A federal judge struck down restrictions on protesters for the Republican National Convention on Thursday. US District Judge James Gwin ruled on Thursday that the city of Cleveland must redraw its map for the “event zone” that regulates protesters. The “event zone” is different than the hard security zone overseen by the […]
Donald Trump’s slogan of “America First” when it comes to matters of trade and national security got renewed focus on Tuesday when the presumptive Republican nominee tweeted simply, “AMERICA FIRST!” However, that slogan has a long, controversial history. The slogan first came to prominence in 1940 with the America First […]
Hours after the Washington Post published an article pointing out that Donald Trump’s comments seemingly suggested that President Obama was associated with the Orlando shootings, Trump revoked the news organization’s press credentials. Trump first posted on Facebook, “I am no fan of President Obama, but to show you how dishonest the […]
When then-Senator Barack Obama won the nomination on June 3, 2008, the news was watched by millions of Americans. Obama won the nomination on the final night of primaries. More than seven million Americans watched the top three cable news channels that night. Eight years later, former Secretary of State […]
Governors Gary Johnson and Bill Weld won the Libertarian Party’s presidential and vice presidential nominations, respectively, on Sunday. The brokered convention came as the party seeks a bigger role in the national political debate. Johnson and Weld ran on the platform of being electable and spreading the Libertarian message as […]
