JD Vance of Ohio, a former detractor and now staunch ally, to be his running mate during the first day of the Republican National Convention on Monday, following months of speculation about who would accompany the former president on the GOP ticket. The 39-year-old senator was first ...
Monica mentioned earlier that policy has been sort of sprinkled into a larger message of excitement and hope. But conventions are obviously a great opportunity for the parties to make their pitch and win over voters on policy too. During the RNC,we talked about how Republicans made concerted ef...
Michael Tackett: The most courageous thing he did as leader was stand up for aid for Ukraine. It wasn't popular within his party; it wasn't popular with Donald Trump; it wasn't popular with JD Vance. But he did it anyway. Lesley Stahl: What's the...
One thing that struck me is how many pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps stories there were. Speakers like Sen. Tim Scott, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (who's also the Republican candidate for governor) and of course Sen. JD Vance talked about how they grew up in poor familie...
Stein hasn’t yet spoken to the president-elect, nor to JD Vance, though he said he was pleased that the incoming vice president visited the state earlier in the month. Even before Elon Musk and Trump tanked other disaster relief in last week’sinitial spending bill, Stein knew that gettin...
Vance: “And do you think that is respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?” Zelenskyy: “A lot of questions. Let’s start from the beginning....
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., wroteon X: "We can't let JD Vance, Trump—or any Republicans—try to run away from their extreme anti-abortion positions. When they say a national minimum standard, they mean a national abortion ban. That is and always has been the MAGA GOP goal....
In addition to Vice President-elect JD Vance, Trump’s first key personnel news came Thursday night when he announcedSusie Wiles, his campaign manager, would become his chief of staff. She’ll be the first woman to hold the position.Trump went through four such top aides during his previous...
Republicans currently have the lead in the vote count, but control of the House still remains in question. Democrats had staked their path to the majority on flipping Republican-held seats largely in New York and California, and so far three of the New York seats have flipped to Democrats. ...
The president-elect selected a close friend of JD Vance as the next secretary of the Army. ByPaul McLearyandSam Skove 12/04/2024, 11:50am ET Rep. Pete Aguilar became the highest-ranking House Democrat to express concern over President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter Biden, with ...