“Donald Trump was very proud of his $2 trillion tax cut that overwhelmingly benefited the wealthy and biggest corporations and exploded the federal debt. That tax cut is going to expire. If I’m reelected, it’s going to stay expired.” — President Biden, in a social media post, April 23 This post appeared first on The Washington Post ...
Black Americans’ desire to vote in this year’s election is down sharply compared with four years ago, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll conducted last month — a potentially troublesome sign for President Biden, whose ascent was powered by Black voters in 2020 and who has intensified efforts to court them before November’s election. This post appeared first on The ...
MILWAUKEE — Bracelet beading for Joe Biden, timed to the new Taylor Swift album, drew students last month on the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee campus. Bingo cracked open the elderly apartment blocks on the north side of town. And at Mr. B’s, a soul club with weekly step classes, one campaign volunteer interrupted a show by Mo’Betta, her niece’s ...
Echoes of the 1960s pushed their way into the 2024 election this past week, with scenes of police in riot gear battling demonstrators on campuses across the country. The protests over the Israel-Hamas war offered more warnings to President Biden about the potential consequences of a fractured coalition as he seeks reelection. This post appeared first on The Washington Post ...
The D.C. Court of Appeals has temporarily suspended John Eastman’s law license after a similar decision in California, which did so over his role in a legal strategy to help Donald Trump stay in power after his 2020 election loss. California State Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland in March recommended that Eastman be disbarred in the state. Roland on Wednesday ...
When House members vote whether to retain Mike Johnson as their speaker in the coming days, he will receive something not granted to his predecessor Kevin McCarthy: Democratic salvation. That decision can be boiled down to the inverse of an old saying: The devil the Democrats barely know (Johnson) has been deemed more trustworthy than the devil they know quite ...
The top lawyer at the Republican Party is resigning after he cited conflicts with his other work obligations and after Donald Trump grew angry about his criticism of the former president’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, people familiar with the situation said Saturday night. The lawyer, Charlie Spies, is a long-respected GOP election operative who was hired ...
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former president Donald Trump escalated his attacks on prosecutors at a private luncheon here Saturday, referring to special counsel Jack Smith with an expletive and accusing Democrats of “running a Gestapo administration,” according to audio provided by a Republican donor. He called Smith — who is prosecuting federal cases involving Trump’s handling of classified documents and ...
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.) and his wife allegedly accepted $600,000 in bribes from an oil company controlled by the Azerbaijan government and a bank headquartered in Mexico, according to a federal indictment unsealed in Texas on Friday. The 68-year-old congressman and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, are accused of setting up front companies that entered into sham contracts with the bank ...
The United States has told Qatar that it should expel Hamas if the group continues to reject a cease-fire with Israel, an agreement the Biden administration deems vital to easing the upheaval gripping the Middle East, a U.S. official told The Washington Post. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered the message to Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in ...