Former President Donald Trump slammed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for the second time this week as rumors grow that the former MAGA ally may challenge Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Trump on Sunday called DeSantis “disloyal” and said the governor’s stances on both Social Security and Medicare will lead to his political downfall.
Gun Rights
The National Rifle Association (NRA) – America’s most powerful pro-gun lobbying group – once again held its annual convention just days after another mass shooting. But so grave is the country’s ongoing epidemic of gun violence that the NRA would now find it impossible to schedule any kind of meeting that did not occur in
Topline Former President Trump has largely avoided commenting on some of the biggest political news stories and GOP talking points in recent campaign appearances—like abortion restrictions, the expulsion of two Tennessee lawmakers or a wave of state-level bills targeting transgender people and drag performers—and has instead spoken about his poll numbers and the investigations into
“This is not a gun problem,” said Donald Trump at the NRA convention.Jeremy Hogan/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Two deadly shootings took place on Saturday: one at a teenager’s birthday party in Dadeville, Alabama, killing four and injuring several others, and the
Topline Former President Trump has largely avoided commenting on some of the biggest political news stories and GOP talking points in recent campaign appearances—like abortion restrictions, the expulsion of two Tennessee lawmakers or a wave of state-level bills targeting transgender people and drag performers—and has instead spoken about his poll numbers and the investigations into
President Joe Biden once again dusted off his entreaties for gun safety reforms in the wake of the Alabama birthday and Kentucky park shootings. “Jill and I are praying for their families, and for the many others injured and fighting for their lives in the wake of this weekend’s gun violence,” Biden said in a
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The Guardian South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem on Friday told an audience at a National Rifle Association (NRA) convention that her toddler grandchild has been given guns, online news outlet Mediaite reported. During her remarks at the lobbying leadership forum in Indiana, Noem spoke about her grandchildren Addie, who is almost two, and Branch, who
Fox News co-host Geraldo Rivera called out Republican politicians’ remarks at this weekend’s National Rifle Association (NRA) convention following a string of mass shootings across the United States. Republicans are facing renewed scrutiny over their opposition to strengthening gun laws in the United States following mass shootings in Nashville, Tennessee, Louisville, Kentucky, and Dadeville, Alabama,
The Fox News New York City headquarters. The network faces a lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems and the trial will start soon in Wilmington, Delaware. Andrew Kelly via Reuters Opening arguments are expected to be heard at a Wilmington, Delaware, courthouse on Monday in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation trial against Fox News, which has been
Former President Donald Trump took credit for the transformation of the GOP while speaking at a party donor retreat. Trump proclaimed the “old Republican Party is gone, and it is never coming back” while casting himself as the champion needed to render the party an “unstoppable juggernaut that will dominate American politics for generations to
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The first sign that he was coming was the squeal from a middle-aged woman sitting across the aisle in skintight red, white and blue pants and “U.S.A.” earrings. Like thousands of others who had waited hours in line for a seat at the National Rifle Assn.’s annual Leadership Forum on Friday, she was
Whenever there is a mass shooting in the United States, it seems as if a memo goes out to Republican members of Congress so that they are all on the same page when asked about the prospect of reforming the country’s gun laws. Sometimes they say they don’t want to politicize a tragedy, and other
Republican South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem drew mockery from gun rights opponents when she told an NRA audience their organization isn’t “only made up of old white guys” — then C-SPAN cameras cut to a crowd shot. Noem was a speaker at Friday’s NRA-ILA Leadership Forum in Indiana, where she extolled the group’s “diversity” in a
Detroit Free Press It seems 169 years of historic, and mostly successful, political leadership, means nothing to the new Michigan GOP Chairwoman Kristina Karamo. Ms. Karamo nows sees the MI GOP as “essentially a startup,” “we’re building the party from the ground up” because she says “Things are … worse than I expected.” Sounds like someone
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem. Scott Olson/Getty Images Redeem now South Dakota’s governor said her nearly 2-year-old granddaughter has several guns. Kristi Noem rebuked Democrats for their position on increasing gun safety at an NRA event. Noem signed an executive order to “protect the God-given right to keep and bear arms,” she said. Top editors
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Former President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla. | AP NASHVILLE — Donald Trump stood before Republican National Committee donors on Saturday to make his case for a return to the White House, arguing that he deserves another chance to finish a dramatic party transformation that