Donald Trump and Joe Biden have now met the delegate threshold to become their parties’ presumptive nominees, bringing the policy battle being waged in November’s presidential election into sharper focus. Mr Biden, 81, and his White House team are attempting to frame the next presidential race as a choice between democracy and decency, and what they claim is Mr Trump’s…
Joe Biden says that Donald Trump currently has a “death grip” on the Republican party and that the former president would be the “primary threat” to US democracy should he be re-elected. In a recent sit-down interview, the president said that Mr Trump would be “a dictator on day one” if he returned to the Oval Office, and that his control over the…
Former President Donald Trump is facing backlash after offering his opinions on why Jewish and Black voters largely favor Democratic political candidates. During an interview with right-wing radio host Wayne Allyn Root on Monday, Trump argued that “any Jewish person” who votes for President Joe Biden “does not love Israel” and “should be spoken to.” He then suggested that most Black…
The questions that will be asked of the jury in Donald Trump’s upcoming hush money criminal case have been revealed. They range from whether prospective jurors listen to podcasts to their feelings about a former president being criminally tried in state court. Also on Monday, an appeals court dismissed Mr Trump’s most recent effort to…
Former President Trump‘s campaign team says it raised more than $50 million at a Saturday evening’s GOP fundraiser in Palm Beach, Florida, smashing records for a Republican or Democratic candidate. “It took three Democrat presidents to raise $25 million and one president to raise over $50 million, Donald J. Trump,” campaign spokesperson Danielle Alvarez boasted. Heavy-hitters Saturday’s…
Sara Dorn Forbes Staff President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign targeted billionaires cozying up to former President Donald Trump for their previous suggestions to modify Social Security—a hot-button issue in the 2024 campaign as Trump has made contradicting statements about his plans for entitlement programs. KEY FACTS The Biden campaign in a statement to Forbes said…
By Tori B. Powell and Michael Williams, CNN Updated 5:12 p.m. ET, April 5, 2024 During a visit to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse site on Friday, President Joe Biden pledged federal support for the recovery effort while offering his condolences to the families of six workers killed when a container ship collided with the bridge last…
By Arshad Mohammed, Matt Spetalnick and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden effectively gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an ultimatum on Thursday: protect Palestinian civilians and foreign aid workers in Gaza or Washington could rein in support for Israel in its war against Hamas militants. The message, after months of U.S. calls for…