Author: Jill Colvin
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vana Trump, first wife of former president, dies at 73
NEW YORK • Ivana Trump, a skier-turned-businesswoman who formed half of a publicity power couple in the 1980s as the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his oldest children, has died in New York City, her family announced Thursday. She was 73. “I am very saddened to inform all of those…
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Vance wins Ohio’s GOP Senate primary
COLUMBUS, Ohio • Bestselling author JD Vance has won Ohio’s contentious and hypercompetitive GOP Senate primary, buoyed by Donald Trump’s endorsement in a race widely seen as an early test of the former president’s hold on his party as the midterm season kicks into high gear. Vance’s win brings to a close an exceptionally bitter…
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Pence unveils ‘Freedom Agenda’ as he weighs 2024 run
NEW YORK • Former Vice President Mike Pence is offering a “Freedom Agenda” platform for Republicans ahead of this year’s midterm elections, presenting a framework for GOP candidates — and possibly himself for a 2024 presidential run. Pence’s platform, released Thursday, combines traditional Republican goals such as increasing American energy production, cutting taxes and rolling…
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8-hour gap in Trump’s Jan. 6 White House phone records
WASHINGTON • The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol has identified an almost 8-hour gap in official White House records of then-President Donald Trump’s phone calls as the violence unfolded and his supporters stormed the building, according to two people familiar with the probe. The gap extends from a little after…
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RNC threatens to boycott commission’s presidential debates
WASHINGTON • The Republican National Committee said Thursday it is planning a rules change that would force presidential candidates seeking the party’s nomination to sign a pledge saying they will not participate in any debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. If ultimately enacted and enforced, it would fundamentally change the way that presidential…
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Trump was COVID-positive before debate, ex-aide says in book
WASHINGTON • Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 three days before his first presidential debate in September 2020 with Joe Biden and days earlier than that diagnosis was previously disclosed, according to a new book by Trump’s former chief of staff. In “The Chief’s Chief,” obtained by The Guardian before its Dec. 7 release, Mark…
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Jan. 6 committee subpoenas former Justice Dept. lawyer
WASHINGTON • The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol issued a subpoena Wednesday to a former Justice Department lawyer who positioned himself as an ally of President Donald Trump and aided Trump’s efforts to challenge the results of the presidential election. The committee on Wednesday said it has demanded documents…
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After Trump’s flattery, GOP hits Biden as weak on Russia
WASHINGTON • Republicans are accusing President Joe Biden of being weak on Russia after his summit with Vladimir Putin. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Biden had given Putin a “pass” at their summit in Switzerland Wednesday, while Trump said the U.S. “didn’t get anything” from the meeting. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a…
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Biden wins Michigan, Wisconsin, now on brink of White House
WASHINGTON Democrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to carry the White House, securing victories in the battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan and narrowing President Donald Trump’s path. With a handful of states still up for grabs, Trump tried to press his case in court in some key swing…
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Pence, Harris spar over COVID-19 in vice presidential debate
SALT LAKE CITY • Republican Mike Pence firmly defended the Trump administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 210,000 Americans while his Democratic challenger, Kamala Harris, condemned “the greatest failure of any presidential administration” in a Wednesday night debate dominated by the coronavirus. Because of the virus, the candidates were separated…