Politics

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Six days until Election Day, much of the political debate is about “garbage” — first the backlash over those racist comments about Puerto Rico that former President Donald Trump has not apologized for — and now President Joe Biden appearing to call Trump’s supporters “garbage” — stepping on […]

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Six days until Election Day, much of the political debate is about “garbage” — first the backlash over those racist comments about Puerto Rico that former President Donald Trump has not apologized for — and now President Joe Biden appearing to call Trump’s supporters “garbage” — stepping on […]

ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua (NEW YORK) — Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told “Good Morning America” Wednesday that presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver what “Americans are hungry for — a unifying president, one that wants to find solutions.” Walz also sought on Wednesday to downplay comments made by President Joe […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening returned to a Hispanic-majority town in eastern Pennsylvania after a comedian at Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden over the weekend sparked controversy by making racist jokes about Latinos, including calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Trump did not address the […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Luis Miranda is a political strategist, community organizer, founding president of the Hispanic Federation and chairperson of the Latino Victory Fund, an organization dedicated to building political power in the Latino community. Originally from Puerto Rico, he’s also the father of musician, writer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda. ABC News’ […]

ABC NEWS/MICHAEL LE BRECHT II (PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump called his rally at Madison Square Garden a “lovefest” on Tuesday as backlash continues over racist and crude comments made by some speakers at the iconic New York City venue. Trump spoke about the rally near the end of remarks at Mar-a-Lago […]

ABC NEWS/MICHAEL LE BRECHT II (PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Tuesday, swiped at Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of her speech at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., where she will make her closing case to voters. “She’s running on a campaign of demoralization and a […]

ABC/Michael Le Brecht II (WASHINGTON) — After making a surprise appearance at her husband’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday, Melania Trump spoke out on “Fox and Friends” on Tuesday, fiercely defending him against reported comments that he had expressed admiration for Hitler. “He is not Hitler and his supporters stand behind him because they […]

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the race reaches one week until Election Day, Kamala Harris is set to deliver her “closing argument” Tuesday night on The Ellipse — in the same spot where Donald Trump rallied his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, to march on the U.S. Capitol nearby. Trump will try […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris is set to make her final case for her bid for the presidency on Washington, D.C.’s Ellipse on Tuesday where she is expected to give an optimistic and hopeful message that’s focused on moving forward, according to a senior Harris campaign official. Standing in front of […]