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The Daily BeastTrump Lets Loose With Unhinged Father’s Day Message for His Enemies
Donald Trump issued an angry and confrontational Father’s Day message Sunday, using the occasion to lash out at his enemies and issue a hyperbolic plea for votes in November’s presidential election.The former president, 78, hit a familiar note in the all-caps missive, writing on Truth Social: “HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE RADICAL LEFT DEGENERATES THAT ARE RAPIDLY BRINGING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THIRD WORLD NATION STATUS WITH THEIR MANY ATTEMPTS AT TRYING TO INFLUENCE OUR S
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Modi Seizes Center Stage at G-7 to Ambush Biden, Trudeau
(Bloomberg) -- Narendra Modi seized a window to end his diplomatic purgatory with the US and Canada. Most Read from BloombergFlesh-Eating Bacteria That Can Kill in Two Days Spreads in JapanHow the US Mopped Up a Third of Global Capital Flows Since CovidUkraine Bid for Global South Support Falters at Swiss SummitDanes Asked to Keep Supplies, Iodine Pills to Prepare for CrisesThese Are the World’s Most Expensive Cities for Expats in 2024The Indian prime minister arrived at the Group of Seven meeti
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Kellyanne Conway Massively Inflates Trump’s Church Crowd
It appears crowdflation and alternative facts are once again tools in Trumpworld’s arsenal. Kellyanne Conway tried to draw some distinction between Donald Trump and Joe Biden during an appearance on Maria Bartiromo’s Sunday Morning Futures, noting that Trump was making outreaches to Black voters. “You got Donald Trump in Detroit talking to 8,000 people at a Black church,” she told Bartiromo. Read more at The Daily Beast.Get the Daily Beast's biggest scoops and scandals delivered right to your in
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Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test but confuses the name of the doctor who tested him
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump on Saturday night suggested President Joe Biden “should have to take a cognitive test," only to confuse who administered the test to him in the next sentence.
- HuffPost
Anthony Scaramucci Scorches CEOs With 1 Blistering Description Over Trump Meeting
The ex-White House communications director reminded the group of top business leaders that they "were not happy" when Trump was president.
- The New York Times
Fauci Speaks His Mind on Trump’s Rages and Their ‘Complicated’ Relationship
WASHINGTON — Three months into the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci was at home in northwest Washington when he answered his cellphone to President Donald Trump screaming at him in an expletive-laden rant. He had incurred the president’s wrath by remarking that the vaccines under development might not provide long-lasting immunity. That was the day, June 3, 2020, “that I first experienced the brunt of the president’s rage,” Fauci writes in his forthcoming autobiography. Fauci has long bee
- Business Insider
A Russian tank stuck in a large crater became a sitting duck for Ukraine's drones, a video appears to show
A video released by Ukraine's 68th Jaeger Brigade appears to show a Russian tank falling into a crater and exploding under Ukrainian fire.
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Ex-Aide Says Trump Discussed 'Executing People' More Than Bill Barr Claims To Recall
Alyssa Farah Griffin says the former attorney general "danced" around this fact during a recent interview on CNN.
- The Hill
Biden playing ‘chess’ while Trump playing ‘hungry, hungry hippo’: MSNBC panel
An MSNBC host said President Biden has been playing “chess” while former President Trump is playing “hungry, hungry hippo.” MSNBC host Alicia Menendez, along with co-hosts Michael Steele and Symone Sanders-Townsend, praised Biden for his meetings with world leaders over the last week as he concluded the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Italy. Lincoln…
- The Hill
Trump ally rips German chancellor for comments supporting Biden
A former Trump administration Pentagon official went after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday after the chancellor complimented President Biden as Europe looks to the November elections. Scholz told Politico on Saturday that Biden knows “exactly what he is doing” and is likely to win, complimenting his demeanor and performance on the economy. Former Pentagon…
- The Independent
‘I talk to a lot of presidents’: Serena Williams gets testy when asked about Trump after being named on regular call list
‘I spoke to every president since I’ve been alive, including Ronald Reagan, I’ll have you know,’ former tennis star says
- Business Insider
Ukraine proves it can target the Russian air force's weakest link
Ukraine appears to have hit on a strategy to strike back at the Russian jets lobbing glide bombs at its defenses.
- Deadline
‘Last Week Tonight’: John Oliver Compares Trump To “A Hamster In An Attack Helicopter” As He Unpacks Conservatives’ Project 2025
As the 2024 presidential election draws closer, John Oliver is confronting viewers with the realities of what a second Donald Trump term could look like. On Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight, the comedian explained how Trump’s second time around “could be much, much worse” as he took a look at the organized efforts of …
- The Wrap
Jake Tapper Challenges Tom Cotton on His 2020 Claim Trump Would Accept Election Results | Video
Tapper agrees with Cotton saying it was "reasonable" for the former president to challenge the election if he believed there was fraud, but adds, "That's not what happened" The post Jake Tapper Challenges Tom Cotton on His 2020 Claim Trump Would Accept Election Results | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
- The Hill
Crockett calls Thomas ‘corrupt’ after Supreme Court decision to upend bump stocks ban
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) slammed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as “corrupt” during an interview with MSNBC on the court’s recent decision to overturn a Trump-era bump stock ban. Thomas has come under increasing scrutiny for gifts he has received from Republican super donors, including billionaire Harlan Crow. “Y’all were too nice before,” Crockett said…
- HuffPost UK
Putin Aide Says Kyiv Should 'Show Sobriety' And Accept Russia's Demanding Peace Deal
The Russian president's peace proposal was written off almost immediately by most in the West.
- The Hill
Trump denies Milwaukee ‘horrible’ city comment: ‘Democrats are making up stories’
After his campaign said that former President Trump was referring to election integrity and crime when he reportedly made disparaging comments about Milwaukee at a meeting with Congressional Republicans, Trump took to Truth Social to say that “Democrats are making up stories that I said Milwaukee is a ‘horrible city.’ “This is false a complete…
- The Canadian Press
Clooney and Roberts help Biden raise $30 million-plus at a star-studded Hollywood gala
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some of Hollywood's brightest stars headlined a fundraiser for President Joe Biden that took in a record $30 million-plus for a Democratic candidate, according to his campaign, in hopes of energizing would-be supporters for a White House contest they said may rank among the most consequential in U.S. history.
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6 Predictions for the Housing Market If Trump Wins Again
The housing market has changed significantly since former President Donald Trump's first term. Interest rates have gone from historic lows to levels we haven't seen in more than a decade. If Trump...
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I’m an Economist: Here Are My Predictions for the Job Market If Biden Wins Again
By all accounts, the 2024 presidential election will have major implications. If President Joe Biden wins again, it will have a big impact on jobs and the economy in the U.S. Biden and his team will...