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Interviews Events since May 1 4 Biden 15 Trump The most valuable resource for any presidential campaign is a candidate’s time. That has never been more true than in the contest between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump, whose rematch is testing their ability to make the traditional appearances on the trail that voters have come to expect. Biden May A calendar showing the 40 events in May that Joe Biden participated in. SuMoTuWeThFrSa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 8 3 9 10 3 11 12 13 14 3 15 3 16 17 18 2…
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) views incumbency as a significant advantage for Democrats in the battle for the Senate, an acknowledgement that the quality of the veteran incumbents running for reelection is a problem for his party. Former President Trump is leading President Biden in several battleground states, yet Senate GOP candidates are trailing Senate incumbents in some of the same states, including Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.). Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) face much tougher climates in states that Trump is expected to win easily, but they are hanging tough and…
11:27 a.m. ET, May 30, 2024 The jury presented a new note and the judge read back instructions. Here’s the latest From CNN’s Christina Zdanowicz If you are just joining us, here’s what you missed: A third note: The jury sent a new note this morning at 9:32 a.m. Here were their requests: The jury asked for a re-reading of the judge’s instruction starting with how the jury considers facts and what inferences they can be drawn from it, including a metaphor about rain.The jury wanted to hear the instructions related to the charges for count one.Jurors requested headphones to…
Democrats are warning against a full-blown meltdown over polls showing President Biden behind former President Trump and the party in danger of losing its Senate majority. Anxiety among Democrats is at a high-water mark, but leaders are used to it. Every cycle comes with severe bouts of tortured hand-wringing, including the 2022 midterms, when the party had a better outcome than expected. “I know that there are people freaking out, there always are. This is not news, in essence,” said Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg. “The way I describe the election now is that we’re a higher seed team in the…
As U.S. Sen. Rick Scott runs for Senate Republican Leader, he is laying out his vision for animating Washington. The Naples Republican released a video that splices together cartoon clips while deriding Washington norms. He asserted leaders for both parties in Washington should be drummed out. “What if I told you there’s a magical place,” Scott says in narration, “where they can print money and you never have to pay your bills? A place where spending money you don’t have is good, term limits are bad and border security doesn’t matter?” The video starts panning over a hand-drawn map of the…
On Jan. 8, 2004, just more than 20 years ago, the first episode of The Apprentice aired. It was called “Meet the Billionaire,” and 18 million people watched. The episodes that followed climbed to roughly 20 million each week. A staggering 28 million viewers tuned in to watch the first season finale. The series won an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program, and the Television Critics Association called it one of the best TV shows of the year, alongside The Sopranos and Arrested Development. The series—alongside its bawdy sibling, The Celebrity Apprentice—appeared on NBC in coveted prime-time slots for more…
At a Donald Trump rally, it is often an off-the-cuff one-liner that ends up driving headlines.In between, in speech after speech, the former president is laying out an aggressive and ambitious policy agenda for a second term — one that makes elements of his first term in the White House look mild in comparison.Most of the agenda items aren’t brand new — on immigration and other issues, Trump is making a lot of the same promises he did during his 2016 campaign that never came to fruition due to a lack of congressional support or limitations on his executive authority.…
NAZARETH, Pa. – The Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania is ramping up his campaign.Dave McCormick stopped in Nazareth Wednesday, at the Phoenix Club.He was joined by former U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.They were there for a “Moms for Liberty” event, where they discussed the current state of education, recent Title IX changes, and the future of girls’ sports.McCormick made his stance clear on the issue of transgender student athletes.”As a father of six daughters, this one just resonates with me so much. The very idea that you would allow biological males to compete with biological females…
Former Trump White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said that former President Trump is preparing himself mentally for a guilty plea in his New York hush-money case. In reaction on Wednesday to Trump fuming outside the courtroom that “Mother Teresa could not beat these charges, these charges are rigged, the whole thing is rigged,” Scaramucci said the former president is bracing his supporters and himself for a “potential” guilty plea. “I’m pretty confident that his lawyers have instructed him that the way the jury was instructed by Judge [Juan] Merchan is going to be very tough for them not to…
An ex-member of former President Donald Trump’s campaign staff says that she will no longer support Trump due to his recent remarks on abortion rights.Trump, despite having repeatedly celebrated his role in dismantling federal abortion rights by appointing Supreme Court justices who later overturned Roe v. Wade, announced this week that he would be adopting a more moderate position as the November presidential election approaches.The former president and presumptive GOP presidential nominee said that he would not support a federal abortion ban. He also indicated that he was “strongly in favor” of multiple exceptions to any state bans, arguing that…