Politics

(WASHINGTON) — The United States Secret Service Director will tell Congress on Monday the agency failed in protecting former President Donald Trump on July 13 and will take full responsibility for the lapses in security that day. “The Secret Service’s solemn mission is to protect our nation’s leaders. On July 13th, we failed,” U.S. Secret […]

Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas is announcing an independent investigation into the Secret Service’s handling of the Trump assassination attempt at the White House. — Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said there will be a bipartisan, independent review of the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday came after heavy pressure from congressional Democrats, including Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and more than 30 House lawmakers. Biden, 81, had resisted calls to step aside that grew almost daily following his poor performance in his June […]

(MIDDLETOWN, Ohio) — Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance is making a trip home for his first solo campaign rally on the GOP presidential ticket. Vance will hold a solo rally on Monday afternoon in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio. Vance’s rally comes one week after he was announced as former President Donald Trump’s […]

President Joe Biden arrives to speak on economics during the Vote To Live Properity Summit at the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 16, 2024. (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden announced to the nation on Sunday that he is “standing down” from running in the 2024 […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden thrust his party into virtually unprecedented uncertainty Sunday when he announced he was ending his reelection campaign just weeks before his party’s convention and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party’s next presidential nominee. What comes next is anyone’s guess. Speculation over Biden’s electoral future had been at […]

(WASHINGTON) — With President Joe Biden announcing he will step down as the Democratic nominee this election, some voters already have indicated their preferences for potential successors on the ticket. Kamala Harris Vice President Kamala Harris is seen as a likely top contender, according to polling after the first debate, where Biden gave a poor […]

(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump swiftly reacted to President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 election, saying his former opponent was “not fit to run.” Trump issued his statement on Truth Social, writing, “Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for President, and is certainly not fit to serve – And never was!” […]

(WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris thanked President Joe Biden for his leadership following the news Sunday that he will not continue his bid for reelection. Her statement comes amid a growing chorus of endorsements for her candidacy in the 2024 presidential race. “On behalf of the American people, I thank Joe Biden for his […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday came after heavy pressure from congressional Democrats, including Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and more than 30 House lawmakers. Biden, 81, has resisted calls to step aside that grew almost daily following his poor performance in his June […]