Politics

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, attend the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee.

JD Vance’s first Republican convention will be his national introduction as Trump’s running mate

July 17, 2024, 12:55pm Latest News

Donald Trump ’s running mate JD Vance will introduce himself to a national audience Wednesday night as he addresses the Republican National Convention. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at a 2024 Prosperity Summit, July 16, 2024, in North Las Vegas, Nev. Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party select a different candidate, according to a new poll by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. It sharply undercuts his post-debate claim that “average Democrats” are still with him even if some “big names” are turning on him.

Nearly two-thirds of Democrats want Biden to withdraw, new AP-NORC poll finds

July 17, 2024, 10:50am Latest News

Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to a new poll, sharply undercutting his post-debate claim that “average Democrats” are still with him even if some “big names” are turning on him. Read story

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives during the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee.

The stepped-up security around Trump is apparent, with agents walling him off from RNC crowds

July 17, 2024, 10:49am Nation & World

On the floor of the Republican National Convention Tuesday evening, vice presidential candidate JD Vance greeted and shook hands with excited delegates as he walked toward his seat. Read story

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump in Florida has dismissed the prosecution because of concerns over the appointment of the prosecutor who brought the case. (AP Photo/Gene J.

Judge’s order dismissing Trump classified docs case won’t be final word as long court fight awaits

July 17, 2024, 10:48am Latest News

A judge's stunning decision to dismiss the classified documents case against Donald Trump brought an abrupt halt to what experts have considered the strongest and most straightforward of the prosecutions of the former president. But it's hardly the final word. Read story

President Joe Biden greets people as he visits Mario’s Westside Market in Las Vegas, Tuesday, July 16, 2024.

Biden aims to cut through voter disenchantment as he courts Latino voters at Las Vegas conference

July 17, 2024, 9:21am Nation & World

President Joe Biden is trying to shore up support among disenchanted voters key to his reelection chances as he meets Wednesday with members of a Latino civil rights organization in the battleground state of Nevada. Read story

Cantwell says she’ll cut path for privacy bill despite opposition

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., listens during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing Oct. 4 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

July 17, 2024, 9:18am Latest News

Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell said the panel plans to mark up much-delayed federal data privacy legislation before the August congressional recess — and gave the bill a puncher’s chance even though its House companion has faced setbacks. Read story

FACT FOCUS: A look at ominous claims around illegal immigration made at the Republican convention

FILE - Chinese migrants wait to be processed after crossing the border with Mexico on May 8, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plunged 29% in June to the lowest month of Joe Biden’s presidency, according to figures released Monday, July 15, 2024, that provide another window on the impact of a new rule to temporarily suspend asylum.

July 17, 2024, 9:09am Nation & World

After Donald Trump triumphantly entered the hall on the second night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, the program turned to one of his signature issues: illegal immigration. An ominous video of chaos at the U.S.-Mexico border led into to a speech by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas,… Read story

UK’s new government announces legislation for ‘national renewal’ as Parliament opens with royal pomp

In this image taken from video lawmakers gather in the House of Commons, London, Tuesday July 9, 2024, as Parliament returned. Hundreds of newly elected lawmakers are gathering in Britain’s Parliament after the election that brought a Labour government to power. Among the 650 members of the House of Commons, 335 are arriving for the first time.

July 17, 2024, 8:37am Politics

Britain’s new Labour Party government promised to calm the country’s febrile politics and ease its cost-of-living crisis as it set out its plans for “national renewal” at the grand State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday. Read story