Trump's big night in Milwaukee

July 18, 2024

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Michael Steele: Democrats should give President Biden ‘last rites’ and ‘move on’

MSNBC political analyst Michael Steele said Thursday that “Democrats need to give President Biden some final rites” as the debate continues about Biden’s fitness and ability to beat former President Trump in November’s election. “At this point, Democrats need to give President Biden some final rites and move on,” said Steele, a former Republican National Committee chairman who endorsed Biden in 2020.

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Trump’s senior adviser calls Project 2025 author a “nuisance”

Chris LaCivita, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign, slammed the efforts of conservatives behind Project 2025, a Heritage Foundation initiative that he said was a policy blueprint for a future Republican administration. “These people don’t speak for Trump. They don’t speak for the campaign,” LaCivita said at a CNN-Politico event in Milwaukee as part of the Republican National Convention. “We’re the ones who put the policy out there. …

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110 days to 2024 General Election
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Who is Donald Trump’s granddaughter, Kai Trump?

Former President Trump’s granddaughter stepped onto the political stage at this year’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Donald Trump Jr.’s daughter Kai Trump stole the spotlight when she spoke about her grandfather, who recently survived an assassination attempt, at a campaign rally. The former president looked on as she spoke, smiling throughout the speech.

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Footage aired at the Republican National Convention of an Ole Miss student making a racist gesture toward a black woman sparks backlash

A video shown at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday evening showed a white University of Mississippi student making monkey gestures at a black woman on campus earlier this year. The video, intended to glorify anti-“woke” college students, featured footage from early May, when pro-Palestinian demonstrators and counter-demonstrators confronted each other in Gaza against the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas…

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All over the country

Local and state headlines about campaigns and elections:

Kensington Beach The founder Republican National CommitteeDid he get his facts right?Philadelphia Inquirer)
Following the “horrific” attempt on Trump’s life NC Representative I’ll come back again and again One detail (Raleigh News & Observer)
“Something went wrong”: Las Vegas mass shootingTrump Assassination attempt (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

What we’re reading

Other election news to watch from other media:

Trump Recovered Complete control Republican (The Wall Street Journal)
At a Milwaukee barber shop Black man Weighing Republican Up the road (The Washington Post)
Fox News Broadcast Dog interview that’s all Kimberly GuilfoyleRepublican National Convention speech (The Daily Beast)

Other locations today

Top stories currently being covered on The Hill:

Details about President Trump’s health since the shooting slowly emerge from friends and family

MILWAUKEE — Former President Trump was a highly visible presence at the Republican National Convention this week, but five days after an assassin’s bullet struck him in the ear at a campaign rally, little information has been released about his recovery or the effects on his health. Trump is seen wearing a large white bandage… read more

Four Democratic candidates beat Biden by 5 points in key states: notes

According to a memo from the Democratic-funded polling group, the four leading Democrats would perform significantly better than President Biden in key battleground states if they replaced him as the party’s presumptive nominee. “Nearly every Democrat surveyed is performing better than President Biden,” according to a draft Blue Labs memo first obtained by Politico. read more