During Tuesday night’s presidential debate, former President Donald Trump doubled down on one of his most notoriously racist stunts, seemingly defending his decision to run advertisements calling for a group of five Black and Latino teenagers to be executed. Instead of apologizing to the wrongly convicted teenagers, who are now grown men, Trump used the … Read more
Donald Trump during the ABC News debate on Tuesday repeated the racist lie that Haitian immigrants have been eating Americans’ pets. The line from Trump came a day after his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, spread a racist rumor that locals in Springfield, Ohio have had their pets “abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t … Read more
Donald Trump has spoken out, yet again, about Vladimir Putin’s endorsement of Kamala Harris. The Russian president seemed pretty sarcastic on Thursday when encouraged his supporters to back her, bizarrely praising how the Democratic nominee and current vice president “laughs so expressively and infectiously”. It’s widely expected that a second Trump administration would be much … Read more
Liz Cheney described Donald Trump as “depraved” and dangerous while defending her decision to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris during a Sunday interview on ABC’s “This Week.” Cheney was unequivocal about her choice, as she told “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl that reelecting Trump for president would end up being an “unrecoverable catastrophe” for the … Read more
Michiganders can’t wait to cast their ballots after seeing the results of the state’s very first “I Voted” sticker contest. On Wednesday, the Great Lakes State unveiled the nine designs that topped the statewide competition, which brought in an impressive 480 entries. Fifty-seven thousand people voted for their favorite sticker. Online, one winner really stood … Read more
Cecilia Castellano is a small-business owner and a relative political newcomer in South Texas. A Democratic candidate for the Texas House of Representatives in a toss-up district, Castellano spends her days making the case for sending an outsider to Austin — and against her Republican opponent, Don McLaughlin Jr., who was endorsed by Donald Trump, … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. won’t come until after the November presidential election, a timeline that raises the chances it could be a potent political issue in the closely contested race. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration last week set a hearing date … Read more
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man at Donald Trump’s rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, stormed into the press area as the former president spoke Friday but was surrounded by police and sheriff’s deputies and was eventually subdued with a Taser. The altercation came moments after Trump criticized major media outlets for what he said was unfavorable … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Next month’s debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump won’t have an audience, live microphones when candidates aren’t speaking, or written notes, according to rules that ABC News, the host network, shared this week with both campaigns. A copy of the rules was provided to the Associated … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign was warned about not taking photographs before an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony earlier this week to honor service members killed in the Afghanistan War withdrawal, a defense official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a … Read more
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