RNC 2024 Day 4 updates: It’s Donald Trump’s turn in the spotlight

by admin | Jul 18, 2024 | Politics

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(MILWAUKEE, W.I.) — The fourth and final day of the Republican National Convention is a buildup to tonight’s highly anticipated prime-time address from Donald Trump.It will be the former president’s first public speech...

Trump to give RNC keynote, says he’ll stress ‘unity’ after assassination attempt

by admin | Jul 18, 2024 | Politics

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(MILWAUKEE, W.I.) — Former President Donald Trump will formally accept the GOP presidential nomination Thursday night and deliver his first speech since Saturday’s assassination attempt, capping off an ebullient...

Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s media-shy ‘Doc,’ reluctantly drawn into spotlight

by admin | Jul 18, 2024 | Politics

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In the tumultuous weeks since President Joe Biden’s faltering debate performance, the 81-year-old commander-in-chief has resisted calls from within his own party to end his reelection campaign, often relying on...

Republicans at RNC blame Biden for inflation. Economists say it’s misleading

by admin | Jul 18, 2024 | Politics

Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images(MILWAUKEE, W.I. ) — Speakers at the Republican National Convention this week have faulted the Biden administration for putting the nation at risk from threats that include criminals, illicit drugs — and high...

Biden said he might leave office ‘if I had some medical condition that emerged’

by admin | Jul 18, 2024 | Politics

Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said in an interview airing on Wednesday that, should his doctors tell him he had a “medical condition,” he would consider leaving office and turning over power to Vice...