Donald H. Harrison

WEST TISBURY, Mass. — President Barack Obama plans to visit Louisiana next week to assess the damage of massive floods there and to talk with local officials about how the federal government can best help in recovery, the White House said Friday. Obama wants to get a “first-hand look” at the devastation, White House press […]

CENTRAL La. — Terry Phinney was not always a fan of Donald Trump’s, but when the Republican presidential candidate arrived at his Baptist church to meet flood victims Friday, Phinney was impressed. “It was a good little boost for folks who are tired,” said Phinney, 42, a church maintenance supervisor whose father’s home flooded. More

With less than three months to go until voters cast their ballots in the presidential election, the chief strategist of Republican Donald Trump’s campaign resigned on Friday, an unusual high-level departure this late in an election year. Paul Manafort’s exit came just two days after Trump announced new campaign leadership, naming Stephen Bannon, head of

When Donald Trump says he expects this presidential election (the one he looks increasingly likely to lose) will be “rigged,” he’s not just throwing out an empty phrase: The Republican is actually dog-whistling to a deeply paranoid subset of his supporters. Paranoia is nothing new in American politics, but some in the current paranoiac generation—weaned