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 ...

As soon as I heard Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance smearing the military service of his opponent, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, all I could think was: Seriously? Are we really doing this ...

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, ...

With a series of devastatingly well-made television ads, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth won the battle over the Massachusetts senator’s war record, moral fiber, and fitness for office. But they have ...

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, ...