Former President Trump ridiculed Robert De Niro as “pathetic” and a “wacko” after the liberal actor’s chaotic conference on Tuesday outside a Manhattan courthouse was widely derided. In a late-night post on Truth Social, Trump tore into the two-time Academy Award winner who has angrily attacked Trump for years and on Tuesday claimed that Trump “wants to destroy” New York …
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Trump son-in-law Michael Boulos meets with dozens of Arab leaders in an effort to curry favor
Around 40 Arab-American leaders in the key swing state of Michigan came together with two top Trumpworld figures as the presumptive Republican nominee and President Biden both seek its delegate prize in November. The Trump campaign told Fox News Digital the meet-up — which featured Michael Boulos and former Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell — was not organized by …
Read More »Joe Manchin faces pressure for 11th-hour run to secure critical seat for Democrats
West Virginia Democrats sought to push back on rumors this week that outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin, who was expected to retire, might be mounting a surprise campaign for governor. The conjecture intensified after Manchin was reportedly bombarded by people urging him to run at an event at the Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, according to WVMetroNews. The Greenbrier is …
Read More »Nikki Haley writes clear message to Hamas on IDF artillery shell
Former Republican presidential candidateNikki Haley wrote a clear message of support to the IDF on an artillery shell during a recent visit to Israel. “Finish them! America [loves] Israel always,” Haley wrote on the projectile. Pictures of Haley signing the artillery shell were posted to X byDanny Danon, a member of Israel’s Knesset and Israel’s former ambassador to the U.N. …
Read More »GOP Rep Tony Gonzales survives challenge from the right in Texas runoff
The Associated Press projects that Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas will win his Republican primary runoff election on Tuesday with far-right challenger Brandon Herrera. Gonzales is running for a third two-year term representing a majority Hispanic district in southwestern Texas. With more than 800 miles of U.S.-Mexico border, Texas’s 23rddistrict has the largest stretch of the border territory of …
Read More »Former Trump official wins Texas GOP primary runoff
A former Trump campaign official has won her primary fight and will now serve as the representative of a deep-red Texas House district. Republican Katrina Pierson, who served as the spokesperson for former President Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, defeated incumbent state Rep. Justin Holland in Tuesday’s primary runoff for Texas’ 33rd House District, and is the presumptive winner of November’s …
Read More »John Fetterman to receive top Jewish college's highest award for his stance on Israel
Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman will receive the highest honor awarded by the top U.S. Jewish university this week, the New York City school confirmed to Fox News Digital on Tuesday. While Yeshiva University celebrates the graduation of more than 1,700 students on Wednesday, the Washington Heights institution will award Fetterman its Presidential Medallion. In a statement, the school called …
Read More »Opposed by top Texas Republicans and Trump, state House speaker survives GOP primary runoff challenge
The Associated Press projects that Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan will survive a Republican primary runoff election challenge by David Covey. Phelan’s victory in a state House district east of Houston is seen as a political setback for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and former President Donald Trump, and to a lesser degree for Gov. Greg Abbott. Phelan oversaw the …
Read More »In new TV ad, Maryland's Larry Hogan charts potential Senate path forward as centrist
Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan is warning Republicans in Washington, D.C., that he won’t be a reliable vote if Maryland chooses to send him to the Capitol. In a new TV ad aired Tuesday, the former Maryland governor stressed his bipartisan bona fides. “In the Senate, Republicans can’t count on my vote. But then again, neither can Democrats,” he said. …
Read More »Texas Republican primary runoffs feature political revenge, Trump as key factors
Two of the most powerful Republicans in Texas are aiming to settle some political scores in Tuesday’s GOP primary runoff elections. And a Republican congressman whose district was the scene of the horrific Uvalde school shooting in 2022 and who’s bucked his party on key issues is fighting for his political life against an opponent backed by far-right members of …
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