President Trump said Tuesday night that he is seeking a new state to host this summer’s Republican National Convention after North Carolina refused to guarantee it could be held in Charlotte without restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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North Carolina’s governor said Thursday that his administration has not received the written safety plan for the upcoming Republican National Convention requested by his health secretary in response to President Trump’s demands for a full-scale event.
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President Trump’s demand for a full-capacity Republican convention in August is putting pressure on North Carolina health officials — and local Republicans — as coronavirus cases surge in the host county and statewide.
Read morePresident Trump threatened Monday to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina if the state’s Democratic governor does not immediately sign off on allowing a full-capacity gathering in August despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Read moreReaching back to the medieval charter that shaped the U.S. Constitution, a lawyer for the erstwhile presidential candidate Andrew Yang made his case Friday to have the Second Circuit safeguard New York’s primary election.
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After presidential candidate Joe Biden said it was hard to see how the Democratic National Committee could still hold its convention in July, the party announced it would bump the event to Aug. 17 — one week before the Republican Party’s convention.
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Florida Representative Matt Gaetz became the fourth Republican lawmaker to self-quarantine Monday amid coronavirus exposure concerns stemming from last month’s Conservative Political Action Conference.
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Considering whether to travel back in time 50 years to resolve a trademark question not considered by a jury when it found San Diego Comic-Con’s mark is enforceable, a Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday questioned whether the term “Comic Con” was generic when first used by the decades-old comic convention.
Read moreLess than three months after California passed a landmark law that will allow college athletes to earn money from the commercial use of their likeness, the National Collegiate Athletic Association held its annual convention in the Golden State Thursday to address the elephant in the room.
Read moreRock singer Meat Loaf sued hotel operator Hyatt in Texas state court Monday, claiming a fall from a stage at a horror convention resulted in a 42-day hospital stay and the inability to perform music anymore.
Read moreNine Democratic presidential hopefuls gathered Wednesday at the 110th NAACP National Convention in Detroit for an open forum that touched on economic inequality, criminal justice reform, voter suppression and white nationalism.
Read moreThe Dallas City Council on Wednesday approved a $650,000 settlement of a free-speech lawsuit filed by a pornography-convention organizer who was kicked out the city-owned convention center three years ago on moral grounds.
Read moreThe nation’s largest gun rights organization played a pivotal role in President Trump’s victory in 2016. Three years later, the National Rifle Association is limping toward the next election divided and diminished.
Read moreAfter months of speculation and campaigning, Milwaukee was officially selected Monday to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention over fellow finalist cities Houston and Miami.
Read moreSAN DIEGO (CN) – San Diego Comic-Con asked a federal judge Thursday to bar the use of its trademark by
Read moreA six-person jury late Friday found San Diego Comic-Con’s trademark is valid and enforceable, and awarded the decades-old comic convention $20,000 in damages caused by another city convention’s use of the mark.
Read moreDuring closing arguments Thursday, San Diego Comic-Con’s attorney called the use of its trademark by Salt Lake Comic Con a “slap in the face” before asking jurors to award the decades-old comic convention $12 million in damages.
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San Diego’s international Comic-Con won a preliminary victory this week when a federal judge refused to dismiss its trademark case against Salt Lake City Comic Con.
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San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced Friday that the Comic-Con International convention has extended its agreement to host the popular event in San Diego until 2021.
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