Senator JD Vance said he had “terrible sympathy” for the worker seen in the viral video showing his visit to a Georgia doughnut shop last week. Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential race, was mocked for the video, which critics called “embarrassing.” The video shows him visiting Holt’s Sweet Shop in Valdosta, […]
This is a call from Donald Trump to the Foo Fighters. A spokesman for the former US president and current Republican presidential candidate hit back at the multiplatinum band today after Dave Grohl and Co. complained that their hit “My Hero” was played at a rally over the weekend without the band’s consent. “In times […]
Donald TrumpThe campaign claims its right to use “My Hero” by the Foo Fighters at events, although the band has publicly condemned the campaign’s previous use of the song. “We have a license to play the song,” said Trump’s campaign spokesman Steven Cheung wrote in an email to The hill. He also tweeted the band […]
Left: Grammy-winning musician Isaac Hayes in May 2000 (Scott Weiner/MediaPunch/IPX). Right: Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump (left) is introduced alongside Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) during the Republican National Convention on July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee (AP Photo/Paul Sancya). A federal judge in the US state of Georgia granted […]
The shortsightedness of the South Dakota Legislature is now coming back to haunt us. In the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers decided to temporarily reduce the state sales tax from 4.5% to 4.2% by 2027, assuming the state budget could absorb the estimated $100 million in annual revenue losses. They did so while opposing Governor Kristi […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom, backed by former President Donald Trump, withdrew from the race for the state’s only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday after she was this week’s primaries. Her decision made Republican Nick Begich, the runner-up, the primary challenger to Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, who […]
This fall, South Dakota residents will be asked to vote for the third time on whether to legalize marijuana (cannabis) for recreational use (medical marijuana use was legalized in 2020). In the past, the proposal has been approved, declared unconstitutional, and subsequently rejected by voters. So what should we make of it? What are the […]
Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Ella Emhoff took the stage on the final night of the Democratic National Convention to praise her stepmother, Vice President Kamala Harris, as a “patient, caring” person in her life who will fight for America. But she also once again attracted attention with her distinctive style: She wore an off-the-shoulder dress […]
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — On a dirt road beneath the shrub-strewn hills of Arizona Donald Trump used a piece of wall and a stack of steel beams to create a visual contrast between his approach to securing the border and that of his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump brought grieving mothers, the […]
Senator JD Vance was mocked after a video circulated online showing him at a Georgia doughnut shop on Thursday. On Thursday, Vance visited Holt’s Sweet Shop in Valdosta, Georgia, a key swing state that Republicans hope will defect to Trump after he narrowly voted for President Joe Biden in 2020. He faced a wave of […]
