Callum Borchers

John McCain is followed out of an airplane in April by Steve Schmidt, who will take over "full operational control" of the Republican senator's campaign for president. Schmidt says McCain faces a challenge, given the country's overall mood, but the fact that the race remains tight is encouraging.

“Today I renounce my membership”: Longtime GOP strategist Steve Schmidt announces he鈥檚 leaving the party

June 20, 2018 at 6:33 p.m.

Steve Schmidt advised two of the most influential Republicans in recent history, President George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain of Arizona, but now the veteran strategist says he is...

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with state and local officials to unveil his administration's long-awaited infrastructure on Monday at the White House. The $1.5 trillion plan to repair and rebuild the nation's crumbling highways, bridges, railroads, airports, seaports and water systems is funded with $200 million in federal money, with the remaining 80 percent coming from state and local governments.

Trump tweets another anti-CNN cartoon — this one by the same artist who drew Clinton in blackface

February 19, 2018 at 3:05 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Sunday used his Twitter account to share an anti-CNN cartoon by an artist who in 2016 caused heartburn for Trump's presidential campaign by drawing Hillary Clinton...

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters outside the White House on Oct. 7, 2017.

Trump’s love of tabloid gossip complicates his denial of affair allegations with Stormy Daniels

January 20, 2018 at 9:53 p.m.

Dec. 7, 2005, was a busy day of self-promotion for Donald Trump. He appeared on Howard Stern's radio show to plug the finale of "The Apprentice," season four. He gave...

Borchers: Blaming the media for Roy Moore’s accusers overlooks report’s thoroughness

November 13, 2017 at 1:21 p.m.

For Moore backers uncomfortable with the apparent insensitivity of directly challenging his accusers -- one of whom says the candidate molested her when she was 14 -- there is a...

Colin Stretch (left), general counsel at Facebook, Sean Edgett (center), acting general counsel at Twitter, and Richard Salgado, director of law enforcement and information security at Google, testify during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing on Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol.

Borchers: Four takeaways from the Senate hearing with Facebook, Twitter and Google

November 1, 2017 at 4:54 p.m.

Attorneys for tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google appeared on Capitol Hill for the second day in a row on Wednesday, testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo briefs reporters Tuesday on the ongoing investigation into Sunday night's mass shooting in Las Vegas.

Borchers: The definition of “mass shooting” complicates media coverage

October 4, 2017 at 2:44 p.m.

"Mass shooting" is a term without a universally accepted definition, which complicates news coverage of events such as Sunday's massacre in Las Vegas.

Analysis: “Terror” struck Barcelona, according to Trump. Charlottesville? “Call it whatever you want.”

August 17, 2017 at 4:51 p.m.

Within hours of a vehicular attack in Barcelona that killed at least 13 and injured dozens of others on Thursday, President Trump called it "terror."

President of Liberty University Jerry Falwell ...

Trump has now been awarded five honorary doctorates — and stripped of one

May 15, 2017 at 11:19 a.m.

President Donald Trump collected another honorary doctorate Saturday, bringing his total back up to four. The latest award, from Liberty University, fills a void left by the revocation of a...

Trump at Liberty University commencement: “In America, we don’t worship government; we worship God”

May 13, 2017 at 3:47 p.m.

In his first commencement address as president, Donald Trump on Saturday drew a parallel between what he faces as a political outsider in Washington and what he said the Christian...

Sean Spicer's apology for saying Hitler didn't use chemical weapons on Jews is strikingly uncharacteristic of the Trump White House in general, and Spicer in particular.

Borchers: After Hitler gaffe, Sean Spicer showed surprising humility

April 12, 2017 at 11:29 a.m.

Sean Spicer's apology for saying Hitler didn't use chemical weapons on Jews is strikingly uncharacteristic of the Trump White House in general, and Spicer in particular.

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