Donald Trump traveled to the Southwest this evening for campaign rallies in the battleground states of Arizona and Nevada. He appeared earlier on a conservative radio show, saying that if elected it would take him only “two seconds” to fire the special counsel Jack Smith, who twice indicted the former president.
But behind the scenes, a prominent think tank is laying the groundwork for a much greater purging of government officials who are not loyal to Trump. The group, America First Policy Institute, didn’t even exist four years ago, but it has installed itself as the Trump campaign’s primary partner in making plans for a potential second term.
A.F.P.I., as the group is known, has received far less scrutiny than Project 2025, a similar right-wing plan made by the Heritage Foundation. But it is poised to be more influential. The group’s vision includes more barriers to abortions; more petroleum production; work requirements for Medicaid recipients; and the elimination of nearly all civil service protections. Read more about the group and its plans.
More from the campaign trail:
Beyoncé will appear with Kamala Harris tomorrow at a rally in Houston.
Harris has aggressively courted Republicans and moderates. Some progressives are wary and worried.
Trump raised the possibility of eliminating income taxes and replacing the lost revenue with money from tariffs.
At a rally headlined by Trump, the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson gave a speech full of disparaging comments about women.
Abortion is at the center of Ohio’s Senate race, where the incumbent, the Democrat Sherrod Brown, is battling for survival.
Miguel Gomez, 21, leans Trump; his parents don’t. Their home is a miniature battleground.
The U.N. said the world has made no progress on climate
One year after world leaders made a landmark promise to move away from fossil fuels, countries have essentially made no progress in cutting emissions and tackling global warming, according to a U.N. report released today.