Jul 16 Fact-checking what Biden said in his NBC interview as the RNC began By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact As Republicans railed against him at their convention in Milwaukee, President Joe Biden sat for a counterprogramming interview with NBC’s Lester Holt. Continue reading
Jul 16 WATCH: 2024 Republican National Convention Night 2 Tuesday's theme will center on immigration. Speakers are expected to include former United Nations ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who ran against Trump in the Republican primaries. Continue reading
Jul 16 Republican convention shifts immigration day after Trump makes triumphant entrance By Bill Barrow, Steve Peoples, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump appeared triumphantly at the convention's opening night Monday with a bandage over his right ear, two days after surviving an attempted assassination. Continue reading
Jul 16 Live updates: After Trump makes entrance as official nominee, GOP convention begins second day By Associated Press Trump energized the crowd Monday night by entering the arena with a bandage on his right ear after being injured during an assassination attempt Saturday. Continue reading
Jul 15 WATCH: Vance pick for VP cements the GOP’s populist turn, strategist Lanhee Chen says By Trey Brannon Republican strategist Lanhee Chen, a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, said Monday that former President Donald Trump's selection of J.D. Vance as his running mate cements the populist turn the Republican Party has taken. Continue reading
Jul 15 WATCH: Sen. Ron Johnson said he delivered ‘wrong speech’ at RNC due to teleprompter error By Alexa Gold, Molly Finnegan Johnson said Monday that the speech he gave on the first night of the Republican National Convention was “the wrong speech.”… Continue reading
Jul 15 WATCH: Trump makes emotional entrance at 2024 Republican National Convention By Bill Barrow, Steve Peoples, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Delegates cheered wildly when he was seen onscreen two days after being injured after a would-be assassin opened fire at his rally in Pennsylvania. Continue reading
Jul 15 WATCH: Marjorie Taylor Greene tells RNC that Trump ‘will make America successful again’ By Hannah Grabenstein “An American government that serves the interests not of the wealthy, the globalists, or the powerful few, but of all hard working Americans is within our grasp,” Greene said. Continue reading
Jul 15 Biden says it was ‘mistake’ to say he wanted to put ‘bull’s-eye’ on Trump during donor phone call By Seung Min Kim, Aamer Madhani, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Biden said he wanted the "focus" to be on "what he's saying." Biden continued: "How do you talk about the threat to democracy which is real, when a president says things like he says? Do you just not say anything… Continue reading
Jul 15 Fact-checking JD Vance’s past statements and relationship with Trump By Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact Vance, 39, won his Senate seat in 2022 with Trump’s backing. He would be one of the youngest vice presidents in U.S. history. Continue reading