
Zack Beauchamp
Senior Correspondent
Latest articles by Zack Beauchamp


Why the RNC’s broadcasted naturalizations and pardon ceremony felt so wrong.

Winners: nepotism and a Trump scion. Losers: the immigrants Trump didn’t naturalize on TV.


Sandmann is a figure from a year-old culture war battle. His appearance says a lot about what really drives the RNC.

Winners: Nikki Haley and Tim Scott. Loser: Optimism.


The DNC’s best argument in the time of coronavirus: Joe Biden, unlike Donald Trump, is a decent man.

Joe Biden delivered an acceptance speech laser-focused on Covid-19 and the economic recovery.


“The magic of Joe Biden is that everything he does becomes the new reasonable.”

The night featured Barack Obama’s sharpest public remarks about Trump to date — and Kamala Harris officially becoming the Democratic vice presidential nominee.


The “proud Islamaphobe” won a Republican primary in Florida — and Trump is cheering her on.


A “war game” that tried to simulate the 2020 transition ended in violence.