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Usha Chilukuri Vance took the stage in Milwaukee after Donald Trump, Jr., introducing herself to Republican voters mere days after former President Trump picked her husband as running mate.
Their response was positive: enthusiastic applause, cheers, and laughter at her jokes.
She described her husband as “the most interesting man I know.”
President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on July 17 before a planned speech at the UnidosUS Annual Conference in Las Vegas.
The president canceled all events and headed to his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
“I tested positive for COVID-19 this afternoon, but I am feeling good and thank everyone for the well wishes,” President Biden said on social media platform X.
When Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) delivers a speech as the vice presidential nominee tonight at the Republican National Convention, excited fans from his home state will get a close look.
After organizers moved Ohio’s group of 79 delegates toward the front of the room, Ohio Attorney General David Yost said it was a telltale sign that Mr. Vance was getting the VP nod.
A local police officer fired shots at the gunman who opened fire at former President Donald Trump on Saturday, a local law enforcement official disclosed Wednesday, also saying that the Secret Service was told by local police officials that they lacked the manpower to secure a building where the suspect was perched.
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has confirmed that an agency counter sniper killed Mr. Crooks, after firing shots at the former president, striking him in the right ear.
A reporter for The Epoch Times passed through security just behind Russell Brand.
The English actor, comedian, and commentator was chatting with U.S. Secret Service Agents and admiring a police dog.
Former President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump confirmed that his stepmother, former First Lady Melania Trump, as well as his sister Ivanka Trump, will appear at the Republican National Convention (RNC) this week.
“Ivanka’s been an incredible supporter of my father. I think you know that; she’s been in the White House for a ... four-year period of time and loves him dearly,” said the younger Trump, whose is married to Lara Trump, the co-chair of the Republican National Committee.
While some GOP voters and leaders had favored a female, black, or Hispanic VP to project an image of diversity, others say Mr. Vance fits the bill in another way.
Mr. Vance “already does ‘check a box’ that people kind of overlook ... socioeconomic diversity,” Marc Clauson, professor of history and law at Ohio’s Cedarville University, told The Epoch Times on July 16, a day after the former president announced his running mate.
The director of the Secret Service said the agency is responsible for the security plan at the Pennsylvania rally where a shooter fired upon former President Donald Trump.
Her comments were made amid questions surrounding the agency’s performance in securing the rally site on Saturday as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire from a rooftop about 400 feet away from the former president, striking him in the ear as well as killing one and injuring two others. Secret Service snipers shot and killed Mr. Crooks soon after he fired on the rally.