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Ashley Murray covers the nation’s capital as a senior reporter for States Newsroom. Her coverage areas include domestic policy and appropriations.
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Trump describes assassination attempt in speech accepting GOP presidential nomination
By: Jennifer Shutt and Ashley Murray - July 19, 2024
MILWAUKEE — Donald Trump in an unusual speech accepting the GOP presidential nomination Thursday at the fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention gave a detailed account about the attempt on his life last weekend when a gunman shot at him during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. “I will tell you exactly what […]
Top Trump adviser says 2024 election ‘not over’ until Inauguration Day
By: Ashley Murray - July 18, 2024
MILWAUKEE — A top Trump campaign official said Thursday that the 2024 presidential race will not be over until Inauguration Day, rather than after Election Day on Nov. 5 — when voters across the nation go to the polls to cast their ballots and a result normally is projected. The assertion from Chris LaCivita at […]
Ohio’s J.D. Vance pitches for swing-state votes in accepting nod as Trump VP
By: Jennifer Shutt and Ashley Murray - July 18, 2024
MILWAUKEE — J.D. Vance — the freshman Ohio senator who used to rebuke Donald Trump’s character and policies before becoming one of his most ardent supporters in Congress — formally accepted the nomination as Trump’s running mate Wednesday at the Republican National Convention. Vance spoke directly to the swing-state voters who will determine the outcome […]
Youth vote targeted at ‘party-agnostic’ event for teens, college kids during GOP convention
By: Ashley Murray - July 17, 2024
MILWAUKEE — Young people provided a glimmer of hope on the outskirts of the 2024 Republican National Convention that has been dominated nightly by speeches filled with doom, inaccuracies and fearmongering. A few dozen high school and college students gathered a half-mile away from the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, where the RNC is taking place, […]
Heritage Foundation touts controversial Project 2025 plan on RNC outskirts
By: Ashley Murray - July 16, 2024
MILWAUKEE — Despite former President Donald Trump’s denial of any connection to the conservative presidential transition plan known as Project 2025, the initiative’s driver, the Heritage Foundation, promoted the platform mere blocks from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, attracting officials and personalities from the party’s most conservative wing. The project has taken heat from […]
Trump pick of J.D. Vance as running mate opens new battlefront in presidential race
By: Jennifer Shutt and Ashley Murray - July 15, 2024
MILWAUKEE — Republicans on the floor of the Republican National Convention cheered Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance becoming their vice presidential nominee Monday, as Democrats slammed his opposition to abortion rights, and called him inexperienced and a “clone” of Donald Trump. Reaction from all corners of American politics poured in as GOP delegates inside the Fiserv […]
Federal judge dismisses Trump classified documents criminal case
By: Ashley Murray - July 15, 2024
MILWAUKEE —The federal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump was dismissed Monday by a Florida judge on the grounds that the Department of Justice unlawfully appointed special counsel Jack Smith. The order, while likely to be appealed, makes the possibility even more remote that Trump will be tried before the election on any […]
Republican National Convention to go on despite shooting, with Trump plans unchanged
By: Jennifer Shutt and Ashley Murray - July 14, 2024
WASHINGTON — Thousands of Republicans will gather in Milwaukee beginning Monday for the party’s presidential nominating convention — a typically joyous occasion that will likely take on a different tone this year after a gunman shot at Donald Trump, injuring him, on Saturday. Republican National Convention launches Monday amid some grumbling over abortion stance Trump, […]
Members of Congress condemn violence after shots seemingly fired at Trump rally
By: Ashley Murray and Jennifer Shutt - July 13, 2024
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress rejected political violence Saturday after a shooting at Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania left at least one rallygoer dead and forced the Secret Service to rush the former president off stage. Local authorities confirmed the shooter was killed, according to The Associated Press. The shooting at a crowded outdoor […]
Republican National Convention launches Monday amid some grumbling over abortion stance
By: Jennifer Shutt and Ashley Murray - July 12, 2024
WASHINGTON — Thousands of Republicans will gather in Milwaukee, Wisconsin beginning Monday for the party’s presidential nominating convention — an opportunity for the GOP to showcase its candidates up and down the ballot and unify behind Donald Trump. The RNC released its trimmed-down party platform the week prior to the convention, after foregoing one entirely […]
Biden at NATO press conference rebuts doubters: ‘I’m the best qualified to govern’
By: Ashley Murray and Jacob Fischler - July 11, 2024
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden dug in on his 2024 reelection bid Thursday at a solo press conference following the NATO summit in Washington, despite a growing list of rank-and-file Democrats and high-profile supporters urging him to abandon his campaign over suspected health concerns. The highly anticipated press conference followed weeks of speculation about Biden’s […]
NATO leaders in D.C. condemn Russia as Zelenskyy thanks Congress for Ukraine aid
By: Ashley Murray - July 10, 2024
WASHINGTON — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited U.S. lawmakers Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, where world leaders are pledging additional support to the Eastern European nation as it battles Russia’s continued assault. Zelenskyy met House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other senators […]