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Allan Smith

Politics Reporter

I am a politics reporter focused on enterprise covering the trends, campaigns, people and ideas shaping politics and policy in the U.S. The 2024 cycle is my third presidential campaign, and I have spent years reporting on Donald Trump, the American right and several key battleground states — including my native Pennsylvania — that have shaped policy and political discourse in the country.

I am a politics reporter focused on enterprise covering the trends, campaigns, people and ideas shaping politics and policy in the U.S. The 2024 cycle is my third presidential campaign, and I have spent years reporting on Donald Trump, the American right and several key battleground states — including my native Pennsylvania — that have shaped policy and political discourse in the country.


Latest from Allan Smith

Harris faces her 'toughest' battleground fight against Trump in Pennsylvania

The entire presidential election may come down to just one state: Pennsylvania. And it’s setting up to be the trickiest battleground for Kamala Harris to win.

This year's Democratic playbook features a lot of football

Democrats are finding their footing on football, promoting their pigskin backgrounds and talking up the game. Republicans, however, see an inauthentic rebrand.

Trump repeats attacks on Jewish political leaders and voters as battle for key group heats up

As former President Donald Trump tries to win over Jewish voters in the 2024 election, he’s made a point of attacking Jewish Democrats — targeting the faith of three of the most prominent Jewish Americans in politics and criticizing any Jew who backs Democrats as “an absolute fool” who needs “their head examined.”

Army says a Trump aide 'abruptly pushed aside' an Arlington National Cemetery employee

An aide to Donald Trump pushed an Arlington National Cemetery employee when the former president visited the site with family members of U.S. service members killed in the Kabul airport attack during the withdrawal from Afghanistan, two Defense Department officials said.

Trump team downplays Arlington 'incident' in an effort to minimize political fallout

Trump's campaign is playing down reports of an altercation during his visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, a move that signals its concern about potential political fallout from the incident.

With Harris on the march, Trump aims to shore up North Carolina

Kamala Harris’ ascension to the top of the Democratic ticket has forced Donald Trump to direct more resources to battleground North Carolina.

Facing setbacks, progressives focus on pragmatic goals for a Harris presidency

Hoping for a Kamala Harris presidency, progressives are focusing on pragmatic economic ideas like raising the minimum wage and child care funding over sky-high ambitions like the Green New Deal.

Big dad energy: How Harris got to Walz

Kamala Harris had two weeks to make one of the most important decisions of her life. Here's why she picked Tim Walz — and not Josh Shapiro or Mark Kelly.

'We are the underdogs': Harris introduces running mate Walz as a coach, veteran and protector of reproductive rights

The pair appeared in Philadelphia along with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who was the other finalist to be Harris's vice presidential nominee.

'Kamala caved': Trump and his allies cast the Walz pick as liberal overload

Republicans quickly launched a campaign framing Kamala Harris and Tim Walz as a radically far-left ticket.