Politics

Fact-checking Day 1 of the Republican National Convention

July 16, 2024, 12:49pm Latest News

On the first night of the 2024 Republican National Convention, some speakers offered false and misleading assessments of employment, tax cuts, inflation and more. Read story

FILE - People walk past the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. In the wake of pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses calling for universities to divest from Israel, Pennsylvania’s state Senate on Thursday, June 27, 2024, approved legislation that would block state aid from going to any university that boycotts or divests from Israel.

Far-right groups that block aid to Gaza receive tax-deductible donations from US and Israel

July 16, 2024, 8:57am Business

Under American pressure, Israel has pledged to deliver large quantities of humanitarian aid into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. But at the same time, the U.S. and Israel have allowed tax-deductible donations to far-right groups that have blocked that aid from being delivered. Read story

Republican convention focuses on immigration a day after a bandaged Trump makes triumphant entrance

July 16, 2024, 8:55am Latest News

Immigration takes center stage as the Republican National Convention resumes Tuesday, with speakers spotlighting a key element of former President Donald Trump ’s political brand that helped endear him to the GOP base when he began his first campaign in 2015. Read story

President Joe Biden greets people after arriving at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Monday, July 15, 2024.

Biden is trying to sharpen the choice voters face in November as Republicans meet in Milwaukee

July 16, 2024, 8:29am Nation & World

President Joe Biden returns to the campaign trail Tuesday for the first time since the attempted assassination of his Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, aiming to sharpen the choice voters will face this November in the wake of the attack. Read story

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump appears with vice presidential candidate JD Vance, R-Ohio, during the Republican National Convention, Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee.

JD Vance is a relative political unknown. He’s been asked to help Donald Trump avenge his 2020 loss

July 16, 2024, 8:26am Nation & World

JD Vance is supposed to help Donald Trump win the Midwest this fall. Read story

Washington delegation arrives at Republican National Convention confident and fired up

July 16, 2024, 8:21am Northwest

Over breakfast at their hotel on Monday, Washington state’s delegation began the first day of the Republican National Convention with a prayer acknowledging the shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania two days earlier that left one supporter of former President Donald Trump dead and two others wounded, while Trump himself… Read story

The Democratic National Committee says it’s investing $15 million in 7 swing state parties

FILE - Voters cast their ballots at Coit Arts Academy in Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 8, 2022. The Associated Press announced Thursday, July 11, 2024, that it will provide free campaign and election night coverage to dozens of small and independent newsrooms located in swing states, such as Michigan.

July 16, 2024, 8:20am Politics

Democrats are trying to offer political counterprograming to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, announcing $15 million to fund campaign operations in seven key swing states — even as some in the party have urged President Joe Biden to bow out of November’s election. Read story