House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faced accusations of lying after telling Newsmax that every seat at the Republican midterm convention was full as the broadcast showed empty rows.Johnson made the claim in an interview with Newsmax host Rob Finnerty on Wednesday evening, speaking from the floor of t…
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President Donald Trump boasted Thursday that the RNC midterm convention — dubbed a “Trumpapalooza” — “beat” the NFL season opener in viewership — even though Nielsen hadn’t yet published ratings for the game.“The Republican Midterm Convention last night, in Dallas, was a major, sold out hit, far big…
President Donald Trump’s nearly two-hour speech Wednesday night was packed with claims, and CNN’s Daniel Dale spent Thursday morning sorting out which ones held up.The 80-year-old president told the crowd at the Republican midterm convention that “we got eggs down lower than during my administration…
President Donald Trump floated $5,000 “dividend” checks to each adult American citizen if Republicans win the midterm elections, but CNN’s Audie Cornish poured cold water on his pledge.The 80-year-old president promised the payouts Wednesday night at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, sayi…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will have another difficult war to win if Democrats take back the House in November, according to a new report. Democrats are plotting a “blitz” of public inquiries and might even try to impeach him, Politico reported Thursday. “Hegseth and crew better buckle up and la…
Jimmy Kimmel says the Trump administration’s pressure campaign has claimed another casualty.A planned Thursday interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico will now air only on YouTube instead of ABC, according to The Daily Beast.The move echoes last year’s clash, when Trump-appoi…
A Wisconsin Republican running for Congress just publicly trashed his own party’s gubernatorial nominee for skipping a national GOP convention in Texas, exposing fresh cracks in the state party as it heads into a tense midterm cycle.Tiffany, who’s running for Wisconsin governor, is staying home from…
Attorney General Todd Blanche offered a full-blown political screed at the Dallas GOP convention on Wednesday night — punctuating his speech with a threat of continued legal crackdowns.Throughout his speech, Blanche defended some of the Trump administration’s most controversial moves, like its depor…
A political analyst warned that Democrats face a greater likelihood of a “juicy” scenario after Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) appeared at the GOP convention.Fetterman appeared in a video played at the GOP midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday and praised a bipartisan effort to boost the steel indus…
The Trump administration’s Justice Department Civil Rights Division caught Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson off guard with a letter announcing she was under investigation for breaking federal voting laws.Henderson, a conservative Republican, took to social media in response to the letter to say, “‘As …