President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is taking off the gloves and going after his rival, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, with a new $50 million ad campaign focusing on the former president’s historic criminal conviction in New York. The 30-second spot, titled “Character Matters,” features images of Trump in the Manhattan courtroom where he was … Read more
President Joe Biden has issued a stark warning about the impact that electing Donald Trump would have on the future composition of the Supreme Court. Speaking at a Hollywood campaign event Sunday, Biden said whoever wins November’s presidential election could get to name two Supreme Court justices. He argued the court has never been so … Read more
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has fanned the flames of the internal Democratic battle over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coming speech to Congress, questioning the wisdom of the invitation just days after it was endorsed by Democratic leaders in both chambers. Pelosi’s comments — and her decision to air them on national television — have … Read more
White House spokesperson Andrew Bates accused the New York Post, amid other right-wing media, of “disrespecting” its readers by misrepresenting a video of President Joe Biden supposedly “freezing” at a Los Angeles fundraiser. Conservative outlets ran with a clip of Biden waving and then standing calmly for a moment as he took in the applause … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden greets members of the U.S. Border Patrol at the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., February 29, 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Immigration — both authorized and unauthorized — has helped the U.S. job market sustain a fiery run in recent months without reigniting inflation, economists and analysts say. The effect … Read more
(The Hill) – The Biden campaign on Monday launched a battleground state ad that lambasts former President Donald Trump as a “convicted criminal,” highlighting his numerous legal problems and his recent felony conviction in New York. The ad, titled “Character Matters,” will run on general market television across battleground states and on national cable. It … Read more
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — On the eve of France’s first game at the European Championship, star striker Kylian Mbappé called Sunday on French people to vote and warned against “extremes” at a time when the far right seeks to take power in upcoming parliamentary elections. Mbappé, who is captain of the French national team, said … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved the influential War Cabinet tasked with steering the conflict in Gaza, Israeli officials said Monday, a move that comes days after a key member of the body bolted the government over frustrations surrounding the Israeli leader’s handling of the conflict. The move was widely expected following the departure of … Read more
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — One of Donald Trump’s emissaries to Arab Americans is a Lebanese-born businessman who moved to Texas as a teenager, speaks Arabic, English and French, and recently joined the Trump family when his son married the former president’s younger daughter. Massad Boulos has taken on the challenge of trying to convince a … Read more
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) said Sunday that Democrats “have to be willing to be as tough as Republicans” because there is too much at risk in the 2024 elections. MSNBC’s Simone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele suggested changing former first lady Michelle Obama’s 2016 plea to counter GOP attacks with “when they go low, we go … Read more
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