Oct 15 RFK Jr. suggests if Trump is elected, he’ll play significant role in agriculture and health policy By Michelle R. Smith, Josh Funk, Associated Press Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist and environmentalist who ran for president as an independent before endorsing Trump, on Monday posted a video on social media that he filmed outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters in Washington. Continue reading
Oct 15 Harris and Trump make pushes to energize key voters that allies worry are slipping away By Will Weissert, Associated Press Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are both making pushes to energize key constituencies that their allies worry might be slipping away. Continue reading
Oct 15 WATCH: Biden speaks at Philadelphia’s City Committee dinner By Josh Boak, Associated Press According to figures released Tuesday by the National Labor Relations Board, there were 3,286 petitions filed with the government in fiscal 2024, up from 1,638 in 2021. Continue reading
Oct 15 WATCH: Trump sings praises of tariffs during conversation with Bloomberg News By Paul Wiseman, Chris Rugaber, Associated Press Appearing before a friendly audience at the Economic Club of Chicago, the Republican presidential nominee repeatedly asserted that tariffs are misunderstood as an economic tool. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch 4:41 Trump ramps up his dangerous political rhetoric in final weeks of campaign By Laura Barrón-López, Ian Couzens, Eliot Barnhart Over the weekend, Vice President Kamala Harris made stops in North Carolina, while out West, Former President Donald Trump ratcheted up his political rhetoric. Now both candidates are in opposite corners of one of the most important states in this… Continue watching
Oct 14 Trump is using clips of Kubrick’s anti-war ‘Full Metal Jacket’ to pitch his ideal military at rallies By Associated Press Donald Trump's recent rallies have featured a video with clips of R. Lee Ermey as Marine Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 classic Vietnam War film “Full Metal Jacket.” Ermey's character was known for his vulgar and at times… Continue reading
Oct 14 How the federal criminal cases against Trump ended up in legal limbo as the election looms By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press A year that began with the prospect of a federal court reckoning for Trump will end without any chance of a trial, leaving voters without the finality of an up-or-down jury verdict in the two most consequential cases against the… Continue reading
Oct 14 Why the Trump campaign’s use of online crowdfunding for emergency relief is unusual By James Pollard, Associated Press Never before has a major party's presidential candidate turned to the for-profit company — which usually features desperate appeals for help covering tuition costs or medical bills — to mobilize their base toward outside charitable causes. Continue reading
Oct 14 WATCH: Trump decides to stop town hall event and play music after 2 medical emergencies By Adriana Gomez Licon, Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press After a second emergency halted the discussion moderated by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Trump stopped taking questions. Continue reading
Oct 13 Trump suggests he’ll use the military on ‘the enemy from within’ the U.S. if he’s reelected By Stephen Groves, Associated Press During his first term as president, Donald Trump tested the limits of how he could use the military to achieve policy goals. If given a second term, the Republican and his allies are preparing to go much further, reimagining the… Continue reading