Democrats are sharpening their attacks against former President Trump's vice-presidential pick, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), calling him an anti-abortion extremist and a Trump clone who will pursue a far-right agenda hostile to women. Democrats think abortion is a key weakness for the Trump ticket and are eager to highlight Vance's past comments and positions...
Republican efforts to win over Black voters during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee may have fallen short as GOP members failed to showcase party diversity and fell back on controversial talking points. Though former President Trump is hoping to siphon Black voter support from Democrats this year, only eight of the speakers at the convention...
The darkest hour of President Biden’s political career looked to be growing near on Thursday, as senior Democrats leaned on him to step aside, polls showed continued erosion in his position against former President Trump and donors worried that fundraising was drying up. Biden has tried several times to heal the wound he inflicted upon...
California has thrown down a new gauntlet in the fight over transgender students. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) this week signed a law saying teachers could not be required to tell parents about a student’s name or pronoun changes in most circumstances, leading to at least one district filing a lawsuit and tech billionaire Elon...
Phone calls this week between lawmakers and the heads of the Secret Service and FBI have done little to quell a growing litany of questions as to what actions law enforcement officers did and didn’t take to allow an assassination attempt on former President Trump. New admissions that the Secret Service had flagged gunman Thomas...
Former President Trump turned the 2024 Republican National Convention into a campaign rally in his first speech since surviving an assassination attempt, claiming God was on his side during the shooting and calling for his party to unify to “save this country.” Trump divulged the details of his near-death experience as he addressed thousands in...
Dancing, pomp and celebration and a star-studded line up of speakers headlined an eventful four days that culminated in former President Trump formally accepting the GOP’s nomination for president. Here are some of the most memorable moments from the 2024 Republican National Convention. Trump tells the story of the shooting Trump recounted the story of...
The Biden campaign on Thursday ripped former President Trump's convention speech as a rambling attempt to mask his "extreme vision" for a second term, while touting President Biden's intention to stay in the race. Biden campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon in a statement sought to connect Trump to Project 2025, a controversial policy blueprint from...
MILWAUKEE — Former President Trump on Thursday formally accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for president with a lengthy speech that was part emotional recounting of a near-death experience and part rambling rendition of his greatest hits. Here are five notable moments from Trump’s keynote address. Trump makes ostentatious entrance The former president is a showman,...
The Republican National Convention rolls into its final day Thursday in Milwaukee, culminating in former President Trump's speech accepting his party's nomination as the 2024 presidential nominee. The convention's first three days, held in the shadow of an assassination attempt on Trump, have sought to showcase unity and enthusiasm around Trump's third White House run....
A federal appeals court blocked President Biden’s student loan repayment plan, which would have lowered payments for millions of people who borrowed money for education. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday, granting a motion for an administrative stay filed by Republican-led states. The order will prohibit the Biden administration from implementing parts of...
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) says Sean O’Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, apologized to him after both drew headlines for challenging each other to a physical fight at a hearing last year. Mullin told reporters at the Republican National Convention on Thursday that the two met after former President Trump told the senator...
Well-connected Democratic Party insiders say they expect President Biden to make a major announcement about his future soon after the Republican National Convention concludes in Milwaukee and that congressional leaders expect that Vice President Harris will become their nominee for president if Biden drops his reelection bid. The talk among high-level Democratic strategists and donors...
Security near former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., is being heightened following a recent assassination attempt, according to a city alert. “On Saturday, July 20, 2024, due to enhanced security measures involving Mar a Lago and U.S. Secret Service-protected persons, South Ocean Boulevard will be closed to through traffic starting at approximately...
