Sofia Nelson, a former friend of Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) from law school, said the vice presidential nominee has changed his opinion on "every imaginable issue." Nelson joined CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday to discuss why she recently shared years-old texts and emails from Vance. She said the Vance who was named former President Trump’s...
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear testimony Tuesday from acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate as part of their investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania earlier this month. Rowe assumed the top position at the agency, which provides security for...
New York City comptroller Brad Lander launched a campaign Tuesday to challenge Mayor Eric Adams (D) in next year’s primary race. Lander, a progressive Democrat, said it was time to make the city more affordable, ensure workers are paid a fair wage and keep the public libraries open. He announced his intention to run against...
The security failures surrounding the assassination attempt against former President Trump will be in the spotlight again on Tuesday when a pair of officials appear before a Senate panel. Ronald Rowe, the new acting director of the Secret Service, and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate are set to appear before the Senate Judiciary and the Homeland...
President Joe Biden is calling for Supreme Court reform, including 18-year term limits and an enforceable code of ethics, similar to the reforms implemented in Venezuela, which have resulted in the country's Supreme Tribunal of Justice becoming an instrument of the executive branch.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have the strongest approval rating among Democrats of the potential running mates for Vice President Harris if she, as expected, becomes the party’s 2024 presidential nominee, according to a YouGov poll released Monday. In a July 24-26 poll, 59 percent of Democrats say they strongly...
The Republican mayor of Mesa, Ariz., who announced this week he is backing Vice President Harris in the 2024 presidential race, warned Monday that former President Trump would not leave office if he is reelected. During an interview with Mesa Mayor John Giles (R), CNN's Laura Coates played a clip from Trump’s Monday interview with...
Research suggests that physical proximity is not necessary for effective collaboration, and that strong social networks can foster trust, familiarity, and relational energy, even in remote or hybrid work settings.
Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan reflects on the importance of independent leadership and the need for principled leaders to put the American people first, as he remembers the late Sens. John McCain and Joe Lieberman, who were both giants of American politics.
Women vying for office must survive a “likability trap” that showcases feminine traits as well as leadership qualities traditionally thought of as masculine.
Former President Trump will attend the gathering of Black journalists in Chicago this week, his campaign's latest effort to secure support from Black voters, a key demographic ahead of November. Trump will join a question-and-answer panel with political journalists attending the National Association of Black Journalists’ (NABJ) “Annual Convention & Career Fair,” which kicks off...
Biden was a candidate for reelection as president in his own right, but, officially, Harris was nothing — not a candidate for president and not her party’s nominee for anything.
The Harris campaign on Tuesday announced it would spend $50 million on advertising in the weeks ahead of the Democratic National Convention and unveiled its first ad since the vice president became the party's likely nominee. The campaign announced the ad titled "Fearless" will be the first in a series of paid media efforts ahead...
Donald Trump's choice of JD Vance as his vice presidential nominee has been met with criticism, as Vance's past comments about Trump and his "catless ladies" comment have raised concerns about his qualifications and ability to appeal to suburban women.
The latest demographic effort backing Vice President Harris, “White Dudes for Harris.” raised over $4 million on a call on Monday evening. Additionally, over 190,000 participants joined the call Monday and 150,000 people joined the group. The call was put together by a number of Democratic organizers not affiliated with Harris’s campaign. Contenders on Harris's...
As he is floated as a running mate for Vice President Harris, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been everywhere. Buttigieg has blanketed the airwaves over the past week, making appearances on outlets from MSNBC to Fox News. The strategy is reflective of Buttigieg's 2020 presidential run, during which he tried to do as much media as possible and, as...
Education The Association of American Publishers hired TheGROUP DC to monitor issues pertaining to Inclusive Access programs, which allow universities to automatically bill students for textbooks and supplies. The Education Department in January proposed colleges could not automatically bill students, but rather students would have to opt into the program, a change opposed by the...
Republican lawmakers are divided over whether Donald Trump should ditch his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), who has become a magnet for controversy and negative press coverage since Trump tapped him for the role earlier this month. Some Republican senators think Trump should have picked a woman or a person of color to help...
Vice President Harris has spurred huge excitement among Democrats who had grown deeply gloomy about their chances in November’s election with President Biden at the top of the ticket. Team Harris raised $200 million within a week of Biden announcing he would stand aside, according to her campaign. More than 170,000 new volunteers have reportedly...
U.S. and international officials are urging both Israel and Hezbollah to exercise restraint and avoid embarking on a devastating, regional war, after a rocket strike from the Iranian-backed group killed a dozen young people on a soccer field in northern Israel. The Biden administration has backed Israel’s assessment that the rocket that struck in northern Israel...
Republican Kari Lake and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) are poised to become the official nominees in a blockbuster Senate race that will help determine control of the upper chamber as Arizonans conclude voting in their primaries Tuesday. The Grand Canyon State is also hosting several contested primaries for two outgoing House incumbents: Gallego and Rep....
Vice President Harris's campaign is casting her opponents as "weird." The campaign's strategy pins that label on everything from former President Trump's rally remarks on Hannibal Lecter to Sen. JD Vance's (R-Ohio) past comments on childless women. “You may have noticed Donald Trump has been resorting to some wild lies about my record. And some of...
Vice President Harris will head to Georgia on Tuesday for a rally in Atlanta as her campaign seeks to build on a wave of grassroots enthusiasm in the week since she became the likely Democratic nominee for president. Harris will rally in front of thousands of voters, where campaign communications director Michael Tyler said she...
Comedian Jon Stewart took aim at Republicans who criticized President Biden's exit from the race, suggesting that their party could also replace former President Trump. Stewart played clips of Republicans claiming that Biden's withdrawal from the race and endorsing Vice President Harris was a "coup" within the Democratic Party on Monday's episode of "The Daily...
Republican strategist Karl Rove said former President Trump needs to regain control of the campaign narrative because he is in a "subordinate role" compared to Vice President Harris. Rove outlined what both Trump and Harris need to do to boost their campaigns in the coming weeks during an interview with Fox News’ Neil Cavuto on Saturday. He...
