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Vice President Harris spoke Friday with the family of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who police shot and killed in her home earlier this month. A spokesperson with Harris's office confirmed the vice president spoke with Massey's family. NBC News first reported on the call, and a family member said the vice president gave "her...
At the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Celine Dion appeared atop the Eiffel Tower in her first performance since revealing her diagnosis with a rare disease known as stiff-person syndrome.
Former President Trump said Friday he intends to return to Butler, Pa., for another campaign rally after his event there earlier this month was cut short by an assassination attempt that left one attendee dead. "I will be going back to Butler, Pennsylvania for a big and beautiful rally, honoring the soul of our beloved...
Former President Trump will appear Friday evening at an event called “The Believers Summit” hosted by the conservative Christian organization Turning Point Action in West Palm Beach, Fla. In a statement, Turning Point Action President Charlie Kirk directly cited divine intervention in preventing a shooter from killing Trump during an assassination attempt earlier this month....
FBI Director Christopher Wray kicked a hornet’s nest with remarks this week casting doubt on former President Trump’s claims that he was hit by a bullet in his July 13 assassination attempt. Speaking before the House Judiciary Committee, Wray said that “with respect to former President Trump, there’s some question about whether or not it’s...
Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Friday that Vice President Harris has “well beyond” the support she needs to officially clinch the Democratic nomination for the White House, after President Biden stepped aside and endorsed her. “I think that the vice president has well beyond the numbers required to secure the nomination on the first...
Vice presidential hopeful Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) acknowledged the white supremacist attacks against his wife, Usha Vance, who is a child of Indian immigrants. “Look, I love my wife so much. I love her because she's who she is,” he told host Megyn Kelly on her show Friday. “Obviously, she's not a white person, and...