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Jockeying begins over Vance's Senate seat after Trump nominates running mate

MILWAUKEE – The behind-the-scenes jockeying for who would replace Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, in the Senate has already begun just hours after former President Trump nominated the first-term lawmaker as his running mate. Names already being floated include Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, and Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, Fox...

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'Energetic' Trump an 'inspiration' after assassination attempt; Vance an 'American Dream story': Ramaswamy

EXCLUSIVE: MILWAUKEE — Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told Fox News Digital that President Trump was “energetic” after surviving an assassination attempt on Saturday, calling him an “inspiration” and saying he will “be the one to unite the country” while praising his “outstanding” pick of Sen. JD Vance as his running mate. Fox News...

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Trump now has golden opportunity to fundamentally change 2024 race

Former President Trump and the Republicans have an opportunity, indeed their first opportunity, to fundamentally change the presidential race in ways that would have been hard to do before Saturday’s tragic assassination attempt on a former president. If Trump, as he has stated, changes the tone and register of his RNC convention speech away from...

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Republican convention gets underway two days after Trump survived an assassination attempt

MILWAUKEE – The Republican National Convention kicks off on Monday, just two days after former President Donald Trump, the GOP’s standard-bearer, survived an assassination attempt. And the Saturday shooting at Trump’s rally in western Pennsylvania – where one spectator was killed and two more critically injured, and the former president visibly bloodied after a bullet...

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Pro-life groups rally behind Trump VP pick JD Vance despite his support for 'accessible' abortion pills

Pro-life advocacy groups are backing Ohio Senator JD Vance, whom former President Donald Trump selected as his running mate in the 2024 presidential election, despite his recent support for abortion pill access. Last week, Vance in an interview with “Meet the Press” said that he supports the abortion pill mifepristone “being accessible” after the Supreme...

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Trump announces Ohio Sen JD Vance as his 2024 running mate

MILWAUKEE – With an eye toward the future of a Republican Party dominated by former President Trump and his legions of MAGA supporters, Trump has named 39-year-old Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate on the GOP’S 2024 national ticket. The former president, who made his greatly anticipated and high-stakes announcement on Monday...

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What Trump-Vance ticket means for Mitch McConnell's Ukraine aid crusade

Former President Trump’s choice of Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, as his running mate in the November election could make Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s mission to shore up support for Ukraine in the Republican Party more difficult. The Ohio senator has been a vocal critic of the various foreign aid packages, which included assistance for...