By Tim ReidWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kristi Noem, a contender to become Republican Donald Trump'svice presidential running mate, defended herself on Friday against Democratic attacks over her account of shooting a dog on her family farm.Noem, the governor of South Dakota, describes killing an "untrainable" dog called Cricket which she "hated" in an upcoming memoir, excerpts of which were first published by The Guardian on Friday. She also said she shot to death a goat.Noem said the dog ruined a...
South Dakota governor includes bloody tale in campaign volume – and admits
Post Roe v Wade abortion law in South Dakota only allows for exceptions to save life of mother
by WorldTribune Staff, April 18, 2024 One of the dismissed jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York said it likely is not possible to seat an impartial jury. Reports from the fourth day of the proceedings noted that it may take at least two weeks to seat the full jury of 12 […]
President Joe Biden traveled to Florida to take on Donald Trump on his home turf - ridiculing comments the Republican made about abortion and the Bibles the ex-president is hawking.
This has to be a tough start to the week for Donald Trump. After a flurry of Hail Marys failed to delay District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case, the former president now sits in a New York City courtroom as his hush money/election interference trial gets underway. To make matters worse, his beloved social media company, Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), is getting pummeled in the stock market. Three weeks ago, DJT began trading, and anyone — from MAGA supporters to foreign sovereign wealth...
Because I wrangled press credentials for an RFK Jr. event in Salt Lake in November, I now get regular emails from the campaign. To be completely honest, the fundraising requests from RFK Jr. are a refreshing break from the fundraising requests I get every day from my local GOP candidates. And they are more fun to read. Usually, they are tagged to a story about the campaign, but there are plenty of opportunities to buy merch and even join online auctions where you can win the chance to enjoy a...
The dual burdens of funding an expensive presidential campaign combined with funneling enormous amounts of cash to pay his legal teams attempting to keep him out of jail is creating bumps in the road for Donald Trump's choice of a running mate.Add to considerations over what the number two person on the ballot with the former president brings to the table with regard to voters is Trump's desperate need for campaign cash because he is trailing his opponent, President Joe Biden, by a substantial...
CNN’s Michael Smerconish asks, can Trump field a fair and impartial jury in Manhattan, where he won only 12.3% of the vote in 2020?
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem proudly recounts the day she decided to start killing animals. In a new book that Krist Noem hopes to sell, the South Dakota governor describes how killing a pet 14-month-old puppy led her to kill another family pet. — Read the rest
Kristi Noem made a wild admission clearly aimed at Donald Trump.
Most GOP senators have fallen in line with Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign to return to the White House, starting from the top with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. They’re with him despite everything, including Jan. 6 when he unleashed a mob on the Capitol that threatened their physical safety, if not their lives. But they are hanging on to the pretense that they’ll be able to constrain him by continuing to refuse to nuke the filibuster for him, something Trump demanded when he was in the White...