Vice President Harris sought to give voice to the suffering in Gaza during her presidential nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, but many pro-Palestinian activists were still left fuming after the Chicago event. Gaza war protesters wanted a more direct condemnation of the conflict from Harris and a more nuanced perspective than President...
Former President Trump is slated to deliver remarks Friday at a campaign rally in Glendale, Ariz., co-hosted by Turning Point PAC and Turning Point Action. The former president is expected to be joined Friday by a “special guest," his campaign said. The rally comes after earlier in the day Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his decision to...
Michael Cohen, an ex-personal attorney and “fixer” for former President Trump, in a recent interview brushed off a question about how his former boss would react to Republicans' appearances at the Democratic National Convention this past week. “I don’t really care what he’s thinking," Cohen told CNN’s Jim Acosta Thursday, the final day of the...
The Trump campaign on Friday embraced Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to suspend his candidacy as "good news" for the GOP nominee, while the Harris campaign used the development to appeal to disaffected voters. Kennedy announced he was suspending his independent White House bid and endorsing former President Trump. He added that he would look...
Brian Deese, a former White House advisor who now advises the Harris campaign, is calling for a “Clean Energy Marshall Plan.” Outlining his vision in an essay in Foreign Affairs this week, Deese said that such a plan would both promote U.S. interests and help combat climate change. He specifically called for a plan that...
Emmitt Martin, one of the five Memphis officers involved in the brutal 2023 beating of Tyre Nichols, changed his plea to guilty Friday, in connection to alleged civil rights violations. Martin is the second former officer in the case to change his plea. Desmond Mills Jr. pleaded guilty to federal charges of excessive force and...
Nebraska voters will see two competing questions about abortion on the ballot in November after activists on both sides of the issue met the signature requirements needed, the state’s top election official said Friday. Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen (R) said this year is the first time rival initiatives will appear on the same...
The Taliban marked the third anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with a public holiday and a televised military parade, but face international condemnation for their treatment of women and girls, an economic and humanitarian crisis, and a lack of foreign aid.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her supporters at the Democratic National Convention established the parameters of the fall campaign against Donald Trump and his MAGA minions as a battle between the nation's sun-kissed future and its dark checkered past.
An interview between Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and CNBC host Joe Kernen boiled over Friday morning, when the two sparred over Vice President Harris's recent pledge to ban price gouging if elected in November. Harris unveiled her economic plans last week, including the proposed ban, which would give the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the ability...
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from considering disparate environmental harms in Louisiana in its enforcement of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, making permanent a temporary hold he issued in January. In the ruling, Judge James Cain of the Western District of Louisiana, a former President Trump appointee,...
