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MILWAUKEE — The Trump campaign on Thursday fired off a letter to U.S. Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle, demanding she fix a “critical flaw” in the security perimeter of this summer’s Republican National Convention, claiming that attendees’ safety is at risk as protesters plan to descend on the area.The convention, slated for July 15-18 in Milwaukee, includes a perimeter that encompasses a nearby park, Pere Marquette.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchAs of now, pedestrians would have to walk through Pere Marquette, which is owned by the city, to reach the facilities. According to a person familiar…
SAN ANTONIO – U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Friday he will certainly run for reelection, a decision that could put him on a collision course with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in 2026.Cornyn confirmed he will seek reelection after visiting state Senate district caucus meetings at the Texas Republican Party convention. At past gatherings, delegates have booed his speeches at the general session.A senator since 2003, Cornyn is a candidate to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, as Republican leader. A secret ballot vote on McConnell’s replacement is expected after the November election determines which party controls the Senate.When asked if…
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — With a holiday weekend happening between the final witness testimony and closing arguments in former President Donald Trump’s New York hush money criminal trial, it’s worth taking a moment to look back at what we’ve just seen. CNN’s Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Jeremy Herb were inside the courtroom and an adjacent viewing room for all of the oral arguments – for all 20 days over the course of a month when the trial was in…
2024 Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump held a rally in Las Vegas, ahead of Nevada’s February 8 Republican caucus. He talked extensively about the southern border and weighed in on the federal government’s ongoing negotiations, saying President Biden did not need a new bill to secure the border. The former president also discussed a variety of other topics, including his disproven claim that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against him. On the day before this rally, a federal jury decided that Mr. Trump pay $83.3 million in damages to E. Jean Carroll for making defamatory comments…
Eight former Florida Senate Presidents have already endorsed Don Gaetz’s plan to return to the chamber. Now, a future one has as well. Senate President-designate Ben Albritton is backing the Panhandle Republican in Senate District 1. “Don Gaetz is a statesman and a warrior for the cause of conservatism,” said Albritton, a Wauchula Republican. “I admire his passion for the people of Florida’s Panhandle and his commitment to ensuring they have a strong voice in Tallahassee. I am proud to endorse Don Gaetz and look forward to welcoming him back to the Florida Senate.” Albritton chairs the Florida Republican Senatorial…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is addressing the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday night, courting a segment of mostly conservative voters that has often been skeptical of the Republican former president while trying to ensure attendees aren’t drawn to independent White House hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Libertarian Party will pick its presidential nominee during the gathering at a Washington hotel that wraps up Sunday. Kennedy, who ran in the Democratic primary before switching to an independent bid, addressed the convention Friday but has indicated he’s not interested in being the Libertarian nominee. Polls have shown for months that…
CNN — Former President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Wednesday for the first time since his New York criminal hush money trial began in earnest last month. He spent his one allotted weekday out of the courtroom hosting rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan, two critical battleground states he won in 2016 but lost to Joe Biden in 2020. “I’ve got to do two of these things today. You know why? Because I’m in New York all the time with the Biden trial,” he told supporters in Freeland, Michigan, falsely suggesting that the president was involved with the hush money case. Despite Trump’s…
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the 200th federal judge of President Joe Biden’s tenure, about a month earlier than when Donald Trump hit that mark in his term, though Trump still holds the edge when it comes to the most impactful confirmations — those to the Supreme Court and the country’s 13 appellate courts.The march to 200 culminated with the confirmation of Angela Martinez as a district court judge in Arizona. The milestone reflects the importance that Biden, a former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., placed on judicial confirmations after…
Nearly two-and-a-half years after its launch, Truth Social is struggling to hang onto its small U.S. user base, according to new data on the microblogging platform launched by former President Donald Trump’s media company.So far in May, U.S. daily visits to Truth Social have dropped more than 21% from April, and more than 35% compared to March, according to digital intelligence platform Similarweb.The site’s average number of monthly visits over the past year — just over 4 million from May 2023 to April 2024 — plummeted more than 39% from the prior 12-month period, from May 2022 to April 2023,…
LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. — The owner of a business on Lake Avenue in Lake Worth Beach is fighting the city after receiving a citation from code compliance for a large painting on the roof, only visible from the sky, that says “Trump 2024.”Chopper 5 flew above 508 Lake Ave., where a massive message that reads “Trump 2024” – in support of the former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee – is painted in red on the roof of the commercial building.WPTV spoke with Michael Klein, the owner of Kavasutra Kava Bar, one of the businesses in the building. He…