President Joe Biden criticized Donald Trump for alleging that he was ignoring Georgia Governor Brian Kemp during the hurricane relief efforts, stating Trump was lying. This claim was refuted by Kemp's own statements about their conversation. Trump has accused Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of mismanaging the crisis, while Biden defended his actions and responded to logistical challenges faced during the storm's aftermath.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp criticized former President Donald Trump after Trump launched a personal attack against Kemp and his wife. In a post on X, Kemp emphasized his focus on the upcoming elections and urged Trump not to engage in personal insults. Trump had criticized Kemp's handling of crime and economy in Georgia, and referenced remarks made by Kemp's wife about not endorsing him. This is part of a longstanding tension between Trump and Kemp since the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Donald Trump criticized Georgia Governor Brian Kemp at a rally, blaming him for his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden and for not stopping local prosecutions against him. Trump called Kemp disloyal and ineffective, while Kemp urged Trump to refrain from personal attacks and focus on party unity. The political climate in Georgia remains competitive, with both Republicans and Democrats mobilizing for upcoming elections, especially after Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.
President Joe Biden criticized Donald Trump for spreading false reports of migrants eating pets, saying it was leading to attacks on the Haitian community. The 'Haitian American community is under attack right now,' Biden said Friday at the White House during an event for Black Excellence. He called on Trump to stop making such statements. 'There's no place in America for this. It has to stop.
Hours before a rally in Atlanta, Trump criticized Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on Truth Social, calling him disloyal and accusing him of poor governance. In response, Kemp dismissed Trump’s remarks as petty insults and emphasized his commitment to winning the upcoming elections rather than engaging in personal attacks. This exchange continues a long-standing feud rooted in Kemp's refusal to support Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election results, where Trump lost Georgia by a narrow margin. At the rally, Trump stressed the importance of winning Georgia for the 2024 election.
Donald Trump mentioned receiving cordial calls from President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris following an assassination attempt at his Florida golf course. Despite appreciating their kindness, Trump quickly shifted to campaign rhetoric and expressed a desire to take back the country and win the election. He criticized the political climate while recalling the calls, stating it was hard to attack them because they were nice. Harris emphasized there is no place for political violence in the country.
Former President Donald Trump commended Georgia Governor Brian Kemp for his support in the crucial 2024 election, shifting from previous harsh criticism over Kemp's refusal to challenge the 2020 election results. Trump acknowledged Kemp's contributions to the state's electoral strategy, noting the significance of Georgia for the Republican Party's success. Kemp had earlier responded to Trump’s critiques, asserting his family's privacy during ongoing tensions. The background includes Trump's claim of Kemp's disloyalty and past remarks about campaigning against him.
Donald Trump has pivoted his public stance towards Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, thanking him for his support in a recent social media post. This change comes after Trump harshly criticized Kemp during a rally earlier this month, blaming him for his 2020 election loss in Georgia and for not blocking ongoing prosecutions related to election interference. Despite fears from some GOP operatives about Trump's campaign effectiveness, Kemp has pledged support for Trump's 2024 bid, indicating a willingness to mobilize Republican voters in the state.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are adjusting their travel plans and strategies in response to a severe storm impacting several Southern states, causing significant damage and fatalities. Harris is focusing on shaping a government response while avoiding political divisions, and plans to visit affected areas. Meanwhile, Trump visited Georgia to assess damage and express support, emphasizing the need for a non-political recovery effort, while also critiquing opponents' responses. Both leaders face scrutiny as actions in disaster scenarios can influence upcoming elections in pivotal swing states.
President Joe Biden expressed relief for Donald Trump's safety following an assassination attempt linked to Ryan Wesley Routh, who was arrested after shots were fired near Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida. Routh was reportedly waiting to harm Trump when he was intercepted by a Secret Service agent. Biden has commended the Secret Service and pledged to allocate necessary resources for Trump’s protection. This incident is the second assassination attempt on Trump in nine weeks, prompting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and others to call for a review of security measures.
ABC News host Martha Raddatz and GOP Representative Tom Emmer debated comments made by former President Trump regarding Vice President Kamala Harris. Raddatz criticized Trump's remarks about Harris being 'mentally impaired,' while Emmer deflected the controversy, insisting they should focus on issues. Raddatz also questioned Emmer about Trump's unverified claim concerning Haitian migrants. Emmer dismissed Raddatz's inquiries as distractions.
During a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, Donald Trump escalated personal attacks against Democratic rival Kamala Harris, claiming she should be impeached and suggesting she was mentally impaired. He accused her of being responsible for the U.S.-Mexico border situation and referred to Biden as mentally impaired as well. With less than a month to the election, Trump’s offensive remarks marked a shift from focusing on issues that matter to voters. Meanwhile, he faces multiple legal challenges, including a recent conviction and pending cases related to January 6 and handling classified documents.
A senior FBI official revealed that the gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Trump targeted the Pennsylvania rally as an opportunity. In political developments, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz kicked off a bus tour in rural Georgia, aiming to engage with voters and culminating in a rally in Savannah. Their campaign bus, secured by the Secret Service, symbolizes their strategic outreach in traditionally Republican areas. Meanwhile, JD Vance facilitated Trump's reconciliation with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to strengthen support before the election.
During and after his term as President of the United States, Donald Trump made tens of thousands of false or misleading claims. The Washington Post's fact-checkers documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during his presidential term, an average of about 21 per day. The Toronto Star tallied 5,276 false claims from January 2017 to June 2019, an average of 6.1 per day. Commentators and fact-checkers have described the scale of Trump's mendacity as "unprecedented" in American politics, and the consistency of falsehoods a distinctive part of his business and political identities. Scholarly analysis of Trump's tweets found "significant evidence" of an intent to deceive.By June 2019, after initially resisting, many news organizations began to describe some of his falsehoods as "lies". The Washington Post said his frequent repetition of claims he knew to be false amounted to a campaign based on disinformation. Trump campaign CEO and presidency chief strategist Steve Bannon said that the press, rather than Democrats, was Trump's primary adversary and "the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit."As part of their attempts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Trump and his allies repeatedly falsely claimed there had been massive election fraud and that Trump had won the election. Their effort was characterized by some as an implementation of the big lie propaganda technique.On June 8, 2023, a grand jury indicted Trump on one count of making "false statements and representations", specifically by hiding subpoenaed classified documents from his own attorney who was trying to find and return them to the government. In August 2023, 21 of Trump's falsehoods about the 2020 election were listed in his Washington, D.C. indictment, while 27 were listed in his Georgia indictment.
Betsy Packard, a former University of Kentucky staff member, suggested Hurricane Helene's devastation was God's punishment for supporters of Donald Trump. The storm, which made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, resulted in over 116 deaths and widespread destruction across several states. While Packard's comments provoked outrage and calls for her termination, the University disavowed her statements, emphasizing their values and support for affected communities. Relief efforts are ongoing, with President Biden pledging federal assistance to the impacted areas, particularly North Carolina, which suffered severe flooding.
Donald Trump is visiting Valdosta, Georgia, to assess storm damage and distribute relief supplies after Hurricane Helene caused significant devastation, leaving at least 100 dead and nearly three million without power. In contrast, Kamala Harris is returning to Washington for briefings on the hurricane response, emphasizing federal support for affected communities. President Joe Biden has also expressed intentions to visit the impacted areas this week, provided it does not hinder recovery efforts.
Donald John Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977) is an American businessman, former television presenter, political activist, and author. He is the eldest child of former U.S. President Donald Trump and his first wife Ivana Trump.Trump serves as a trustee and executive vice president of The Trump Organization, running the company alongside his younger brother Eric. During their father's presidency, the brothers continued to do deals and investments in foreign countries, as well as collect payments in their U.S. properties from foreign governments, despite a pledge that they would not do so. He served as a boardroom judge on the reality TV show featuring his father, The Apprentice. He authored Triggered in 2019 and Liberal Privilege in 2020.Trump was active in his father's 2016 presidential campaign. He cooperated with Russia in their interference in the 2016 United States elections and had a meeting with a Russian lawyer who promised damaging information about the campaign of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Trump campaigned for several Republicans during the 2018 midterm elections. He has promoted several conspiracy theories.Trump was also active in his father's 2020 presidential campaign, often being on the campaign trail and being featured in the news for making unfounded claims. During the election he called for "total war" as the results were counted and promoted the stolen election conspiracy theory. Following his father's defeat, he engaged in attempts to overturn the results. He spoke at the rally that led to the storming of the Capitol, where he threatened Trump's opponents that "we're coming for you." In January 2021, Attorney General for the District of Columbia Karl Racine said that he is looking at whether to charge Donald Trump Jr. with inciting the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in the criminal investigation into the attack. CNN reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows outlining paths to subvert the Electoral College process and ensure his father a second term.
The Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory is a series of false allegations that Joe Biden, while he was vice president of the United States, improperly withheld a loan guarantee and took a bribe to pressure Ukraine into firing prosecutor general Viktor Shokin to prevent a corruption investigation of Ukrainian gas company Burisma and to protect his son, Hunter Biden, who was on the Burisma board. As part of efforts by Donald Trump and his campaign in the Trump–Ukraine scandal, which led to Trump's first impeachment, these falsehoods were spread in an attempt to damage Joe Biden's reputation and chances during the 2020 presidential campaign, and later in an effort to impeach him.Joe Biden followed State Department intentions when he withheld the loan guarantee to pressure Ukraine into removing the prosecutor who was seen as corrupt and failing to clean up Ukrainian corruption, in accordance with the official and bipartisan policy of the United States, the European Union, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. A confidential informant told the FBI that Burisma's owner said he was coerced to pay bribes to both Bidens to ensure Shokin was fired, though the informant was indicted in 2024 on charges he had fabricated the account.United States intelligence community analysis released in March 2021 found that proxies of Russian intelligence promoted and laundered misleading or unsubstantiated narratives about the Bidens "to US media organizations, US officials, and prominent US individuals, including some close to former President Trump and his administration." The New York Times reported in May 2021 that a federal criminal investigation was examining a possible role by current and former Ukrainian officials, including whether they used former Trump personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, who was the subject of a separate but related federal investigation, to spread unsubstantiated claims.A joint investigation by two Republican Senate committees released in September 2020 found no evidence of wrongdoing by Joe Biden. A sweeping Republican House committee investigation of the Biden family has found no wrongdoing by December 2023.House Speaker Kevin McCarthy directed three committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry in September 2023, and on December 2 his successor Mike Johnson said he believed Republicans had enough votes in the House to initiate impeachment proceedings.
Donald Trump's use of social media attracted attention worldwide since he joined Twitter in May 2009. Over nearly twelve years, Trump tweeted around 57,000 times, including about 8,000 times during the 2016 election campaign and over 25,000 times during his presidency. The White House said the tweets should be considered official statements. When Twitter banned Trump from the platform in January 2021 during the final days of his term, his handle @realDonaldTrump had over 88.9 million followers. On November 19, 2022, Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, reinstated his account, although Trump has stated he will not use it in favor of his own social media platform, Truth Social. The first tweet since 2021 was made in August 2023 about his mugshot from Fulton County Jail, but the account has since remained inactive.For most of Trump's presidency, his account on Twitter, where he often posted controversial and false statements, remained unmoderated in the name of "public interest". Congress performed its own form of moderation: on July 16, 2019, the House of Representatives voted mostly along party lines to censure him for "racist comments" he had tweeted two days previously. In the face of this political censure, his tweets only accelerated. An investigation by The New York Times published November 2, 2019, found that, during his time in office to date, Trump had already retweeted at least 145 accounts that "have pushed conspiracy or fringe content, including more than two dozen that have since been suspended." In 2020, Trump also spread misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic.During his 2020 reelection campaign, he falsely suggested that postal voting or electoral fraud may compromise the election, prompting Twitter to either remove such tweets or label them as disputed. After his election loss, Trump persistently undermined the election results in the weeks leading to Joe Biden's inauguration. His tweets played a role in inciting the January 6, 2021, attack of the US Capitol during the formal counting of electoral votes. Though the Senate eventually acquitted Trump during his second impeachment, social media companies swiftly banned him. Facebook and Instagram banned him for two years. Twitter permanently suspended his @realDonaldTrump handle, followed by the official account of his campaign (@TeamTrump) and the accounts of allies who posted on his behalf, like Trump campaign digital director Gary Coby. Twitter also deleted three tweets by Trump on the @POTUS handle and barred access to the presidential account until Joe Biden's inauguration. During the first week that Trump was banned on several platforms (January 9–15), election-related misinformation declined 73 percent, according to research analytics firm Zignal Labs.As Trump continued to issue brief statements, his spokesperson Liz Harrington tweeted screenshots of them under the Save America logo from June 2021 to June 2022. Since then, however, her Twitter handle @realLizUSA has been infrequently used. She said she would move to Truth Social, a Trump-affiliated social media application that launched on February 21, 2022.On April 4, 2023, at his arraignment hearing, Trump was warned by Acting New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan not to use social media to incite violence.
Donald Trump, former president of the United States, has a history of speech and actions that have been viewed by scholars and the public as racist or white supremacist. Journalists, friends, family, and former employees have accused him of fueling racism in the United States. Trump has repeatedly denied accusations of racism.In 1973, Trump and his company Trump Management were sued by the Department of Justice for housing discrimination against African-American renters; he settled the suit, entering into a consent decree to end the practices without admitting wrongdoing. The Justice Department sued again in 1978, claiming continued racial discrimination in violation of the consent decree, but that settlement agreement expired in 1982, ending the case.From 2011 to 2016, Trump was a leading proponent of the debunked birther conspiracy theory falsely claiming president Barack Obama was not born in the United States. In a racially-charged criminal case, Trump continued to state, as late as 2019, that a group known as the Central Park Five mostly made up of African American teenagers were responsible for the 1989 rape of a white woman in the Central Park jogger case, despite the five males having been officially exonerated in 2002, based on a confession by an imprisoned serial rapist that was confirmed by DNA evidence from a semen sample.Trump launched his 2016 presidential campaign with a speech in which he said that Mexico sends criminals to the border "They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." He said that Justice Gonzalo P. Curiel, who was born in Indiana, should be disqualified from deciding cases against him because "this judge is of Mexican heritage". He retweeted false statistics claiming that African Americans are responsible for the majority of murders of white Americans, and in some speeches he has repeatedly linked African Americans and Hispanics with violent crime. During the campaign, Trump used the fears of the white working class voters, and created the impression of global danger of groups that are deemed to pose a challenge to the nation.Trump made comments following a 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that were seen by critics as implying moral equivalence between the white supremacist marchers and those who protested against them as "very fine people". In 2018, during an Oval Office meeting about immigration reform, Trump allegedly referred to El Salvador, Haiti, and African countries as "shitholes", which was widely condemned as a racist comment. In July 2019, Trump tweeted about four Democratic congresswomen of color, three of whom were American-born: "Why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how it is done." News outlets such as The Atlantic criticized this comment as a common racist trope. He later denied his comments were racist, saying "if somebody has a problem with our country, if somebody doesn't want to be in our country, they should leave."Trump's controversial statements have been condemned by many observers around the world, but excused by some of his supporters as a rejection of political correctness and by others because they harbor similar racial beliefs. Several studies and surveys have shown that racist attitudes and racial resentment have fueled Trump's political ascendance, and have become more significant than economic factors in determining the party allegiance of U.S. voters. Racist and Islamophobic attitudes have been shown to be a powerful indicator of support for Trump.
In the US presidential election, debates are more significant than ever. Joe Biden's poor performance on June 27 affected his campaign, leading to Kamala Harris assuming the role as the Democratic candidate. Since her nomination, polls show Harris gaining traction against Donald Trump, who remains a strong contender. The upcoming televised debate on October 1 between their running mates, JD Vance and Tim Walz, is expected to impact voter sentiment significantly, highlighting the growing importance of vice presidential roles in elections.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the US to present his 'victory plan' for Ukraine amid a challenging political landscape. His comments about Donald Trump and JD Vance have drawn criticism from senior Republicans, complicating efforts to secure US support. Zelensky’s gathering with Democrats at an ammunition factory was criticized as election interference. While he met Trump, the encounter underscored tensions as Zelensky sought Biden's backing while navigating a divided US political environment.
Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Arizona, her first visit to the southern border as a Democratic nominee, to address immigration issues and criticize Donald Trump for undermining a bipartisan border security bill. She emphasized her capability to tackle Trump's immigration stance, claiming that Trump chose to obstruct the bill rather than resolve the problem. In response, Trump intensified his immigration rhetoric, accusing Harris of responsibility for crimes committed by undocumented immigrants and reiterating the Democrats' alleged motives for immigration policies.
President Joe Biden has indicated potential changes to US restrictions on Ukraine's use of long-range missiles against Russia, fulfilling Ukraine's repeated requests for more leeway in their defense. As the conflict escalates, Biden's administration is reviewing these restrictions amid concerns from Russia, which warned such actions could lead to severe consequences. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Iran of supplying long-range missiles to Russia, further complicating the situation. Ukrainian President Zelensky has voiced frustrations over the slow delivery of military aid.
Donald Trump's tenure as the 45th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2017, and ended on January 20, 2021. Trump, a Republican from New York City, took office following his Electoral College victory over Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, in which he lost the popular vote to Clinton by nearly three million votes. Upon his inauguration, he became the first president in American history without prior public office or military background. Trump made an unprecedented number of false or misleading statements during his campaign and presidency. His presidency ended following his defeat in the 2020 presidential election to former Democratic vice president Joe Biden, after one term in office.Trump was unsuccessful in his efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act but rescinded the individual mandate. Trump sought substantial spending cuts to major welfare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. He signed the Great American Outdoors Act, reversed numerous environmental regulations, and withdrew from the Paris Agreement on climate change. He signed the First Step Act on job training and early release of some federal prisoners and appointed Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. In economic policy, he partially repealed the Dodd–Frank Act and signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. He enacted tariffs, triggering retaliatory tariffs from China, Canada, Mexico, and the European Union. He withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and signed the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement, a successor agreement to NAFTA. The federal deficit increased under Trump due to spending increases and tax cuts.He implemented a controversial family separation policy for migrants apprehended at the United States–Mexico border, starting in 2018. Trump's demand for the federal funding of a border wall resulted in the longest US government shutdown in history. He deployed federal law enforcement forces in response to the racial unrest in 2020. Trump's "America First" foreign policy was characterized by unilateral actions, disregarding traditional allies. The administration implemented a major arms sale to Saudi Arabia; denied citizens from several Muslim-majority countries entry into the United States; recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; and brokered the Abraham Accords, a series of normalization agreements between Israel and various Arab states. His administration withdrew United States troops from northern Syria, allowing Turkey to occupy the area. His administration also made a conditional deal with the Taliban to withdraw United States troops from Afghanistan in 2021. Trump met North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un three times. Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement and later escalated tensions in the Persian Gulf by ordering the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani.Robert Mueller's Special Counsel investigation (2017–2019) concluded that Russia interfered to favor Trump's candidacy and that while the prevailing evidence "did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government", possible obstructions of justice occurred during the course of that investigation.Trump attempted to pressure Ukraine to announce investigations into his political rival Joe Biden, triggering his first impeachment by the House of Representatives on December 18, 2019, but he was acquitted by the Senate on February 5, 2020.Trump reacted slowly to the COVID-19 pandemic, ignored or contradicted many recommendations from health officials in his messaging, and promoted misinformation about unproven treatments and the availability of testing.Following his loss in the 2020 presidential election to Biden, Trump refused to concede and initiated an extensive campaign to overturn the results, making false claims of widespread electoral fraud. On January 6, 2021, during a rally at the Ellipse, Trump urged his supporters to "fight like hell" and march to the Capitol, where the electoral votes were being counted by Congress in order to formalize Biden's victory. A mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, suspending the count and causing Vice President Mike Pence and other members of Congress to be evacuated. On January 13, the House voted to impeach Trump an unprecedented second time for "incitement of insurrection", but he was later acquitted by the Senate again on February 13, after he had already left office. Trump had historically low approval ratings, and scholars and historians rank his presidency as one of the worst in American history.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. ( , BY-dən; born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden moved with his family to Delaware in 1953. He graduated from the University of Delaware before earning his law degree from Syracuse University. He was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970 and to the U.S. Senate in 1972. As a senator, Biden drafted and led the effort to pass the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and the Violence Against Women Act. He also oversaw six U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings, including the contentious hearings for Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. Biden ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and 2008. In 2008, Obama chose Biden as his running mate, and he was a close counselor to Obama during his two terms as vice president. In the 2020 presidential election, Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, defeated incumbents Donald Trump and Mike Pence. He is the oldest president in U.S. history, and the first to have a female vice president.As president, Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recession. He signed bipartisan bills on infrastructure and manufacturing. He proposed the Build Back Better Act, which failed in Congress, but aspects of which were incorporated into the Inflation Reduction Act that he signed into law in 2022. Biden appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. He worked with congressional Republicans to resolve the 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis by negotiating a deal to raise the debt ceiling. In foreign policy, Biden restored America's membership in the Paris Agreement. He oversaw the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan that ended the war in Afghanistan, during which the Afghan government collapsed and the Taliban seized control. He responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by imposing sanctions on Russia and authorizing civilian and military aid to Ukraine. During the Israel–Hamas war, Biden announced military support for Israel, and condemned the actions of Hamas and other Palestinian militants as terrorism. In April 2023, Biden announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 2024 presidential election.
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump received a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, and his father named him president of his real estate business in 1971. Trump renamed it the Trump Organization and reoriented the company toward building and renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. After a series of business failures in the late twentieth century, he successfully launched side ventures that required little capital, mostly by licensing the Trump name. From 2004 to 2015, he co-produced and hosted the reality television series The Apprentice. He and his businesses have been plaintiff or defendant in more than 4,000 state and federal legal actions, including six business bankruptcies.Trump won the 2016 presidential election as the Republican Party nominee against Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton while losing the popular vote. During the campaign, his political positions were described as populist, protectionist, isolationist, and nationalist. His election and policies sparked numerous protests. He was the first U.S. president with no prior military or government experience. A special counsel investigation established that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election to favor Trump's campaign. Trump promoted conspiracy theories and made many false and misleading statements during his campaigns and presidency, to a degree unprecedented in American politics. Many of his comments and actions have been characterized as racially charged or racist and many as misogynistic.As president, Trump ordered a travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries, diverted military funding toward building a wall on the U.S.–Mexico border, and implemented a policy of family separations for migrants detained at the U.S. border. He weakened environmental protections, rolling back more than 100 environmental policies and regulations. He signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which cut taxes for individuals and businesses and rescinded the individual health insurance mandate penalty of the Affordable Care Act. He appointed Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. He reacted slowly to the COVID-19 pandemic, ignored or contradicted many recommendations from health officials, used political pressure to interfere with testing efforts, and spread misinformation about unproven treatments. Trump initiated a trade war with China and withdrew the U.S. from the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, the Paris Agreement on climate change, and the Iran nuclear deal. He met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un three times but made no progress on denuclearization.Trump refused to concede after losing the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden, falsely claiming widespread electoral fraud, and attempted to overturn the results by pressuring government officials, mounting scores of unsuccessful legal challenges, and obstructing the presidential transition. On January 6, 2021, he urged his supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol, which many of them then attacked, resulting in multiple deaths and interrupting the electoral vote count.Trump is the only American president to have been impeached twice. After he tried to pressure Ukraine in 2019 to investigate Biden, he was impeached by the House of Representatives for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress; he was acquitted by the Senate in February 2020. The House impeached him again in January 2021, for incitement of insurrection, and the Senate acquitted him in February. Scholars and historians rank Trump as one of the worst presidents in American history.Since leaving office, Trump has continued to dominate the Republican Party and is a candidate in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries. In 2023, a civil trial jury found that Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll. In 2024, a New York state court found Trump liable for financial fraud. Trump is appealing both judgments. He was also indicted in New York on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, in Florida on 40 felony counts related to his mishandling of classified documents, in Washington, D.C., on four felony counts of conspiracy and obstruction for efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, and in Georgia on 13 charges of racketeering and other alleged felonies committed in an effort to overturn the state's 2020 election results. Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Joe Biden's tenure as the 46th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2021. Biden, a Democrat from Delaware who previously served as vice president for two terms under President Barack Obama, took office following his victory in the 2020 presidential election over Republican incumbent president Donald Trump. Upon his inauguration, he became the oldest president in American history, breaking the record set by his predecessor Trump. Biden entered office amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic crisis, and increased political polarization.On the first day of his presidency, Biden made an effort to revert President Trump's energy policy by restoring U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement and revoking the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. He also halted funding for Trump's border wall, an expansion of the Mexican border wall. On his second day, he issued a series of executive orders to reduce the impact of COVID-19, including invoking the Defense Production Act of 1950, and set an early goal of achieving one hundred million COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States in his first 100 days.Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021; a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that temporarily established expanded unemployment insurance and sent $1,400 stimulus checks to most Americans in response to continued economic pressure from COVID-19. He signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; a ten-year plan brokered by Biden alongside Democrats and Republicans in Congress, to invest in American roads, bridges, public transit, ports and broadband access. Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, making Juneteenth a federal holiday in the United States. He appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court—the first Black woman to serve on the court. After The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Biden took executive actions, such as the signing of Executive Order 14076, to preserve and protect women's health rights nationwide, against abortion bans in Republican led states. Biden proposed a significant expansion of the U.S. social safety net through the Build Back Better Act, but those efforts, along with voting rights legislation, failed in Congress. However, in August 2022, Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a domestic appropriations bill that included some of the provisions of the Build Back Better Act after the entire bill failed to pass. It included significant federal investment in climate and domestic clean energy production, tax credits for solar panels, electric cars and other home energy programs as well as a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies. Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act, bolstering the semiconductor and manufacturing industry, the Honoring our PACT Act, expanding health care for US veterans, and the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act. In late 2022, Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act, which repealed the Defense of Marriage Act and codified same-sex and interracial marriage in the United States. In response to the debt-ceiling crisis of 2023, Biden negotiated and signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which restrains federal spending for fiscal years 2024 and 2025, implements minor changes to SNAP and TANF, includes energy permitting reform, claws back some IRS funding and unspent money for COVID-19, and suspends the debt ceiling to January 1, 2025. Biden established the American Climate Corps and created the first ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. On September 26, 2023, Joe Biden visited a United Auto Workers picket line during the 2023 United Auto Workers strike, making him the first US president to visit one.The foreign policy goal of the Biden administration is to restore the US to a "position of trusted leadership" among global democracies in order to address the challenges posed by Russia and China. In foreign policy, Biden completed the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan, declaring an end to nation-building efforts and shifting U.S. foreign policy toward strategic competition with China and, to a lesser extent, Russia. However, during the withdrawal, the Afghan government collapsed and the Taliban seized control, leading to Biden receiving bipartisan criticism. He responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by imposing sanctions on Russia as well as providing Ukraine with over $100 billion in combined military, economic, and humanitarian aid. Biden also approved a raid which led to the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, the leader of the Islamic State, and approved a drone strike which killed Ayman Al Zawahiri, leader of Al-Qaeda. Biden signed AUKUS, an international security alliance, together with Australia and the United Kingdom. Biden called for the expansion of NATO with the addition of Finland and Sweden, and rallied NATO allies in support of Ukraine. During the Israel–Hamas war, Biden condemned Hamas and other Palestinian militants as terrorism and announced American military support for Israel; Biden also showed his support and sympathy towards Palestinians affected by the war, sent humanitarian aid, and brokered a four-day temporary pause and hostage exchange.Biden began his term with over 50% approval ratings; however, these fell significantly after the withdrawal from Afghanistan and remained low as the country experienced high inflation and rising gas prices. His age and mental fitness have also been a subject of discussion.
Former President Donald Trump has intensified his attacks on the integrity of US elections during the 2024 presidential campaign. Experts are warning of similar patterns to those seen before the 2020 election, with Trump spreading false claims about the election process to prepare for contesting a potential loss. Trump's rhetoric has created doubts among his supporters in battleground states regarding the accuracy of vote counts. He has consistently rejected the legitimacy of the 2020 election and made numerous false claims about the election process since his return to campaigning.
On July 21, 2024, Joe Biden, the incumbent Democratic president of the United States, announced his withdrawal from the 2024 United States presidential election in a statement on social media. He endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement as the party's candidate in the election.On April 25, 2023, Biden announced that he would run for re-election as president in the 2024 election, with Harris again as his running mate. However, health concerns surrounding Biden emerged during his presidency, primarily about his age and ability to carry out a second term. These concerns spiked in June 2024, following a debate between Biden and Republican Party candidate Donald Trump. Biden's performance was widely criticized, with commentators noting he frequently lost his train of thought and gave meandering answers, had a faltering appearance, spoke with a hoarse voice, and failed to recall statistics or coherently express his opinion on several occasions. Biden subsequently faced calls to withdraw from the race from fellow Democrats and from the editorial boards of major news outlets. By July 19, more than 30 senior Democrats had called for him to withdraw. Despite numerous calls for him to withdraw, Biden repeatedly insisted that he would remain a candidate. On July 21, a signed letter was posted to his X account withdrawing his candidacy, writing that this was "in the best interest of my party and the country", while stating that he would continue serving as president until the conclusion of his term. Biden was the first incumbent president since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 to withdraw from a reelection race, the first since the 19th century to withdraw after serving only one term, and the only one ever to withdraw after already winning the primaries.
On the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are set to attend memorial services in New York City and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, alongside President Joe Biden. The events are dedicated to honoring the 2,977 lives lost during the attacks on September 11, 2001. Harris, Biden, and Trump will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony in Shanksville, and later at the Pentagon, as part of their commemoration activities.
GOP vice presidential nominee Sen JD Vance attempted to enter Primanti Bros in North Versailles, PA, but was barred access, disappointing waiting voters. In contrast, Vice President Kamala Harris had previously hosted an event at the same restaurant, which faced criticism for allegedly removing diners to create a staged atmosphere. While Vance handled the situation graciously, the incident sparked outrage among GOP supporters, highlighting tensions between the two parties and their respective receptions at the eatery.
Updated on: September 29, 2024 / 1:59 PM EDT / CBS News The following is a transcript of an interview with Larry Hogan, former Maryland governor, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that aired on Sept. 29, 2024. ROBERT COSTA: We turn now to the former Republican governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan. Governor Hogan, thanks for being here FORMER GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN: Thank you for having me ROBERT COSTA: In one of the key Senate races in the country. You are not running alongside former President Donald Trump in your race, but he's front and center.
Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance will hold their only vice-presidential debate in New York City, a significant event given the tight race for the presidency. Walz, the governor of Minnesota, was chosen by Kamala Harris, while JD Vance, who was selected by Donald Trump, aims to appeal to white working-class voters in the Midwest. The debate offers a contrast between their differing political styles and could impact voter momentum in a close election.
Liberal author Fran Lebowitz urged President Biden to dissolve the Supreme Court in a conversation with Bill Maher, labeling it as "Trump's harem" and criticizing a recent ruling on presidential immunity. She described the court as disgraceful and unworthy of its title. The discussion followed a Supreme Court decision granting former President Trump substantial immunity from prosecution for official acts while in office. Biden has called for reforms to the court, including term limits and new regulations regarding presidential immunity.
Hurricane Helene, a Category 4 storm, has resulted in at least 88 fatalities across the southeastern US, with severe impacts in North Carolina, where one-third of the deaths occurred. Over two million residents remain without electricity as recovery efforts continue and areas remain flooded. President Biden has approved a disaster declaration for North Carolina, and Vice President Harris plans to visit affected areas. Rescue operations are ongoing with county officials promising food and water supplies. Free meals are being provided in multiple states by World Central Kitchen.
In the aftermath of a devastating storm, communities are grappling with significant loss and destruction. At least 95 fatalities have been reported across six states, with North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Virginia most affected. Over 2 million customers are without power, and hundreds of roads are closed, complicating supply deliveries. President Biden plans to visit the affected areas and has approved disaster relief funds as local residents and emergency services work to rebuild and assist those in need.
On the 23rd anniversary of September 11, 2001, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former President Donald Trump will honor the victims at various memorials including the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. Biden and Harris will participate in ceremonies at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Flight 93, while Trump is expected to attend a private ceremony in Shanksville and visit the 9/11 memorial in New York. The observance at the Flight 93 Memorial includes the reading of names of the deceased with the ringing of bells.
Joe Biden assumed office as President of the United States on January 20, 2021. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.Before confirmation and during congressional hearings, a high-level career member of an executive department heads this pre-confirmed cabinet on an acting basis. The Cabinet's creation was part of the transition of power following the 2020 United States presidential election.In addition to the 15 heads of executive departments, there are 10 Cabinet-level officials. Biden altered his cabinet structure, elevating the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and ambassador to the United Nations as Cabinet-level positions. Biden initially removed the director of the Central Intelligence Agency from his Cabinet, but reversed the move in July 2023.Confirmations had occurred at the slowest pace of any presidential cabinet in modern history that resulted from delays in facilitating an orderly transition of power and passing the organizing resolution for governing an evenly split Senate following the 2020–2021 United States Senate runoff elections in Georgia; and the second impeachment of Donald Trump. By March 2021, a pick-up in the first half of the month brought confirmations close to pace. Biden is the first president since Ronald Reagan in 1981 to have all of his original Cabinet secretary nominees confirmed to their posts.This page documents the confirmation process for Cabinet nominees of Joe Biden's administration. They are listed according to the United States order of precedence.
Donald Trump announced he will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Modi's visit to the U.S. from September 21 to 23. Despite praising Modi as "fantastic," Trump labeled India a significant abuser in trade policies, criticizing global trade practices. Modi will attend the Quad Leaders Summit hosted by President Joe Biden and speak at the United Nations General Assembly. The U.S. and India have been deepening ties, including recent partnerships in technology and semiconductor industries. This visit marks Modi's first to the U.S. since winning a third term.
Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, announced his campaign for a non-consecutive second presidential term in the 2024 U.S. presidential election on November 15, 2022.Trump has campaigned on vastly expanding the authority of the federal government, particularly the executive branch, which calls for a reimposition of the Jacksonian spoils system, immediately invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 to deploy the military onto American streets, and directing the Department of Justice to go after domestic political enemies. Other campaign issues include: implementing anti-immigrant policies and a massive deportation operation; pursuing an isolationist "America First" foreign policy agenda; repealing the Affordable Care Act; pursuing a climate change denial and anti-clean energy platform; terminating the Department of Education; implementing anti-LGBT policies; and pursuing what has been described as a neomercantilist trade agenda. Trump has been leaning into violent and authoritarian rhetoric throughout the campaign. Trump has increasingly used dehumanizing and violent rhetoric against his political enemies. His 2024 campaign has been noted for leaning into nativist and anti-LGBT rhetoric.The campaign is unfolding as Trump faces the legal aftermath of four criminal indictments filed against him in 2023, as well as a civil investigation of the Trump Organization in New York. The campaign has continued to promote false claims that the former 2020 election was stolen, and comes in the wake of Trump's unprecedented attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election and its culmination in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, which has been widely described as an attempted coup d'état or self-coup.National primary polling shows Trump leading by 50 points over other candidates. After he won a landslide victory in the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, Trump was generally described as being the Republican Party's presumptive nominee for president, with a process of consolidation now underway.
On July 13, 2024, Donald Trump, the former president of the United States and the Republican Party's presumptive nominee for the 2024 presidential election, was shot in the upper right ear at a campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. One member of the audience was killed, and two others were critically injured. The shooting is being investigated as an attempted assassination. After being shot, Trump ducked to the ground and was surrounded by Secret Service personnel before being helped to his feet by Secret Service with blood visible on his right ear. Trump pumped his fist in the air and shouted "Fight, fight, fight!" before being hurried to a vehicle and taken to a hospital. He was released in stable condition. The shooter was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Crooks shot at Trump from the roof of a nearby building located outside the rally venue, and fired eight rounds from an AR-15–style rifle before being killed by a Secret Service Counter Assault Team sniper. This was the first time a former or current United States president had been injured in an assassination attempt since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981, and the first shooting of an active presidential candidate since the attempted assassination of George Wallace in 1972. Experts considered the shooting as a sign of political polarization in the country, and political figures urged for a decrease in tensions. The events evoked sympathy for Trump on social media. A number of public figures have called for an increase in security for the major candidates in the election.
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