The ABC News-Washington Post tracking poll shows the presidential race is a dead heat nationally, 46% t0 46%.
Key finding: Donald Trump is seen more honest and trustworthy than Hillary Clinton, 46% to 38%.
Save to FavoritesThe ABC News-Washington Post tracking poll shows the presidential race is a dead heat nationally, 46% t0 46%.
Key finding: Donald Trump is seen more honest and trustworthy than Hillary Clinton, 46% to 38%.
Save to Favorites“Paul Manafort, the longtime Republican strategist who was chairman of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, helped stave off efforts to thwart his nomination at the convention, went to prison and was…
“There’s only one solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Two states for two indigenous people between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. And if you’re not for that, if you’re not…
David DePape, the man who attacked Paul Pelosi at his San Francisco home, could be facing 40 years in prison, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Save to Favorites
Politico: “The ads are part of a much larger — and mostly behind-the-scenes — strategy to reel in anti-Trump Republicans, who continue to show up everywhere from Arizona to Wisconsin….
In case you were wondering, Donald Trump posted to Truth Social: “Nikki Haley is not under consideration for the V.P. slot, but I wish her well!” Save to Favorites
Top Republican officials are “escalating their fight with the Secret Service over the party’s convention in Milwaukee in July, demanding that the agency expand the security perimeter of the event…
“The Arizona grand jury that recently indicted 18 people for their roles in former President Donald Trump’s scheme to subvert the 2020 election cast a far wider net than state…
New York Times: “It’s a strategy that Democrats began planning out more than a year ago. Back in January 2023, they selected seven freshmen to sit on the Oversight panel,…
“The FBI is investigating whether the Biden administration’s Iran envoy, Rob Malley, moved classified information onto his personal email, where it may have fallen into the hands of a foreign…
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“Donald Trump used a dubious accounting maneuver to claim improper tax breaks from his troubled Chicago tower,” according to an IRS inquiry uncovered by ProPublica and the New York Times….
“Nikki Haley is under active consideration by Donald Trump’s campaign to be his running mate,” Axios reports. “The GOP rivals’ relationship remains chilly, but Trump could pick Haley if he…
“Georgia’s Republican Party has removed one of its officers after an administrative law judge found he voted illegally nine times after moving to the state,” the AP reports. “The state…
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced “nastiness” and “lies” over the last several years and decried Washington,…
“Less than six months out from the presidential contest, leading Republicans, including several of Donald J. Trump’s potential running mates, have refused to commit to accepting the results of the…
Washington Post: “It remains unclear if Trump has actually fallen asleep during his trial — he and his team have vigorously rejected the claim. But a narrative has taken hold…
“When former president and 2024 candidate Donald Trump claims that the judicial system wants to put him in jail, he’s not just protesting the ongoing hush money trial,” USA Today…
“Donald Trump will hold a beachfront rally on the Jersey Shore on Saturday, returning to the campaign trail after an explosive week of testimony in his hush money trial in…
“Barron Trump is declining Florida’s offer to be a delegate to the Republican National Convention this summer, citing ‘prior commitments,’ according to his mother’s office,” the Daily Mail reports. Save…
“Rudy Giuliani was suspended by WABC radio on Friday and his daily talk show was canceled after he violated station policy by trying to discuss discredited claims about the legitimacy…
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