Bob Shrum knows what it’s like to watch a Democrat get pummeled by Republicans over military service. Shrum was a strategist on John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004 when a group called Swift ...

Tim Walz is no John Kerry, despite sympathetic and dishonest comparisons from the left. Nobody is. Kerry is the former this that or the other of almost everything — war hero, anti-war hero, lieutenant ...

For more on the 2024 election, head to the NPR Network's live updates page. In questioning Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s military record, Republicans are dusting off a political ...

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) said Thursday that attacks on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) regarding his military service reminded her of the infamous swift boat attacks against then-Sen. John Kerry ...

Shortly after Vice President Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, the Trump-Vance campaign called into question claims he previously made about his military service, ...

When a certain Vermont governor pulled his Screamin' Dean act earlier this year, it heralded the impending death of a campaign always doomed to be nothing more than a historical footnote. Similarly, ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In some corners of the Democratic Party, last week felt like déjà vu. The party’s vice-presidential nominee’s military record was under assault from Republicans — attacks reminiscent ...

In political ads blanketing the airwaves, Swift Boat veterans argued that Kerry embellished his record and that his medals had been awarded erroneously. A fellow veteran, the late Arizona Sen. John ...