According to surveys conducted by Edison Research and published by The New York Times, Trump has boosted his share of the Black vote by 4 percentage points since 2016, when just 8 percent of Black voters supported him. The commander-in-chief has also seen his backing among Hispanic and Latino voters jump by 4 points over his first term, with 32 percent telling exit pollsters they backed Trump on Tuesday compared to the 28 percent who said so in 2016....

There’s one concern, however, making its way around the International Olympic Committee’s decision-makers: the rhetoric of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. It turns out Trump might not be making America’s Olympic bid all that great again. MORE: Sports figures who support Trump for president I asked Casey Wasserman, Chairman of LA2024, about the notion of some of Trump’s policies and public statements — seen in some quarters as xenophobic and jingoistic — doing harm to the possibility of an L....

The son of former President Donald Trump also accused corporate America of censoring conservative voices and promoting “freedom-killing” vaccine passports. On Wednesday, Trump Jr. shared on Twitter an article by the conservative website The Federalist, which criticized a virtual meeting of business leaders last Saturday who discussed how to respond to the passage of what some consider to be more restrictive voting measures in numerous states across the U.S....

The eldest son of former President Donald Trump posted a message on video-sharing app Rumble in which he said the “optics” of Cruz’s trip weren’t “ideal.” Cruz has admitted to traveling with his family to Cancun, only to return on Thursday as the criticism intensified. Cruz said he flew to Cancun while his home state grappled with a severe winter storm that left several people dead “to be a good dad,” after his daughters asked to go on a trip with friends....

“No one cuts better deals than Biden. We get an awful America Hating WNBA player, while Russia gets AN INTERNATIONAL ARMS DEALER!!! The adults are back!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, the social media platform founded by his father, former President Donald Trump. Biden posted a picture on Thursday morning of himself with Cherelle Griner, the wife of the WNBA star. He wrote, “Moments ago I spoke to Brittney Griner....

As former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial appeared to be nearing an end, the U.S. Senate unravelled in an unexpected vote to call witnesses—setting up the potential for multiple skirmishes that could drag the process out for days, as President Joe Biden has urged lawmakers to focus on his hefty coronavirus relief plan. After initially opposing the Democrats’ push for testimony about what happened at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and whether Trump was responsible for the hundreds of people who stormed the building to disrupt the certification of Biden’s election, Trump’s lawyers appeared to embrace the idea—hinting they could drag the process out....

As America gears up for vaccine distribution, people remain skeptical about the vaccine and fewer than ⅔ of Americans plan on being vaccinated. Those who have read or heard about the development of the vaccine are more likely to plan on being vaccinated, according to an Associated Press-NORC poll released on Wednesday. The most trustworthy source of information on the vaccine are health professionals, the poll found, and 86 percent of the 1,117 people surveyed said they put at least a “moderate amount” of trust in them....

The Atlanta-based singer released a new EP last night that is gaining a huge amount of traction on social media, as fans revel in the new tracks. So many will be scratching their heads to see that the president of the U.S. has liked a tweet which reads: “Summer Walker getting us in our feelings in Let it go, just to bring the stripper back in SWV instantly.” Walker’s new EP Life on Earth lists “Let It Go” and “SWV” as its first two tracks....

Trump reportedly felt snubbed when he learned Tom Brady would not be with the team during their visit to the White House after Super Bowl LI. From the Washington Post: MORE: Fox News apologizes for using pictures of Eagles players praying, not kneeling Brady later explained that he was skipping the White House visit to be with his sick mother. The reasoning satisfied Trump, according to the Washington Post, and the celebratory visit ensued....

At his rally in Minden, Nevada, on Saturday night, the former president said “these corrupt people”—referring to the media—“will never take a camera and turn it around and show them how many people are here. They never do it. They’re corrupt.” He promptly went on to brag about the amount of his supporters who had gathered to hear him speak on January 6, 2021, after he spent weeks pushing baseless claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election....

According to the Associated Press, Trump has received so far 72,071,588 popular votes in the 2020 presidential election, with several states still counting votes. The number of popular votes Trump has received pushes him past the previous mark set by President Barack Obama from the 2012 election. Then-incumbent Obama received 65,915,795 popular votes in his victory of Republican challenger Mitt Romney. The projected winner of the 2020 election, Joe Biden, has also broke records in the election, as he has received the most popular votes in any presidential election, with approximately 77,181,771 and counting, according to the AP....

While it’s illegal to bet on political elections in the U.S., European website EmpireStakes.com shows Trump with an “implied probability” of 25 percent at winning the next presidential election, compared to President Joe Biden’s 18.2 percent. Bets on Trump have remained steady since last year at 3-to-1 odds. On the other hand, Biden’s odds have risen from 5-to-1 to 6-to-1. After much speculation as to whether he’d make a third bid for the White House, Trump made his announcement for the Republican nomination for 2024 on Tuesday....

There is so far no evidence presented to suggest electoral fraud or irregularities on a scale that could have changed the outcome. However, Trump and his supporters keep pushing for repeated examinations of the ballots. A controversial audit of votes is taking place in Arizona’s Maricopa County at the behest of state Republicans, an effort Trump strongly supports. Trump has touted that there are “more to follow” and his allies have hinted the same....

Leaders and senior government officials across the world have expressed concern at the decision to remove Trump’s pages from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram—among others—after he incited the violence at the Capitol last week. Several suggested the move set a worrying precedent for freedom of expression online, regardless of Trump’s inflammatory behavior. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the highest profile leader to have expressed concern, perhaps surprisingly given her testy relationship with Trump and the gulf in their political style and world outlook....

In 1989, three executives from Trump’s casinos and two crew members were killed in a helicopter crash en route to Atlantic City. The chopper crashed in woodlands near the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey. A United Press International news wire published about the crash reported that sources said that Trump was supposed to be on the helicopter himself but at the last minute backed out. The same statement was also published by Newsday and on the cover of the New York Daily News....

The crowd listening to the former president gathered south of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort at a place called Palm Beach’s Four Seasons resort, which included about 360 pro-Trump supporters. Trump called out Mitch McConnell, and also those who felt he didn’t do enough to create a coronavirus vaccine, per a CNN associate. “Trump said everyone should be calling it the “Trumpcine” (instead of vaccine) and deemed Mitch McConnell a “dumb son of a b*tch” during his RNC remarks at Mar-a-Lago tonight, per person in the room,” said CNN’s Kevin Liptak on Saturday night, per his tweet....

Critical race theory is viewed by some as an important part of racial equality that highlights areas of American culture deeply rooted in heteronormativity dominated by the ideals of white people. Trump’s administration viewed the teaching of critical race theory during the training of government employees as “divisive and harmful.” Originally banned in the executive branch of government in September, Trump expanded that ban on Tuesday to include U.S. government contractors and their employees....

The commander-in-chief said he didn’t know about the congresswoman’s stock sales after the decision to include her on an economic task force was questioned at his latest coronavirus briefing. President Trump created a bipartisan panel tasked with planning the reopening of the U.S. economy last week as part of his efforts to curb the economic damage caused by pandemic-related shutdowns. The White House released a statement on Thursday naming the 65 senators and 32 representatives on the “Opening Up America Again” congressional group....

Trump said that Twitter had been “no good” since he was forced off it during his recent interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. In footage that aired Friday night, the former president took credit for making the social media platform “exciting,” saying it was a “failed thing” before he started his now-defunct account. Trump maintained that he did not miss the platform, touting his own press releases as being “more elegant....

Trump quietly signed the executive order on Advancing International Religious Freedom on Tuesday, as nationwide protests over police brutality and systemic racism in the wake of George Floyd’s death continued to dominate headlines. The executive order dedicates $50 million for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to fund programs that promote and defend religious freedoms abroad. The order also calls on diplomats to work harder to hold partner countries to account over religious discrimination....