Biden nomination won’t be fast-tracked, buys time for skeptics

Biden nomination won’t be fast-tracked, buys time for skeptics

US President Joe Biden departs from the White House for Las Vegas on July 15, 2024, in Washington, DC. United States. Celal Gunes | Anadolu | Getty Images The Democratic National Committee said that any virtual roll call to officially nominate President Joe Biden as the party’s presidential nominee will not begin before Aug. 1, … Read more

House Democrats circulate letter asking DNC not to rush Biden nomination

House Democrats circulate letter asking DNC not to rush Biden nomination

President Joe Biden walks out of the Oval Office toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, July 15, 2024. Samuel Corum | Afp | Getty Images House Democrats are circulating a letter for signatures that urges the Democratic National Committee to slow down its nomination process for President Joe … Read more

Trump targeted by Iran kill plot before shooting

Trump targeted by Iran kill plot before shooting

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump with his bloodied face is assisted by the Secret Service as multiple shots rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters The United States obtained intelligence about an Iranian plot to assassinate … Read more

JD Vance’s VP nomination will cause chills in Ukraine

JD Vance’s VP nomination will cause chills in Ukraine

US Senate Republican candidate JD Vance speaks to attendees the stage at a rally held by former U.S. president Donald Trump in Youngstown, Ohio, September 17, 2022. Gaelen Morse | Reuters Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s decision to pick Sen. JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate will have sent chills down spines in … Read more

RFK Jr. getting Secret Service protection

RFK Jr. getting Secret Service protection

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addresses the Libertarian Party’s national convention in Washington, U.S., May 24, 2024.  Brian Snyder | Reuters Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will receive Secret Service protection at the direction of President Joe Biden as a result of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, U.S. … Read more

Trump shooting puts Secret Service under scrutiny

Trump shooting puts Secret Service under scrutiny

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. The Secret Service is under growing pressure to explain what went wrong in the hours and minutes before a gunman opened fire in an attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump at his Pennsylvania rally on Saturday. One attendee was killed … Read more

Trump megadonors, VP hopefuls headline Republican National Convention

Trump megadonors, VP hopefuls headline Republican National Convention

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Doral, Florida, on July 9, 2024. Giorgio Viera | Afp | Getty Images The Trump campaign and the Republican National Convention on Saturday jointly announced the speaker lineup for the nominating convention that kicks off Monday, including celebrities, high-dollar donors, dozens … Read more

Economists say Trump would reheat inflation more than Biden: WSJ

Economists say Trump would reheat inflation more than Biden: WSJ

A majority of economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal said former President Donald Trump’s policies would be more likely to reignite inflation than President Joe Biden’s would. Of the 50 economists who answered questions about Trump and Biden in the survey, 28 of them said the risk of a return to high inflation levels … Read more

Senators strike bipartisan deal for a ban on stock trading by members of Congress

Senators strike bipartisan deal for a ban on stock trading by members of Congress

Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) speaks alongside members of the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee during a news conference to discuss the details of the Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 18, 2023.  Sarah Silbiger | Reuters A bipartisan group of … Read more

NATO leaders look to ‘Trump-proof’ the military alliance

NATO leaders look to ‘Trump-proof’ the military alliance

US President Donald Trump arrives for the NATO summit at the Grove hotel in Watford, northeast of London on December 4, 2019. Christian Hartmann | AFP | Getty Images As NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary with a summit in Washington this week, the alliance is facing some familiar foes and challenges: Russia’s war on Ukraine … Read more