Trump set to shift focus onto Kamala Harris in Charlotte rally: Live updates

Donald Trump is expected to shift his full focus onto Kamala Harris at his rally in Charlotte, the first public campaign event since Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed his Vice President as the Democratic candidate.

The former president will address crowds on Wednesday in North Carolina, a swing state that Trump has carried in the past, but Democrats have seen as pivotal. Biden’s shock announcement on Sunday has nixed the matchup that both major parties had spent months preparing for.

The former president’s team has already begun the attacks on their new opponent, with a complaint filed against Harris on Sunday, accusing her of perpetrating “a $91.5m heist” by improperly accessing Biden’s campaign funds.

Meanwhile on Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed new details about the investigation into the attempted assassination of the former president.

20-year-old Thomas Crooks had scouted the area with a drone and researched the distance between former president John F Kennedy Jr and his assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, Ray told a House Oversight Committee on. The gunman had also visited a shooting range the day before the attack.

Trump later called for Wray’s resignation on social media, accusing him of covering up Joe Biden’s cognitive decline.

Key Points

• Donald Trump tries to block Kamala Harris from accessing Joe Biden’s $91.5m war chest

• Elon Musk insists he is not spending $45m a month to get Trump elected

• Trump announces Netanyahu visist to Mar-a-Lago and continues Harris attacks

• Republican nominee commits to debating Harris

• Trump appeals ‘egregious’ $454m civil fraud verdict

DNC puts up billboards reminding North Carolinians of Project 2025 ahead of Trump rally

22:53 , Mike Bedigan

Ahead of Donald Trump’s rally in Charlotte on Wednesday, the Democratic National Commitee (DNC) has put up billboards reminding North Carolinians of Trump’s “toxic” Project 2025 agenda.

The billboards will be live across the city of Charlotte near the Bojangles Coliseum.

In a statement released ahead of the rally, DNC Spokesperson Abhi Rahman said: “Let’s be clear: Donald Trump and JD Vance will enact their extreme Project 2025 agenda if elected in November and Democrats are doing everything in our power to stop them.

“This toxic agenda gives voters all of the proof they need that Trump and Vance aren’t looking out for North Carolinians, they’re looking out for themselves and the billionaires bankrolling their campaign.

“Trump’s Project 2025 agenda would turn the government into a tool to give Trump power like no president has ever had over Americans’ daily lives and raise costs for North Carolinians while also restricting our fundamental freedoms and enacting a national abortion ban. Democrats aren’t about to let that happen.

“Our message is simple: Look up Project 2025. We’re empowering voters with the truth about Donald Trump so voters can rally against Trump at the polls and reject Team Trump-Vance’s attacks on their rights, wallets, and democracy.”

Trump shooter Google searched JFK assassination, FBI director reveals

22:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Days before he fired an AR-15-style rifle at Donald Trump, a 20-year-old gunman had Google searched the distance between former president John F Kennedy Jr and his assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.

In testimony to a House Oversight Committee investigating the attack, FBI director Christopher Wray said law enforcement analysis of Thomas Matthew Crooks’s devices and digital footprint have not yielded “anything notable in terms of motive or ideology,” but “it does appear fairly clear that he was interested in public figures more broadly.”

“On July 6, he did a Google search for ‘How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?’ and so that’s a search that obviously is significant in terms of his state of mind,” Wray said on Wednesday.

Alex Woodward has the story.

Trump shooter Google searched JFK assassination, FBI director reveals

Vance to hold rallies in Nevada and Arizona

22:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance will hold three rallies next week in key swing states.

He will deliver remarks at a rally in Henderson, Nevada on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at 1pm MT and then later at Reno, Nevada at 4.30pm.

The following day, Vance will speak in Glendale, Arizona at 6pm MT.

Trump campaign files election complaint to block Harris from Biden’s $90m war chest

22:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump’s campaign has accused vice president Kamala Harris of committing a “heist” and a “brazen money grab” after she inherited President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign war chest.

Trump’s complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday accuses the president and vice president of running afoul of campaign finance laws by turning Biden’s now-ended campaign into the “Harris for President” campaign, allowing Harris to tap into more than $91m in the campaign’s coffers.

Alex Woodward explains what’s happening.

Trump campaign tries to block Harris from Biden’s $90 million war chest

Full story: Netanyahu addresses Congress as scores of Democrats boycott

21:40 , Oliver O’Connell

Israeli Prime Minister gave a full-throated speech in defense of his government’s war against Hamas in a joint address to Congress despite the fact that more than 38 Democrats boycotted the address.

The speech is Netanyahu’s fourth joint address to Congress. Netanyahu, the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history, received an uproarious applause. In the same way, he was flanked by many senior members of Congress and Senators. The speech comes as much of the international community has turned against Israel as it has conducted its war against Hamas after the terror group launched a surprise attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people.

Eric Garcia reports from Capitol Hill.

Israeli prime minister Netanyahu addresses Congress as scores of Democrats boycott

Trump calls for immediate resignation of FBI director for not finding fault with Biden’s acuity

21:25 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump was watching FBI director Christopher Wray’s testimony regarding the attempt on his life today and rather than noting the revelations regarding the shooter’s drone, research, or any other new information, he found another focus… Joe Biden.

Here’s what the former president wrote on Truth Social about the boss of the bureau (whom he appointed):

I watched the Congressional Hearing today as Christopher Wray was asked the question whether or not he noticed any Cognitive Degeneration in his many conversations with Crooked Joe Biden and, despite the fact that Special Counsel Robert Hur said, effectively, that Joe Biden is INCOMPETENT, with LITTLE MEMORY, etc., Wray said that “it is not something I observed during my interactions with him, which were uneventful and unremarkable,” essentially stating that he found nothing wrong, mentally or physically, with “Joe.” If that is the case, Director Wray should resign immediately from the FBI, and stop “sweet talking” Congress every time he goes up, which he loves to do, because anybody can see that Joe Biden is cognitively and physically challenged, and if you can’t see that, you sure as hell can’t be running the FBI – Unless, that is, you want to illegally lead the Raid on Mar-a-Lago. Wray has to resign, and NOW, for LYING TO CONGRESS!

JD Vance ignites fury among childfree community after calling Kamala Harris a ‘childless cat lady’

21:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Childfree adults are outraged over past comments made by JD Vance about Vice President Kamala Harris, and how they’ve been judged simply for not having children.

In a resurfaced interview from 2021, Donald Trump’s newly-appointed running mate told former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the country was run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable too.”

Meredith Clark reports.

JD Vance angers childfree women after calling Kamala Harris a ‘childless cat lady’

Trump shooter searched ‘how far Oswald was from Kennedy’

20:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Days before he fired an AR-15-style rifle at Donald Trump, a 20-year-old gunman had Google searched the distance between former president John F Kennedy Jr and his assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.

In testimony to a House Oversight Committee investigating the attack, FBI director Christopher Wray said law enforcement analysis of Thomas Matthew Crooks’s devices and digital footprint have not yielded “anything notable in terms of motive or ideology,” but “it does appear fairly clear that he was interested in public figures more broadly.”

Alex Woodward reports.

Trump shooter Google searched JFK assassination, FBI director reveals

Watch: Netanyahu says ‘no room for political violence’ in response to Trump assassination attempt

20:13 , Oliver O’Connell

Trump continues to deny knowledge of Project 2025

20:00 , Oliver O’Connell

McCarthy slams ‘stupid and dumb’ Republicans for calling Harris a ‘DEI hire’

19:30 , Oliver O’Connell

On Monday, GOP Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee accused presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — who served as the San Francisco district attorney, the California attorney general, and a US senator before becoming the first woman, first African-American, and first Asian-American vice president in the nation’s history — of making it only because of her race.

Former speaker Kevin McCarthy was not impressed by the remarks, as Justin Rohrlich reports.

Kevin McCarthy slams ‘stupid and dumb’ GOPers for calling Kamala Harris a ‘DEI hire’

Watch LIVE: Netanyahu addresses Congress for first time since October 7 attack on Israel

19:16 , Oliver O’Connell

Federal judge denies ABC News attempt to dismiss Trump defamation lawsuit

19:05 , Oliver O’Connell

A federal judge has denied an attempt by ABC News to dismiss a defamation suit brought against the network by Donald Trump regarding a George Stephanopoulos interview with Rep Nancy Mace over her support for the former president despite the E Jean Carroll verdict against him.

Here’s our reporting on the interview:

Nancy Mace defends support for Trump despite E Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict

Read Judge Cecilia Altonaga’s denial of the motion to dismiss in full here.

Certainly, Defendants’ theory has one credible supporter: Judge Kaplan, who repeatedly determined that the jury’s verdict — regardless of its finding that no rape as defined by New York’s Penal Law had occurred — amounted to a finding of liability for rape as rape is commonly understood. … As explained, however, Judge Kaplan’s findings do not have preclusive effect here. The Court is thus only persuaded that substantial truth would arise if the jury’s verdict of “No” was presented in combination with Judge Kaplan’s additional findings. The Court considers that aspect of Defendants’ arguments now, considering the allegedly defamatory segment in its entirety and in context, from the perspective of a reasonable viewer. Under that standard, a reasonable jury could interpret Stephanopoulos’s statements as defamatory. Stephanopoulos’s exchange with Mace lasted about ten minutes, during which Stephanopoulos stated ten times that a jury — or juries — had found Plaintiff liable for rape. … In fact, of course, the Carroll II jury did not find Plaintiff liable for rape under New York Penal Law; it was Judge Kaplan who determined that the jury’s verdict amounted to liability for rape. Yet, none of these particularities make it into the segment such that a reasonable viewer would have indisputably understood what Defendants now brief in detail.

And here’s Trump’s reaction on Truth Social:

A BIG WIN TODAY IN HIGH FLORIDA COURT AGAINST ABC FAKE NEWS, AND LIDDLE’ GEORGE SLOPADOPOLUS. A POWERFUL CASE! BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA WILL BE FORCED BY THE COURTS TO START TELLING THE TRUTH. THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR OUR COUNTRY. MAGA2024!

19:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Debunked: Why are people claiming Joe Biden is in a hospice?

ICYMI: Raskin trolls Comer over Biden impeachment evidence

18:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Democrat Rep Jamie Raskin appeared alongside longtime House Oversight Committee sparring partner Rep James Comer on Fox News and used his time to brutally troll the Republican over his failed attempt to impeach President Joe Biden.

Just brutal.

Nephew says Trump suggested people with disabilities ‘should just die’

18:30 , Oliver O’Connell

During a private meeting at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, then-president Donald Trump reportedly mused aloud about whether people with disabilities would be better off dead instead of causing more expenses for their caregivers.

The shocking remark is included in a new book, All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way, by the former president’s nephew, Fred Trump III, who makes other startling claims about his uncle.

Andrew Feinberg reports.

Trump suggested people with disabilities ‘should just die,’ nephew reveals in memoir

Watch: FBI director tells Congress Trump gunman flew drone near rally site

18:21 , Oliver O’Connell

Trump gunman flew drone 200 yards away from rally stage, FBI confirms

Alyssa Farah Griffin reveals ‘dark’ Trump request involving Kanye West

18:14 , Oliver O’Connell

The View co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin has shared the “wildest” request she received from former president Donald Trump during her eight months working as the White House’s director of communications.

Inga Parkel has the story.

Alyssa Farah Griffin reveals ‘dark’ Donald Trump request involving Kanye West

Watch: Trump gunman’s weapon was collapsible so no firsthand witness of him with weapon beforehand

18:00 , Oliver O’Connell

What Biden dropping out of the 2024 race means for the Trump campaign

17:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Ahmed Baba writes that the Trump campaign built their strategy around a very specific foe — and Biden dropping out is their worst nightmare come true.

Panic and repositioning: What Biden dropping out means for the Trump campaign

Watch: FBI director’ss full opening statement to House Judiciary on Trump assassination attempt

17:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Watch: FBI director says Trump shooter googled how far Oswald was from Kennedy

17:22 , Oliver O’Connell

JD Vance hosting fundraiser tonight in Fort Wayne, Indiana

17:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Anti-Trump group ‘Haley voters for Harris’ told to ‘cease and desist’

17:00 , Oliver O’Connell

A group of dissatisfied Nikki Haley voters who supported the former UN ambassador’s primary run for the Republican Party nomination has formed “Haley voters for Harris” to support presumptive Democrat nominee Kamala Hsrris in opposition to the candidacy of Donald Trump, whom Haley has now said she supports.

It would appear that Haley had her attorneys order them to “cease and desist,” and they have fired back with the below statement, which is now going viral.

They write: “We enthusiastically supported Nikki Haley over former President Trump in the primaries. Our rights to engage with likeminded voters and encourage them to vote for Kamala Harris — the clear better choice for the country — will not be suppressed.”

Read the full statement below:

Project 2025 author’s new book has forward by… JD Vance

16:30 , Oliver O’Connell

As the Trump presidential campaign continues to try and disassociate itself from the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 manifesto, its author, Kevin Roberts, has a new book coming out in September: Dawn’s Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America.

The foreword is written by none other than Donald Trump’s running mate and vice presidential nominee, Ohio Senator JD Vance…

Here’s what Vance he had to say in his review: “Never before has a figure with Roberts’s depth and stature within the American Right tried to articulate a genuinely new future for conservatism… We are now all realizing that it’s time to circle the wagons and load the muskets. In the fights that lay ahead, these ideas are an essential weapon.”

16:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump advised to study Winston Churchill to win over public

Pennsylvania police chief reveals snipers had left post to search for gunman

15:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Two snipers left a vantage point that overlooked the gunman minutes before he attempted to assassinate Donald Trump, the Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner has testified.

Christopher Paris shared damning new details with lawmakers at a House Oversight Committee over Thomas Crooks’ shooting of the former president during a rally at Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.

The police commissioner described a preliminary timeline of events — including communications between local law enforcement and Secret Service agents — from when they initially spotted Crooks in a crowd to the moment he opened fire on Trump.

James Liddell and Rachel Sharp report.

Pennsylvania police chief reveals snipers had left post to search for Trump shooter

Watch: New footage shows moment gunman opened fire on Donald Trump from outside his rally on July 13

15:10 , Oliver O’Connell

Bryson DeChambeau video exposes Trump’s biggest golfing weakness

15:00 , Joe Sommerlad

Donald Trump can play golf to a relatively good standard. That much won’t come as a great surprise to people – especially given how much he played during his time in the White House and how many courses he owns around the world.

But it’s fair to say his latest video with US Open champion and one of the best players in the world, Bryson DeChambeau, exposes the worst element of his golf game.

Here’s Harry Fletcher for Indy100.

Bryson DeChambeau video exposes Trump’s biggest golfing weakness

Jon Voight’s wild journey from counterculture hero to A-list Trumpster

14:30 , Joe Sommerlad

The veteran star of Midnight Cowboy and Coming Home blames Marxist brainwashing for his years spent as an anti-war, feminist leftist.

And now he’s publicly condemning his own daughter Angelina Jolie for her stance on Israel and Palestine.

Adam White asks: what happened?

Jon Voight’s surreal journey from countercultural hero to A-list Trumpster

MTG pushes conspiracy about Biden’s call to Harris HQ

14:00 , Joe Sommerlad

Another day, another conspiracy theory from the exhausting Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Mike Bedigan has this one.

Marjorie Taylor Greene pushes new conspiracy about Biden’s call to Harris campaign HQ

‘So this is the guy’: Bodycam footage reveals aftermath of Trump assassination attempt

13:30 , Joe Sommerlad

Newly-released bodycam footage has captured the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Trump, revealing law enforcement officers discussing how the gunman was on their radar before he opened fire.

The graphic video was released by Senator Chuck Grassley on Tuesday night, as both Democratic and Republican lawmakers continue to demand answers over the shooting that left one rallygoer dead, two injured and the former president narrowly escaping death.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday amid staunch criticism of the agency’s response that day, just hours before Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Christopher Paris revealed in dramatic congressional testimony that an officer came face-to-face with gunman Thomas Crooks “minutes not seconds” before the shooting.

Trump himself has questioned why Secret Service agents didn’t delay his appearance on stage while the threat was investigated and three investigations into the security failures have been launched by the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General.

Now, the newly-obtained graphic video has shone further light on how law enforcement agents at the rally site in Butler, Pennsylvania, were aware of a suspicious person in the lead up to the attack – but failed to stop him in time.

Rachel Sharp reports.

‘So this is the guy’: Bodycam footage shows aftermath of Trump assassination attempt

Trump blames Biden and Harris for not ‘protecting’ him at campaign rally

13:00 , Joe Sommerlad

The Republican is now blaming President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for “not properly protecting” him during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania where a gunman fired at the former president and killed an attendee.

Trump’s allies have floated baseless and dangerous conspiracy theories about an assassination plot orchestrated by the administration, or debunked claims the Biden administration had rejected pleas from the former president for extra security.

On his Truth Social, Trump revived those claims by directly placing the blame on the president and his likely Democratic rival for the presidency for the threat to his life.

Alex Woodward has more.

Trump blames Biden/Harris for not ‘protecting’ him during campaign rally shooting

Elon Musk insists he is not spending $45m a month to get Trump elected

12:30 , Joe Sommerlad

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has clarified that he is not donating $45m a month to Trump’s presidential campaign after all.

“What’s been reported in the media is simply not true,” the billionaire told conservative commentator Jordan Peterson.

Trump has been boasting about the perceived pledge, calling Musk a “brilliant guy” but may well now revise that opinion.

Josh Marcus reports.

Elon Musk insists he is not spending $45m a month to get Donald Trump elected

Buttigieg goes after Trump and Vance

12:00 , Joe Sommerlad

US Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg was out on CNN last night attacking the Republican nominee and his new running mate – and doing very well indeed.

Surprisingly, he is not currently on Harris’s veep shortlist, according to Mike Bedigan and Eric Garcia.

Who will Kamala Harris choose as her VP? Two top candidates emerge as frontrunners

Trump prepares to attack Harris on the border and immigration

11:30 , Joe Sommerlad

The former president and his Republican allies are planning to go all-in on attacking Vice President Kamala Harris on immigration as she becomes the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.

Harris has seen overwhelming support from her party’s elected officials, activists and labor leaders this week after President Joe Biden announced he would not see re-election and endorsed her.

But the Trump campaign has sought to hit Harris for her record and tie her to Biden’s immigration policies, which polling showed voters overwhelmingly trust Trump to handle more than Democrats.

Andrew Feinberg and Eric Garcia report.

Trump and Republicans prepare to attack Harris on the border and immigration

Trump appeals ‘egregious’ $454m civil fraud verdict

11:00 , Joe Sommerlad

You Know Who is seeking to overturn the $454m New York civil fraud ruling that threatens his financial health as he makes his third bid for the White House.

In February, Justice Arthur Engoron hit the former president, his sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr and top executives at the Trump Organization with the multi-million-dollar judgment after finding that they lied to banks and insurers by inflating his net worth in order to secure more favorable loans.

On Monday, Trump’s legal team appealed the judgment, slamming it as “egregious”, “erroneous” and “draconian” (is Jackie Chiles from Seinfeld representing him now?)

They also claim, absurdly, that it hands New York Attorney General Letitia James “limitless power”.

James Liddell reports.

Trump appeals ‘egregious’ $454m civil fraud verdict

Trump commits to debating Harris

10:30 , Joe Sommerlad

The GOP presidential nominee has committed to debating his likely Democratic counterpart, insisting he would be “willing to do more than one” head-to-head with the Vice President.

In a call with reporters on Tuesday, the former president said that he believed it was “important” to take on Harris and that respective party nominees had an “obligation” to debate each other.

Mike Bedigan reports.

Donald Trump commits to debating Kamala Harris: ‘I think it’s important’

Trump tries to block Harris from accessing Biden’s $91.5m war chest

10:00 , Joe Sommerlad

The Republican’s campaign has filed a complaint against Harris accusing her of perpetrating “a $91.5m heist” by improperly accessing Joe Biden’s campaign funds after he stepped out of the race for the White House on Sunday.

In a complaint to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Trump campaign’s general counsel David Warrington is seeking to block the transfer of funds, alleging that the “brazen money grab” was in violation of FEC campaign Act of 1971.

Democrats have shrugged off the complaint, not least because Harris was already on the ticket for fundraising by the Biden campaign team.

Calling the claim “baseless”, Charles Lutvak, a spokesperson for the Harris camp, told The New York Times: “Republicans may be jealous that Democrats are energised to defeat Donald Trump and his MAGA allies”.

Alex Woodward reports.

Trump campaign tries to block Harris from Biden’s $90 million war chest

Truth Social: Trump announces Netanyahu visist to Mar-a-Lago and continues Harris attacks

09:30 , Joe Sommerlad

Over on Trump’s Twitter knock-off website, he’s been busy trailing Bibi Netanyahu’s visit to his Florida home on Friday (following in Viktor Orban’s thudding footsteps) and promising peace in the Middle East.

He’s also carried on his desperate/frantic/scattergun attacks on Kamala Harris and expressed bewilderment at the widespread praise for Joe Biden’s selflessness, a quality he would know nothing about.

Revealed: Biden’s seven-word response to Trump in phone call after assassination attempt

08:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump has revealed what Joe Biden told him on a phone call after the former president was bloodied during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally earlier this month.

The 78-year-old narrowly avoided being fatally shot while standing on stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13 as local resident Thomas Crooks opened fire with a semi-automatic assault rifle from a rooftop.

On Monday, during a pre-recorded prime-time interview with Fox News, seated next to his nominated running mate JD Vance, the former president revealed the seven words Biden said to him following his near-death experience.

James Liddel has the story.

Biden’s seven-word response to Trump in phone call after assassination attempt

Secret Service warns Trump campaign not to hold outdoor events

07:40 , Namita Singh

Secret Service officials have urged Donald Trump’s campaign to stop scheduling large rallies outdoors, after the attempted assassination of the former president.

Following the shocking incident in Butler, Pennsylvania, the agency has communicated its concerns with Trump officials about holding such events with big crowds, sources familiar with the matter told The Washington Post.

Less than two weeks after the shooting, it is understood the Trump campaign is now scouting indoor venues for upcoming events, including sports arenas and other large spaces. No outdoor events are currently scheduled, a source told the newspaper.

My colleague Mike Bedigan has more:

Secret Service warns Trump campaign over outdoor events after assassination attempt

JD Vance’s sexist comments on ‘childless cat ladies’ go viral again

06:50 , Namita Singh

Donald Trump’s newly minted running mate JD Vance is going viral yet again for past sexist comments about Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic nominee for president in the 2024 election.

In a resurfaced clip from 2021, Vance told former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the country was run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable too.”

“Look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, AOC, the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children,” Vance continued. “How does it make any sense we’ve turned our country over to people who don’t really have a direct stake in it?”

Report:

Vance’s sexist comments on ‘childless cat ladies’ like Kamala Harris go viral again

Trump expected to turn his full focus on Harris in North Carolina rally

06:43 , Namita Singh

Donald Trump is expected to direct his ire towards his likely new opponent, vice president Kamala Harris, during his campaign in North Carolina on Wednesday.

The former president’s trip to the swing state, one that he won in 2016 and – by a whisker – in 2020, shows he’s still concerned about keeping it in his column this November, even as his team reaches for wins in traditionally Democratic-leaning states like Minnesota, where Trump is set to visit Saturday.

With Mr Biden’s abrupt departure from the presidential race and Ms Harris edging closer to officially securing Democrat’s nomination, Trump has ramped up his criticism of the vice president, someone he has characterised as “the same as Biden but much more radical”.

He has blamed her for what he portrays as the Biden administration’s failures, particularly on security along the US-Mexico border.Trump has also hedged on plans for an expected debate with Ms Harris, first saying that he wanted Fox News, not ABC, to host the matchup he had originally scheduled for September with Mr Biden.

On Tuesday, Trump appeared to tweak that message again, saying on a call with reporters that he’d like to debate Ms Harris “more than once” but not committing to appearing at the debate currently on the books and saying he’d only agreed to debate Mr Biden twice, not Ms Harris.

‘Can you believe they put that thing in writing?’: Kamala Harris links Trump to Project 2025 in debut rally

06:30 , Oliver O’Connell

In her first campaign rally as the presumptive Democratic nominee to face Donald Trump, vice president Kamala Harris took aim at her Republican rival and a widely derided Trump-linked platform that provides a blueprint for the next GOP administration.

“Donald Trump wants to take our country backward,” she said in remarks from Milwaukee on Tuesday, just two days after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and endorsed his vice president.

Harris, who secured enough delegate pledges to clinch the Democratic Party’s nomination within a little over 24 hours after announcing her candidacy, linked Trump to Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation-backed plan for his administration, and one that his campaign is now furiously trying to distance itself.

Alex Woodward watched the vice president’s remarks.

Kamala Harris links Trump to Project 2025 in first campaign rally: ‘We can’t go back’

Clip resurfaces of Vance criticising Harris for being ‘childless’

04:55 , Namita Singh

Comments JD Vance made in 2021 questioning vice president Kamala Harris’ leadership because she did not have biological children have resurfaced, testing the young conservative senator in his early days campaigning as part of the Republicans’ presidential ticket.

During Mr Vance’s bid for the Senate in Ohio, he said in a Fox News interview that “we are effectively run in this country via the Democrats,” and referred to them as “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too”.

He said that included Ms Harris, US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg and representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat.

“How does it make any sense that we’ve turned our country over to people who don’t really have a direct stake in it?” asked Mr Vance, who is now Donald Trump’s running mate.

Ms Harris became stepmother to two teenagers when she married entertainment lawyer Douglas Emhoff in 2014. And Mr Buttigieg announced he and his husband adopted infant twins in September 2021, more than a month before Vance made those comments.

The clip has started to spread online, with Hillary Clinton sharing it in a Tuesday post on X and adding sarcastically “what a normal, relatable guy who certainly doesn’t hate women having freedoms”.

JD Vance has a walk-on song. It’s about ‘liberating’ America

04:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Keen listeners at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee and Trump rally in Michigan this week may have noticed a subtle development on the campaign trail: JD Vance officially has a walk-on song.

On the surface, the track, 2005’s “America First” by country legend Merle Haggard, seems like a solid fit.

Josh Marcus takes a deeper look.

JD Vance has a walk-on song. It’s about ‘liberating’ America

Trump to meet Netanyahu in Florida

04:14 , Namita Singh

Donald Trump will host Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Palm Beach resort on Friday, said the Republican presidential nominee on Tuesday.

“Looking forward to welcoming Bibi Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida,” the former US president said in a post on Truth Social, referring to the Israeli prime minister by his nickname.

The meeting will be their first since the end of Trump’s presidency, during which the two forged close ties, and comes at a time of strains also between Mr Netanyahu and Democratic president Joe Biden over Israel’s war against Hamas militants in Gaza.

Late on Tuesday, Trump also posted a letter written to him by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas from a day after the former US president had been shot at a rally in Pennsylvania.

Mr Abbas wished Trump “strength and safety,” according to the letter Trump posted. In the same post Trump also said that he looked forward to meeting Netanyahu and working toward achieving peace in the Middle East.

Secret Service warns Trump campaign not to hold outdoor events following assassination attempt

04:00 , Mike Bedigan

Secret Service officials have urged Donald Trump’s campaign to stop scheduling large outdoor rallies outdoors, after the attempted assassination of the former president.

Following the shocking incident in Butler, Pennsylvania, the agency has communicated its concerns with Trump officials about holding such events with big crowds.

Read more here:

Secret Service warns Trump campaign over outdoor events after assassination attempt

New poll: Harris leads Trump 44 % to 42% in US presidential race

03:30 , Reuters

Vice President Kamala Harris opened up a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

The poll, conducted on Monday and Tuesday, followed both the Republican National Convention where Trump on Thursday formally accepted his party’s nomination and the Biden announcement on Sunday he was leaving the race and endorsing Harris.

Harris, whose campaign says she has secured the Democratic nomination, led Trump 44% to 42% in the national poll, a difference within the 3-percentage-point margin of error.

Harris and Trump were tied at 44% in a July 15-16 poll, and Trump led by one percentage point in a July 1-2 poll, both within the same margin of error.

While nationwide surveys give important signals of American support for political candidates, just a handful of competitive states typically tilt the balance in the US Electoral College, which ultimately decides who wins a presidential election.

The most recent poll showed 56% of registered voters agreed with a statement that Harris, 59, was “mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges,” compared to 49% who said the same of Trump, 78.

Only 22% of voters assessed Biden that way.

Biden, 81, ended his reelection effort after a debate with Trump in which he often stammered and failed to aggressively challenge attacks by Trump that included falsehoods.

When voters in the survey were shown a hypothetical ballot that included independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Harris led Trump 42% to 38%, an advantage outside the margin of error. Kennedy, favored by 8% of voters in the poll, has yet to qualify for the ballot in many states ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

The poll, which was conducted online, surveyed 1,241 U.S. adults nationwide, including 1,018 registered voters.

Trump campaign files election complaint to block Harris from Biden’s $90 million war chest

03:00 , Mike Bedigan

Donald Trump’s campaign has accused vice president Kamala Harris of committing a “heist” and a “brazen money grab” after she inherited President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign war chest.

Alex Woodward has the full story:

Trump campaign tries to block Harris from Biden’s $90 million war chest

JD Vance’s sexist comments on ‘childless cat ladies’ like Kamala Harris go viral again

02:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump’s newly minted running mate JD Vance is going viral yet again for past sexist comments about Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic nominee for president in the 2024 election.

In a resurfaced clip from 2021, Vance told former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the country was run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable too.”

Kelly Rissman reports.

Vance’s sexist comments on ‘childless cat ladies’ like Kamala Harris go viral again

Elon Musk insists he is not spending $45m a month to get Donald Trump elected

02:00 , Mike Bedigan

Elon Musk denied reports that he plans to spend $45m per month on a super political action committee backing Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

Josh Marcus has the story:

Elon Musk insists he is not spending $45m a month to get Donald Trump elected

Trump blames Biden/Harris for not protecting him from assassination attempt

01:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump is now blaming President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for “not properly protecting” him during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania where a gunman fired at the former president and killed an attendee.

Trump’s allies have floated baseless and dangerous conspiracy theories about an assassination plot orchestrated by the administration, or debunked claims the Biden administration had rejected pleas from the former president for extra security.

On his Truth Social, Trump revived those claims by directly placing the blame on the president and his likely Democratic rival for the presidency for the threat to his life.

Alex Woodward has the story.

Trump blames Biden/Harris for not ‘protecting’ him during campaign rally shooting

Ohio state senator issues groveling apology for ‘civil war’ remark

Wednesday 24 July 2024 00:30 , Oliver O’Connell

An Ohio state senator has issued a groveling apology after he said it would take “a civil war” to save the country if Republicans lose to Democrats in the 2024 presidential election.

At a rally in Middletown, Ohio, on Monday, Republican state Senator George Lang took to the stage before Ohio Senator JD Vance, Donald Trump’s newly-named running mate.

Lang’s remarks began with chants of “Fight! Fight! Fight!” – echoing Trump’s chant in the immediate aftermath of an assassination attempt – before he dived into his speech in support of Vance and the former president.

Amelia Neath reports.

Ohio state senator apologizes over ‘civil war’ comments at JD Vance rally

Earlier: Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigns

Tuesday 23 July 2024 23:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned from her post after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

Cheatle stepped down one day after she testified to a congressional committee about law enforcement failures during Trump’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13. She has faced widespread calls for her resignation in the aftermath of the attack, where one rally attendee was killed and at least two other people were critically injured.

Alex Woodward reports.

Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigns after Trump assassination attempt

Trumpworld insists the game hasn’t changed with Biden dropping out – and hits Harris on immigration

Tuesday 23 July 2024 22:59 , Oliver O’Connell

Former president Donald Trump and his Republican allies are planning to go all-in on attacking Vice President Kamala Harris on immigration as she becomes the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.

Harris has seen overwhelming support from Democratic elected officials, activists and labor leaders after President Joe Biden announced he would not see re-election and endorsed her.

But the Trump campaign has sought to hit Harris for her record and tie her to Biden’s immigration policies, which polling showed voters overwhelmingly trust Trump to handle more than Democrats.

Andrew Feinberg and Eric Garcia report.

Trump and Republicans prepare to attack Harris on the border and immigration

Trump said he had no idea who suggested Jamie Dimon as Treasury Secretary (it was him)

Tuesday 23 July 2024 22:41 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump says he doesn’t know who came up with the idea that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon could be Treasury Secretary in his potential second administration.

Trump did. Just a few weeks ago.

Alex Woodward reports on the latest gaffe from the 78-year-old Republican nominee for the presidency, whose cognitive abilities have come under scrutiny as the oldest presidential candidate ever, now that Joe Biden has exited the 2024 race.

Trump says he had no idea who suggested Jamie Dimon as Treasury Secretary. It was him

‘Can you believe they put that thing in writing?’: Kamala Harris links Trump to Project 2025 in debut rally

Tuesday 23 July 2024 22:30 , Oliver O’Connell

In her first campaign rally as the presumptive Democratic nominee to face Donald Trump, vice president Kamala Harris took aim at her Republican rival and a widely derided Trump-linked platform that provides a blueprint for the next GOP administration.

“Donald Trump wants to take our country backward,” she said in remarks from Milwaukee on Tuesday, just two days after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and endorsed his vice president.

Harris, who secured enough delegate pledges to clinch the Democratic Party’s nomination within a little over 24 hours after announcing her candidacy, linked Trump to Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation-backed plan for his administration, and one that his campaign is now furiously trying to distance itself.

Alex Woodward watched the vice president’s remarks.

Kamala Harris links Trump to Project 2025 in first campaign rally: ‘We can’t go back’

‘Check the mirror’: Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked over ‘incompetent woman’ post

Tuesday 23 July 2024 22:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Marjorie Taylor Greene has been ridiculed for branding Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle an “incompetent woman” with swathes of social media users urging the congresswoman to “check the mirror”.

The Georgia representative was one of 15 lawmakers – 12 Republicans and three Democrats – who called on Cheatle to stand down or be dismissed over the agency’s response to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

On Tuesday, just one day after she was blasted by lawmakers in a fiery hearing before the House Oversight Committee, Cheatle resigned from her post.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked over ‘incompetent woman’ post: ‘Check the mirror’

Trump appeals ‘egregious’ $454m civil fraud verdict

Tuesday 23 July 2024 21:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump is seeking to overturn the $454m New York civil fraud ruling that threatens his financial health as he makes his third bid for the White House.

In February, Justice Arthur Engoron hit the former president, his sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr, and top executives at the Trump Organization with the multi-million-dollar judgment after finding that they lied to banks and insurers by inflating his net worth in order to secure more favorable loans.

On Monday, Trump’s legal team appealed the judgment, slamming it as “egregious”, “erroneous” and “draconian” and claiming that it handed New York Attorney General Letitia James “limitless power”.

James Liddell reports.

Trump appeals ‘egregious’ $454m civil fraud verdict

Fox News host slams ‘cutesy’ and ‘ridiculous’ attacks on Trump’s age — despite years of similar attacks on Biden

Tuesday 23 July 2024 21:00 , Oliver O’Connell

A Fox News host has claimed it’s “ridiculous” for Democrats to question Donald Trump’s age – despite the 78-year-old ex-president being the oldest presidential nominee in US history after Joe Biden dropped out of the race for the White House.

Less than 24 hours after the 81-year-old president stepped off the Democratic ticket on Sunday Kamala Harris, 59, has secured enough delegates to be nominated as the party’s presidential candidate. That has led Democrats to pounce on Trump and his age — a tactic straight out of the GOP playbook against Biden.

James Liddell has the story.

Fox News host slams ‘cutesy’ and ‘ridiculous’ attacks on Trump’s age

What is Project 2025? Everything we know about the ‘dystopian’ manifesto

Tuesday 23 July 2024 20:30 , Oliver O’Connell

A 900-page plan drawn up by former Donald Trump aides and endorsed by a powerful right-wing think tank is giving the former president a roadmap for his second administration.

Project 2025 — a blueprint for Trump’s presidency spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation and more than a dozen former Trump administration officials — is essentially a wishlist for his administration with plans to expand his executive authority, replace civil servants with ideologically aligned appointees, crush abortion rights and impose an anti-immigrant agenda, among other policies.

Following President Joe Biden’s announcement on Sunday that he would be stepping aside to let Vice President Kamala Harris mount her own bid for the Oval Office, Harris posted on X and took direct aim at the right-wing agenda.

Alex Woodward reports.

What is Project 2025 and does Trump support it? Everything we know

Trump campaign set expectations about polls after Harris enters race

Tuesday 23 July 2024 20:15 , Oliver O’Connell

In a memo circulated by the Trump campaign, pollster Tony Fabrizio predicts that Kamala Harris will start “gaining on or even leading” Donald Trump in some polls.

He says that “the Harris honeymoon” bump will “last a while”, setting expectations ahead of time.

Trump and Ivanka gave thousands to previous Kamala Harris campaigns… awkward…

Tuesday 23 July 2024 20:00 , Oliver O’Connell

With a potential Donald Trump versus Kamala Harris presidential race on the horizon, a forgotten chapter of their shared political history is resurfacing.

Between 2011 and 2013, Trump actually donated $6,000 to Harris’s campaigns, during her time as California attorney general, which spanned 2011 to 2017.

Ivanka Trump, Trump’s daughter, also gave $2,000 to Harris in 2014, according to records obtained by The Washington Post.

Josh Marcus reports.

Trump and Ivanka gave thousands to previous Kamala Harris campaigns

Trump commits to debating Kamala Harris

Tuesday 23 July 2024 19:50 , Oliver O’Connell

New poll: Harris leads Trump 44 % to 42% in US presidential race

Tuesday 23 July 2024 19:45 , Reuters

Vice President Kamala Harris opened up a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

The poll, conducted on Monday and Tuesday, followed both the Republican National Convention where Trump on Thursday formally accepted his party’s nomination and the Biden announcement on Sunday he was leaving the race and endorsing Harris.

Harris, whose campaign says she has secured the Democratic nomination, led Trump 44% to 42% in the national poll, a difference within the 3-percentage-point margin of error.

Harris and Trump were tied at 44% in a July 15-16 poll, and Trump led by one percentage point in a July 1-2 poll, both within the same margin of error.

While nationwide surveys give important signals of American support for political candidates, just a handful of competitive states typically tilt the balance in the US Electoral College, which ultimately decides who wins a presidential election.

The most recent poll showed 56% of registered voters agreed with a statement that Harris, 59, was “mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges,” compared to 49% who said the same of Trump, 78.

Only 22% of voters assessed Biden that way.

Biden, 81, ended his reelection effort after a debate with Trump in which he often stammered and failed to aggressively challenge attacks by Trump that included falsehoods.

When voters in the survey were shown a hypothetical ballot that included independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Harris led Trump 42% to 38%, an advantage outside the margin of error. Kennedy, favored by 8% of voters in the poll, has yet to qualify for the ballot in many states ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

The poll, which was conducted online, surveyed 1,241 U.S. adults nationwide, including 1,018 registered voters.

ICYMI: Trump and Vance trash FBI leadership and Biden supporters after calls for unity

Tuesday 23 July 2024 19:30 , Oliver O’Connell

In his first televised interview after an attempted assassination, Donald Trump questioned why there weren’t “enough people” protecting him at the Pennsylvania rally and took a dig at his rival despite his pledge for unity after the shooting.

“The problem is Biden doesn’t draw anybody. He draws flies,” said Trump, sitting beside his running mate JD Vance for their first interview together on Fox News.

Alex Woodward has the story.

Trump and Vance trash Biden supporters after calls for unity: ‘He draws flies’

Netanyahu asked Trump to switch meeting to Friday

Tuesday 23 July 2024 19:10 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump has posted an update regarding his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

At the request of Bibi Netanyahu, we have switched this meeting to Friday, July 26th at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida!

Mayorkas appoints acting head of Secret Service

Tuesday 23 July 2024 19:05 , Oliver O’Connell

US Secret Service Deputy Director Ronald Rowe, Jr has been appointed Acting Secret Service Director by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, following the resignation of Kimberly Cheatle earlier today.

Trump appeals ‘egregious’ $454m civil fraud verdict

Tuesday 23 July 2024 19:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump is seeking to overturn the $454m New York civil fraud ruling that threatens his financial health as he makes his third bid for the White House.

In February, Justice Arthur Engoron hit the former president, his sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr, and top executives at the Trump Organization with the multi-million-dollar judgment after finding that they lied to banks and insurers by inflating his net worth in order to secure more favorable loans.

On Monday, Trump’s legal team appealed the judgment, slamming it as “egregious”, “erroneous” and “draconian” and claiming that it handed New York Attorney General Letitia James “limitless power”.

James Liddell reports.

Trump appeals ‘egregious’ $454m civil fraud verdict

Trump meeting with Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday

Tuesday 23 July 2024 18:39 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump says he will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach on Wednesday.

Looking forward to welcoming Bibi Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday. During my first term, we had Peace and Stability in the Region, even signing the historic Abraham Accords – And we will have it again. Just as I have said in discussions with President Zelensky and other World Leaders in recent weeks, my PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH Agenda will demonstrate to the World that these horrible, deadly Wars, and violent Conflicts must end. Millions are dying, and Kamala Harris is in no way capable of stopping it.

Second gentleman responds to Trump attacks on Harris

Tuesday 23 July 2024 18:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff was asked about Donald Trump’s attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris and responded: “That’s all he’s got? Look, you heard the Vice President yesterday making the case against Donald Trump very clearly. Laid out the case directly, and in a compelling fashion.”

He continued: “But she also laid out a vision for the future, a vision where there’s freedom, where we’re not having to talk about these issues of today in this post-Dobbs hellscape that Donald Trump created.”

Trump campaign to hold rallies in North Carolina and Minnesota

Tuesday 23 July 2024 18:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Former president Donald Trump will hold a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday evening, July 24, at 6pm at the Bojangles Coliseum.

He will then be joined by vice presidential nominee, Senator JD Vance, and deliver remarks at a rally in St Cloud, Minnesota on Saturday, July 27, 2024, at 7pm CT.

That rally will take place inside the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.

Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked over ‘incompetent woman’ post

Tuesday 23 July 2024 18:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Marjorie Taylor Greene has been ridiculed for branding Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle an “incompetent woman” with swathes of social media users urging the congresswoman to “check the mirror”.

The Georgia representative was one of 15 lawmakers – 12 Republicans and three Democrats – who called on Cheatle to stand down or be dismissed over the agency’s response to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

James Liddel has the story.

Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked over ‘incompetent woman’ post: ‘Check the mirror’

Full story: Trump blames Biden/Harris for not protecting him

Tuesday 23 July 2024 17:35 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump is now blaming President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for “not properly protecting” him during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania where a gunman fired at the former president and killed an attendee.

Trump’s allies have floated baseless and dangerous conspiracy theories about an assassination plot orchestrated by the administration, or debunked claims that the administration had rejected pleas from the former president for extra security.

On his Truth Social, Trump revived those claims by directly placing the blame on the president and his likely Democratic rival for the presidency for the threat to his life.

Alex Woodward reports.

Trump blames Biden/Harris for not ‘protecting’ him during campaign rally shooting

Watch: JD Vance ‘grateful’ comments called out as ‘dog whistle’ racism

Tuesday 23 July 2024 17:21 , Oliver O’Connell

Trump demands to know: ‘WHO IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY?’

Tuesday 23 July 2024 17:11 , Oliver O’Connell

As Joe Biden prepares to address the nation tomorrow evening to lay out his plans for his last six months in office, Donald Trump is over on Truth Social making unfounded claims that the president is delegating his presidential authority to bureaucrats.

Here’s what the former president wrote on Truth Social just now:

Does Lyin’ Kamala Harris think Joe Biden is fit to run the U.S.A. for the next six months? She must answer the question. Now it appears Joe is delegating his Presidential Authority to unelected Washington Bureaucrats! He doesn’t even trust his Vice President. WHO IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY?

Meanwhile, here’s White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on The View today answering that exact question.

This morning on Truth Social

Tuesday 23 July 2024 16:55 , Oliver O’Connell

Either Donald Trump is answering questions that no one has asked, or it’s free association time over on Truth Social.

After blaming Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the assassination attempt on him, he posted the following:

Why did Fox News put up Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, where I am leading? They make me fight battles that I shouldn’t have to fight!

What does that mean?

I can’t believe it! They’re turning Crooked Joe Biden, the Worst President in the History of the United States, into a “Hero” – He was pushed out of power like a dog, and look what the Radical Left is able to do. MAGA2024!

Dogs. Often in power.

I don’t know who said it, or where it came from, perhaps the Radical Left, but I never discussed, or thought of, Jamie Dimon or Larry Fink for Secretary of the Treasury.

Huh? Don’t you have to win the election first?

Lyin’ Kamala Harris destroys everything she touches!

Literally what people say about Trump, so… deflection?

What Biden told Trump over phone after assassination attempt

Tuesday 23 July 2024 16:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump has revealed what Joe Biden told him on a phone call after the former president was bloodied during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally earlier this month.

The 78-year-old narrowly avoided being fatally shot while standing on stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13 as local resident Thomas Crooks opened fire with a semi-automatic assault rifle from a rooftop.

On Monday, during a pre-recorded prime-time interview with Fox News, seated next to his nominated running mate JD Vance, the former president revealed the seven words Biden said to him following his near-death experience.

James Liddel reports.

Biden’s seven-word response to Trump in phone call after assassination attempt

Watch: Gov Tim Walz slams ‘robber baron’ JD Vance for knowing nothing about small town America

Tuesday 23 July 2024 16:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Ohio state senator gives groveling apology for saying it will take ‘civil war’ to save US if GOP loses election

Tuesday 23 July 2024 16:15 , Oliver O’Connell

An Ohio state senator has issued a groveling apology after he said it would take “a civil war” to save the country if Republicans lose to Democrats in the 2024 presidential election.

At a rally in Middletown, Ohio, on Monday, Republican state Senator George Lang took to the stage before Ohio Senator JD Vance, Donald Trump’s newly-named running mate.

Lang’s remarks began with chants of “Fight! Fight! Fight!” – echoing Trump’s chant in the immediate aftermath of an assassination attempt – before he dived into his speech in support of Vance and the former president.

Amelia Neath reports.

Ohio state senator apologizes over ‘civil war’ comments at JD Vance rally

Trump blames Biden for being ‘forced to take bullet for Democracy’

Tuesday 23 July 2024 16:12 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump has blamed the Biden/Harris administration for not properly protecting him, leading to the assassination attempt against him on July 13 at a rally in Pennsylvania.

The former president wrote on Truth Social:

The Biden/Harris Administration did not properly protect me, and I was forced to take a bullet for Democracy. IT WAS MY GREAT HONOR TO DO SO!

Biden thanks Secret Service director for her decades of public service

Tuesday 23 July 2024 16:03 , Oliver O’Connell

President Joe Biden released the following statement on the resignation of United States Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle:

Jill and I are grateful to Director Kim Cheatle for her decades of public service. She has selflessly dedicated and risked her life to protect our nation throughout her career in the United States Secret Service. We especially thank her for answering the call to lead the Secret Service during our Administration and we are grateful for her service to our family.

As a leader, it takes honor, courage, and incredible integrity to take full responsibility for an organization tasked with one of the most challenging jobs in public service.

The independent review to get to the bottom of what happened on July 13 continues, and I look forward to assessing its conclusions. We all know what happened that day can never happen again. As we move forward, I wish Kim all the best, and I will plan to appoint a new Director soon.

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