CHARLEROI, Pa. — Donald Trump was eager to tell a new horror story about this tiny Rust Belt borough where hundreds of Haitians arrived in recent years to fill factory jobs. “Have you heard of it?” he asked, introducing a place that would become part of his anti-immigrant closing argument. “The town is virtually bankrupt,” Trump continued at a recent ...
After sticking mainly to set events and campaign rallies, Vice President Kamala Harris has been on an extensive media tour in recent days, from traditional shows such as CBS’s “60 Minutes” to popular targeted programs such as the “Call Her Daddy” podcast and Howard Stern’s radio show. Harris tends to hew to the facts — and many of the same ...
A group of Republican congressmen from Pennsylvania have filed a federal lawsuit seeking stricter scrutiny of votes cast by U.S. citizens living abroad, reflecting a new GOP strategy to challenge the eligibility of a group of voters that includes overseas military personnel. The lawmakers claim in the suit, which was filed this week, that because local election officials in Pennsylvania ...
The coordinated campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris made history this week when it became the first to raise $1 billion in less than 80 days since she entered the race, according to multiple people familiar with the haul. But her campaign leadership is worried that they still might not have enough to win — and that news of the ...
Bob Woodward’s new reporting that former president Donald Trump has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin as many as seven times since leaving office raises all kinds of questions. Among them: What might they have talked about? Why the continued cloak-and-dagger on Trump’s talks with Putin? Did any such conversations continue after Russia invaded a U.S. ally, Ukraine, in February ...
Donald Trump will reportedly hold his second New York City rally of the campaign cycle later this month, welcoming supporters to Madison Square Garden in the heart of Manhattan. It’s an odd tactical choice, given the city’s overwhelming support for Democratic candidates. It also immediately evoked historical comparisons that were not particularly flattering to the former president. Perhaps Trump recognizes ...
Welcome to The Campaign Moment, your guide to the biggest moments in the 2024 election — now with more Baba Booey. (Did a friend forward this to you? If so, sign up here. And make sure you’re subscribing to the Campaign Moment podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever else.) The big moment After much hand-wringing about Vice President Kamala ...
BRUSSELS — Some European leaders might be quietly dreading a possible Donald Trump comeback, but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban can’t wait. “We will open several bottles of champagne if Trump is back,” Orban declared to reporters this week during a visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. Since Hungary took up the rotating presidency of the European Council ...
The Supreme Court appeared closely divided Wednesday over whether to order a new trial for Oklahoma death-row inmate Richard Glossip, whose case has attracted support from across the political spectrum after independent investigations revealed prosecutorial misconduct. Glossip’s long-running appeal is highly unusual, in that Oklahoma’s top law enforcement official agrees with Glossip’s defense attorneys that he did not receive a ...
The White House has been controlled by a Republican for only four of the past 15 years. The current Democratic president has been part of the executive branch for the entire rest of the time, having served eight years as the vice president of the prior Democratic president. In each election over the period, including the one that brought the ...