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Byline: Beth Reinhard In September 2018, as allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett M. Kavanaugh threatened his confirmation to the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump vowed that the FBI would [...]

Days after a Republican donor accused Corey Lewandowski, a longtime Donald Trump adviser, of sexually harassing her at a Las Vegas charity dinner in September 2021, she received an unexpected [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard, Isaac Stanley-Becker Tim Walz was in the thick of a crowded Democratic primary for governor of Minnesota in August 2017 when he appeared at a sports and [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard, Jonathan O'Connell As he campaigns in one of the nation's most competitive U.S. Senate races, Montana Republican Tim Sheehy recounts how he started an aerial firefighting business [...]

Byline: Isaac Stanley-Becker, Beth Reinhard The day after JD Vance was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022, he received a congratulatory text from Charles Johnson, a blogger and entrepreneur [...]

Byline: Peter Jamison, Beth Reinhard, Hannah Natanson, Nicole Markus During her rise through America's most prestigious schools, law firms and judicial clerkships, Usha Vance rarely - if ever - volunteered [...]

Byline: Colby Itkowitz, Beth Reinhard, Clara Ence Morse In tapping Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate, Donald Trump chose someone who has said he would have done what [...]

Byline: Peter Jamison, Michael Kranish, Beth Reinhard, Emmanuel Felton, Meryl Kornfield, Colby Itkowitz, Jon Swaine Among the sun-baked thousands gathered in a Pennsylvania field, many strained to place the sound [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard A battle-tested D.C. bureaucrat and self-described Christian nationalist is drawing up detailed plans for a sweeping expansion of presidential power in a second Trump administration. Russ Vought, [...]

Byline: Isaac Stanley-Becker, Beth Reinhard, Josh Dawsey After pleading guilty to money laundering and obstruction of justice, Paul Manafort, the globe-trotting political consultant and former campaign chairman for Donald Trump, [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard The National Rifle Association is promising to reform how its charitable arm distributes money in a settlement with D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb (D), allowing the [...]

Byline: Isaac Stanley-Becker, Beth Reinhard, Liz Goodwin When Tim Sheehy completed training as a Navy SEAL in 2009 and shipped off to Iraq, the elite fighting force was not a [...]

Byline: Caroline Kitchener, Lori Rozsa, Beth Reinhard Floridaâs conservative Supreme Court ruled Monday that the stateâs constitution does not protect abortion rights, allowing one of the countryâs strictest and most [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard, Jon Swaine, Aaron Schaffer After an anti-corruption crusader unexpectedly won last yearâs presidential election in Guatemala, democracy teetered on the edge in the Central American country. Amid [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard Top aides to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blocked the release of records detailing his taxpayer-funded travel and retaliated against those who favored making them public, according to [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard and Silvia Foster-Frau In 2016, the National Rifle Association endorsed a Republican presidential candidate with a spotty record of supporting gun rights - then helped catapult him [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard, Silvia Foster-Frau and Justine McDaniel Longtime National Rifle Association chief executive Wayne LaPierre, who built the organization into a political juggernaut that repelled firearm limits even in [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard and Shayna Jacobs Days before a federal court late Wednesday began identifying dozens of associates of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, one far-right website predicted that former [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard and Shayna Jacobs A federal court late Wednesday posted nearly 950 pages of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including dozens of previously redacted names [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard and Isaac Arnsdorf Officials overseeing the Conservative Political Action Conference knew about past accusations of sexual misconduct by chairman Matt Schlapp but failed to investigate or remove [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard When top aides to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met with state law enforcement agency officials about two months ago to discuss a lawsuit seeking the release of [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard, Manuel Roig-Franzia and Clara Ence Morse FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. - At a diner known for political chitchat and Coca-Cola memorabilia, former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio walked [...]

Byline: Isaac Arnsdorf and Beth Reinhard The parent organization of the Conservative Political Action Conference lost another high-profile board member this week amid mounting criticism of Chairman Matt Schlapp and [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard, Manuel Roig-Franzia and Alice Crites Philip Esformes beat the system. Or so it seemed. Less than five years into a 20-year sentence for his role in a [...]

Byline: Jon Swaine and Beth Reinhard Before this summer's landmark Supreme Court ruling that a Christian web designer in Colorado had the right to refuse to work on same-sex weddings, [...]

Byline: Caroline Kitchener, Beth Reinhard and Rachel Roubein Members of Florida's conservative Supreme Court appeared skeptical during a hearing Friday that the state constitution was intended to protect abortion rights [...]

Byline: Caroline Kitchener, Beth Reinhard and Rachel Roubein The Florida Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Friday in a case that could trigger one of the country's strictest and [...]

Byline: Maegan Vazquez and Beth Reinhard A former employee of the Conservative Political Action Conference is suing the group, alleging racial discrimination and defamation by her former bosses, including the [...]

Byline: Alexandra Heal and Beth Reinhard A New York state judge has ordered former White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon to fork over nearly half a million dollars in unpaid [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard and Josh Dawsey For decades, the ambitions of Florida's Republican governors were stymied by the liberal-leaning state Supreme Court. That is, until Ron DeSantis was elected. The [...]

Byline: Isaac Arnsdorf and Beth Reinhard Matt Schlapp, the prominent Trump ally who leads the influential Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), was accused this week of mismanaging money and staff [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard The mission was a tightly held secret as two agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement traveled to a remote Texas town, hundreds of miles away [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard and Caroline Kitchener Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a strict abortion ban hours after it overwhelmingly passed the Republican-led legislature this month - yet whether the [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard and Isaac Arnsdorf The longtime Republican campaign aide who has leveled sexual misconduct allegations against Matt Schlapp, the influential leader of the Conservative Political Action Conference, was [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard and Isaac Arnsdorf The man who has accused Matt Schlapp, the influential leader of the Conservative Political Action Conference, of sexual misconduct came forward publicly Wednesday after [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard and Isaac Arnsdorf For nearly a decade, Matt Schlapp has captained the blockbuster Conservative Political Action Conference, bringing together influential figures on the right and establishing himself [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard As Gov. Ron DeSantis prepared for an election night party in downtown Tampa last year, city officials received a surprising - and politically sensitive - request. The [...]

Byline: Isaac Stanley-Becker and Beth Reinhard Groups under the direction of pro-Trump activist Charlie Kirk received $1.25 million. Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist and far-right media personality, scored $200,000. Roger [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard and Josh Dawsey The deal in early 2021 was hailed by advocates for Black farmers as the most significant piece of legislation since the Civil Rights Act [...]

Byline: Perry Stein, Emma Brown and Beth Reinhard The Justice Department announced that it will dispatch workers to 64 jurisdictions in 24 states on Election Day to ensure that they [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard and Colby Itkowitz BRADDOCK, Pa. - The website promoting this gutted steel town in the spring of 2006 presented stark black-and-white photos of dilapidated housing, aging landmarks [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez PHOENIX - Republicans across the country have embraced an aggressive tactic this year as they seek to tout baseless claims that voter fraud [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard, Maria Sacchetti and Molly Hennessy-Fiske When Jose joined the migrants behind a McDonald's on a sunbaked San Antonio street earlier this month, he was running out of [...]

Byline: Caroline Kitchener and Beth Reinhard CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. - Jana Pinson leaned over the table at the architect's office, craning for a better look at the textures and patterns [...]

Byline: Beth Reinhard and Emma Brown KEARNEY, Neb. - Last year, when the state board of education proposed new sex-education standards for teaching about issues such as sexual orientation, gender [...]

Byline: Isaac Stanley-Becker and Beth Reinhard Kimberly Guilfoyle, a fundraiser for former president Donald Trump and the fiancee of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., spoke for less than three [...]

Byline: Amy Gardner, Beth Reinhard, Rosalind S. Helderman and Jacqueline Alemany A staffer for Donald Trump's presidential campaign instructed Republicans planning to cast electoral college votes for Trump in Georgia [...]

Byline: Moriah Balingit, Beth Reinhard, María Luisa Paúl, Holly Bailey and Karina Elwood A veteran educator whose dedication to a student with Down syndrome left a lasting impression. A jubilant [...]

Byline: Lori Rozsa and Beth Reinhard Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis scored a fundraising bonanza and public relations coup with GOP voters when he assailed the Walt Disney Co. for [...]

Byline: Caroline Kitchener, Beth Reinhard and Alice Crites Calixtro Villarreal's phone rang Saturday afternoon, about 48 hours after his client, Lizelle Herrera, was arrested and charged with murder - over [...]