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Kellyanne Conway donald trump
Tara Palmeri August 8, 2024
Amid the post-Biden Harris-Walzmentum, Trump is getting itchy for attention, and wondering if it’s time for a new voice on the campaign. Is Kellyanne Conway what he wants? Or needs?
donald trump
Tara Palmeri August 2, 2024
Inside Mar-a-Lago, the return of 2016-style infighting is the latest symptom of a campaign on tilt, as an election that once felt like a layup devolves into a dogfight.
Brendan Boyle
Tara Palmeri July 31, 2024
A candid conversation with Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan Boyle about the merits of Josh Shapiro as V.P., and whether a candidate who flip-flopped on fracking can win “the Saudi Arabia of natural gas.”
jd vance
Tara Palmeri July 26, 2024
With Democrats celebrating a post-Biden move toward parity in the polls, Republicans inside Mar-a-Lago are navigating how to modulate their messaging, and vice president, in a race that’s been transformed overnight.


kamala harris
Tara Palmeri July 24, 2024
Campaign finance reporter Brian Schwartz joins Tara for an inside conversation about Harris’s $100 million money bomb, how the campaign reactivated the Hollywood donor spigot, and whether Silicon Valley could give the Democrats a second look.
kamala harris
Tara Palmeri July 22, 2024
Political strategist Steve Schmidt joins Tara Palmeri in the wake of Biden ending his campaign to discuss Harris’s anointment as his successor, which Democrats might challenge her for the nomination, and how an open convention could play out.
joe biden nancy pelosi
Tara Palmeri July 18, 2024
With pressure mounting in Congress, the long arm of Nancy Pelosi is working through surrogates to bypass Biden’s inner circle and convince him to exit the race with dignity. “Nancy is historically always a first mover on legislation, and Schumer is always a closer,” said a senior Hill source with knowledge of the campaign. “It’s going to be the collective pressure.”
donald trump assassination attempt
Tara Palmeri July 15, 2024
A pressing conversation about the shooting of Donald Trump, the security breach, Biden’s phone call, and what to expect at the Republican convention.


joe biden
Tara Palmeri July 12, 2024
News and notes from inside the campaign bunker. Plus, the latest on Trump’s V.P. calculus.
donald trump joe biden debate
Tara Palmeri June 27, 2024
I chatted with some of the top operatives around town to get their honest read and predictions on tonight’s first, and possibly only, presidential debate. Here’s what people in this town are whispering under their breath.
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