Politics

As the world’s wealthiest people were lining up behind former President Donald Trump’s candidacy, the Republican Party served up hours of programming at its convention designed to woo the working class with (mostly) fake populism. During the first day of the Republican National Convention, the theme was “Make America Wealthy …

Just days after Donald Trump was shot at with an AR-15 in Pennsylvania, visitors to his 2024 nominating convention can enter to win a free, yes, AR-15. The Republican National Convention in Milwaukee is a sprawling affair. Its fenced security zone encompasses not only Fiserv Forum, home to the NBA’s …

Children can be a blessing, bringing joy and wonder to the lives of their parents — they can also leak your private phone calls with the former president and cause you embarrassment on the national stage. It’s a mixed bag. While Robert Kennedy III might be too old for his …

Sandwiched in between an assassination attempt and a VP pick, District Judge Aileen Cannon issued one of the worst, most nakedly political judicial decisions in decades, dismissing the classified documents case against Donald Trump in a flat rejection of decades of precedent. Cannon’s decision is a sneak preview of what’s …

Longtime Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez has been found guilty of corruption and bribery by a New York jury. On Tuesday, the New Jersey Democrat was convicted on all charges related to a widespread bribery and improper foreign-aid scheme detailed by prosecutors over the course of three indictments. In September, Menendez …

Though authorities continue to investigate potential motives for the deadly shooting at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, Sen. Ron Johnson is wasting no time in declaring a scapegoat: schools. Appearing on a panel for the far-right, Hitler-quoting activist group Moms for Liberty on Tuesday, the second …

Judge Aileen Cannon has dismissed the classified documents case against former Donald Trump, ruling that the appointment of Special Counsel Jack Smith — who has been overseeing the Justice Department’s two cases against the former president — was unconstitutional. In a Monday decision, Cannon sided with Trump’s attorneys that the …

It was barely half an hour after shots rang out at a Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania, with the candidate apparently among the wounded, that Elon Musk took to X, formerly Twitter, and formally backed him for president. “I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,” Musk …

After months of public auditioning and behind-the-scenes strategizing, Donald Trump has finally chosen a vice president. On Monday, the president announced that Ohio Senator J.D. Vancewill join him on the 2024 ticket. The decision came just two days after a would-be assassin nearly killed the former president at a rally …

Milwaukee — Did Saturday’s attempt on Donald Trump’s life change the perspective or tone of demonstrators picketing the Republican National Convention? For Mary Braun — a protester in her 60s weaning a button on her blouse reading “I Vote for Non-Felons” — the answer is a firm no. Braun pays …