Category: 2024 election

Former Trump Lawyer Files Petition With US Supreme Court

A former lawyer to Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse lower court rulings that enabled the now-defunct House January 6 committee to access information, arguing that those decisions harm the former president’s presidential aspirations. A petition (pdf) filed by John Eastman with the Supreme Court argued that a March 2022 ruling handed down…


RFK Jr. Worried Americans Feel Elections Are ‘Rigged,’ Calls for Debate With Biden

Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that the Democratic Party needs to be restored to a trusted “template of democracy” and called on President Joe Biden to debate him. “We’re living in a time in this country when there’s so many Americans who feel like this whole system, the economic system and the…


Trump to Join Fox News’ Sean Hannity for 2nd Town Hall

Former President Donald Trump, the current frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, is set to partake in a town hall hosted by Fox News next week, NTD has learned. A spokesperson for the network confirmed with NTD early Friday that the event is set to be pre-taped in Clive, Iowa, on June 1…


DeSantis Speaks at Orlando Homeschooling Convention

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Orlando Homeschooling Convention event at 10:00 a.m. ET on May 26. …


DeSantis Says He’s ‘Got a Good Chance’ of Defeating Trump in 2024

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said former President Donald Trump’s constant criticism of him is telling. It could suggest Trump “knows” DeSantis could win the GOP nomination in 2024, the governor said in an interview with “Good Morning New Hampshire” radio host Jack Heath on May 25. “I think a lot of what he’s doing is…


Twitter Engineering Chief Resigns Day After DeSantis Campaign Launch Glitches

A senior Twitter engineer resigned on Thursday following glitches that marred the highly anticipated Twitter Spaces event in which Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his presidential bid. Foad Dabiri, whose LinkedIn profile says he is Twitter’s engineering lead for growth, announced his resignation but did not mention what prompted the move. In his resignation statement,…


Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano Not Running for U.S. Senate

Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano has announced he is not running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Sen. Bob Casey Jr. He made the announcement Thursday evening with his wife, Rebecca “Rebbie” Mastriano, in a Facebook Live post. In a bid for Pennsylvania’s governor seat last year, Rebbie Mastriano campaigned alongside her husband…


Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano Not Running for US Senate

Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano has announced he is not running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Sen. Bob Casey Jr. He made the announcement Thursday evening with his wife, Rebecca “Rebbie” Mastriano, in a Facebook Live post. In a bid for Pennsylvania’s governor seat last year, Rebbie Mastriano campaigned alongside her husband…


DeSantis Campaign Flips Twitter Space Crash Around: ‘Help Us Break Washington Next’

Ron DeSantis and his presidential campaign have remained upbeat despite his glitch-ridden announcement on May 24. The largest crowd ever tried to sign in to his announcement’s audio room on Twitter Spaces and crashed it. That led to several stoppages, a 25-minute delay, and finally, a reboot in which far fewer people were admitted than…


DeSantis’s Team Seeks to Turn Twitter Launch Lemons Into Lemonade

Ron DeSantis and his presidential campaign have remained upbeat despite his glitch-ridden announcement on May 24. The largest crowd ever tried to sign in to his announcement’s audio room on Twitter Spaces and crashed it. That led to several stoppages, a 25-minute delay, and finally, a reboot in which far fewer people were admitted than…