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HuffPostDonald Trump's Attempt To Explain 'Kamabla' Insult For Kamala Harris Goes Awkwardly Awry
The former president reportedly "laughed a deflated kind of laugh" in the uncomfortable exchange.
- The Daily Beast
Barron Faces NYU Professors Who Signed Letter Saying Trump Was ‘Threat’ to the Republic
Eighteen-year-old Barron Trump’s first day of college at New York University’s Stern School of Business allegedly began by meeting his school’s once outspoken anti-Trump dean.Interim dean J.P. Eggers was one of 14 NYU Stern administrators to sign an October 2020 open letter warning business leaders of then-President Donald Trump’s “threat” to “our republic.” The letter included over 1,000 signatories from business schools across America, including from Harvard, Yale, Cornell, and Columbia. Profe
- The Daily Beast
CNN Panelists Descend Into Shouting Match Over Trump’s ‘White Supremacy’
A CNN panel discussion broke down into a war of words amid a spat between panelists about whether Trump “protects and projects the idea of white supremacy.”The heated exchange took place on Monday night’s airing of NewsNight with Abby Phillip, which included guests including David Urban, Keith Boykin, Ana Navarro, Brian Stelter and Madison Gesiotto participating in the talk ahead of Tuesday’s presidential debate.Things took off after Urban, a former Trump strategist, argued that the Republican c
- HuffPost
Kamala Harris' Campaign Strikes Rawest Of Nerves For Donald Trump In Mocking New Ad
One of Donald Trump's obsessions is lampooned in the spot — with some help from Barack Obama.
- HuffPost
Newsmax Host Lidia Curanaj Makes Startling Political Confession And Apologizes
"I didn't know any better," the conservative host told her audience.
- HuffPost
Donald Trump Botches New BFF Elon Musk’s Name And You Know What Happened
Hilarity ensued over the former president's latest stumble.
- People
Donald Trump's Great-Nephew William, 25, Is Nonverbal and Uses a Wheelchair. Here's What William's Dad Wants You to Know
"William is the most courageous and inspirational person I've met," Fred Trump III tells PEOPLE of his son, after recently alleging that Donald said severely disabled people "should just die"
- INSIDER
Mark Cuban wants Trump supporters to tell him what startups their man has backed that didn't involve a member of the Trump family
"Every wealthy person I know, except for DJT, has tried to help others," Cuban wrote in an X post.
- HuffPost
Mary Trump Takes No Prisoners With Scathing New Description Of Her Uncle
Americans “deserve to be told that there’s a maniac on the loose," wrote Donald Trump's niece.
- HuffPost
Ex-RNC Chair Shreds MAGA 'Pretenders' For Calling Him 1 Thing
They need to "just step it down a little bit," said Michael Steele.
- HuffPost
Newspaper Says Harris Is Being Prepped For Debate By Long-Dead Acting Legend
The allegedly resurrected person was playing Trump in practice, The Telegraph initially reported.
- The Daily Beast
Laura Ingraham Creates List of ‘Lies’ Harris Will Apparently Tell at Debate
Laura Ingraham, the Donald Trump-defending Fox News host who has disparaged Vice President Kamala Harris over the grave sin of hugging, claimed Monday that she already knows what will happen during Tuesday’s presidential debate, anticipating a string of “lies” not by the chronically truth-averse Trump, but Harris.Ingraham, who earlier this year gave Trump unsolicited tips before his debate against President Joe Biden, provided him with essentially the same advice, saying he should “keep his cool
- USA TODAY Opinion
Trump is 78 and barely coherent. Where's everyone who questioned Biden's age and fitness?
A 78-year-old Trump rants nonsensically, demonstrating an inability to hold a thought, and it's deemed 'a jumbled answer'? C'mon. The man is unfit.
- HuffPost
Stephen Colbert Responds To Report Trump Wants Him Punished If He Wins Election
The "Late Show" host has a plan for ducking Trump's goons if the former president wins.
- The Daily Beast
Incredulous Anderson Cooper Mocks GOP Ex-Rep on Trump Logic
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper on Monday criticized Republican former Rep. Scott Taylor’s “high school debate” strategy while trying to defend Donald Trump’s false claims about voter fraud.On AC360, Taylor was pressed about Trump’s latest false declaration over the weekend about massive fraud in Pennsylvania regarding mail-in ballots.“He’s lying about this in Pennsylvania. There’s no widespread election voter fraud. There’s no evidence of it in mail-in ballots. People just discount this. It’s like a
- The Daily Beast
JD Vance Pushes Bonkers ‘They’re Eating Cats’ Conspiracy
Undocumented immigrants are coming to kidnap and eat your family pets, Republicans will have you know.Prominent politicians, including JD Vance and their chief internet allies, are spreading a fake far-right conspiracy theory about furry-friend munching migrants. And naturally, Kamala Harris is to blame.“Reports now show that people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn't be in this country. Where is our border czar?” Vance posted on X on Monday, along with a video of him
- INSIDER
Trump airplane-assault accuser Jessica Leeds calls him a 'sexual predator' and says she's deciding whether to sue
Jessica Leeds testified that Donald Trump groped her on an airplane in testimony for E. Jean Carroll's sexual abuse trial.
- The Hill
Harris campaign to bring Scaramucci, Olivia Troye as surrogates to Trump debate
Vice President Harris’s campaign is planning to bring ex-officials from former President Trump’s White House as surrogates to the debate Tuesday night in Philadelphia. Anthony Scaramucci, ex-White House communications director, and Olivia Troye, ex-national security adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, will join the Harris campaign, according to an official. They will “speak out…
- Reuters
Ukraine targets Moscow in biggest drone attack yet
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukraine targeted the Russian capital on Tuesday in its biggest drone attack so far, killing at least one and wrecking dozens of homes in the Moscow region and forcing around 50 flights to be diverted from airports around Moscow. Russia, the world's biggest nuclear power, said it had destroyed at least 20 Ukrainian attack drones as they swarmed over the Moscow region, which has a population of more than 21 million, and 124 more over eight other regions. At least one person was killed near Moscow, Russian authorities said.
- The Daily Beast
Ex-Project 2025 Head Slams Trump Campaign for Pushing Biden Out Too Early
The former director of the Project 2025 hard-right policy playbook has slammed the Trump campaign and accused two of Donald Trump’s top advisers of “malpractice.”“Trump should be running like Secretariat at the Belmont, but instead it’s a race to the wire,” Paul Dans told the New York Times, referring to Secretariat’s 31-length win in the 1973 Belmont Stakes horse race.Dans, a lawyer who for two years was head of the group that produced the controversial 900-page blueprint for a second Trump ter