• Super Bowl ad for RFK Jr. stirs Democratic and family tension over his independent 2024 presidential bid

    Super Bowl ad for RFK Jr. stirs Democratic and family tension over his independent 2024 presidential bid

    Feb 12, 2024 07:40 PM EDT

    ... in unpredictable ways. “It is fitting that the first national ad promoting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s candidacy was bought and paid for by Donald Trump's largest donor this cycle,” said Democratic National Committee spokesman Alex Floyd. He was referring to Tim Mellon, a major donor to Trump who ...

  • Trump campaign using sporting events like UFC to get in front of potential voters

    Trump campaign using sporting events like UFC to get in front of potential voters

    Dec 15, 2023 02:40 PM EDT

    ... his former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, among others facing scandal. He noted all were white men whose diehard fans saw them as unfairly victimized. Sports stars in 2016 were among the few celebrities willing to campaign with Trump, who was shunned by the Hollywood establishment. This time, Trump's appearances ...

  • Giuliani associate Lev Parnas convicted of campaign finance crimes

    Giuliani associate Lev Parnas convicted of campaign finance crimes

    Oct 22, 2021 07:45 PM EDT

    ... the New York trial. The case did, though, give an up-close look at how Parnas entered Republican circles in 2018 with a pattern of campaign donations big enough to get him meetings with the party's stars. "In order to gain influence with American politicians and candidates, they illegally ...

  • WATCH: Trump speaks at campaign rally in Pittsburgh

    WATCH: Trump speaks at campaign rally in Pittsburgh

    Sep 22, 2020 07:36 PM EDT

    ... willing to cross Trump. The president has criticized Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska for opposing a vote before elections. Trump warned they would be "very badly hurt" by voters.The mounting clash over the vacant seat injects new turbulence in the presidential campaign with ...

  • WATCH: Former President Bill Clinton's says Trump will 'blame, bully and belittle' if he stays in White House

    WATCH: Former President Bill Clinton's says Trump will 'blame, bully and belittle' if he stays in White House

    Aug 19, 2020 02:02 AM EDT

    ... the #MeToo movement sparked a broad, national debate over sexism, sexual assault and gender bias.Clinton was a visible part of the 2016 convention and campaign, even as Trump repeatedly raised the former president's past — and invited a group of the former president's accusers to attend a debate ...

  • 2 Republicans opposed by Trump win in North Carolina and Kentucky

    2 Republicans opposed by Trump win in North Carolina and Kentucky

    Jun 24, 2020 01:01 PM EDT

    ... measure of McGrath's financial advantage, she has spent $16 million in ads compared to Booker's $2 million, according to Advertising Analytics, which studies campaign advertising. In New York, Engel is supported by Democratic stars like Hillary Clinton, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Congressional Black Caucus, plus major ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump's reelection strategy

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump's reelection strategy

    May 25, 2020 10:35 PM EDT

    ... keep his base riled up and do bring in those other voters that he needs? Amy Walter: You know, there was a slogan on the Trump campaign in 2016, which is still the case today, which is to sort of let Trump be Trump. He is who he is. And ...

  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar to endorse Bernie Sanders for president, according to his campaign

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar to endorse Bernie Sanders for president, according to his campaign

    Oct 16, 2019 03:38 AM EDT

    ... questions over his health since suffering a heart attack two weeks ago. The 30-year-old Ocasio-Cortez and 38-year-old Omar are progressive stars and frequent targets of President Donald Trump. Sanders' deputy communications director Sarah Ford says Ocasio-Cortez will appear with the senator at a rally ...

  • Ex-SC Gov. Mark Sanford to challenge Trump in primary

    Ex-SC Gov. Mark Sanford to challenge Trump in primary

    Sep 08, 2019 02:22 PM EDT

    ... primary the president of the United States, but I don't think I can win, it's not about winning'?" Walsh said in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Sunday after finishing a 9/11 memorial stair climb alongside firefighters. "My god. That makes no sense to me. ... Why would you do ...

  • AP fact check: Trump, AG Barr spread untruths about Mueller report

    AP fact check: Trump, AG Barr spread untruths about Mueller report

    Apr 22, 2019 01:27 PM EDT

    ... to read the report before publication." — remarks Thursday. THE FACTS: Barr's decision, citing the Ethics in Government Act, is inconsistent with independent counsel Ken Starr's handling of his report into whether President Bill Clinton obstructed and lied in Starr's probe. On Sept. 7, 1998, Clinton's attorney ...