Your Morning: Trump running mate hopefuls gather at Mar-a-Lago

Updated: May 5, 2024 / 06:38 AM CDT

Nearly all of the people mentioned as possible running mates for former President Donald Trump are gathered at Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida club Saturday. It’s officially an event for about 400 mega-donors, but the VP hopefuls got their chances to pitch themselves. One big name not there, according to NewsNation’s Joe Khalil: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. (Courtesy: NewsNation)

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1️. Trump running mate hopefuls gather at Mar-a-Lago

Nearly all of the people mentioned as possible running mates for former President Donald Trump are gathered at Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida club Saturday. It’s officially an event for about 400 mega-donors, but the VP hopefuls got their chances to pitch themselves. One big name not there, according to NewsNation’s Joe Khalil: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. (Courtesy: NewsNation)

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5. Paul Whelan is ‘disintegrating in a Russian prison’: Brother

In this Aug. 23, 2019, file photo, Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine who was arrested for alleged spying in Moscow on Dec. 28, 2018, stands in a cage as he waits for a hearing in a court room in Moscow, Russia. The Moscow City Court on Monday June 15, 2020, convicted Paul Whelan on charges of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in maximum security prison colony. Whelan has insisted on his innocence, saying he was set up. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko. File)

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