By Tyler Pager, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris will hold a rally Friday in Texas, a state she does not believe she will win but one where her campaign plans for her to begin making a closing argument to voters centered on abortion rights. Harris will travel to Texas, which her […]
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Trump serves up McDonald’s fries, but dodges question on minimum wage
By Marianne LeVine, Isaac Arnsdorf, The Washington Post (c) 2024 FEASTERVILLE, Pa. – Former president Donald Trump briefly manned the fry station at a McDonald’s franchise here on Sunday, but dodged a question about increasing the minimum wage. Wearing an apron, the Republican presidential nominee lifted fries out of the hot oil, shook them, salted them […]
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Trump serves up McDonald’s fries, but dodges question on minimum wage
By Marianne LeVine, Isaac Arnsdorf, The Washington Post (c) 2024 FEASTERVILLE, Pa. – Former president Donald Trump briefly manned the fry station at a McDonald’s franchise here on Sunday, but dodged a question about increasing the minimum wage. Wearing an apron, the Republican presidential nominee lifted fries out of the hot oil, shook them, salted them […]
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Bipartisan task force slams beleaguered Secret Service in new report
By Jacqueline Alemany, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The deadly shooting at a July 13 Donald Trump rally was preventable, but multiple security failures allowed a 20-year-old gunman to climb atop an unsecured roof and fire eight shots, killing an attendee and wounding Trump and two others, the bipartisan House task force investigating the attack […]
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Bipartisan task force slams beleaguered Secret Service in new report
By Jacqueline Alemany, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The deadly shooting at a July 13 Donald Trump rally was preventable, but multiple security failures allowed a 20-year-old gunman to climb atop an unsecured roof and fire eight shots, killing an attendee and wounding Trump and two others, the bipartisan House task force investigating the attack […]
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Former GOP lawmakers, officials call on AG Garland to investigate Musk
By Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former Republican lawmakers, advisers and Justice Department officials have called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate tech billionaire Elon Musk for awarding cash prizes to voters in swing states if they sign his political organization’s petition, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post and […]
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Former GOP lawmakers, officials call on AG Garland to investigate Musk
By Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former Republican lawmakers, advisers and Justice Department officials have called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate tech billionaire Elon Musk for awarding cash prizes to voters in swing states if they sign his political organization’s petition, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post and […]
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Trump’s age finally catches up with him
By Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait raised the question of Donald Trump’s age during their conversation at the Economic Club of Chicago earlier this week, the former president got suddenly defensive. It was not the case, he said, that he had attacked President Joe Biden’s […]
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Trump’s age finally catches up with him
By Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait raised the question of Donald Trump’s age during their conversation at the Economic Club of Chicago earlier this week, the former president got suddenly defensive. It was not the case, he said, that he had attacked President Joe Biden’s […]
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This campaign sign graveyard is bringing election losers back from the dead
By Jiselle Lee, The Washington Post (c) 2024 A presidential election season lawn pocked with Thomas Dewey, Barry Goldwater and Aaron Burr signs might seem like some sort of prank. Barbara VanDenburgh had never seen anything quite like the display in her Central Phoenix neighborhood, so she took some photos and posted the exhibit on […]