WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump intend to urge a judge to dismiss the federal election subversion case against the former president following a Supreme Court opinion that narrowed the scope of the landmark prosecution, according to a court filing late Friday. The defense team foreshadowed a series of anticipated challenges that would draw … Read more
Kamala Harris is aiming to make history as America’s first Black and South Asian woman president — but she has not leaned into the prospect. Instead, Harris has steered well clear of mentioning race and gender during speeches, rallies and the first press conference of her lightning campaign. The 59-year-old Democrat has also refused to … Read more
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has demonstrated for years that when he is panicking about something bad happening to him — a court ruling against him, a key witness testifying against him, his campaign numbers sinking — he lashes out. We are clearly in one of those moments. As Vice President Kamala Harris is fast rising … Read more
A day after indicating some support for a referendum to protect abortion rights in Florida, Donald Trump said Friday he’s actually going to vote against it. “Nine months is just a ridiculous situation, where you can do an abortion in the ninth month,” the Republican presidential nominee told Fox News Friday of the referendum. If … 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
This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance on Tuesday came to Green Charter Township, Michigan, a small rural community that has taken on big importance in the 2024 campaign. A parcel of land along the township’s southern border is the site of a … Read more
WASHINGTON — For nearly a decade, former president Donald Trump has rallied voters around a cry to cut the size of the federal government and “drain the swamp.” But now one Republican running in a key House race is trying to distance himself from the proposed cuts, and from Trump’s plan to move 100,000 federal … Read more
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) issued a mea culpa Wednesday for sending out a campaign email with a photo of him and Donald Trump at Virginia’s Arlington National Cemetery ― a visit mired in controversy after Trump staff and a cemetery employee reportedly got into an altercation over taking photos and video on the grounds. … Read more
Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) speaks at a campaign rally at VFW Post 92 on August 15, 2024 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Jeff Swensen | Getty Images Republican presidential running mate Sen. JD Vance offered few specifics when grilled Friday about how former President Donald Trump would pay for his new plan … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris looked to keep it moving when asked about Donald Trump’s “happened to turn Black” attack in what New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman referred to as the former president’s “baited” move on Thursday. Harris — in her first interview alongside Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz since entering the 2024 race — was … Read more
