Category: 2024 election

Trump Says He’ll End Democrats’ Electric Vehicle Policies

President Donald Trump says he’ll end Democrats’ electric vehicle (EV) policies on day one if reelected. During a June 10 rally in Atlanta, Trump derided a series of Democrat policies offering tax handouts and other incentives for relatively novel EVs. “That certainly will be ending on day one,” Trump said to a round of applause…


Trump: Polls Up, Fundraising ‘Through the Roof’ After Indictment

President Donald Trump says he’s up in the polls and his fundraising is “through the roof” in the wake of his indictment on 37 counts related to his handling of classified documents. Trump said on June 8 that his attorneys were informed of the indictment by DOJ special counsel Jack Smith in connection to the…


Trump Scores Legal Victory on the Same Day He’s Charged by DOJ

Former President Donald Trump scored a legal win in another unrelated case on the same day he was charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ). The lawsuit by the former president against his niece Mary Trump, who is a fiery critic of him, could advance, a New York Supreme Court judge ruled on Friday. Mary…


US Military’s Bronze Star Has Spurred Debate, but No Doubt About DeSantis’s ‘Meritorious Service’

When Florida Gov. and 2024 GOP presidential primary contender Ron DeSantis is stumping on the campaign trail, his standard speech doesn’t delve into the details of what he did as an attorney in the United States Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or in Iraq. Instead, rather than focus on his…


New Indictment Against Trump Is Political Payback, Legal Experts Say

The new indictment a federal grand jury returned against former President Donald Trump over his allegedly illegal retention of national security documents after he left the White House in January 2021 is politically motivated, legal experts told The Epoch Times. While the filing of federal charges against a former U.S. president is itself unprecedented, the…


Views Are Mixed in South Dakota Town Over Trump’s Latest Indictment

ABERDEEN, S.D.—People in agricultural Aberdeen, South Dakota, had things to say about Donald Trump’s latest indictment and his 2024 presidential bid, some positive, some not so positive. “As far as I’m concerned, they’ve gone back and forth so long” with criminal investigations that “it’s getting old,” said Betty Rall, a shopper from Forbes, North Dakota,…


Trump Allies Respond to Indictment, Say It Will Increase His Support Among Voters

The indictment of former President Donald Trump has roused Republican allies to his defense, with many believing the move will strengthen his chances of mounting a comeback to the White House. “They just solidified Donald Trump as the Republican nominee,” MyPillow CEP Mike Lindell told The Epoch Times, adding that such a move “just makes…


Trump Allies Respond to Indictment, Say It Will Boost His Support Among Voters

The indictment of former President Donald Trump has roused Republican allies to his defense, with many believing the move will strengthen his chances of mounting a comeback to the White House. “They just solidified Donald Trump as the Republican nominee,” MyPillow CEP Mike Lindell told The Epoch Times, adding that such a move “just makes…


Special Counsel Jack Smith Briefs Press on Trump’s Indictment

The U.S. special counsel Jack Smith, who has pursued criminal charges against former President Donald Trump over retention of classified government records, speaks to reporters at 3:00 p.m. ET on June 9. …


Trump, Not Governor Kemp, to Star at Georgia Republican Convention

Georgia’s GOP convention kicks off on June 9 in Columbus. While Republican governor Brian Kemp won reelection convincingly over Stacey Abrams in November, he and most of his cabinet won’t be there. Meanwhile, presidential candidate Donald Trump is set to arrive and speak, with much hoopla, on June 10—just after his June 8 announcement on…