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CNN — Deep into his ranting news conference on Thursday, former President Donald Trump told a truth that explained everything : “I’m very angry at her.” He was referring to Vice President Kamala Harris, whose late entry into the general election race has left him bitter, disoriented, and mourning the loss of the old campaign — the one he was winning against President Joe Biden. Trump’s discombobulation was laid bare in a self-pitying and raging stream of consciousness delivered at his New Jersey golf club that raised serious questions about the future trajectory of his quest to return to power. The ex-president insulted his way into…
Washington CNN — Former President Donald Trump held a news conference on Thursday in which he continued to be highly dishonest – again making more than 20 false claims, as he also did in his Monday conversation with Elon Musk. Many of Trump’s inaccurate Thursday claims have been debunked for years. But some of them were relatively new. At one point, he claimed that his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, was responsible for a California policy he claimed allows people to rob stores. “They had a recent article, and I didn’t know this, but you’re allowed to rob a…
On his first full day as his party’s nominee, Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde pushed back against claims made against him during the campaign, stood by his decision to file a defamation lawsuit earlier this month and called for more general election debates. Speaking at a WisPolitics luncheon in Madison, Hovde said he would like “multiple” debates with incumbent Democrat Tammy Baldwin, who he has consistently trailed in polls. He named La Crosse, Rhinelander and Wausau as possible locations. He also said he would meet Baldwin at either of their alma maters. “Even her high school, Madison West, tried to…
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Former President Donald Trump lauded a wealthy donor on whom he bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom as having gotten the “better” award compared to the top military honor, the Medal of Honor, because those recipients are often deceased or injured.Speaking at a campaign event intended to discuss antisemitism, Trump was introduced by Miriam Adelson, a wealthy Republican donor and widow of Sheldon Adelson, who pumped millions of dollars of his own money into electing Republican candidates. He died in 2021. “I watched Sheldon sitting so proud in the White House when we gave Miriam the Presidential Medal…
Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi (left), and Republican Day guest speaker Matthew Whitaker (right), who served under former President Donald Trump as acting attorney general, greet rally attendees at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (Jerry Nowicki / Capitol News Illinois) SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Republicans say they are still as united about the upcoming election as they were at their national convention in Milwaukee last month, despite surge of enthusiasm for the Democrats’ new presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris. “Republicans are ready,” state party chair Kathy Salvi told reporters at the Illinois State Fair Thursday.…
The pork sausage was a sign that this was going to be different. Or at least, that it was meant to be.Like a grocery store employee in front of a concession stand, Donald Trump stood framed by the everyday items of an American shopping basket.Breakfast oats. Bread. Butter. The sausage.In a 45-minute-long pre-prepared speech at his Bedminster Golf Club in New Jersey, his remarks appeared designed to signal a shift away from the usual personal attacks on his opponent.Reading off a piece of paper – itself something of departure from his normally freewheeling style – this was instead an attempt…
A small reunion is happening inside the Trump campaign.Amid trailing polls and fundraising numbers, former President Donald Trump’s team has confirmed to multiple news outlets that it’s adding five new staffers, including a few campaign alumni.The additions include Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s former 2016 campaign manager who was let go from his role but remained close to the former president; Tim Murtaugh, Trump’s 2020 campaign communications director; and Taylor Budowich, a former senior aide who led the pro-Trump super PAC, MAGA Inc.Two other new team members include former MAGA Inc. officials Alex Pfeiffer and Alex Bruesewitz.The new roster comes at a…
Posted August 14, 2024 at 11:37pm New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy intends to appoint his former chief of staff, George Helmy, to fill the Senate seat that Sen. Bob Menendez will vacate next week, multiple New Jersey media outlets reported Wednesday evening, citing sources. Helmy, who has most recently worked as executive vice president and head of external affairs for RWJBarnabas Health, will serve until the end of the 118th Congress. The seat for the full term starting in January will be filled by the winner of the November election between Rep. Andy Kim, the Democratic nominee, and Republican…
Support trulyindependent journalismFind out moreCloseOur mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth.Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts.Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda.The two top candidates for president have never been in the same room or spoken – a situation that is about to change when they square off for a debate.Democrat and Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican nominee and former president Donald Trump have never been feet apart, according to the New York Times’s Katie Rogers. Harris has also never spoken to Trump or met him in…
Complete coverage of the local and national primary and general election, including results, analysis and voter resources to keep Chicago voters informed. SPRINGFIELD — Republicans sought to reclaim their own national convention momentum at the Illinois State Fair before Democrats throw their big party in Chicago next week, with GOP leaders on Thursday shrugging off positive polling for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and warning of a generational “train wreck” if she takes the White House.Illinois’ GOP delegation left the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last month buzzing with optimism around former President Donald Trump’s odds against President Joe Biden.Now…