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WATCH: Rep. Kat Cammack argues both political parties are engaged in unhelpful, angry rhetoric
Republican Rep. Kat Cammack of Florida says Republicans and Democrats need to start having a thoughtful dialogue to unite Americans and get away from “anger-tainment.”. PBS News Hour co-anchor Amna Nawaz asked Cammack on Monday about comments the congresswoman made blaming Democrats for the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Cammack said she did not regret her remarks, and criticized news organizations.
Sen. Ron Johnson says he gave the wrong speech at the RNC. Here’s the one he meant to give
Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson’s speech on the first night of the 2024 Republican National Convention was not the speech he intended to deliver. Johnson provided PBS News with the text of the speech he said he wanted to give on Monday. Read the full speech below. Johnson told PBS...
WATCH: Vance pick for VP cements the GOP’s populist turn, strategist Lanhee Chen says
Republican strategist Lanhee Chen, a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, said Monday that former President Donald Trump’s selection of J.D. Vance as his running mate cements the populist turn the Republican Party has taken. “He really represents a very different perspective on economic policy than traditional...
WATCH: Sen. Ron Johnson said he delivered ‘wrong speech’ at RNC due to teleprompter error
Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said Monday that the speech he gave on the first night of the Republican National Convention was “the wrong speech.”. “That speech was written last week. They literally loaded the wrong speech,” he told PBS News. Co-anchor Amna Nawaz had asked Johnson about...
2024 Republican National Convention
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, two days after surviving an attempted assassination, appeared triumphantly at the Republican National Convention’s opening night with a bandage over his right ear. Watch Trump’s appearance at the convention in the player above. Delegates cheered wildly as Trump appeared onscreen...
Biden says it was 'mistake' to say he wanted to put 'bull's-eye' on Trump during donor phone call
Biden said he wanted the "focus" to be on "what he's saying." Biden continued: "How do you talk about the threat to democracy which is real, when a president says things like he says? Do you just not say anything because it may incite somebody?"
Texas governor criticizes Houston power company as they say electricity will be mostly restored by Wednesday
The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed within the next two days, the city's main utility company said Monday as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to punish CenterPoint Energy even after the lights come back.
Republicans chart path forward at convention days after assassination attempt on Trump
The Republican National Convention is underway in Milwaukee where Ohio Sen. JD Vance has been tapped as the vice presidential nominee just days after a failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump and as Republicans are cheering the sudden dismissal of the classified documents case against the former president. Lisa Desjardins reports from the convention floor.
JD Vance's evolution from Trump critic to running mate
Amid a tumultuous week, Donald Trump officially tapped freshman Ohio Sen. JD Vance to join him on the Republican ticket as his running mate. Vance, a relative newcomer to politics, rose to fame in 2016 with his memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," documenting his upbringing in Appalachia. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Ohio Statehouse News Bureau Chief Karen Kasler, who has been covering Vance for years.
What to know about the attempt on Trump's life and its aftermath
The FBI is still trying to determine a motive behind Saturday's attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump, while the tone of this week's Republican convention in Milwaukee likely will be dominated by the violence.
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