For decades now, various politicians have sought to tap into and energize what they see as a moderate middle of the electorate into a viable political movement. For decades, those efforts have come to naught. The latest evidence came a few days ago after No Labels — formed as a bipartisan, centrist organization — gave up its search to field ...
Donald Trump is in a “full sprint” to narrow President Biden’s substantial fundraising advantage, and talked to or met with big-money donors almost every day this week ahead of a blowout gala in Palm Beach on Saturday night, people familiar with his efforts said. Trump’s team is aware that it is behind and wants to catch up quickly, according to ...
Former president Donald Trump said Saturday that it would be a “great honor” to be jailed for violating a gag order, marking an escalation in attacks he’s made against New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan and other court officials in a case about to go to trial. On Monday, Merchan, the judge overseeing Trump’s hush money trial set to ...
The Biden administration is scrambling to finalize essential components of its plan to install a floating pier off the Gaza coast for processing food deliveries and other desperately needed humanitarian aid, as famine looms and some U.S. officials doubt whether the military operation is even necessary. Four Army ships, deployed from southeastern Virginia in mid-March, are due to arrive in ...
Tim Sheehy, a charismatic former Navy SEAL who is the Republican candidate in a U.S. Senate race in Montana that could determine control of the chamber, has cited a gunshot wound he received in combat that he said left a bullet in his right arm as evidence of his toughness. “I got thick skin — though it’s not thick enough. ...
Former president Donald Trump’s social media company generated just $4 million in revenue last year — about as much as the average McDonald’s franchise in the United States, according to a report last year by the fast-food industry publication QSR. But that hasn’t stopped Trump Media & Technology Group, which runs Truth Social, from granting Trump a share package now ...
Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde, who is looking to unseat Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), told reporters Thursday that women should have a “right to make a choice” early in pregnancy — a departure from a previous, more hard line position on abortion. “As it pertains to abortion, look, I’m very clear on that issue: I believe in exceptions. I believe ...
Former president Donald Trump said Friday that a Colorado woman convicted of four federal misdemeanor charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is a “patriot” and shared a link on social media where people can donate money to help defray her legal expenses. The woman, Rebecca Lavrenz, was convicted this week in Washington of disorderly ...
In the snippet of video that roamed around social media this week, Lara Trump — daughter-in-law of the former president and co-chair of the Republican National Committee, in that order — appeals for people to contribute to the party. “If you can’t afford a donation today,” she says, sitting in a stylishly appointed room, “I ask that you would save ...
A late push to change Nebraska’s unusual electoral vote system appears doomed for now — despite the urging of former president Donald Trump and his allies, who saw an opportunity to gain an advantage in his rematch against President Biden. The sponsor of the bill to change the system, state Sen. Loren Lippincott (R), told the Lincoln Journal Star on ...