumpHe wanted to use fake social media personas to sway voters, among other things.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  36. russia investigation
    Sessions Was ‘Enthusiastic’ About Trump-Putin Meeting, Says PapadopoulosPapadopoulos’s account indicates the attorney general may have perjured himself when he said he “pushed back” on the meeting pitch.
    By Chas Danner
  37. politics
    Doorman Who Sold Trump Affair Story to AMI Releases ‘Catch and Kill’ ContractThe former Trump World Tower doorman was likely paid off by AMI to suppress damaging stories about Trump during his presidential campaign.
    By Chas Danner
  38. russia investigation
    Mueller Wants Papadopoulos to Go to Jail, Says He Harmed Russia InvestigationProsecutors say the Trump campaign aide’s lies did significant damage to the Russia investigation in its critical early stages.
    By Chas Danner
  39. russia investigation
    Alleged Russian Agent’s Contacts Also Included Trump Campaign AideFormer Trump campaign national security director and transition team member J.D. Gordon met with Maria Butina right before the 2016 election.
    By Chas Danner
  40. racism
    Former Trump Adviser Uses Racist Slur to Attack Black Guest on Fox NewsTrump’s former deputy campaign manager, David Bossie, told black Democratic strategist Joel Payne that he was out of his “cotton-picking mind.”
    By Chas Danner
  41. russia investigation
    Roger Stone Admits Meeting With Russian Who Promised Damaging Clinton Info11 Trump associates have now acknowledged interacting with Russian nationals during the campaign or transition.
    By Chas Danner
  42. russia investigation
    Top Brexit Backer Passed Trump Transition Team Info to RussiansA trove of leaked emails have exposed the extensive Russian ties of two top Brexit supporters in the U.K. who later threw their weight behind Trump.
    By Chas Danner
  43. Report: Cohen Set Up $774,000 Credit Line During Trump CampaignAnd if the money was used to pay off porn stars who had affairs with President Trump, Cohen may have committed bank fraud.
    By Chas Danner
  44. DNC Sues Russia and Trump Aides for Conspiring to Hack Its EmailsThe DNC is seeking millions in damages — but its primary aim may be to create a new source of legal and political jeopardy for Trump’s team.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. politics
    Trump Campaign Used Amazon to Buy Its Office SuppliesAnd most of its orders qualified for free shipping.
    By Chas Danner
  46. trump campaign
    Trump’s Data Firm Exploited Private Information From Millions of Facebook UsersCambridge Analytica, which has finally been suspended by Facebook, is even shadier than we thought.
    By Chas Danner
  47. russia investigation
    Report: Former Trump Aide Rick Gates Will Plead Guilty, Testify Against ManafortThings aren’t looking good for Trump’s former campaign chairman.
    By Chas Danner
  48. Mueller Probing Whether Trump Team Aided a Russian Disinformation CampaignDid the Trump digital operation help Russian trolls target their ads on Facebook? The special counsel wants to find out.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  49. Email References Yet Another Effort to Set Up Trump Campaign–Russia MeetingRick Dearborn, who is now deputy chief of staff, reportedly passed along information about someone trying to connect Trump officials with Putin.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. russia investigation
    Mueller Investigation Requests Flynn Documents From White HouseInvestigators now appear to be looking for evidence that Flynn committed a specific crime.
    By Chas Danner
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