WASHINGTON − Tech billionaire Elon Musk joined the first phone call between President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Trump’s election on Tuesday, media outlets reported, raising questions about his potentially outsized role in the upcoming administration. A spokesperson for Zelenskyy described the call as a positive one based on comments from both…
WASHINGTON − What a year. Who would have guessed, 12 long months ago, that voters on Tuesday would be casting ballots for Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, with President Joe Biden − the biggest vote-getter in American history − on the sidelines and headed for retirement? Who could have foreseen the failed assassin’s…
This year has proved to be an especially active political season for Wilmington with numerous high-profile officials hosting events and delivering remarks across a range of venues. Since May, nine prominent political figures have made stops in Wilmington. Here’s a closer look at each visit and the key issues they brought to the forefront. President…
Election Day is Nov. 5 and both presidential candidates are bringing their own celebrity endorsements to the voting booth. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have both courted a cast of stars that stretch from Hollywood to Nashville during their sprint towards Nov. 5, when everyday Americans head to the polls to…
I’ve been covering politics a long time but there are just some things I’ll never understand — like why in the world Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz would come to Kentucky just two weeks before the election when Kentucky is so Trump-crazy that Vice President Kamala Harris doesn’t stand a chance here. But my confusion over…
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pushed back against attacks on his age during a campaign event in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Sunday that came between a visit handing out fries at a McDonald’s and plans to attend a Pittsburgh Steelers game. “I’m not 80, and I’m not that close to 80,” the 78-year-old…
Just days after former President Donald Trump said “Our whole country will end up being like Detroit” if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected president, the Harris campaign will air an ad calling out Trump’s comments disparaging the Motor City. The ad, titled “Like Detroit” will contrast Trump’s comments, made during an event in Detroit…
WASHINGTON – While telling a crowd of supporters at a recent rally in western Wisconsin about violent crimes committed by immigrants in the U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump interrupted himself to tell attendees that he would get back to talking about “making America great again,” just not now. “We’re going to do that ……
Mark Kelly used to lay low in the U.S. Senate before Kamala Harris named him as a potential running mate earlier this year. Before then, caution was a Kelly trademark as he kept his profile earthbound. Even some of his own constituents complained they hardly knew the man. That was then. On Sunday, we saw…
JUNEAU – Former President Donald Trump rallied supporters in Dodge County for nearly two hours Sunday in his fourth Wisconsin event in nine days as he and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris crisscross this critical swing state ahead of next month’s election. The rally at the Dodge County Airport followed events Trump held Tuesday in the…