This Month
Why Pratt’s Ohio workers are swinging behind Donald Trump
The state is a test of support for Trump and J.D. Vance, who grew up there. In the town that’s home to Anthony Pratt’s paper mill, voters are already decided.
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- Matthew Cranston
August
J.D. Vance urges billionaire Peter Thiel to bankroll Trump bid
The Republican vice-presidential nominee also said big technology companies like Google ought to be broken up to promote innovation.
- Alex Rogers
This is how Trump can regain the lead
Seasoned political observers warn it’s too early to assume the Democrats will maintain the momentum gained since Kamala Harris became the presumed nominee.
- Matthew Cranston
The venture capitalists who made J.D. Vance
Vance is the first prominent tech venture capitalist to win a spot on a major party presidential ticket, in a sign of the industry’s growing power.
- Elizabeth Dwoskin, Cat Zakrzewski, Nitasha Tiku and Josh Dawsey
July
Meet J.D. Vance’s ‘cool’, ‘woke’ wife
Usha Chilukuri is a daughter of Indian immigrants, a vegetarian, an accomplished Yale-educated lawyer who has “never gotten a B her entire life”, and who friends say leans liberal.
- Joseph Bernstein and Katherine Rosman
- Analysis
- US election
Will Vance’s rags-to-riches story win back Trump deserters?
The senator lauded the former president, calling him “a once-in-a-generation business leader” who showed the instincts to fight for his country when he was shot.
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- Matthew Cranston
Like Vance, Rudd has changed his views on Trump
The Australian ambassador to the US says he has been busy building bridges with Donald Trump’s team and the Republicans’ MAGA movement.
- Matthew Cranston
In Vance, Trump picks an ambitious ideologue and Millennial
His youth – there are nearly 40 years separating them, and he is the first Millennial nominated to a major-party ticket – could prove a boon to the ticket.
- Michael Gold