Cell phone bans for schools are surging across the country as educators and state lawmakers look to tackle learning loss and reduce distractions, but within the movement there are significant divisions. New York City, Los Angeles and the state of Virginia have all moved to forbid student phones from classrooms in recent weeks, despite...
Former President Trump selected Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate in a decision that will likely continue the “Make America Great Again” movement for many years to come. The announcement came on the opening afternoon of the Republican National Convention, taking place in Milwaukee, and just two days after an assassination attempt on...
Democratic lawmakers, feeling frustrated and defensive about their political predicament, are lashing out at the media for its relentless focus on questions about whether President Biden is mentally and physically fit to serve four more years in office, and how doubts about Biden have divided their own party. Senate Democrats had gotten use to the...
President Biden on Tuesday proposed eliminating tax breaks for landlords who raise their tenants’ rent more than 5 percent each year, as part of a larger effort by the administration to lower housing costs. The president called on Congress to pass legislation that would bar corporate landlords who raise rent more than 5 percent a year...
The first day of the Republican National Convention (RNC) saw the party enthusiastically take part in its traditional nominating gathering even under the shadow of the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally just 48 hours earlier. Delegates formally nominated Trump as the party’s nominee, and the former president finally revealed Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) as his...
MILWAUKEE — A vice presidential nominee. A message of unity. A party-like atmosphere. The Republican National Convention is officially underway, with GOP politicians, delegates and voters convening in Milwaukee, Wis., for a jubilant celebration that will culminate with former President Trump’s official nomination as the 2024 nominee. This year’s event, however, comes on the heels of...
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he will commit $45 million per month to a new political action committee backing former President Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Musk’s announcement comes on the same day Trump was named the Republican Party’s official nominee and after he named Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate....
MILWAUKEE — Republicans gathered for the first day of their party’s convention just days after a would-be assassin’s bullet grazed former President Trump’s ear. But the mood here was far from somber. Instead it was jovial and brimming with confidence, a sharp contrast to the last time there was an in-person GOP convention eight years ago....
President Biden sat down for an interview with NBC News anchor Lester Holt on Monday in the aftermath of the shooting at a rally held by former President Trump that has shaken up the 2024 race for the White House. The president was pressed on his own rhetoric as he also called for Americans to...
MILWAUKEE — Former President Trump entered the convention hall to rapturous applause as he made his first public appearance since being injured in an assassination attempt on Saturday. Trump is wearing a bandage on his ear where he was hit with an assassin’s bullet during a Saturday rally. The crowd roared at the site of...
President Biden said he "did more for the Palestinian community" than anyone else when pressed about the United States' support for Israel. Biden doubled down on both his support for Israel and the Palestinian community when asked by Complex's Speedy Morman in an interview why the U.S.'s support for Israel is "so strong." The interview...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said God’s hand was on former President Trump during the shooting at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Greene said in a speech addressing the Republican National Convention on Monday that the present moment is a “celebratory” one in that Trump was being nominated for president but also a “somber”...
