Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, is accusing Vice President Kamala Harris of capitulating to radical left-wing voices in the Democratic Party in choosing her running mate for the November election.”She bent the knee to the Hamas caucus of the Democratic Party,” Vance said during a rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Wednesday.He’s the latest GOP critic to accuse Harris of choosing Minnesota Gov.
State senator Kristen McDonald Privet was declared the winner of the Democratic primary for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., announced in 2023 that he would not be seeking re-election, leaving the seat he’s represented since 2012 up for grabs this cycle.The primary race saw three candidates competing for the nomination: Kristen McDonald Privet, Matt Collier and Pamela Pugh. .
Paul Junge won the GOP primary for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District, securing the Republican nomination. He will now move on in hopes of replacing retiring Democrat Rep. Dan Kildee.Junge defeated Mary Draves and Anthony Hudson with 73%, when the race was called by the Associated Press.
Incumbent Andrew Bailey won the Republican primary for Missouri attorney general, setting the stage for the general election match-up against Democrat Elad Gross. Republican Trump attorney Will Scharf conceded to incumbent Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey in the state’s Aug. 6 primary election. Bailey led the race by a whopping 63% to 37% early Wednesday morning, according to the state of Missouri elections website.
Carl Marlinga edged out three other candidates in a competitive Democratic primary for Michigan’s 10th Congressional District and will battle incumbent Republican Rep. John James in November.Marlinga defeated Diane Young, Emily Busch and Tiffany Tilley according to a call from the Associated Press.Marlinga, a former judge, entered the race seeking a rematch with James and touted his long record as a prosecutor and judge throughout the campaign.
Paul Hudson emerged with the victory in the Republican primary for Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District, one of the most competitive races in the country.Hudson was leading Michael Markey Jr. approximately 55% to 45% when the race was caklled by the Associated Press.Markey Jr., who touted his business experience throughout the campaign, painted himself as a “disrupter” who would work to “get things” done if elected to Congress.
Her choice is exactly what you’d expect of a candidate afraid to cross the party’s young activist base.
Vice President Kamala Harris is now formally the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee.The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced the news on Monday, following the conclusion of a five-day virtual roll call of pledged delegates to the party’s national convention, which kicks off in two weeks in Chicago.The securing of the nomination comes hours before Harris is expected to announce her choice for running mate.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., appeared on “Jesse Watters Primetime” on Monday night to reveal new claims regarding the assassination attempt against former President Trump last month.Hawley told host Jesse Watters that he had spoken with whistleblowers who provided him with information about the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) lead site agent at the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally on July 13.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was surprised by news of a deal struck between prosecutors and the mastermind and two others who planned the Sept. 11 attacks. “This is not something that the secretary was consulted on,” Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters during a Monday briefing. “We were not aware that the prosecution or defense would enter the terms of the plea agreement.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ended a COVID-era program that granted hundreds of free minutes of video calls to illegal immigrants, Fox News Digital has learned – a move that is estimated to save taxpayers more than $10 million a year.
Former President Trump’s tight race with VP Harris is bringing Georgia – a historically red state-turned-blue – back to the forefront this election cycle as the two candidates are “neck and neck” in the Peach State’s polls. And Trump’s rhetoric could swing the state one way or another, according to experts. In the 2020 presidential election, it was assumed Georgia was reliably Republican, as it had been for more than four decades.
The recent debacle over plea deals has its roots in the Obama-Biden administration’s efforts to close Guantanamo Bay.
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., who is a top contender to be Vice President Harris’ running mate in the 2024 election, posted a cryptic message on social media amid veepstakes speculation.”Whether it was from my time in the Navy and at NASA, serving in the United States Senate, or visiting our troops overseas: I’ve learned that when your country asks you to serve, you always answer the call,” Kelly posted on X on Sunday.
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. released a bizarre video on X Sunday, in which he tells comedian Roseanne Barr about the time he dumped a dead bear cub in New York City’s Central Park a decade prior. In the video, RFK and Barr are situated around a dinner table in a home, as the independent candidate tells his story. He explains that he’s trying to get ahead of a story The New Yorker is working on.
President Biden approved an emergency declaration for Florida as Tropical Storm Debby barrels toward the Sunshine State, the White House confirmed Sunday. The president’s move helps free up federal resources and authorizes the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate all disaster relief efforts, the White House said.
White House National Security Council communications adviser John Kirby on Sunday dodged answering questions regarding the abrupt plea deal reversal provided to a trio of 9/11 terrorists last week. “Is the president willing to let these terrorists escape the harshest penalty in the system of justice and let that be part of his legacy?” Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich asked Kirby during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.
It’s been mostly smooth sailing for Vice President Kamala Harris in the two weeks since she replaced President Biden at the top of the Democrats’ national ticket.A party eager to keep former President Trump from returning to the White House quickly unified behind Harris. The vice president experienced a surge in contributions and more than doubled Trump in July fundraising, and volunteers flocked to Biden-turned-Harris campaign offices.
A Georgia activist stole the show after being introduced by former President Trump at his rally in Atlanta Saturday.Trump invited Michaelah Montgomery up on stage toward the end of his speech at the Georgia State University Convocation Center. He introduced Montgomery by explaining he met her at a restaurant this year.Trump said Montgomery, who attended Clark Atlanta University, had recognized him in public and commended him for funding historically Black colleges and universities.
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, admitted Saturday to having an extramarital affair during his first marriage after a bombshell report by the Daily Mail reported he got his children’s nanny pregnant.”During my first marriage, Kerstin and I went through some tough times on account of my actions,” Emhoff said in a statement to CNN regarding his first wife, Kerstin Emhoff.
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, on Saturday called former President Trump’s offer to debate Vice President Kamala Harris on Fox News in September a “masterstroke.””I think it’s great,” Trump’s vice presidential pick told SiriusXM’s “Breitbart News Saturday.
FIRST ON FOX: House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., told Fox News Digital his committee will continue to probe a scrapped plea deal with the alleged terrorists behind the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attacks.
The federal judge presiding over Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 case against former President Trump has ordered a conference on Aug. 16 to determine the next steps forward.Judge Tanya Chutkan wasted no time after she received the case back from the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled last month on the scope of Trump’s claim of presidential immunity from prosecution.
Former President Trump announced Friday night that he has agreed to Fox News’ proposal for a debate against Vice President Kamala Harris.Trump said the debate would be held on Sept. 4 in Pennsylvania, although the location of the event has not yet been determined.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, was among a number of Republican lawmakers who reacted to acting U.S. Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe’s press conference Friday about the assassination attempt on former President Trump at a rally in July. Lee said he believes there’s more to the story than what Rowe told reporters. “It is clear that the American people still have not been given the full story,” Lee told Fox News Digital in a statement.
Less than 12 hours after his initial post on X, Kyle Rittenhouse took back his comment saying he was going to write in Ron Paul because “Trump was not pro-gun enough.””Hi, I’m Kyle Rittenhouse, outreach director for Texas Gun Rights. A lot of people are upset that I said that I am going to be writing in Ron Paul for President of the United States, and that is true. I will be writing in Ron Paul,” Rittenhouse posted in a video on his X account.
A video posted by Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker appearing to suggest Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Penn., is Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate has caused a social media frenzy as users speculate whether the post was an accidental leak. In the Friday afternoon post on X, Parker reiterated her support for Harris’ campaign, but also for Shapiro as her vice presidential pick, despite Harris not having announced her chosen running mate yet.
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IOC should revise its guidelines before the Games turn into a tragedy.
It took six weeks to determine, but House Freedom Caucus chair Rep. Bob Good of Virginia was defeated in his bid for renomination by a challenger supported by former President Trump.John McGuire, a Virginia state senator and former Navy SEAL backed by Trump, will win the Republican primary in Virginia’s reliably red 5th Congressional District, in the southern part of the Commonwealth. ‘McGuire came out on top in a recount conducted Tuesday.