ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump‘s planned campaign visit to Minnesota on Friday will mark his return to a traditionally Democratic state that he has long argued he could carry. Trump will take a break from his hush money trial in New York to speak at the Minnesota GOP’s annual Lincoln Reagan […]
We have a new set of polls for you in the battleground states, including New York Times/Siena College polls of Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona and the inaugural Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena poll in Pennsylvania. The results in the presidential race would have been surprising a year ago, but it’s hard to call them surprising anymore. Former […]
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) on Sunday said he will accept the outcome of the 2024 presidential race “if it’s a free and fair election” regardless of whether his preferred candidate wins. The Ohio Republican, who is an ally of Donald Trump and reportedly one of his vice-presidential contenders, told CNN’s “State of the Union” that […]
Republicans have identified recent college protests against Israel’s war in Gaza as the core of an election campaign narrative of chaos that they hope can be used to sink Joe Biden’s presidency. The approach was bluntly crystallised by Tom Cotton, the Republican senator Arkansas, in a recent television interview when he mocked the encampments that […]
A fuel industry group is launching a new $6.6 million ad buy criticizing President Joe Biden and Democratic Senate candidates in key swing states over the administration’s new emissions standards that are expected to lead to dramatic cuts in the production of gas-powered cars. The ads from the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) start […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A Democratic group is rolling out a new $140 million ad campaign that aims to chip away at Donald Trump’s support among one of his most loyal voting blocs: rural voters. The ads, from American Bridge 21st Century, will begin airing Monday in the northern battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and […]
There are certain candidates who have lived their lives like perfectly calibrated political arrows, arcing ever upward through all the right stops toward higher office. Not Laura Friedman. The Glendale Assembly member, who will probably soon take Rep. Adam B. Schiff’s prized congressional seat, spent her 20s with a $600 custom pool cue stick in […]
In practical terms, Barron Trump’s truncated stint on the political stage as a Florida delegate to the Republican party’s national convention was little more than symbolic. His father Donald Trump’s third successive presidential campaign as the Republican nominee was all but certain anyway, and the names of those who will confirm it are essentially inconsequential. […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jury selection is expected to begin on Monday in the corruption trial of U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, a case that could affect the Democrat’s reelection prospects and help determine which party controls the Senate next year. Menendez, 70, and two New Jersey businessmen face charges in a bribery conspiracy case in […]
WASHINGTON – The criminal trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J. on federal bribery charges is set to begin on Monday, but you wouldn’t know it in the U.S. Senate. Menendez, 70, was indicted in September on charges that he allegedly took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for using his position to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — It was 7 a.m. on a recent Friday when Wang Gang, a 36-year-old Chinese immigrant, jostled for a day job in New York City’s Flushing neighborhood. When a potential employer pulled up near the street corner, Wang and dozens of other men swarmed around the car. They were hoping to be […]
By Michael Martina and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. and China will meet in Geneva to discuss advanced artificial intelligence on Tuesday, U.S. officials said, stressing that Washington’s policies would not be up for negotiation even as the talks explore mitigating risks from the emerging technology. President Joe Biden‘s administration has sought to […]