MILWAUKEE — Republicans have provided very little unwanted drama at their convention this week, and Donald Trump has enjoyed every adulatory minute of it. But away from this convention city, Democrats have provided some drama of their own, likely to the detriment of President Biden. Democrats have unwittingly flipped the script of convention week, which traditionally has called for some ...
MILWAUKEE — Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, recounted his hardscrabble Ohio upbringing and his post-Sept. 11 military service as he introduced himself and his young family to the nation at the Republican National Convention here Wednesday night. Unfurling the tale of a boy who grew up in poverty in southwest Ohio with an absent father and ...
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GOP vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance was the headliner on the third night of the GOP convention, which featured a number of misleading or inaccurate statements. Here are nine claims that caught our attention, in the order in which they were made. As is our practice, we do not award Pinocchios for a roundup of statements made during convention events. “Your ...
Kellyanne Conway, who headed Donald Trump’s first campaign and served in the White House as a senior adviser, gave a shout-out to Melania Trump in a Wednesday night speech at the Republican National Convention, describing her as his “extraordinary, elegant, beautiful, brilliant wife.” But the former first lady was still notably absent from the convention in Milwaukee on Day 3. ...
Iran on Wednesday denied any involvement in the recent assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, while also rejecting allegations that it had any “intention for such an action.” The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the Biden administration had informed the Secret Service of an unspecified threat to Trump from Iran before the July 13 campaign ...
MILWAUKEE — T-shirts declaring “I’m voting for the convicted felon” in five different styles filled a table at a gift stand. The crowd roared at a mention of the Manhattan district attorney who prosecuted Donald Trump. But the court cases hanging over Trump’s bid for a second term seemed almost like an afterthought for many who gathered in Milwaukee this ...
MILWAUKEE — The hottest fashion accessory at the Republican National Convention is the ear bandage. The bandage can be made of sturdy paper, of flimsy napkin, or of gauze and tape, but it must always be white, and always worn covering the right ear — exactly the way former president Donald Trump first appeared when he entered the convention hall ...
MILWAUKEE — The Donald Trump-led Republican Party approved a platform at its convention this week that abandons the GOP’s long-standing, explicit opposition to same-sex marriage. Some Republicans have celebrated the change as overdue, but other party faithful at the Republican National Convention doubt it will steer the GOP in a different direction. Democrats and LGBTQ groups say they are unimpressed ...
Traders are now 100% certain the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by September. There are now 93.3% odds that the Fed’s target range for the federal funds rate, its key rate, will be lowered by a quarter percentage point to 5% to 5.25% in September from the current 5.25% to 5.50%, according to the CME FedWatch tool. And there are ...