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Ryan Wesley Routh is formally charged for attempting to assassinate former U.S. President and Republican Party nominee Donald Trump at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States.
2024-09-24

The White House says that United States Congress funds designated for providing aid to Ukraine would run out by the end of the year, due to opposition from members of the Republican Party, in a letter made available to the public.
2023-12-4

Protests break out across the United States to mark the anniversary of the killing of George Floyd. Floyd’s family also met with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House and called for U.S. Congress to pass police reform legislation.
2021-05-25

At least seven Democratic members of Congress, including Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Seth Moulton, and Republican Vermont Governor Phil Scott, call for Trump's immediate resignation or impeachment and removal by Congress, when it can reconvene, for insurrection against the United States.
2021-01-6

Russian President Vladimir Putin calls U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, "a very colorful person. Talented, without any doubt" as well as an "absolute leader" in the race for the presidency.
2015-12-17

The Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell distance the party from presidential candidate Donald Trump’s recent comments calling for a ban on Muslims entering the United States. While not entering into a political fray – in view of U.S. partnerships with Muslim nations and Muslim personnel serving in the United States Armed Forces – the Pentagon press secretary calls anti-Muslim rhetoric a national security threat.
2015-12-9

In the United States, prospective Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney condemns same-sex marriage as illegitimate. At the evangelical Christian Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, he describes marriage as exclusively "a relationship between one man and one woman."
2012-05-12

The President of the United States Barack Obama presents a Medal of Honor, the highest United States military decoration to Staff Sgt Salvatore Giunta at the White House.
2010-11-16

The White House holds an official review after an employee of the United States Department of Agriculture was forced to resign regarding controversy about a video that surfaced on the Internet. [http:--www.cnn.com-2010-POLITICS-07-21-agriculture.employee.usda-index.html?hpt=C2 (CNN)] [http:--www.guardian.co.uk-world-2010-jul-21-white-house-shirley-sherrod ("The Guardian")] [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-us-canada-10716237 (BBC News)] [https:--www.nytimes.com-2010-07-22-us-politics-22sherrod.html?_r=1 ("The New York Times)"]
2010-07-21

Nikki Haley wins the Republican Party primary to be the Republican candidate in the South Carolina gubernatorial election in the United States.
2010-06-22