List of U.S. 2020 Election articles
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President Xi Jinping pictured with Joe Biden on Aug. 18, 2011, when they were each vice president of China and the United States, respectively, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Biden Has a Serious Credibility Problem in Asia
U.S. allies have grown comfortable with Trump and his tough approach to China—and are anxious about a Biden victory.
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U.S Vice President Joe Biden meets with troops during a visit with Jordan's King Abdullah at a joint Jordanian-American training center on March 10, 2016 in Zarqa northeast of Amman, Jordan. Under Biden, the Middle East Would Be Just Another Region
The Democratic presidential candidate would stop sucking up to the region's autocrats, but he also wouldn’t give much encouragement to liberals.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on Jan. 27, 2017. This Election Has Become Dangerous for the U.S. Military
Trump is losing support among the troops. That’s just one reason why the military risks getting sucked into the campaign.
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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump votes at his local polling station in New York's primary on April 19, 2016 in New York City. 10 Ways Trump Is Becoming a Dictator, Election Edition
The closer the president gets to election day, the bigger the threat he poses to U.S. democracy.
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U.S. President Donald Trump salutes graduating West Point cadets. Trump Has Mocked the U.S. Military His Whole Life
Egged on by his father, the U.S. president began expressing contempt for Americans who fight in wars as far back as high school, his classmates say.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping accompanies Joe Biden to view an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People on Aug. 18, 2011 in Beijing. Biden Is Now a China Hawk—With Limits
The Democratic nominee is getting ready to confront Beijing—but he doesn’t want another Cold War.
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Voters cast ballots in the Michigan primary election in Detroit on March 10. America’s Elections Are Under Threat—and Congress Is Being Bypassed
The Trump administration’s decision to scale back briefings on election security needs to be reversed. Here’s how to do it.
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White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway pre-records her address to the Republican National Convention in the empty Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, on Aug. 26. The Trumpists’ Answer to His Republican Foreign-Policy Critics? More Culture Wars.
Trump’s friends have opted for their usual grievance politics.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses the virtual Republican convention in a pre-recorded video from Jerusalem, Israel, on Aug. 25. Is Trump Touting His Diplomatic Achievements to Get Reelected?
Both parties have featured speeches from key diplomats at their conventions, with Mike Pompeo making a controversial cameo at the RNC—but they aren’t proposing much that’s new.
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U.S. President Donald Trump The October Surprise Is Already Here
A new upsurge of racial unrest during the RNC could define Trump’s 2020 campaign.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 2020 Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Aug. 24. What the Republican National Convention Tells Us About Trump’s Foreign Policy
Exaggeration, distortion, spin—that much was expected. More frightening were the things they didn’t say.
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Then-U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speak in Washington. Pompeo and Haley Position Themselves as the Republican Standard-Bearers After Trump
In a party turning America inward, its brightest stars built their résumés on foreign policy.
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The Resolute desk as U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in the Oval Office of the White House March 5, 2018 in Washington. The Obscure Constitutional Loophole That 2020 Is Blowing Wide Open
The United States has a law for disputed elections—but it’s not ready for this year's presidential vote.
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U.S. President Donald Trump The Republican National Convention Is Already Over
Trump, in a rambling speech, says if he loses the election was rigged.
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U.S. President Donald Trump pauses during a press briefing at the White House, in Washington, DC on Aug. 19. Why I, an Anti-Trump Republican, Didn’t Sign the Anti-Trump Letter
Many former Republican national security officials just endorsed Biden. They will be hobbled in the fight for the party’s post-Trump future.
