Secret Service seeks help for next Trump rally as GOP fumes at director
MILWAUKEE — A top adviser to Donald Trump called for the Secret Service director’s resignation on Thursday, as the agency took steps to bolster security for the Republican nominee’s next rally on Saturday. Senior adviser Chris LaCivita demanded the resignation of
Mostly absent on GOP convention stage: Abortion, gun rights and Reagan
MILWAUKEE — Eric Trump made somewhat dismissive comments this week about the Republican Party watering down its platform on abortion and same-sex marriage. “This country has real holes in the roof, and you’ve got to fix those holes, and you’ve got
Citadel’s Ken Griffin buys a stegosaurus for $45 million in a record auction sale
Billionaire investor Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of hedge fund Citadel, purchased a late-Jurassic stegosaurus skeleton for $44.6 million at Sotheby’s Wednesday, marking the most valuable fossil ever sold at auction. The 150 million-year-old stegosaurus named “Apex” measures 11 feet tall and
Pelosi has told House Democrats that Biden may soon be persuaded to exit race
Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi has told some House Democrats she believes President Biden can be persuaded fairly soon to exit the presidential race amid serious doubts he can win in November, according to three Democratic officials familiar with her
The other issue with Trump’s plan to stuff the government with loyalists
Familiar figures from Donald Trump’s orbit showed up at the Republican convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday. There was his former adviser Peter Navarro, who gave a rip-roaring speech to an enthusiastic audience. There was his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort.
Hundreds gather to honor Corey Comperatore, killed in Trump rally shooting
FREEPORT, Pa. — Friends, neighbors, strangers — they rose early Thursday to line the main drag of Corey Comperatore’s tiny hometown with knee-high American flags. Firetrucks flanked the black van carrying his body up the country road to Laube Hall. Snipers
Far-right attacks target J.D. Vance’s wife Usha’s Indian heritage
Extremist supporters of former president Donald Trump are lashing out online against Usha Vance, the wife of Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), launching anti-immigrant attacks because of her Indian heritage. Usha Vance, an attorney, is the daughter of Indian
Black Republicans celebrate unity at RNC amid challenges persuading voters
MILWAUKEE — Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) was visibly amped up as he spoke before a crowd and talked about Black voters joining the Republican Party in recent years at an event celebrating Black delegates during the Republican National Convention this
As Biden fights calls to exit race, Harris rallies supporters in North Carolina
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — As President Biden convalesced from covid and battled the biggest political crisis of his presidency Thursday, Vice President Harris appeared before a roaring crowd of supporters in North Carolina in what amounted to an audition for the
Vance promised a new dawn for workers — one Trump didn’t bring to pass
One of the advantages that a candidate challenging an incumbent president usually enjoys is that he or she can make sweeping promises of how they’d leverage executive power. Whatever issue is most potent with voters, the challenger can pledge that