Politics

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee’s Rules Committee on Friday made the case for proceeding with President Joe Biden’s virtual nomination while also outlining next steps in the process and how virtual roll call voting would work. Crucially, the Rules Committee did not take any votes, but just discussed the various proposals […]

Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the 2024 presidential race intensifies, both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are making their appeal to the growing Black and Hispanic voting blocs. Hispanics and Latinos are growing at the second-fastest rate of any major racial and ethnic group in the U.S. electorate since the […]

Mustafa Hussain/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is facing a critical point in his reelection bid as Democratic calls for him to exit the 2024 race continue to mount despite his efforts to shut them down. A poor debate performance against Donald Trump reignited questions about Biden’s age and fitness to carry […]

Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party’s presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — At the Republican National Convention this week, Teamsters President Sean O’Brien delivered the type of full-throated union […]

Former President Donald Trump accepts his party’s nomination on the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention, in Milwaukee, July 18, 2024. — Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — After formally accepting the Republican nomination, former President Donald Trump recounted surviving Saturday’s assassination attempt. With a bandage covering his right ear, Trump addressed […]

Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accepts his party’s nomination on the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024. — Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — Former President Donald Trump toggled between somber messages of harmony and his favorite […]

Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — According to multiple well-connected Democratic sources, President Joe Biden’s support from elected party leaders is crumbling. As one person who has been defending Biden publicly since his debate performance said Wednesday, “Biden is going to see the whole house of cards come down soon.” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, according to the White House. UnidosUS CEO Janet Murguía had also announced the diagnosis from the podium where the president was set to speak at the organization’s conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Biden, 81, tested positive […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE, W.I.) — Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance’s opposition to more U.S. aid for Ukraine is stoking anxiety among Kyiv’s supporters about sustained U.S. support and Ukraine’s ability to fend off Vladimir Putin’s invasion. “I do not think that it is in America’s interest to continue to fund an effectively never-ending war in […]

Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said in an interview airing on Wednesday that, should his doctors tell him he had a “medical condition,” he would consider leaving office and turning over power to Vice President Kamala Harris in a second term. It is his latest explanation of what might cause […]