Cathleen Decker

‘I will keep you in suspense’: Trump undoes his best debate performance in just a few words

August 22, 2019 at 1:36 a.m.

Donald Trump needed a compelling victory in Wednesday's debate to alter the course of a campaign that has increasingly moved toward Hillary Clinton both nationally and in key states. He...

Hillary Clinton has a wide lead over Trump in a new survey of Asian American voter

Asian-American voters are spurning Trump — and threatening to spurn the Republican Party

August 22, 2019 at 1:24 a.m.

Asian American voters are siding strongly with Hillary Clinton in the presidential contest, as younger voters in particular abandon Donald Trump and the Republican Party, a new poll of those...

Republican nominee Mike Pence (left) and Democratic nominee Tim Kaine listen as moderator Elaine Quijano speaks during the vice presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va.

Analysis: Vice presidential candidates bicker to little effect on presidential race

August 22, 2019 at 1:23 a.m.

With the measured tones of a former radio host and the policy chops of a veteran politician, Mike Pence in Tuesday night's vice presidential debate delivered the performance Donald Trump...

Hillary Clinton holds wide lead over Donald Trump in California in new poll

August 22, 2019 at 1:04 a.m.

Hillary Clinton holds a lopsided lead over Donald Trump in decidedly Democratic California, but weaknesses here with younger voters suggest problems that could thwart her campaign in more contested states,...

Donald Trump speaks on immigration in Phoenix.

In immigration speech, Donald Trump spurns softened tone and threatens Republican future

August 22, 2019 at 12:57 a.m.

Donald Trump's aggressively tough speech on immigration buried the notion that he planned to pivot away from the posture that got him the Republican nomination to a gentler position tailored...

Trump’s call for ‘2nd Amendment people’ to stop Clinton isn’t helping his dropping poll numbers

August 22, 2019 at 12:37 a.m.

Donald Trump is stuck in a destructive loop of his own making, his words increasingly at odds with his needs as the presidential campaign moves into its final phase. Trump...

Florida delegate Dianne Krumel from Pensacola shows her support for Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton before the start of the third day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 27, 2016.

Now that she’s made history, Hillary Clinton must build trust

August 22, 2019 at 12:27 a.m.

Hillary Clinton's formal acceptance of the Democratic nomination for president came with a nod to her decades at the center of American politics — and to the introduction she still...

Analysis: Clinton has one big edge on Trump — her supporting cast is stronger

August 22, 2019 at 12:25 a.m.

After a day that demonstrated weaknesses in both presidential candidates, a series of high-powered surrogates for Hillary Clinton impugned Donald Trump from the Democratic convention stage Wednesday, aiming at the...

The Clintons greet supporters in a June appearance in Brooklyn.

An asset or a disruption? What the White House might look like with Bill Clinton in the East Wing

August 22, 2019 at 12:24 a.m.

When Bill Clinton walks onto the stage at the Democratic convention on Tuesday — the night his wife officially wins the Democratic nomination for president — the couple will rest...

Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday, July 21, 2016.

Trump took aim at voters he already has, betting they will give him a November win

August 22, 2019 at 12:20 a.m.

Donald Trump's Thursday night address, indeed his entire Republican convention, represented a high-risk bet: that a strong desire for change in November will defy the demographic and political tides that...

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