Immigration and foreign policy dominated Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), where Ohio Sen. JD Vance highlighted his roots as he accepted the nomination to be Donald Trump’s running mate. The third day of the RNC culminated in Vance giving remarks that drew a boisterous response from the rowdy crowd. Although Vance has...
President Biden on Wednesday addressed some of the most pressing issues facing Black Americans, including inflation, abortion and overall dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party. In an interview with BET’s Ed Gordon, Biden said he has to “point out” what’s at stake and what Republicans hope to do if former President Trump takes office. “It's important...
MILWAUKEE — Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Wednesday night officially accepted the vice presidential nomination, using his speech to the Republican National Convention to lean into his history and decry policies he said have harmed “forgotten communities” across the country. Vance, who former President Trump named his running mate on Monday, used the biggest moment...
Vice President Harris condemned the recent assassination attempt against former President Trump at a campaign event Wednesday. “I will say a few words about the attempt on the life of former President Trump over the weekend,” Harris said at the event in Michigan. “As we all know, it was a heinous, horrible and cowardly act....
A Florida panel approved language that will accompany a November ballot initiative on abortion, saying the initiative will have a negative impact on the state budget, a move the amendment’s supporters decried as a politically motivated “dirty trick.” The amendment would result in “significantly more abortions and fewer live births per year,” and there is...
Senators were told during a briefing call Wednesday that the Secret Service had flagged Thomas Crooks as suspicious more than an hour before he shot from a rooftop at former President Trump, and that a counter-sniper spotted him as a potential threat 19 minutes before the shooting, according to a person familiar with the call....
Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R), one of former President Trump’s closest Senate allies, called on the Biden administration Wednesday to deliver daily briefings about its investigation into the shooting at former President Trump’s rally in Butler, Pa., over the weekend. “The security of our Republic is being questioned. The Biden administration can’t wait until the...
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Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify the nature of the conversation between O'Reilly and Stewart. Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly joined comedian Jon Stewart for Tuesday’s “The Daily Show,” his first visit back to the show in a decade. The two sparred over political differences, with O’Reilly going so far as...
MILWAUKEE — Sen. JD Vance's (R-Ohio) address to the Republican National Convention is expected to heavily focus on his personal story and how it ties in with some of former President Trump's key issues. Vance's remarks will be his first speech since being tapped as Trump's vice presidential nominee. According to a source familiar with...
The House Democrats’ campaign arm said on Wednesday that they had hauled in their best fundraising for a second quarter yet. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) said on Wednesday that it raked in $44 million between April and June of this year, including close to $20 million alone in June. The Democratic group said...
Ahead of former President Trump’s rally on Saturday, local police informed the Secret Service that they didn’t have the manpower to station a patrol car outside the building a gunman later climbed to shoot at the presidential candidate, The Washington Post reported. District Attorney Richard Goldinger of Butler County, Pa., the town where the Trump rally...
Most Americans say they didn’t know enough about Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) to form an opinion before former President Trump named him as his running mate, a new poll found. The survey, carried out by The Associated Press/NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, was largely conducted before Trump named Vance as his vice presidential nominee....
