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2024 election live updates: Clintons privately backing Biden: Sources
Mustafa Hussain/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is facing a critical point in his reelection bid as Democratic calls for him to exit the 2024 race continue to mount despite his efforts [Read More…]
JD Vance’s wife faces racist online backlash from far-right social media posts
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The wife of Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance, Usha Chilukuri Vance, and the couple’s children have become the targets of backlash for their Indian ancestry. Chilukuri Vance, the daughter [Read More…]
RNC calls for unity ring hollow for some in LGBTQ community
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, unity was expected to be the hallmark of the Republican National Convention for the presidential candidate. “I am running to be [Read More…]
Biden, ‘stuck at home with COVID,’ dissects Trump’s RNC speech: ‘What the hell was he talking about?’
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden late Friday dissected former President Donald Trump’s speech accepting the Republican nomination the night before with a lengthy 13-post thread on X, coupled with a fundraising plea, [Read More…]
Trump says he had a ‘very good phone call’ with Zelenskyy
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke over the phone on Friday, the two leaders said. Zelenskyy reached out to Trump, according to a source close to [Read More…]
Biden says he’s returning to campaign trail next week as calls grow for him to step aside
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said on Friday that he would be returning to the campaign trail next week to continue to take on rival Donald Trump, as he contends with the [Read More…]
How Biden, Trump are fighting for Black and Hispanic voters
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the 2024 presidential race intensifies, both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are making their appeal to the growing Black and Hispanic voting blocs. Hispanics and [Read More…]
2024 election live updates: Biden ‘looking forward to getting back on campaign trail’
Mustafa Hussain/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is facing a critical point in his reelection bid as Democratic calls for him to exit the 2024 race continue to mount despite his efforts [Read More…]
Are top Republicans shifting in favor of unions? Probably not, experts say
Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party’s presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty [Read More…]
Trump pitches unity but revives old grievances
Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accepts his party’s nomination on the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024. — [Read More…]
Trump recounts assassination attempt during RNC speech, ‘I’m not supposed to be here’
Former President Donald Trump accepts his party’s nomination on the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention, in Milwaukee, July 18, 2024. — Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — After formally accepting the [Read More…]
Biden’s physician gives update after president tested positive for COVID-19
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is still experiencing mild upper respiratory symptoms and continues to take Paxlovid, after testing positive for COVID-19 this week, according to the president’s physician. Biden doesn’t have [Read More…]
‘We’re voting for the felon’: RNC attendees unfazed by Trump’s historic conviction
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE, W.I.) — Virginia Breedlove, a guest at the Republican National Convention, teared up recounting the moment she witnessed Donald Trump enter the Fiserv Forum just 48 hours after being shot. [Read More…]
From Marine to politician: An inside look at JD Vance’s journey to the RNC stage
In an undated photo, Cullen Tiernan, left, poses for a photo with J.D. Vance in Washington. Courtesy of Cullen Tiernan (MILWAUKEE, W.I.) — Freshman Sen. JD Vance stepped onto the national stage at the Republican [Read More…]
RNC 2024 Day 4 updates: It’s Donald Trump’s turn in the spotlight
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE, W.I.) — The fourth and final day of the Republican National Convention is a buildup to tonight’s highly anticipated prime-time address from Donald Trump. It will be the former president’s first [Read More…]
Trump to give RNC keynote, says he’ll stress ‘unity’ after assassination attempt
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (MILWAUKEE, W.I.) — Former President Donald Trump will formally accept the GOP presidential nomination Thursday night and deliver his first speech since Saturday’s assassination attempt, capping off an ebullient Republican [Read More…]
Biden held ‘tense’ call with group of House Democrats over concerns he can’t win
Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On Saturday, roughly an hour before the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump — President Joe Biden was in the midst of a heated phone call with [Read More…]
These Milwaukee voters are undecided, and unenthusiastic, about Biden and Trump
ABC News (MILWAUKEE, W.I.) — The Republican National Convention is bringing a hoard of die-hard Donald Trump supporters from across the country to Wisconsin, where some residents are echoing they’re support for the former president. [Read More…]
‘Fight, fight fight!’ has become the RNC rallying cry. Trump’s supporters explain why
ABC News (MILWAUKEE, W.I.) — As Donald Trump made his way into the Republican National Convention on Monday, his first public appearance since the attempted assassination attempt on him, the delegates greeted him with thunderous [Read More…]
Biden seriously considering proposing major Supreme Court changes
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is seriously considering proposing major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for justices and an enforceable [Read More…]