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The Daily BeastMelania Sheds a Little Light on Trump’s Bedroom Habits
Melania Trump has been married to her husband for 19 years, during which time she had a front-row seat to the former president’s bedtime routine. She spilled on one detail of that regimen in a Tuesday appearance on Fox News Tuesday, suggesting that Donald Trump sleeps in something other than pajamas. She joined The Five to promote her new memoir, aptly titled Melania, which hit shelves earlier in the day.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get the Daily Beast's biggest scoops and scandals delivered rig
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Donald Trump: 'Wait Until You See What I’m Going To Do' To The New York Times
The former president issued an ominous threat to the venerable newspaper.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Gets Unhinged, Even for Him, Over Kamala Harris ‘60 Minutes’ Interview
Donald Trump—who agreed to an interview with the CBS newsmagazine show 60 Minutes before backing out—has gone on the warpath at Kamala Harris for her performance on the show.“The Interview on 60 Minutes with Comrade Kamala Harris is considered by many of those who reviewed it, the WORST Interview they have ever seen,” he wrote, in a Tuesday morning post on Truth Social. “She literally had no idea what she was talking about, and it was an embarrassment to our Country that a Major Party Candidate
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Trump Flips Out With 'Dumb Women' Rant After Kamala Harris' Interview On 'The View'
The former president melted down over one particular comment from his Democratic rival.
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Kamala Harris Sums Up Her Viral Donald Trump Moment With 3 Letters
The vice president's line drew laughter and applause from Stephen Colbert's "Late Show" audience.
- CNN Business
Deloitte feels the wrath of Trump world over employee’s leaked JD Vance messages
Trump allies are calling for the federal government to punish Deloitte after an employee at the consulting firm apparently shared private messages with JD Vance.
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Lara Trump Raises Eyebrows With ‘Beverage Napkins’ Reason For Trashing New Poll
Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law’s airplane claim prompted mockery on social media.
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The Dow Has Predicted 22 of the Past 24 Presidential Elections. What It Says About Trump and Harris’ Odds of Winning.
The stock market’s performance bodes well for Harris. While the stats are tantalizing, history isn’t necessarily predictive.
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Donald Trump Tells Apparently Needless Lie About Gaza
The president made the claim in an interview with conservative host Hugh Hewitt.
- The Daily Beast
Lindsey Graham Compared Mar-a-Lago to North Korea: Bob Woodward
One of Donald Trump’s closest confidantes has compared the former president’s Mar-a-Lago Florida estate to North Korea, according to an upcoming book by Watergate journalist Bob Woodward.Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reportedly said: “Going to Mar-a-Lago is a little bit like going to North Korea. Everybody stands up and claps every time Trump comes in.”Graham is quoted as saying that Biden won the 2020 election “fair and square,” but “Trump doesn’t like to hear that.”Read more at The Daily Beast
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'60 Minutes' Kicks Off With Detailed Explanation About Why Donald Trump 'Backed Out'
CBS News' Scott Pelley revealed some of the "shifting" reasons the former president's campaign offered to avoid a sit-down.
- CNN
DeSantis and Biden speak on storm recovery after reports GOP governor hadn’t returned calls from president, vice president
The White House said that Ron DeSantis and Joe Biden spoke Monday night following reports that the Republican governor of Florida had refused calls from the president and Vice President Kamala Harris as officials continue hurricane recovery efforts and prepare for another to make landfall later this week.
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Jordan Klepper Points Out 'Subtle' Way To Tell If A Donald Trump Photo Is AI
"You have to look close," joked the "Daily Show" correspondent.
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Trump Bops Along To 'YMCA' At Oct. 7 Attack Remembrance Event
The upbeat song came on after Trump finished a speech commemorating the horrific attack on Israel.
- Associated Press
Trump calls Maine Gov. Janet Mills a man in a mistake-riddled call to supporters, newspaper reports
Republican Donald Trump mixed up Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ gender on a phone call with supporters in Maine, The Bangor Daily News reported Tuesday. The newspaper obtained a recording of the call in which Trump attacked Mills on immigration, saying the governor is going to turn Maine into a “third world” country. Trump was trying to energize voters on Monday, the first day of early voting in the state.
- The Independent
Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates
Here’s what the latest polls say about the 2024 presidential election, from The Independent’s data correspondent
- The Independent
Nostradamus pollster predicts how an October surprise could impact election
Allan Lichtman has correctly predicted the result of nine out of 10 presidential elections since 1984
- INSIDER
Russia may have lost a rare drone over Ukraine — and it could be an intelligence win for the West
Russia's Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B combat drones are rare sights because so few have been built, and now it looks like there may be one less.
- The Hill
Former Florida GOP chair backs Harris after Helene ‘trolling’
The former head of the Florida Republican Party said he’s supporting Vice President Harris after “trolling” from other Republicans over the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene. Al Cárdenas said in his appearance Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that natural disasters have “always been a bipartisan issue.” “Both Democrats and Republicans have worked together to…
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GOP Rep. Scott Perry Went From Hailing Project 2025 To Knowing Nothing About It
“I don’t even know how many pages it is,” the Pennsylvania Republican told a constituent, a month after praising the far-right policy roadmap for its “accountability.”