Donald Trump’s midterm convention was two days of Trump-tenored programming, a display honed since he beat a Bush, a Clinton and a field of governors and senators to first win the White House. The goal was to convince the country that Trump and his party should keep control of Congress — even though what’s happened in Washington is unrecognizable to allies of the last Republican president who came before him.
His defining rival may still be Joe Biden, Obama’s vice president, who ousted Trump from the White House in 2020, a loss so shocking to the president and his allies that they tried, and failed, to overturn it. Biden remains the only candidate of either party ever to beat Trump in a campaign. And even as Trump returned to power in 2024, chasing Biden from his re-election bid after a disastrous debate and then defeating Vice President Kamala Harris that fall, he never got the chance to defeat the man who had defeated him.
Absent a main opponent this November, Republicans have gone looking for one.
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The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican. Read more from Brandy Zadrozny.
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“There are real reasons why some people cannot reach polling places. The Trump administration’s approach is outrageous — offering no compassion, empathy or understanding to Americans with health issues.
I hope that the Supreme Court will give such issues serious consideration as it makes critical decisions.”
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