By Jesús Rodríguez, Sabrina Rodriguez, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The stars of Democratic politics were aligning behind Kamala Harris. Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama and assorted liberal luminaries had sung her praises at the Democratic convention. Megawatt endorsements from Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish would soon follow. But there’s another pop star who has not weighed […]
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Harris and Trump essentially tied in Pennsylvania, Post poll finds
By Dan Balz, Scott Clement, Emily Guskin, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are locked in a statistical tie in Pennsylvania, according to a Washington Post poll of a state that many analysts see as the battleground most likely to determine the outcome of the presidential election. One week […]
Harris to address group that hosted Trump when he questioned her Black identity
Toluse Olorunnipa, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to sit for a rare interview with reporters from the National Association of Black Journalists on Tuesday, part of an effort to court Black voters and present a contrast with former president Donald Trump after his contentious sit-down with the group in […]
Trump requests more time to reply to appeal of Florida case dismissal
Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump’s legal team has requested a 30-day extension to respond to the government’s appeal of U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s dismissal of his classified-documents case, making it less likely that a ruling on whether the indictment should be restored will come before Inauguration Day. The former […]
Court may decide if Arizonans with missing citizenship records can vote in state races
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Patrick Marley (c) 2024 , The Washington Post PHOENIX – A key election official in Arizona’s Maricopa County plans to ask the state’s highest court as early as Tuesday to prohibitnearly 100,000 longtime residents from voting in state and local races this fall after discovering that the state has no record of asking […]
JD Vance explains the political utility of anti-immigrant hostility
By Philip Bump, The Washington Post, (c) 2024 Just about every part of Sen. JD Vance’s efforts on Sunday to defend his relentless fearmongering about Haitian immigrants was dishonest. To hear Vance (R-Ohio) tell it – as he told CNN’s Dana Bash and NBC’s Kristen Welker in separate news show appearances – the senator and […]
Trump posts ‘I hate Taylor Swift,’ days after the star’s Harris endorsement
Lisa Rein (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Former president Donald Trump took his bitterness over mega-pop star Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris to his social network, declaring in an all-caps tweet on Truth Social on Sunday, “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT.” The post did not mention Swift’s endorsement following Tuesday’s presidential debate, […]
Trump seeks to rally support after possible second assassination attempt
By Hannah Knowles (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Donald Trump sought to rally his supporters Sunday with news of a possible second attempt on his life, blasting out a campaign fundraising appeal that said “there are people in this world who will do whatever it takes to stop us,” as his advisers urged campaign […]
Suspected gunman at Trump golf course has quixotic past
by David Nakamura, Aaron Schaffer, Cat Zakrzewski, Devlin Barrett (c) 2024 , The Washington Post The man arrested on suspicion of possibly trying to assassinate former president Donald Trump spent his recent years in search of a mission – trying to muster a ragtag army to defend Ukraine and writing a book about his failed […]
Trump golf course incident investigated as potential assassination attempt
by Josh Dawsey, Carol D. Leonnig, Devlin Barrett, Mariana Alfaro (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Federal authorities are investigating a potential assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump on Sunday after a man with a weapon appeared near his golf course in Florida as Trump was golfing. “The FBI has responded to West Palm […]