Jun 20 Former Vice President Mike Pence’s foundation launches $10 million campaign to preserve Trump-era tax cuts set to expire By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Former Vice President Mike Pence’s foundation is launching a $10 million campaign to preserve the Trump-era tax cuts. Continue reading
Jun 20 RFK Jr. fails to qualify for CNN’s debate, setting up showdown between Biden and Trump By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has failed to qualify for next week’s debate in Atlanta. Host network CNN said Thursday the independent presidential candidate fell short of benchmarks both for state ballot qualification and polling. Continue reading
Jun 20 The Supreme Court upholds tax on foreign income against challenge backed by business interests By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices left in place a provision of a 2017 tax law expected to generate $340 billion, mainly from foreign subsidiaries of domestic corporations that parked money abroad to shield it from U.S. taxes. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 6:49 Poll shows presidential race in dead heat and most people unsatisfied with candidates By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz, Saher Khan The race for the White House remains in a dead heat with just months to go before Election Day. Lisa Desjardins breaks down the numbers from our latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. Continue watching
Jun 18 Trump says he loves Milwaukee after reportedly calling the RNC host city ‘horrible’ last week By Christine Fernando, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeatedly praised Milwaukee just weeks before it hosts the Republican National Convention, playing cleanup ain talking about swing-state Wisconsin’s largest city. Continue reading
Jun 18 Boris Epshteyn, Trump’s adviser, pleads not guilty to 9 felony charges in Arizona’s fake elector case By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press Epshteyn is accused of assisting Rudy Giuliani in carrying out the scheme to submit fake electors for Trump in Arizona and obstruct the certification of election results by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021. Continue reading
Jun 18 New York’s top court turns down Trump’s request to hear appeal of gag order By Jake Offenhartz, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press The Republican former president has repeatedly railed against the hush money case gag order, which prevents him from commenting on witnesses, jurors and others who were involved in the case. Continue reading
Jun 18 Here’s how Americans feel about Biden and Trump as election season revs up By Laura Santhanam For many voters, the choice may come down to a handful of high-stakes issues and perceptions of which candidate handles them better, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. Continue reading
Jun 17 Biden presidential campaign to spend $50 million in advertising blitz highlighting Trump’s conviction By Will Weissert, Associated Press Biden's campaign said Monday it wants to clearly define the choice between the candidates ahead of their first debate in Atlanta on June 27. Trump's campaign says the contrast between Trump and Biden "will be very clear on the debate… Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch 5:54 Trump visits Capitol Hill for first time since Jan. 6 to meet with GOP lawmakers By Amna Nawaz, Ali Schmitz, Kyle Midura In his first trip to Capitol Hill since the Jan. 6 attack, former President Trump met behind closed doors with congressional Republicans. They aimed to use the visit as a display of unity following Trump’s conviction in his New York… Continue watching