RUSH LIMBAUGH

From Florida political and legal trailblazers to longtime education and corrections leaders, here are 10 people who died in 2021.

The Secret Service agent turned radio host is furious at liberals—so he’s trying to build a right-wing media infrastructure in time for 2024.

They both carved out sterling reputations as military and political leaders over years of public service.

Jessica Tillman, a Seminole County mother of four, developed some new interests during the COVID-19 pandemic: Fighting against school board mask mandates and organizing with like-minded parents.

Millions of Americans were guided through the horror of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by one of three men on television news — Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather.

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NEW YORK — (AP) — The late Rush Limbaugh's radio syndicators said Thursday they will team personalities Clay Travis and Buck Sexton for a new show in Limbaugh's old time slot. Premiere Radio Networks will offer their program on weekdays from noon to 3 p.m. starting on June 21. Travis, founder of the Outkick media company, has been hosting the Fox Sports Radio program, “Outkick the Coverage.” Sexton, a former CIA officer and counterterrorism expert, has his own show with Premiere. Since Limbaugh died of cancer on Feb. 17, Premiere has aired a series of guest hosts that also play archival footage of old Limbaugh programs. Dan Bongino and Dana Loesch are two conservative media personalities who are working in the same time slot, trying to claim some of Limbaugh's old audience.

Fox News announced that starting next week, it will make reruns of prime-time television shows hosted by Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham available to watch 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Former Trump attorney Sidney Powell says she created a legal defense fund to protect the integrity of U.S. elections.

FILE - Dana Loesch, spokesperson for the National Rifle Association, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), at National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 22, 2018. Radio America announced Tuesday that it had signed Loesch to a multi-year contract extension. She's been doing a show in the same afternoon time slot that Limbaugh occupied since 2014, and is now on about 200 radio stations. On her show, which airs in nearly 200 radio stations, Loesch said she didn't want listeners to feel like they're being lectured to or yelled at. AdRadio America says it has added a handful of stations for Loesch since Limbaugh's death.

FILE - Radio personality Rush Limbaugh introduces President Donald Trump at the start of a campaign rally on Nov. 5, 2018, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Limbaugh's radio syndicators say they plan to keep his voice alive. Premiere Networks said on Monday, March 22, 2021, that Limbaugh's show will continue with its present format, where a series of guest hosts introduce archival audio footage of his voice. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)NEW YORK – The replacement for Rush Limbaugh is... Rush Limbaugh, at least in part.

FILE - Conservative commentator Dan Bongino speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., on March 6, 2014. Bongino has been tapped to host a radio show in the same afternoon time slot as the late Rush Limbaughs radio show, Cumulus Medias Westwood One announced on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)NEW YORK – Conservative commentator Dan Bongino has joined a scramble to inherit the radio talk show mantle left behind by the death of Rush Limbaugh. “It is generally accepted that no one can replace Rush Limbaugh, even Rush Limbaugh as a posthumous performer.”Bongino, a former Secret Service agent, has become a popular commentator on Fox News Channel, featured frequently on Sean Hannity's show. “I’m excited to embrace the immense power of radio to connect with my listeners live for three hours every day,” said Bongino.

3 House Republican, who has faced tremendous backlash in Wyoming for saying Trump should no longer play a role in the party or headline the event. “We’ll see what he says, but our focus is certainly not on what President Trump is saying at CPAC,” she told reporters. “We have the Republican Party. McConnell has since said he would “absolutely” support Trump if he were the GOP nominee in 2024. Trump hinted at the effort Sunday, voicing his commitment to helping elect Republicans and calling on attendees to join him.

Ron DeSantis opened the American Conservative Union’s annual CPAC conference in Orlando on Friday by urging delegates to follow the example of the late Rush Limbaugh in fighting for conservative policies. However, during a stemwinder that drew vigorous applause, he never mentioned Donald Trump, his political mentor, who is scheduled to address the conference over the weekend. “The battles ahead will be made more difficult without the voice of one of our greatest field generals, my friend Rush Limbaugh,” the governor said. Rush showed that fighting the left requires strength, and that conservatism devoid of backbone is doomed to fail,” he continued. You will be attacked, you will be smeared, and you may even be cancelled by the major organs of the political left.

3 House Republican, who has faced tremendous backlash in Wyoming for saying Trump should no longer play a role in the party or headline the event. “We’ll see what he says, but our focus is certainly not on what President Trump is saying at CPAC,” she told reporters. “We have the Republican Party. McConnell has since said he would “absolutely” support Trump if he were the GOP nominee in 2024. Trump hinted at the effort Sunday, voicing his commitment to helping elect Republicans and calling on attendees to join him.

3 House Republican, who has faced tremendous backlash in Wyoming for saying Trump should no longer play a role in the party or headline the event. “We’ll see what he says, but our focus is certainly not on what President Trump is saying at CPAC,” she told reporters. “We have the Republican Party. McConnell has since said he would “absolutely” support Trump if he were the GOP nominee in 2024. Trump hinted at the effort Sunday, voicing his commitment to helping elect Republicans and calling on attendees to join him.

Trump himself is headlining the three-day session in a Sunday speech that will be his first public appearance since leaving the White House on Jan. 20. Trump has been keeping a relatively low profile since he moved from the White House to Palm Beach a month ago. “I think the broader point will be: Here's where the Republican Party and conservative movement and the America First movement goes from here," said senior Trump adviser Jason Miller. Here we’ll see the president address the fact that the only divide in the Republican Party is between the elites and the conservative grassroots in the party." “In opposition, when you don’t have the White House, there are many more voices that lead the party,” Cotton said in an interview.

Trump himself is headlining the three-day session in a Sunday speech that will be his first public appearance since leaving the White House on Jan. 20. Trump has been keeping a relatively low profile since he moved from the White House to Palm Beach a month ago. “I think the broader point will be: Here's where the Republican Party and conservative movement and the America First movement goes from here," said senior Trump adviser Jason Miller. Here we’ll see the president address the fact that the only divide in the Republican Party is between the elites and the conservative grassroots in the party." “In opposition, when you don’t have the White House, there are many more voices that lead the party,” Cotton said in an interview.

(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Palm Beach County defied Gov. Ron DeSantis' Tuesday afternoon order directing its U.S. and Florida flags to be flown at half-staff. He also ordered the Town of Palm Beach and the State Capitol in Tallahassee to fly their flags at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday. Trump also lives in Palm Beach at his Mar-a-Lago club and he and Limbaugh were close friends. DeSantis called Limbaugh a legend during a news conference two days later and indicated he would direct flags to be flown at half-staff to honor him.

(AP Photo/Julie Smith, File)FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Palm Beach County defied Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, refusing to lower its courthouse flags to half-staff in honor of the late conservative broadcaster Rush Limbaugh — a move that the governor's office called “petty.”The county's courthouse flags remained at full staff, ignoring Gov. Ron DeSantis' Tuesday afternoon order directing its U.S. and Florida flags to be flown at half-staff. He also ordered the Town of Palm Beach and the State Capitol in Tallahassee to fly their flags at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday. Trump also lives in Palm Beach at his Mar-a-Lago club and he and Limbaugh were close friends.

FILE - This Nov. 5, 2018 file photo shows radio personality Rush Limbaugh introducing President Donald Trump at the start of a campaign rally in Cape Girardeau, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)Following the death of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, Gov. Ron DeSantis said flags will be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday in his honor. @FLCaseyDeSantis and I are saddened to learn of the passing of fellow Floridian and our friend, Rush Limbaugh. @GovRonDeSantis is lowering Florida's flags to half-staff for Rush Limbaugh.

These tributes acknowledged a simple reality: His influence might have waned over the last few years, but no one in a generation had shaped the Republican Party like Rush. You could hardly open a browser without hitting a barrage of think pieces about Limbaugh’s legacy: How he invented Trump. Less than 48 hours before Limbaugh shuffled off his mortal coil, the state Republican Party convened an “emergency” meeting to censure three-term Sen. Richard Burr for voting to convict Trump at his impeachment trial. Except for Sen. Mitt Romney, every Republican senator who voted to convict Trump has been or might soon be censured by their state parties. (A Pennsylvania party official explained, “We did not send [Sen. Pat Toomey] there to ‘do the right thing’ or whatever.”)This is Limbaugh’s legacy.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried intends to defy a call by Gov. Ron DeSantis to lower flags to half-staff to honor conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who died last week. Fried, the only statewide elected Democrat, issued a statement Monday that she will direct offices within her Cabinet agency not to lower flags. On Friday, DeSantis said Florida will lower flags to half-staff after funeral plans are set for Limbaugh, a Palm Beach resident who died Wednesday after a battle with cancer. “When there’s things of this magnitude, once the date of internment for Rush is announced, we’re going to be lowering the flags to half-staff,” DeSantis said during a campaign-style press event at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport in West Palm Beach.

click image Screen capture courtesy Fox News/YouTubeFlorida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, a probable Democratic front-runner in the upcoming 2022 gubernatorial race, says she will ignore Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order to lower flags to half-staff in honor of Rush Limbaugh, a dead racist, sexist, homophobic, hate-mongering conservative radio host.“Lowering to half-staff the flag of the United States of America is a sacred honor that pays respect to fallen heroes and patriots,” said Fried in a statement released Monday. “It is not a partisan political tool. Therefore, I will notify all state offices under my direction to disregard the Governor’s forthcoming order to lower flags for Mr. Limbaugh — because we will not celebrate hate speech, bigotry, and division.“Lowering the flag should always reflect unity, not division, and raising our standards, not lowering them. Our flags will remain flying high to celebrate the American values of diversity, inclusion, and respect for all.”The radio host and Florida resident died last Wednesday after a battle with lung cancer, and last Friday, DeSantis ordered the flags to be lowered after calling Limbaugh “ an absolute legend .”“Rush busted through a media landscape in which a handful of media outlets served up pre-cooked liberal narratives,” the Governor said earlier last week.

Passage: In memoriam "Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including radio host Rush Limbaugh and bandleader Johnny Pacheco.

Pro golfer Michelle Wie West blasted Rudy Giuliani on Friday night over lewd comments he made about her on Steve Bannon's podcast, "War Room." "On the green is Michelle Wie, and she is getting ready to putt," Giuliani said "Now, Michelle Wie is gorgeous. And she has a strange putting stance. She also addressed his comments on her stance, saying, "My putting stance six years ago was designed to improve my putting stats (I ended up winning the US Open that year), NOT as an invitation to look up my skirt!" We stand with @MichelleWieWest 👏 https://t.co/BGr9wn12ab — LPGA (@LPGA) February 21, 2021Wie has been on hiatus from the tour circuit recently, after giving birth to her daughter last June.

Pro golfer Michelle Wie West blasted Rudy Giulani on Friday night over lewd comments he made about her on Steve Bannon's podcast, "War Room." Wie, who has won 5 LPGA titles, called the story "highly inappropriate" in a note shared on Twitter. "On the green is Michelle Wie, and she is getting ready to putt," Giuliani said "Now, Michelle Wie is gorgeous. And she has a strange putting stance. She also addressed his comments on her stance, saying, "My putting stance six years ago was designed to improve my putting stats (I ended up winning the US Open that year), NOT as an invitation to look up my skirt!"

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2021, file photo President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally for Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and David Perdue at Dalton Regional Airport in Dalton, Ga. Trump will be making his first post-presidential appearance at a conservative gathering in Florida next weekend. Ian Walters, spokesman for the American Conservative Union, confirmed that Trump will be speaking at the group's annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 28. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON – Donald Trump will be making his first post-presidential appearance at a conservative gathering in Florida next weekend. Ian Walters, spokesman for the American Conservative Union, confirmed that Trump will be speaking at the group's annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 28. AdTrump has a long history with CPAC, which played a key role in his emergence as a political force.

In honor of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis announced Friday he would order flags in Florida to be flown at half-staff when Limbaugh's body is laid to rest. Limbaugh, a Florida resident, died Wednesday after battling lung cancer. It's not clear when the flags will be lowered, since the funeral plans for Limbaugh have not been announced yet. "When there's things of this magnitude, once the date of interment for Rush is announced, we're going to be lowering the flags to half staff," DeSantis said at a news conference in Palm Beach County. The governor has previously ordered flags to be at half-staff to honor the deaths of law enforcement officers killed on duty, members of the Navy killed in a mass shooting in Pensacola and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, among others.

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)NEW YORK – In the first television interviews of his post-presidency, Donald Trump repeated his false claims that the election was stolen from him 10 times — each instance unprompted and unchallenged. Trump emerged this week for interviews with Fox News Channel, Newsmax and One America News Network tied to the death of Rush Limbaugh. Nearly a month after he left office, Trump drove his point home on each network:— "The election was stolen," he told OANN's White House correspondent Jenn Pellegrino. Kelly referred to “President Trump” and “Joe Biden.”Ad“A lot of people are in awe of you, and I am one of those people,” Kelly told Trump. Trump fans weren't much interested in the trial, anyway, but during coverage of the second day of the impeachment managers' argument to convict Trump, Fox News Channel's audience was only 815,000, the Nielsen company said.

Ron DeSantis ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of dead Palm Beach resident and well-known radio blowhard Rush Limbaugh. The guy was an absolute legend, he was a friend of mine, and just a great person," said DeSantis at today's press conference in West Palm Beach. “Rush busted through a media landscape in which a handful of media outlets served up pre-cooked liberal narratives,” the Governor said earlier this week. @GovRonDeSantis is lowering Florida's flags to half-staff for Rush Limbaugh. https://t.co/ZdYsCkaorP — Nikki Fried (@nikkifried) February 19, 2021The New York Times actually has an incredibly long list of Rush’s worst takes you should definitely read.

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Ivanka Trump comes onto stage as President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in support of Senate candidates Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and David Perdue in Dalton, Ga., Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)WASHINGTON – Ivanka Trump will not be running for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's U.S. Senate seat in 2022 as she settles into life after Washington. Lara Trump, the former president's daughter-in-law, who served as a chief campaign surrogate, is still considering running for the Senate in North Carolina. And the former president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., remains deeply popular with his father's base. AdIn a pair of friendly statements, Rubio and Ivanka Trump praised one another for their efforts together working on issues like paid family leave.

Limbaugh, the talk radio host who became the voice of American conservatism, has died. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)NEW YORK – You didn't have to like or even listen to Rush Limbaugh to be affected by what he did. Bumper stickers proclaimed, “Rush is Right.”“There is no talk radio as we know it without Rush Limbaugh. As Limbaugh's political strength became evident, many Republican politicians felt they couldn't cross him, or run the risk of alienating his millions of listeners, Hemmer said. “Many of these listeners didn't care if Rush Limbaugh crossed the line (of propriety),” she said.

The Republican Party still belongs to Donald Trump. But in the end, only seven of 50 Senate Republicans voted to convict Trump in his historic second impeachment trial on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Republicans are also competing in Nevada and New Hampshire, where Trump was defeated, and in North Carolina, where Trump barely won. The Senate Republican campaign arm, led by Florida Sen. Rick Scott, will not get involved in open primaries. “You can’t let insanity go unchecked, or it will eat you alive,” said Josh Holmes, a top McConnell political adviser.

Rush Limbaugh, the influential conservative radio host, has died from complications of lung cancer, his wife Kathryn announced on his radio show Wednesday. But the upshot is that I have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer," he said at the time. Rush Limbaugh after being presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom on February 4, 2020. Patrick Semansky / APThe radio host found common ground with Mr. Trump, who was known for his large media presence and divisive comments, long before his presidency. After working his way up from stations, he moved from disk jockey to radio host by peppering his broadcasts with sound effects and fast words, a departure from most broadcasts.

Rush Limbaugh, the influential conservative radio host, has died from complications of lung cancer, his wife Kathryn announced on his radio show Wednesday. But the upshot is that I have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer," he said at the time. Rush Limbaugh after being presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom on February 4, 2020. Patrick Semansky / APThe radio host found common ground with Mr. Trump, who was known for his large media presence and divisive comments, long before his presidency. After working his way up from stations, he moved from disk jockey to radio host by peppering his broadcasts with sound effects and fast words, a departure from most broadcasts.

Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio host, dies at 70 Conservative Rush Limbaugh, one of the most provocative voices on talk radio, died at age 70 from lung cancer. Jim Axelrod takes a look back on Limbaugh's life.

The Republican Party still belongs to Donald Trump. But in the end, only seven of 50 Senate Republicans voted to convict Trump in his historic second impeachment trial on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. The Senate Republican campaign arm, led by Florida Sen. Rick Scott, will not get involved in open primaries. “You can’t let insanity go unchecked, or it will eat you alive,” said Josh Holmes, a top McConnell political adviser. Meanwhile, Law sought to downplay Trump's grip on the Republican Party.

The death of talk-radio icon Rush Limbaugh was destined to produce radically polarized reactions on social media. “So is Rush Limbaugh going to go down in history as the worst person to ever receive the presidential medal of freedom or is there someone else?” Hill tweeted. The progressive Young Turks podcaster Cenk Uygur added his two cents, tweeting, “Rush Limbaugh was a terrible person while he was alive. — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) February 17, 2021If you feel bad about Rush Limbaugh passing away, you are a bad person. — Katie Hill (@KatieHill4CA) February 17, 2021Statement from former President Donald Trump on the death of the great conservative Rush Limbaugh.

FILE - This Nov. 5, 2018 file photo shows radio personality Rush Limbaugh introducing President Donald Trump at the start of a campaign rally in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Limbaugh, the talk radio host who became the voice of American conservatism, has died. Ad“The Super Nova of American conservatism,” heralded Ann Coulter. “Lies are facts.”Rush Hudson Limbaugh III was born Jan. 12, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., to the former Mildred Armstrong and Rush Limbaugh Jr., who flew fighter planes in World War II and practiced law at home. Rush Limbaugh was on the air, and the public figure who would become known to millions essentially was born.

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh dead at 70 Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has died from complications of lung cancer. In his more than three decades on the air, the 70-year-old firebrand developed a reputation for his polarizing views and inflammatory rhetoric. CBS News' Michael George looks back at Limbaugh's legacy.

Rush Limbaugh, the conservative icon who entrenched himself in the political discourse heard on American radio waves for over 30 years, died this morning from complications related to lung cancer. The nation's highest civilian honor came one day after the conservative radio host informed his listeners he was battling advanced-stage lung cancer. First Lady Melania Trump presents conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the 2020 State of the Union. In 2012, Limbaugh called Georgetown University Law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and "prostitute" following her congressional testimony about access to female contraceptives on certain college campuses. The comments prompted some advertisers to end their affiliation with "The Rush Limbaugh Show."

Limbaugh, the talk radio host who became the voice of American conservatism, has died. Unflinchingly conservative, wildly partisan, bombastically self-promoting and larger than life, Limbaugh galvanized listeners for more than 30 years with his talent for sarcastic, insult-laced commentary. “We’re supposed to be horrified by the protesters,” Limbaugh told his listeners the next day after the Jan. 6 attack. AdRush Hudson Limbaugh III was born Jan. 12, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to the former Mildred Armstrong, and Rush Limbaugh Jr., who flew fighter planes in World War II and practiced law at home. He attracts more listeners with just his voice than the rest of us could ever imagine,” Beck wrote in Time magazine in 2009.

@FLCaseyDeSantis and I are saddened to learn of the passing of fellow Floridian and our friend, Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh, the talk radio host who became the voice of American conservatism, has died. Al Franken, the comedian and one-time senator, came out with a book in 1996 called “Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations.”In 2003, Limbaugh admitted an addiction to painkillers and went into rehab. His mother was the former Mildred Armstrong, and his father, Rush Limbaugh Jr., was a lawyer. Limbaugh dropped out of Southeast Missouri State University for a string of DJ gigs, from his hometown, to McKeesport, Pennsylvania, to Pittsburgh and then Kansas City.

Violent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK – Media outlets that appeal to conservatives offered condemnations, explanations and deflections following the U.S. Capitol riot by President Donald Trump's supporters, but little introspection. Several figures in conservative media suggested liberal politicians and mainstream media outlets are more outraged when Trump supporters are violent than they were about civil rights demonstrations last summer. “Were left-wing provocateurs leading the way into the Capitol?” questioned Thomas Lifson of American Thinker. Many conservative media figures have sold themselves as truth-tellers and admitting error isn't good for business, said Brian Rosenwald, author of “Talk Radio America” and a scholar in residence at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dominion Voting Systems, one of the targets of President Donald Trump's baseless conspiracy theories about the election that he lost, has warned Fox News, major Fox personalities, other conservative media outlets, radio host Rush Limbaugh and conservative lawyers that defamation litigation against them is "imminent." A Fox News spokeswoman, when asked for commented, pointed to two segments that aired on Fox News last month. In one, a Dominion spokesman told host Eric Shawn that no significant electronic fraud or tampering occurred on the company's voting machine, and that Trump's claims about the company were false. Coomer's suit says that he has become the target of death threats and other harmful communications because of the defendants' false claims made about Dominion's machines. "Malicious and misleading false claims about Dominion have resulted in dangerous levels of threats and harassment against the company and its employees, as well as election officials."

“As conservative media proliferated, it put a lot more pressure on the hosts to move to the right and embrace warfare politics,” Rosenwald said. This is a business.”Hemmer said she expects the Electoral College vote will begin to shift the narrative from “the election is undecided" to “the election was stolen.”The difficulty of that transition was evident in coverage of the Electoral College voting. With Congress meeting Jan. 6 to formally count the Electoral College vote, Kelly said, “the way I read it, we won't have a president-elect until then.”CNN treated it like a second election night, keeping a running tally of Electoral College votes on the screen. The Electoral College vote led Bret Baier's newscast, which was not a given considering COVID-19 vaccinations began Monday. Meanwhile, daytime anchor Bill Hemmer's hourlong newscast didn't even mention the Electoral College.

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at Carpenters Local Union 1912 in Phoenix, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, to kick off a small business bus tour. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)If you need help with the Public File, call 407-291-6000.

During the past week, Trump told Sean Hannity of Fox News that Harris would assume the presidency within “three months” of Biden's inauguration. During a conversation with Rush Limbaugh, he warned that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would “replace” Biden with Harris. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Trump ally, is pushing the president to make Harris a campaign centerpiece. “This is a desire not to run against Joe Biden, to run against anybody but Joe Biden,” he said. Biden and Harris can best respond to the attacks by focusing on their agenda and policies, said Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of California.

"Speaking about the experimental antibody treatment developed by Regeneron that he was given by his medical team, Trump claimed it was a cure for COVID-19.“I’m just saying that we have something that will cure this now," Trump claimed. I feel so powerful,” Trump ranted, according to the Tampa Bay Times “I’ll walk into the audience. I’ll walk in there. I’ll kiss the guys and the beautiful women. I’ll just give you a big fat kiss.”Trump plans to hold additional rallies in Pennsylvania, Iowa, and North Carolina this week.

Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON – A new White House coronavirus aid offer got bad reviews from both ends of the political spectrum on Saturday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., rejected the most generous Trump administration plan to date as “one step forward, two steps back." The White House had boosted its offer before Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Pelosi spoke on Friday afternoon. The White House says its most recent offer before that was about $1.6 trillion. It's clear from Saturday's Senate GOP conference call that the skepticism or outright opposition hasn't changed.

In a memo released Saturday night by the White House, Navy Cmdr. The memo did not declare Trump had tested negative for the virus. Biden's campaign said the nominee again tested negative on Saturday for COVID-19. Masks are mandatory outdoors for most people, but the regulations don’t apply on federal land, and the Trump White House has openly flouted them for months. White House officials have declined to answer when Trump last tested negative for the virus before his diagnosis or release detailed information about lung scans taken while Trump was hospitalized.

President Donald Trump points to reporters while on the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Friday he could have become very ill and might not have recovered from COVID-19 without experimental drugs, a far worse outlook than what his doctors were telling the American people. You were going into a very bad phase,'" Trump told Rush Limbaugh during his radio show. Trump said that after contracting the virus, he was “not in the greatest of shape.” He added that “I might not have recovered at all” without treatment with experimental drugs. Trump's comments tracked most closely with an update provided by White House chief of staff Mark Meadows after his hospitalization. Trump credited his recovery to an experimental antibody drug made by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. “It was primarily this one drug," Trump said.

President Donald Trump criticized Attorney General William Barr on Friday after being told during a live radio interview that a probe into the origins of the Russia investigation might not be released before Election Day. "I'm hearing this for the first time," Trump told Limbaugh. "If Bill Barr made that statement, I would be very disappointed in him," Trump added. In an interview Thursday on Fox Business Network, Trump said of Durham's probe: "These are people that spied on my campaign, and we have everything. Trump has asserted that numerous DOJ and Obama administration officials, including former Vice President Joe Biden, his rival in the 2020 election, should face charges.

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland. (Olivier Douliery/Pool vi AP)

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland. (Olivier Douliery/Pool vi AP)WASHINGTON – The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):6:35 p.m. The second presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden is officially off. ___HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE:President Donald Trump is convalescing from the coronavirus at the White House. ___3:50 p.m.On Saturday, President Donald Trump is planning to hold his first in-person event since testing positive for the coronavirus.

A Marine is posted outside the West Wing of the White House, signifying the President is in the Oval Office, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, in Washington. Trump will address the Saturday group, expected to be at least several hundred supporters, from the White House balcony. Masks are mandatory outdoors for most people, but the regulations don’t apply on federal land, and the Trump White House has openly flouted them for months. The president's White House doctor, Navy Cmdr. Sean Conley, said that means Trump, who has been surrounded by minimal staffing as he works out of the White House residence and the Oval Office, could return to holding events on Saturday.

He sounded great," Pence told reporters at Joint Base Andrews before heading west to Utah for this week's vice presidential debate. And we’re looking very much forward to the vice presidential debate,” he said. The spotlight on Pence will be especially bright Wednesday when he participates in the vice presidential debate with California Sen. Kamala Harris. “Normally, the vice presidential debate is inconsequential. Whether Trump secures another term or not, Pence is a likely Republican presidential contender in 2024.

Boys State may sound like a mere mock government exercise, but the film finds in Boys State a microcosm of American politics, one that frighteningly reflects much of the tenor of todays Washington and, in other ways, counters our more cynical grown-up government with stirring idealism. Boys State will give you both hope and fear for Americas future. Moss and McBaine were unaware of Boys State before reading a 2017 Washington Post article about a first in the programs history: Texas voted to succeed. Paul Barker, then Chairman of the American Legion Texas Boys State, was impressed by McBaine and Moss previous film ( "The Overnighters ) and figured a documentary could expand the program. The Texas Boys State, like the national political system, is a skewed representation.

I feel very, very badly," Trump said Thursday of George Floyd's death while handcuffed and in the custody of Minneapolis police. But some activists doubt that Trump has suddenly evolved on the issue of police brutality and instead see election-year political calculations. Trump was very upset when he saw that video," White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Thursday. The White House and Department of Justice have long had the power to address these issues. Sharpton credited both the magnitude of outrage in response to Floyd's death as well as the upcoming election for the changed approach.

I feel very, very badly," Trump said Thursday of George Floyd's death while handcuffed and in the custody of police in Minneapolis. But some activists doubt that Trump has suddenly evolved on the issue of police brutality and instead see election year political calculations. Trump was very upset when he saw that video," White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Thursday. The White House and Department of Justice have long had the power to address these issues. Sharpton credited both the magnitude of outrage in response to Floyd's death as well as the election for the changed approach.

FILE - This Nov. 8, 1977 file photo shows Conservative Barry Farber, who was far behind in the New York City Mayoral race, thanks supporters at his headquarters, in New York. Farber died of natural causes Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at home in New York, a day after his 90th birthday, his daughter, Celia Farber, said. (AP Photo/Dan Grossi, File)NEW YORK – Pioneering radio host Barry Farber, who hosted a conservative talk show for decades in New York City and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1977, has died. Farber died of natural causes Wednesday at home in New York, a day after his 90th birthday, his daughter, Celia Farber, said. Farber was past his peak of influence by the time conservative talk radio became an industry that made national stars of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.

She then mentioned Limbaugh said on his show that Mr. Trump told him to "never apologize" for his remarks against Buttigieg. "The idea of the likes of Rush Limbaugh or Donald Trump lecturing anybody on family values?" "Sorry but one thing about my marriage is, it's never involved me having to send hush money to a porn star after cheating on my spouse with him or her." "They want to debate family values, let's debate family values," he added. Limbaugh suggested Buttigieg wouldn't look as masculine facing Mr. Trump because he "loves to kiss his husband on the debate stage."

MILWAUKEE A Milwaukee Public Schools teacher was placed on leave Wednesday for tweeting that he hopes conservative talk show pundit Rush Limbaugh dies a painful death from cancer. Travis Sarandos, who teaches English at Milwaukee High School of the Arts, has since deleted his Twitter account. Milwaukee Public Schools initially said in an email to the USA TODAY Network's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that it was aware of the tweet, but that Sarandos was not speaking on behalf of the district or students or other staff. Author and CNN personality Reza Aslan tweeted: "Almost every minute of Rushs adult life has been spent purposely making the world worse. Ask yourself this simple question: Is the world a better place or a worse place with Rush Limbaugh in it?

MILWAUKEE A Milwaukee Public Schools teacher was placed on leave Wednesday for tweeting that he hopes conservative talk show pundit Rush Limbaugh dies a painful death from cancer. Travis Sarandos, who teaches English at Milwaukee High School of the Arts, has since deleted his Twitter account. Milwaukee Public Schools initially said in an email to the USA TODAY Network's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that it was aware of the tweet, but that Sarandos was not speaking on behalf of the district or students or other staff. Author and CNN personality Reza Aslan tweeted: "Almost every minute of Rushs adult life has been spent purposely making the world worse. Ask yourself this simple question: Is the world a better place or a worse place with Rush Limbaugh in it?

MILWAUKEE A Milwaukee Public Schools teacher was placed on leave Wednesday for tweeting that he hopes conservative talk show pundit Rush Limbaugh dies a painful death from cancer. Travis Sarandos, who teaches English at Milwaukee High School of the Arts, has since deleted his Twitter account. Milwaukee Public Schools initially said in an email to the USA TODAY Network's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that it was aware of the tweet, but that Sarandos was not speaking on behalf of the district or students or other staff. Author and CNN personality Reza Aslan tweeted: "Almost every minute of Rushs adult life has been spent purposely making the world worse. Ask yourself this simple question: Is the world a better place or a worse place with Rush Limbaugh in it?

Limbaugh told radio listeners on Monday that he had been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. He has been a nemesis of the American left since the launch of his pioneering show in 1985 during the Republican revolution of President Ronald Reagan. For years Limbaugh has helped to shape the partys agenda in the media. The Republican president did not wait to place the medal himself around Limbaughs neck, part of a White House tradition, and instead had Melania do the honors while Republican lawmakers applauded and cheered. One audience member shouted at Trump and was removed from the House chamber as the president spoke in defense of gun rights.

Rush Limbaugh: The 1991 60 Minutes Interview Nearly 30 years ago, Rush Limbaugh told 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft about what drives him to succeed.

Love him or hate him, Rush Limbaugh has entrenched himself in the political discourse heard on American radio waves for over 30 years. The nation's highest civilian honor comes one day after the conservative radio host informed his listeners he is battling advanced-stage lung cancer. First Lady Melania Trump presents conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the 2020 State of the Union. In 2012, Limbaugh called Georgetown University Law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and "prostitute" following her congressional testimony about access to female contraceptives on certain college campuses. The comments prompted some advertisers to end their affiliation with "The Rush Limbaugh Show."

Controversial radio host Rush Limbaugh was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during the State of the Union address Tuesday evening. "Rush Limbaugh, thank you for your decades of tireless devotion to our country. Limbaugh gasped and teared up when Mr. Trump made the announcement. First lady Melania Trump then presented Limbaugh with the honor as they stood in the visitors' gallery. Limbaugh hosts a popular right-wing radio show who has often been criticized for promoting conspiracy theories such as "birtherism," the theory that President Obama was not born in the U.S.

President Trump offered up a few surprise moments during his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Mr. Trump introduced military wife Amy Williams from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and her two children. Amy Williams covered her mouth as her eyes widened in surprise. GettyIn the section of his speech on school choice, the president introduced Janiyah Davis, a fourth-grade student from Philadelphia who was wait-listed at a charter school. Pennsylvania's governor last year vetoed legislation expanding tax credits for the state's school choice program.

US radio talk show host and conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh looks on before introducing US President Donald Trump to deliver remarks at a Make America Great Again rally in Cape Girardeau, MO, on November 5, 2018. Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh announced on his program Monday that he has been diagnosed with "advanced lung cancer." Limbaugh, 69, said he will take time off his normal broadcast schedule to seek treatment. "This day has been one of the most difficult days in recent memory for me," Limbaugh said. "But there are going to be days that I'm not going to be able to be here, because I'm undergoing treatment or I'm reacting to treatment," he said.

Rush Limbaugh has been diagnosed with "advanced lung cancer," the conservative radio host announced on his show Monday. Limbaugh said he first realized something was wrong on his birthday, January 12. "I have to tell you something today that I wish I didn't have to tell you. But the upshot is that I have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer." Limbaugh had the lung cancer diagnosis confirmed by "two medical institutions" later that month, he said.

"The right-wing machine is fully operational." The next few months will test the power of this right-wing media machine. Right-wing media figures like Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson decried Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe as a partisan "witch hunt." And right-wing media figures and outlets showed little, if any, qualms about promoting conspiracy theories that aided their cause. That said, it appears the right-wing media machine will draw from the same playbook as the Ukraine scandal risks enveloping Trump's presidency and reelection efforts.