Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens ahead of the state’s U.S. Senate Democratic primary. Stevens, a more centrist candidate, and progressive Dr. Abdul El-Sayed are considered the front-runners in the race as early voting starts on Saturday. Whitmer’s endorsement could give Stevens a boost in a state where the governor twice … Read more
President Donald Trump joked that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “ran over the cow in his car” for the beef that was served at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
President Trump recounts a previous White House Correspondents’ Dinner during which former President Barack Obama gave a speech. Trump also reflects on his decision to run for office, and his relationship with the press.
Nineteen House Republicans are demanding answers from New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill on how approximately 6,600 self-identified noncitizens were registered to vote and cast 400 ballots in what the state described as a software failure. The group put the question to Sherrill in a letter published on Friday afternoon. “Despite those answers, a software failure … Read more
U.S. Secret Service Agent Victor Gonzales was awarded the WHCA President’s Award for Exceptional Service in recognition of his efforts to stop the gunman who tried to break through security during April’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
President Donald Trump on Friday ordered his administration to install signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History directing visitors to what the White House describes as “accurate” information about the nation’s past. The executive order instructs the National Park Service, which maintains the sidewalks outside the museum, to place signs informing visitors about … Read more
President directs interior department to display signs outside museum that accuse institution of inaccuracy Donald Trump on Friday ordered the interior department to display signs in front of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History that accuse the institution of inaccuracy. The order escalates the Trump’s attacks against the Smithsonian, which he and his allies … Read more
Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who was 13 at the time, later received an abortion, text messages indicate Singer D4vd had impregnated the teenager he is accused of fatally stabbing, according to evidence presented in a Los Angeles courtroom on Friday. Celeste Rivas Hernandez later received an abortion, text messages between the two indicate. The musician, who … Read more
Correspondents’ dinner begins in Washington, three months after original event was halted by a shooting The rescheduled White House correspondents’ dinner is under way in Washington, three months after the original event was scrapped in April when a man fired a shotgun at a security checkpoint outside the ballroom. Donald Trump arrived at the Waldorf … Read more
Three-judge panel of Democratic appointees let stand lower court’s ruling that fee constitutes an unlawful tax A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by Donald Trump’s administration to halt a judge’s order preventing it from imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. The Boston-based first US circuit … Read more
