AMBLER, Pa. — Two of the Democratic Party’s top attack dogs, Govs. Gretchen Whitmer and Josh Shapiro, gave what amounted to running-mate auditions at a rally Monday for the Democratic Party’s new presumptive presidential nominee in a Pennsylvania county. Inviting an audience of newly energized Democrats to call her “Big Gretch,” the Michigan governor defended … Read more
On July 13, as word spread that a would-be assassin had narrowly missed killing Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a trading frenzy began. Within an hour of the shooting, the price of TRUMP, a cryptocurrency inspired by the former president, had jumped up by more than a third, from $6.34 to $8.69. … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A manipulated video that mimics the voice of Vice President Kamala Harris saying things she did not say is raising concerns about the power of artificial intelligence to mislead with Election Day about three months away. The video gained attention after tech billionaire Elon Musk shared it on his social media … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has raised $200 million since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week, an eyepopping haul in her race against the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump. The campaign, which announced its latest fundraising total on Sunday, said the bulk of the donations — 66% … Read more
While appearing on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday, the Senate majority leader tried to imagine what Trump is thinking about his pick for his Republican vice president candidate and the growing list of strange scandals that have emerged since Vance was announced at the Republican National Convention earlier this month. “Donald Trump, I know … Read more
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) could only laugh when asked about Donald Trump saying that people won’t have “to vote again” if they help get him back in office this November. Many wondered if the former president was suggesting something tyrannical when he told rally-goers at an event in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday that … Read more
Trump’s speech is an hour behind. A half hour into the wait, restless attendees start chanting “Trump.” The woman sitting in front of me murmurs her own chant: “Bitcoin, bitcoin—that’s what they should be chanting.” She must have gotten the memo: It’s not a Trump rally; it’s a bitcoin rally. When Trump finally takes the … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday laid out his plans to wholeheartedly embrace cryptocurrency if elected for a second term, telling hundreds of cheering supporters of the digital tokens that he wants the U.S. to be a “bitcoin superpower” under his leadership. In his keynote address at a bitcoin conference in … Read more
Former president Donald Trump has outlined a plan to turbocharge crypto growth and make the US a crypto mining powerhouse in his keynote address to the 2024 Nashville Bitcoin Conference on Saturday. Trump announced that if he is elected, he will create a strategic bitcoin reserve in the US. “It will be the policy of … Read more
Within the Department of Energy, offices dedicated to clean energy research and implementation would be eliminated, and energy efficiency guidelines and requirements for household appliances would be scrapped. The environmental oversight capacities of the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency would be curbed significantly or eliminated altogether, preventing these agencies from tracking … Read more
