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Donald Trump, the criminally convicted ex-president, adjudicated rapist, and documented pathological liar, used the word “horrible” in talking about Milwaukee during a closed-door meeting on June 13 with GOP congressmen. The city will host the Republican National Convention, where Trump will accept the Republican nomination next month. The comment, verified by several people in the room who spoke afterward, was first reported by Punchbowl News while the meeting was in progress. The disparaging comment immediately drew disagreements from those there about what Trump meant. Several congressmen who support Trump and attended the meeting argued he was referring to the...

Inside his Delaware headquarters, President Joe Biden’s campaign is signaling it will incorporate Donald Trump’s recent felony conviction as a core element of the Democratic incumbent’s reelection message. But in nearby battleground Pennsylvania, a state that could decide control of Congress and the presidency this fall, Democrats are far from certain that Trump’s criminal record matters to voters at all. “It’ll have an effect, but a fairly small effect,” former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said of Trump’s recent 34 felony convictions in the New York hush money case. “I don’t think we can count on it. We’ve got to...

Each June, the people of Waubeka venerate perhaps the nation’s most enduring symbol, celebrating Flag Day, a holiday that escapes the notice of many Americans. But this unincorporated Wisconsin town about 35 miles north of Milwaukee takes the day seriously. After all, it lays claim to being the birthplace of Flag Day, thanks to a tenacious teacher in a one-room schoolhouse. Here are some things to know about the obscure flag-waving holiday. WHAT IS FLAG DAY? Flag Day commemorates June 14, 1777, when the Continental Congress determined the composition of the nation’s banner: “Resolved, That the flag of the...

Like graduating seniors everywhere, members of Newtown High School’s class of 2024 expect bittersweet feelings at their commencement ceremony, excitement about heading off to college or careers and sadness about leaving their friends and community. But about 60 of the 330 kids graduating on June 12 will also be carrying the emotional burden that comes from having survived one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history and knowing many former classmates will not get to walk across the stage with them. Twenty of their fellow first graders and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on...

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is seeking court permission to convert his personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation, which would lead to a sell-off of a large portion of his assets to help pay some of the $1.5 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Jones and his media company, Free Speech Systems, both filed for bankruptcy reorganization after the Sandy Hook families won lawsuits against him for his repeatedly calling the 2012 shooting that killed 20 first graders and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut, a hoax on his Infowars programs. But Jones and...