It’s been nearly a full month since President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and declared his support for Vice President Kamala Harris, who swiftly became the Democratic Party’s presumptive — and now official — nominee. But former President Donald Trump can’t stop talking about his erstwhile opponent. Writing on social media … Read more
Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, left, and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance of Ohio. Getty Images Republican presidential running mate JD Vance said Thursday he will debate Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz on Oct. 1, while also challenging his opponent to accept another debate, on Sept. 18. “The American … Read more
(NewsNation) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump are asking a judge to delay the Republican nominee’s sentencing over his multiple felony convictions until after this year’s presidential election. “The Court should adjourn any sentencing in this case, though one should not be necessary because dismissal and vacatur of the jury’s verdicts are required based … Read more
Former President Donald Trump is now asking the judge overseeing his criminal hush money case to push back his Sept. 18 sentencing until after the November general election, saying that doing so would “mitigate” the “appearance of impropriety.” “There is no basis for continuing to rush,” Trump attorney Todd Blanche wrote in the letter, dated … Read more
(NewsNation) — A report from the U.S. Department of the Interior has found that at least 973 Native American children died while at federal boarding schools. Between 1819 through the 1970s, the U.S. established boarding schools across the country to culturally assimilate American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian children by removing them from their … Read more
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned Wednesday after a brief, tumultuous tenure that saw the head of the prestigious New York university face heavy scrutiny for her handling of protests and campus divisions over the Israel-Hamas conflict. The Ivy League school in upper Manhattan was roiled this year by student demonstrations, culminating in scenes of … Read more
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Eileen Diamond was going over patient intake forms in her small office next to the waiting room at the abortion clinic she oversees in South Florida. “This patient said not to discuss the cost of the procedure when her boyfriend is in the room,” she told a fellow staff member. Diamond … Read more
Former NBA player Royce White won the Republican Senate primary to take on Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar in Minnesota, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. White, backed by the state GOP, emerged from a crowded field of candidates jockeying to go up against the Democrat incumbent, including business executive Joe Fraser. White reportedly boasts allies in ex-Trump … Read more
The Liberal government is refusing to say if it approved a bonus for the head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., as Opposition Conservatives demand answers and New Democrats call for a ban on bonuses. It is up to the federal government to approve a bonus for Catherine Tait following a review of her performance and … Read more
Wednesday’s report from the Labor Department showed that year-over-year inflation reached its lowest level in more than three years in July. This suggests the worst price spike in four decades is fading and that the Federal Reserve might do an interest rate cut next month. But the Trump campaign tried to spin what most economic … Read more
