Former President Donald Trump has selected Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate. “After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator JD Vance of the Great State of […]
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on July 15 dismissed a 40-count federal indictment against former President Donald Trump on charges he mishandled classified documents, writing that the appointment of a special counsel in the case violated the U.S. Constitution. Cannon wrote in an unexpected 93-page ruling that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s appointment violated the Consitution’s […]
MILWAUKEE — The 2024 Republican National Convention opens Monday with the unprecedented and grisly backdrop of its presumptive nominee having survived an assassination attempt. Former President Donald Trump arrived for the convention in Wisconsin Sunday, a day after a shooter fired a bullet that Trump said struck him in the upper ear just minutes into […]
President Joe Biden defended his ability to serve as president and the Democratic nominee against former President Donald Trump during a July 11 press conference following the NATO summit in Washington, D.C. The press conference — his first in eight months — came amid calls from some congressional Democrats and donors for Biden to drop […]
By now, you have probably heard about Project 2025. President Joe Biden certainly hopes so. Biden’s reelection campaign is blitzing the internet with social media posts, videos, ads and a website that warn of a stark postelection agenda a victorious Donald Trump could execute. “Project 2025 should scare every single American,” Biden posted on X […]
Los candidatos presidenciales están cortejando fuertemente a los votantes latinos en 2024, un año en el cual algunas encuestas muestran que el apoyo de este bloque de votantes puede estar más a la mano que en cualquier otro punto en al menos dos décadas. Históricamente, los votantes latinos han apoyado a los demócratas, aunque eso […]
When former President Donald Trump takes the stage in Milwaukee during the Republican National Convention, he’ll be returning to a city and a state that has been the subject of many of his false claims. Many of Trump’s claims that PolitiFact Wisconsin has checked are about the 2020 election: From whether he won the state […]
PBS News and PolitiFact, the political fact-checking website operated by the nonprofit Poynter Institute, today announced a partnership that will run through the 2024 election cycle, beginning with next week’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. As the rise of misinformation and disinformation continues, fact-based and impartial journalism is more important than ever during this historic […]
In his first high-profile public remarks since a June 27 CNN debate, former President Donald Trump held a rally in Doral, Florida, challenging President Joe Biden, whose performance was widely panned by politicos and pundits, to an unmoderated debate and even a golf match as a “chance to redeem himself in front of the entire […]
The presidential candidates are heavily courting Latino voters in 2024, a year in which some polls show this voting bloc’s support may be more up for grabs than at any point in at least two decades. Historically, Latino voters have backed Democrats, though that differs by place of ancestry. For example, a majority of Cuban […]
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a Republican vice presidential contender, has made numerous comments that liken President Joe Biden’s administration to a dictatorship. On June 23 on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Burgum said, “This president, more like any other, has bypassed Congress.” He implied there is a double standard for Biden in his use of […]
La actuación del presidente Joe Biden en el primer debate presidencial fue muy criticada, incluso por algunos demócratas quienes se preguntan si él a sus 81 años podría derrotar al candidato republicano, el expresidente Donald Trump. La elección es el 5 de noviembre. Aunque la condición de Trump como presunto candidato sigue siendo fuerte dentro […]