Democrats and Republicans typically use their national conventions to officially nominate their candidates, but Biden will be nominated weeks before his party gathers for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 19 - a plan that was announced long before Biden’s shaky June 27 debate. Read more
Trump walked into the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee with a thick bandage over the ear as the crowd chanted “Fight! Fight! Fight” and pumped their fists, a reference to his reaction moments after he was wounded Saturday. Read more
“We must unite as one nation,” Biden said in White House remarks on Sunday, adding he would have an Oval Office address in the evening. Biden condemned political violence again, as he did on Saturday night, and asked Americans to “let the FBI do their job.” Read more
Trump escaped with minor injuries and will accept the formal Republican presidential nomination at the four-day convention, expected to draw more than 50,000 people. Read more
Trump is due to receive his party’s formal nomination at the Republican National Convention, which kicks off in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday. Read more
Law enforcement officials said on Saturday that Crooks carried no identification to the site of the shooting and had to be identified using other methods. Read more
“I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,” Musk posted on his social media platform X. Read more
The Secret Service agents kept Trump on the ground for 25 seconds. Someone could be heard shouting: “Shooter is down!” Read more
The social media company indefinitely suspended Trump’s accounts following his praise of people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Read more
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At its heart, Project 2025 is a series of detailed policy proposals put together by hundreds of high-profile conservatives that the project’s participants hope Trump adopts if elected. Read more
At least 18 lawmakers have now called on Biden to step aside so the party can pick another candidate following his halting June 27 debate performance. Read more
Case, a Democrat who represents urban Honolulu, offered no alternative candidate. Read more
So far, 13 of the 213 Democrats in the House and one of the Senate’s 51 Democrats have appealed publicly to the president to withdraw from the race. Read more
It subpoenaed first lady Jill Biden’s top aide Anthony Bernal, deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini, and senior adviser Ashley Williams. The development was reported earlier by Axios. Read more
Pelosi’s remarks, which ignored Biden’s repeated insistence that he remains in the race, suggested he could face a fresh wave of doubts from fellow Democrats. Read more
Gov. Josh Green is refusing to appoint an interim member of the state Senate by a deadline set by Hawaii law to fill a seat vacated in May by then-Sen. Maile Shimabukuro representing parts of West Oahu. Read more
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report today changed its ratings on three of the most competitive states — Arizona, Georgia and Nevada — to “lean Republican” from “toss-up.” Read more
Trump, 78, said on Monday that Biden, 81, would refuse to quit the campaign because of his ego and noted that the president had the Democratic nomination locked up because of all the convention delegates he won during the Democratic primary elections earlier this year. Read more
Concerns that the president might be suffering from an undisclosed illness have risen since Biden’s stumbled in his June 27 debate with Republican Donald Trump. Read more
Biden raised his voice repeatedly during the brief phone interview, including after one of the hosts asked him whether he had taken neurological exams after the debate. Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris would be President Joe Biden’s natural successor if he bowed to growing pressure and stepped aside as the Democratic candidate in the 2024 election, top Democrats say. Read more
