Author: Conrad Hoyt, Washington Examiner
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Harris to meet with Teamsters leaders as endorsement hangs in the balance
Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with Teamsters leaders, including President Sean O’Brien, on Sept. 16 as the union holds back an endorsement for the presidential contenders. O’Brien was criticized after he spoke at the Republican National Convention in July, the first time in the union’s 121-year history that its leader addressed the RNC. The…
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Harris accepts rules for ABC Trump debate, including muted mics to her ‘disadvantage’
Vice President Kamala Harris has told ABC News she has accepted the network’s rules for its Sept. 10 debate with former President Donald Trump, including the stipulation that each candidate’s microphone will be muted while the other is talking. Harris had pushed back against the rule, arguing over the weekend that microphones should be on…
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Seven killed and dozens injured after Mississippi bus crashes
Seven people are dead, and at least 37 others are injured after a passenger bus crashed overnight in Mississippi on Saturday. Troopers said that at about 12:40 a.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol was called to a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 20 in Warren County, per WJTV. A 2018 Volvo commercial passenger bus was traveling westbound…
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Motionless Biden led offstage by Obama after star-studded fundraiser
President Joe Biden was standing still and staring out at the crowd at the end of his star-studded campaign fundraiser when his former boss, Barack Obama, softly grabbed his wrist and led him offstage. The captured-on-camera moment came at the conclusion of the pair’s 45-minute interview with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel at the Peacock Theater…
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Trump to have pre-sentencing interview on Monday after hush money conviction
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will meet with a probation official as part of the court process before his sentencing in his New York hush money trial case. The virtual interview will take place on Monday, Steven Cheung, Trump campaign communications director, confirmed to the Washington Examiner. The interview will be with a female probation…
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WATCH LIVE: Biden speaks from Normandy to commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day
President Joe Biden is in Normandy, France, on Thursday to take part in the 80th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings during World War II. First lady Jill Biden will join the president, who plans to meet with American veterans and their family members “to honor their sacrifice,” according to the White House. Joe Biden…
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Mexican presidential election: Claudia Sheinbaum becomes country’s first female leader
Claudia Sheinbaum has won Mexico’s presidential election, becoming the country’s first female president and setting Mexico up for six more years of left-leaning Morena Party leadership. Sheinbaum earned between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to the Associated Press, which officially declared Sheinbaum the winner shortly after 4 a.m. EST. Xochitl Galvez, an opposition…
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee announces cancer diagnosis: ‘God will strengthen me’
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) revealed on Sunday night that she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, highlighting how her faith in God will help her persevere. “My doctors have confirmed my diagnosis of pancreatic cancer,” she wrote on X. “I am currently undergoing treatment to battle this disease that impacts tens of thousands of…
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Chase Oliver chosen as Libertarian Party nominee for president
Political activist Chase Oliver has been named the Libertarian Party’s 2024 presidential nominee. The final vote on Sunday night came down to Oliver or “none of the above” after author Michael Rectenwald was eliminated from contention. If Oliver were not chosen, the party would have had complications with their representation in November’s presidential election. Oliver…
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North Carolina GOP governor candidate Mark Robinson plans to remake state government if elected
North Carolina governor candidate Mark Robinson plans to “bring change” to the state’s government if he is elected this November, laying out his plans in a wide-ranging speech this weekend. The Republican lieutenant governor keyed in on education as he spoke at the North Carolina Republican Party Convention in Greensboro, slamming school officials “who think…