URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump was stuck in Florida, forcing his presidential campaign to cancel his in-person events two days before Iowa’s kickoff Republican caucuses. But at his campaign’s Iowa headquarters in a nondescript brick building northwest of Des Moines, volunteers were busy working the phones, trying to turn out the vote for Monday’s […]
INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — Marc Smiarowski hunched over to fight off the minus 18-degree Fahrenheit (minus 28 degrees Celsius) chill on Sunday, waiting for the doors to open for Donald Trump’s midday rally at a small college outside Des Moines. But as the weak winter sun hung low in the sky, a sense of bitterness […]
Kate Garraway has thanked the public for their support as she deals with the “raw pain of grief” following the death of her husband, Derek Draper. The Good Morning Britain (GMB) presenter announced the 56-year-old former lobbyist turned psychologist and author’s death on Friday. Draper, who married Garraway in 2005 and had two children, Darcey […]
CLINTON, Iowa — As Donald Trump makes his final pitch to Iowa voters ahead of the Jan. 15 caucuses, the most unconventional of candidates delivered a time-honored plea to his supporters Saturday: get out and vote. “Don’t stay home, just please,” the former president said. “The polls are showing we’re going to win by a […]
Claim: In a speech on Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump told supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol to delay the constitutional process that would affirm Joe Biden’s presidency. Rating: Rating: Mixture What’s True: Trump did tell supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, to gather at the U.S. Capitol and try to convince members of Congress to […]
Former President Donald Trump on Friday urged his supporters to stop “bags of crap” arriving at polling places to vote in the presidential election later this year. During a rally in Mason City, Iowa, Trump echoed his false claims that the 2020 election had been stolen from him, and said that “we’re not going to […]
Former President Donald Trump on Friday extended condolences following a school shooting in Iowa this week that left one dead and seven wounded before urging supporters to “move forward.” “I want to send our support and our deepest sympathies to the victims and families touched by the terrible school shooting yesterday in Perry, Iowa,” Trump said […]
Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo have clashed with opposition supporters demanding that last week’s presidential poll be annulled. Leading opposition candidates have denounced the election as a sham and have demanded a rerun. Several people were wounded as police fired tear gas and threw stones back at protesters in the capital, Kinshasa. The […]
While trying to explain the divisiveness during the upcoming 2024 presidential election, former CNBC and MSNBC host Chris Matthews took aim at an unexpected target: the cast of “Saturday Night Live.” The former host of “Hardball With Chris Matthews” took to “Morning Joe” Tuesday to explain that “rage” is a powerful tool during today’s election […]
Donald Trump wished electric car supporters would “ROT IN HELL” in a Truth Social Christmas message. It’s part of a larger tirade attacking Jack Smith, who’s prosecuting him in two criminal cases. Trump also shared a meme claiming Santa voted for him, even though Santa is not a US citizen. In a Christmas message to his […]
Dec. 23—DAVIDSON COUNTY — Gov. Roy Cooper gave a Christmas commutation to a North Carolina inmate this week, but it wasn’t Charles McNeair. So while Darnell Cherry — who was incarcerated 26 years ago for his role in a murder and robbery in Bertie County — goes free, McNeair will spend his 44th Christmas behind […]
WASHINGTON — In nearly three years since a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election, far-right figures have made a claim that flies in the face of reality: That the Jan. 6 attack was actually driven by far-left antifa activists dressed up like Trump supporters, […]