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The politics of memes: How Biden and Trump are fighting each other on the internet

Jun. 18, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether it’s a grinning Joe Biden as “Dark Brandon” or Donald Trump’s face superimposed onto a scene from HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” both presidential campaigns this year have embraced digital memes, the lingua franca of social media. The campaigns of...

Republicans who see Trump conviction as politically motivated vow to ‘indict the left’

Jun. 04, 2024 21:38 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — In the days since Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felonies in his criminal hush money trial, Republicans who view the case as politically motivated have coalesced around a new rallying cry: Prosecute the left. Candidates, officeholders and members of the former...

Upside-down American flag reappears as a right-wing protest symbol after Trump's guilty verdict

May. 31, 2024 20:17 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — After Donald Trump's historic guilty verdict, a steady flow of images showing upside-down American flags has appeared on social media as his supporters and right-wing commentators protest his felony conviction. At least one such flag was spotted Friday outside Trump...

The Latest | Judge excuses jurors, ending first day of deliberations in Trump's criminal trial

May. 29, 2024 17:40 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The first day of jury deliberations in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial concluded after the panel sent their first two notes to the judge Wednesday afternoon, just a few hours after beginning deliberations. They requested to rehear jury instructions, as well...

The Latest | Prosecution and defense debate jury instructions in Trump's criminal trial

May. 21, 2024 17:22 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The defense rested its case in Donald Trump's hush money trial on Tuesday morning without the former president taking the witness stand to testify, bringing proceedings one step closer to closing arguments. After more than four weeks of testimony, jurors were sent...

Election deniers: West Virginia voters must pick from GOP candidates who still dispute 2020 outcome

May. 12, 2024 13:28 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — When West Virginia Republicans vote in Tuesday's primary, they will have a hard time finding a major candidate on the ballot in any statewide race who openly acknowledges that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Embracing or skirting the line on...

Barron Trump, 18, won't be serving as a Florida delegate to the Republican convention after all

May. 10, 2024 23:15 PM EDT

MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's youngest son, Barron Trump, won't be serving as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention after all, his mother's office said Friday. “While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican...

The Latest | Judge denies defense's 2nd request for mistrial in Trump's hush money case

May. 09, 2024 18:03 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump's hush money case denied a second request from defense attorneys to declare a mistrial over porn actor Stormy Daniels' testimony, which concluded Thursday. Judge Juan M. Merchan, echoing his denial Tuesday of the defense’s initial...

Barron Trump, 18, to make political debut as Florida delegate to the Republican convention

May. 09, 2024 15:57 PM EDT

MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's youngest son, Barron Trump, has been chosen to serve as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention, the state party chairman said Wednesday. Republican Party of Florida chairman Evan Power said the 18-year-old high school...

The Latest | 12th day of Donald Trump's hush money trial adjourns early

May. 06, 2024 16:45 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial heard for the first time how and why Michael Cohen's reimbursement for payment the Stormy Daniels' payment was entered as a legal expense. Former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney testified Monday about...