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DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, was convicted Tuesday of federal corruption and bribery charges, Fox News reported. Menendez, who was indicted March 5, was convicted by a jury on all counts over his involvement in a bribery and corruption scheme with three New Jersey businessmen and the Egyptian government. The indictment was brought following an investigation and search of…
MILWAUKEE—If elected to a second term as president, Donald Trump vows, he will deport the illegal aliens who entered the country during the four years of the Biden administration. How? “One at a time,” Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection during the Trump administration, said Monday at a press conference at…
MILWAUKEE—Donald Trump Jr. says his family didn’t have any real answers as to what had happened to their father and grandfather for almost 90 minutes after former President Donald Trump was shot. Trump Jr. sat down with The Daily Signal at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday to discuss the Saturday assassination attempt…
MILWAUKEE—Former President Donald Trump called Sen. Tommy Tuberville at 7 a.m. Monday, briefing the Alabama Republican about the aftermath of the assassination attempt Saturday evening and his selection of Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate. “I talked to him this morning, he called me about 7 o’clock, and he said, ‘Well, how…
THE WASHINGTON STAND—Seven states have come together to fight a new rule that could force doctors into performing gender-transition procedures. The Biden administration has made it clear it wants so-called “gender-affirming care” available to all—including young children. As such, it appears it’s willing to try and make it so that medical professionals are unable to…
In a rare occurrence, the head of one of America’s largest and oldest labor unions spoke about corporate greed at a Republican National Convention. “The Teamsters are here to say we are not beholden to anyone or any party,” Sean O’Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, told convention delegates Monday night. O’Brien said…
Rep. Byron Donalds made a case for school choice in a speech Monday on the opening night of the Republican National Convention. The Florida Republican talked about his own story of growing up poor, while his mother pushed to ensure he had a good education. But he said too many children today are trapped in…
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said both he and former President Donald Trump have shown that “commonsense conservative leadership works.” Youngkin, a onetime businessman elected in 2021, said Monday night at the Republican National Convention that under President Joe Biden’s administration, Americans are facing 7.5% mortgage rates, while their raises can’t keep up with 30% increases…
MILWAUKEE—Two days after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, political commentator Tucker Carlson said, “It’s not crazy to think that there was something there; it was an effort to kill Trump, it wasn’t just a lone gunman.” Trump’s assailant crawled onto a nearby rooftop Saturday night while Trump was on stage at a…
In a rousing speech Monday on the opening night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Sen. Tim Scott discussed the miraculous survival of former President Donald Trump from an assassination attempt two nights earlier. “If you didn’t believe in miracles before Saturday, you got to be believing right now,” Scott, R-S.C., told the crowd. “Thank…
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., spoke on his home turf Monday at the Republican National Convention, noting that the GOP was founded in Wisconsin to oppose slavery. He said the people of Wisconsin are like most Americans. “They believe the purpose of government is to improve lives, not make them more difficult,” he told the crowd….
Donald Trump selected Sen. JD Vance from Ohio on Monday as his running mate in the Nov. 5 election, which the former president hopes will return him to the White House. Vance accepted and Vice President Kamala Harris said she’s ready to debate him. So, who is JD Vance? Here are five things to know…
Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson told Republicans gathering in Milwaukee on Monday that Americans should “be thrilled” by Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick. Earlier in the day, as the Republican National Convention opened, Trump posted on social media that he had chosen Sen. JD Vance, an Ohio Republican, as his running mate in the Nov. 5…
Left-wing smears of Project 2025 constitute “probably the greatest misinformation campaign since the Russia hoax,” the head of the initiative for the next conservative president said Monday at The Heritage Foundation’s Policy Fest at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Paul Dans, director of the 2025 Presidential Transition Project for Heritage, was referring to the eventually…
The Department of Justice is taking steps to preserve charges against Jan. 6 defendants after the Supreme Court dealt a major blow to its efforts. After the Supreme Court issued a ruling June 28 limiting the scope of an obstruction statute used to charge hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the DOJ would…
Republican members of Congress and conservative legal experts had long questioned the legality of Jack Smith’s appointment as special counsel. On Monday, federal District Court Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida tossed out the federal case involving classified documents against former President Donald Trump, determining that Smith’s appointment was unconstitutional since he was…
THE WASHINGTON STAND—Data collected between February of 2021 and January of 2024 revealed “464,922 [unaccompanied] children have been encountered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection police nationwide.” Some experts, such as those from the child immigrant aid organization Kids in Need of Defense, have explained this surplus of unaccompanied minors was “expected” and likely due to “U.S. measures implemented…
Machines can’t have the “divine spark” of humans, but Americans can make machines “with our values,” a Heritage Foundation technology expert said last week at the National Conservatism Conference in the nation’s capital. “Conservatives must offer our own affirmative vision for AI,” said Kara Frederick, director of Heritage’s Tech Policy Center, referring to artificial intelligence…
The real purpose of The Heritage Foundation’s policy and personnel plan for the next conservative president is to speak on behalf of forgotten Americans, Heritage President Kevin Roberts said Monday at the leading think tank’s Policy Fest at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. “You might say that the real purpose of this huge, broad-scale effort,…
MILWAUKEE—Former President Donald Trump selected Sen. JD Vance, an Ohio Republican, as his running mate in the Nov. 5 presidential election. Trump made the announcement Monday on Truth Social. “After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of…