Opinion: Who’s the vice-president elect? Elon Musk or JD Vance
The speaker of the House, the man second in line to the presidency — Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana — had to photobomb the much-shared…
As JD Vance touts his Appalachian roots, some in the region reject him
Logan County, W.Va. — Five generations of Vances gathered in West Virginia last month for a reunion, singing hymns and swapping stories in a quiet park…
Walz says he’ll ‘own up’ when he misspeaks in interviews
WASHINGTON — Nearly a week after verbal stumbles in the only vice presidential debate, Democrat Tim Walz used his debut campaign appearance on a Sunday news…
Melania Trump’s abortion defense shows how the GOP ignores women
It pays to listen to women.Republicans have repeatedly ignored that adage, as evident in their demolition of Roe vs. Wade, opposition to IVF and contraception,…
JD Vance’s debate performance showed his skill at gaslighting
Oh my gosh! They were just so darn nice to each other.You may have expected nice from Tim Walz, the Democratic governor of Minnesota, Midwestern…
Opinion: How can Usha Vance stand by her husband as he fans bigotry?
I can’t get over how much I have in common with Usha Vance, wife of the Republican vice presidential candidate. We both grew up in…
Hiltzik: Decoding Trump’s rant on child care
An incoherent rant Donald Trump delivered at an appearance Thursday in answering a question about child care policy has gone viral, mostly because it reached…
Coach Walz steals the show from Oprah and Stevie Wonder
CHICAGO — Democrats turned up the wattage at their convention Wednesday, rolling out celebrities including Stevie Wonder, John Legend and Oprah Winfrey to vouch for Kamala…
Opinion: Post-menopausal women in society? JD Vance has some thoughts
I was minding my own business, living my grandbaby-free post-menopausal life, when I was suddenly confronted with an existential question:What — to borrow Barbie’s lament…
JD Vance has long been on a quest to encourage more births
MIAMI — Five summers ago, Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance — then a 34-year-old memoirist and father of a 2-year-old boy — took the stage…
JD Vance and the politics of vegetarianism in a red-meat world
The ebullient audience at the Republican National Convention was ready to be served up some red meat, but Usha Chilukuri Vance, onstage to introduce her…
JD Vance’s pathetic effort to ‘Swift-boat’ Tim Walz’s military service
As soon as I heard Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance smearing the military service of his opponent, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, all I could…
JD Vance: Divorces from unhappy, ‘even violent’ marriages ‘didn’t work out for the kids’
At a 2021 event hosted by a private Newport Beach high school, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance said that after the sexual revolution of…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ever more unbearable weirdness
It took a decade, but the man who left a dead bear cub in Central Park finally fessed up in a social media post Sunday.Why…
Column: Why Walz is exactly who Harris needs for vice president
Kamala Harris has choosen the most down-home dude in the Midwest as her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — the guy who ingeniously dubbed…
Granderson: Questioning whether Harris is Black? Trump is desperate
Donald Trump wants this conversation to be about who is weirder. He wants us debating the merit of adults without children. And I’m sure he…