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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans Thursday, speaking to the group just two weeks after he was convicted on 34 charges in his hush money trial and as GOP senators have increasingly rallied around him.The invitation was issued by Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the chairman of the GOP conference, and Trump has accepted, according to two people familiar with the planning who requested anonymity to discuss the closed-door meeting. The meeting will be held in a location away from the Capitol, as is common practice for campaign-related events. The gathering will be the first…
Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things musicGet our Now Hear This email for freeDonald Trump has described Taylor Swift as “unusually beautiful” but “liberal”, noting: “She probably doesn’t like Trump”.The former US president and recently convicted felon was interviewed by Variety editor Ramin Setoodeh last November for a new book about his time hosting The Apprentice, Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass, which is set to be published on June 18.Asked his opinion of Swift, Trump replied: “She’s got…
Time magazine made news this week with a cover story based on two interviews with Donald Trump. The media’s coverage of the interviews has focused heavily on what Trump said about abortion (states can monitor pregnant women to make sure they don’t have abortions), undocumented immigrants (they “aren’t civilians” and can be rounded up by the U.S. military), and the January 6 rioters (he would “absolutely” consider pardoning them). What got much less attention was what Trump said about foreign policy. And he said a lot. He confirmed that he is an ardent protectionist, suggested he is not the isolationist…
A number of top Senate Republicans are signaling support for term limits for their next Leader as Mitch McConnell, 82, is set to step down from the position in November, the Daily Caller has learned. Since McConnell announced his retirement, Texas Sen. John Cornyn, South Dakota Sen. John Thune and Florida Sen. Rick Scott have announced they are running to be the next GOP Senate Leader. Two of those three, along with several other notable Republican senators, told the Caller they support term limits for the next leader. (RELATED: Mitch McConnell Will Step Down As Senate Republican Leader In November)Thune’s…
“I say, ‘What would happen if the boat sank from its weight, and you’re in the boat, and you have this tremendously powerful battery, and the battery’s now underwater, and there’s a shark that’s approximately 10 yards over there?’“By the way, a lot of shark attacks lately, do you notice that? Lot of sharks. I watched some guys justifying it today: ‘Well they weren’t really that angry, they bit off the young lady’s leg because of the fact that they were not hungry but they misunderstood who she was.’ These people are crazy. He said, ‘There’s no problem with sharks,…
A Columbus developer that hung a giant American flag on one of its apartment complexes in 2020 to protest coronavirus business shutdowns has replaced an American flag at another property it owns with a campaign banner for former President Donald Trump.Preferred Living owns a tiny triangular plot of land at Trabue Road and McKinley Avenue in a part of Franklin Township known as San Margherita. Until recently, a flagpole at the corner flew a large U.S. flag and a smaller Italian flag. The latter, along with a large metal sign erected there with the name San Margherita, were a nod…
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown campaigns at the Carson Valley Days parade on June 11, 2022 in Gardnerville, Nevada. (Photo by David Calvert/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump endorsed Sam Brown in Nevada’s Republican Senate primary on his social media platform Sunday night, after months of praising multiple candidates running in the race. “Sam Brown is a FEARLESS AMERICAN PATRIOT, a Purple Heart Recipient, who has proven he has the ‘PURE GRIT and COURAGE to take on our Enemies, both Foreign and Domestic,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Sunday evening. Trump said Brown, an…
The Republican Party has put forward a candidate for president 42 times in American history. About one out of every 13 times it has done so, it has or will have nominated Donald Trump. Americans under the age of 11 have never experienced a Republican presidential nominee who wasn’t Donald Trump.Despite his party’s dedication to his candidacy, Trump has never won more votes in the general election. He won the presidency in 2016 by virtue of the distribution of electoral votes and lost in 2020 largely because so many voters wanted to express displeasure with his presidency.The third time around,…
By Sam CabralBBC News, Washington15 April 2024Updated 20 May 2024Image source, Getty Images / ReutersAmerican voters will choose between re-electing Democratic President Joe Biden or his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, to the White House.Here’s a look at what they stand for and how their policy proposals compare on 10 key issues.EconomyThe economic policy of President Biden has its own name – Bidenomics – and involves building the economy, in his words, “from the bottom up”. That means investing in infrastructure and manufacturing, clean energy and expanding job opportunities. The economic data shows strong growth and jobs creation under his leadership.…
Opposition continues to grow against a proposal to require political ads on radio and television to feature disclosures if artificial intelligence is used in their creation. Several high-ranking Senate Republicans are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to immediately abandon the idea, calling it an unlawful proposal that infringes on free political speech.“The FCC’s role should remain within the confines of its designated responsibility — ensuring basic record-keeping requirements without encroaching on the content of political discourse or favoring one type of political advertising over another,” the Senators write.The group says it is also “unreasonable” to expect broadcasters to have…