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Christopher Gregory/Getty ImagesDonald McGahn, Trump campaign counsel: I was at the top. Trump's 2016 campaign aides said they paid about 50 people, including part-time actors, to appear as supporters for his 2016 campaign announcement. Corey Lewandowski, Trump campaign managerCorey Lewandowski: I called my wife just as we were getting onto the plane. Stuff that would be from Mars on any other campaign was perfectly normal for the Trump campaign. Mark J. Terrill/AP photo Show less Trump at the Republican National Convention while Cruz speaks on July 20, 2016.

☆ SPOTLIGHT EVENT: Red, White, and Gray - Youth vs. Experience in Politics
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Government is becoming less reflective of the youthful society it represents. Sign up here to attend our virtual live event on youth versus experience in politics at 3 p.m. And across Congress, the judiciary, and the executive branch, government is becoming less reflective of the youthful society it represents. Insider's "Red, White, and Gray" editorial spotlight event explores youth versus experience in politics with two descendants of US presidents:Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Robert F. Kennedy's daughter and John F. Kennedy's niece Patricia Taft, great-granddaughter of William H. TaftOur guests will discuss how to engage multiple generations in politics and share advice for people who want to get into the business of governing. This 30-minute live conversation, hosted by Insider Washington DC bureau chief Darren Samuelsohn, is an extension of "Red, White, and Gray" — a project Insider's politics team recently launched to explore how the American gerontocracy is weakening democracy.

☆ Gen X is late to the leadership table in US politics, prompting the question: Will it ever produce a president?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Darren Samuelsohn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

By historical standards, Gen X should be in charge of the US by now. Think of them as the godparents of the "Xennials" — those born in the late 1970s or early 1980s who aren't fully Gen X or millennial. No matter whether you deny the 61-year-old Obama is a boomer, Gen X is starting to get up there in age. Michael Ciaglo-Pool/Getty ImagesWhat's the US missing without a Gen X president? "It's like seeing a ghost that doesn't appear," she said of any expectation the presidency would just suddenly open up for Gen X.

Keep up to date on the latest of Trump's legal travails, both criminal and civil, with this guide to the ever-evolving Trump docket. The Issues: Trump's real estate and golf resort business is accused of giving its executives pricey perks and benefits that were never reported as income to taxing authorities. The issues: They say Donald Trump sicced his security guards on their peaceful, legal protest outside Trump Tower in 2015. Donald Trump, right, sits with his children, from left, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Trump International Hotel on July 23, 2014, in Washington. The Issues: Donald Trump is accused of promoting a scam multi-level marketing scheme on "The Celebrity Apprentice."

☆ A 3-way game of geriatric chicken featuring Trump, Biden, and Bernie has younger Democrats and Republicans itching for change
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Darren Samuelsohn | Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The 2024 presidential race is already coming into view. These are arguments Biden is readying to run on as Trump — despite his numerous legal troubles — flirts with another White House bid. It's also the case that Sanders' 2024 aspirations remain in their own holding pattern until Biden makes his own formal declaration of his intentions. It's a fact the White House doesn't want to talk about. "The fact they both made it to the White House makes them think they both know how to get to the White House," said Brinkley.

What's next: Court-ordered depositions of Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Donald Trump, Jr., were delayed by the death of family matriarch Ivana Trump. But their depositions finally wrapped on August 10, when Donald Trump testified before investigators in James' Manhattan offices. The issues: They say Donald Trump sicced his security guards on their peaceful, legal protest outside Trump Tower in 2015. Donald Trump Jr, Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump during the filming of the live final tv episode of The Celebrity Apprentice on May 16 2010 in New York City. The Issues: Donald Trump is accused of promoting a scam multi-level marketing scheme on "The Celebrity Apprentice."

☆ How the mind of an 80-year-old president is biologically different from a 45-year-old president's
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

It was 1988, and he'd approached President Ronald Reagan in the Cabinet room at the White House. People scoffed at the glowing hourlong media conference that President Donald Trump's White House doctor gave about his health. Reagan publicly announced he had Alzheimer's disease five years after he left the White House. Francis Shen, who teaches psychiatry at Harvard Medical School's Center for Bioethics, would like to see information about political leaders' cognitive health made public. Cognitive health should be no different, he said, because it also might affect the way presidents and members of Congress make important decisions.

☆ 3 of Trump's high-profile Senate picks — Dr. Oz, Herschel Walker, and JD Vance — are in serious trouble despite a favorable 2022 midterm climate for the GOP
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-19 | by ( Jake Lahut | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

A seemingly dormant Mehmet Oz campaign has struggled to unify the MAGA base in Pennsylvania. "Since Dr. Oz's victory remarks on June 9th, he has been to over 75 events," Oz campaign spokesperson Brittany Yanick told Insider in a statement. The Oz campaign would not say when it has plans to launch new TV ads. The Vance campaign responded to Insider's request for comment by attacking Rep. Tim Ryan. "It's why Democrats have a chance of holding onto the Senate," he told Insider, "is just the horrible class of candidates they've nominated."

☆ We identified the 125 people and institutions most responsible for Donald Trump's rise to power and his norm-busting behavior that tested the boundaries of the US government and its institutions
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-26 | by ( Darren Samuelsohn | Tom Lobianco | Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Insider compiled this database of the 125 people and institutions essential to Donald Trump's rise to power and his norm-busting presidential behavior. Listed are friends, family, lawyers, business partners, donors, staff, media executives, and social-media influencers. Sort the list by their relationships with Trump, as well as when and where they entered the 45th president's orbit. It was a whirlwind unlike anything in US history, hence our attempt to build a searchable database to better understand the people and organizations that helped make Trump Trump. Insider sought comments from those included about what it meant to them that their personal legacy would forever be connected to Trump.

So how are politicians spending election night in the time of coronavirus? Others will be drinking beer and flipping channels between old movies and election results. That announcement helped kickstart a 36-day saga that finally ended with Bush winning the presidential election. There, she's having an election night party that's being live-streamed. "It's the ultimate easy comfort food for an election night that will be filled with a lot of anxiety early on, and hopefully a lot of joy later on."

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