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WASHINGTON >> Donald Trump abruptly postponed plans to announce his vice presidential pick Thursday night following a day of rampant speculation, citing the “horrible attack” in Nice, France, that left scores dead. Trump had planned to hold his first event with his yet-to-be-announced running mate this morning in New York.
A New York utility plans to construct a wind farm off eastern Long Island that would be the nation's largest offshore wind energy project, three times larger than one due to go online this year off Rhode Island. A New York utility plans to approve a wind farm off eastern Long Island that it says would be the nation's largest offshore wind energy project built to date.
Donald Trump is on the verge of picking his vice presidential running mate, with top contenders told to expect a decision as early as Thursday afternoon. On Trump's shortlist: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, according to people familiar with the candidate's thinking.
Donald Trump has released the speaking list for the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, and one major figure is noticeably missing. he list, sent out Thursday morning, omitted Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, a potential running mate who met with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee privately on Wednesday, heightening speculation that he could be selected as Trump's choice for vice president.
In this photo taken March 14, 2016, Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump shakes hands with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie after Christie introduced him at a plane-side rally in an aircraft hanger at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Vienna, Ohio. Christie would give Trump a well-known running mate who's quietly become an expert on Trump's unusual presidential campaign operation.
In this photo taken March 14, 2016, Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump shakes hands with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie after Christie introduced him at a plane-side rally in an aircraft hanger at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Vienna, Ohio. Christie would give Trump a well-known running mate who's quietly become an expert on Trump's unusual presidential campaign operation.
Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are his top potential picks to be his vice president. He told the Wall Street Journal that he wants an experienced government leader as his running mate.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie delivers remarks before presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks in Virginia Beach, Va., on July 11, 2016. Closing in on his choice for a running mate, Donald Trump spoke favorably Monday about tapping an experienced politician over a political outsider to help reassure and unite the fractured Republican Party.
Nine months after first releasing his plan to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs, Donald Trump was set to deliver a policy speech on Monday in which he promised "quality, timely care for every Veteran in America" if he's elected president. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee was scheduled to join New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in Virginia Beach, just minutes away from the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Va., where he first spoke of overhauling the veterans' healthcare system during a rally last October.
Pence is considered a leading candidate to be Trump's running mate, and he's listed as a host of Tuesday's Indianapolis event on an invitation obtained by The Associated Press. A Pence spokesman confirmed the governor's plans to attend the private fundraiser.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will be joining Donald Trump on the campaign trail Friday - the latest prospective running mate Trump is bringing on tour. Christie, who won 51 percent of the Hispanic vote when he ran for re-election in 2013, will be along for the ride.
Washington, Jul 7: Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, today said he has shortlisted 10 potential running mates. While Trump did not disclose the names, two potential shortlisted candidates Senators Bob Corker and Joni Ernest indicated that they were not in the race.
Standing beneath the faded outlines of the Trump Plaza sign that for years threw red light on Atlantic City's boardwalk, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday attacked the presumptive Republican nominee as a con man who fleeced the working class and declared him "temperamentally unfit" for the presidency. Hillary Clinton shakes the hands of supporters during a campaign rally on the boardwalk in Atlantic City on Wednesday, July 6, 2016.
Standing on Atlantic City's famed Boardwalk, Hillary Clinton ripped Donald Trump as a "shameful" businessman who contributed to the decline of the oceanfront resort town and would be just as disastrous for America's workers as president. "What he did here in Atlantic City is exactly what he'll do if he wins in November," Clinton warned on Wednesday, the faded facade of Trump Plaza, a shuttered hotel formerly owned by the presumptive Republican nominee, just over her shoulder.
The outspoken and brash Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn - who was forced out of his post by the Obama administration in 2014 after pointing out the rising global jihadist threat - has already briefed the Republican presidential candidate on several occasions and is in close touch with high levels of Trump's staff.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich won Sunday's Republican vice presidential straw poll of attendees at the Western Conservative Summit. Mr. Gingrich, who took 194 votes, for 20 percent of the 985 votes cast, was followed by Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican, who spoke Saturday at the three-day conference and took 148 votes, or 15 percent.
A spokesman for Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says the governor and his wife met with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his wife Saturday. Pence spokesman Marc Lotter said Sunday that the two couples had a "warm, productive" meeting before Pence returned to Indiana.
New Jersey's 2017 budget is now law, with Republican Gov. Chris Christie signing the $34.5 billion spending blueprint just hours ahead of the deadline this week. He allocated his largest payment yet to the public pension and spending billions on education.
The Vice-Presidential dance on the Republican side of the aisle continued yesterday with Trump meeting with Indiana Governor Mike Pence, whose name has only recently entered the Veepstakes: Donald J. Trump met with Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana on Saturday at one of Mr. Trump's golf courses in New Jersey, as he sizes up potential running mates before the Republican National Convention this month. The meeting, initially expected on Friday evening, took place on Saturday morning at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., according to four people briefed on the get-together who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about it.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump could announce his running mate pick before the party's convention to help drum up excitement heading into Cleveland, a source familiar with the process told CNN. Trump, who has repeatedly said his choice for vice president was down to as few as four candidates though sources tell CNN the list is closer to seven, and his aides had previously said the pick would likely be announced at the convention.