US approves $20 billion in weapons sales to Israel at time of threat of wider regional Middle East war
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HuffPost'Time To Put Gramps To Bed': Trump's Bizarre 'Seafront' Claim Leads To Blunt Fact-Check
Critics fired back at the former president after his latest false claim about the climate.
- The Hill
Hillary Clinton: I’m ‘conflicted’ by Melania Trump
Hillary Clinton says Melania Trump reminded her of “a little kid” when she came face-to-face with the fellow former first lady for the first time after losing the 2016 White House race. The encounter, Clinton recalled in her latest book, “Something Lost, Something Gained,” came last year at a memorial service for Rosalynn Carter. “Rosalynn’s…
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George Clooney Makes Donald Trump An Offer In Taunting Clapback: ‘I Will If He Does’
"That’s a trade-off I’d do," the actor responded to the former president's months-old demand.
- The Independent
Scientific American makes presidential endorsement for only the second time in its 179-year history
‘The US faces two futures,’ according to editors at top science magazine
- Rolling Stone
Judge Who Tossed Trump’s Docs Case Repeatedly Violated Disclosure Rule: Report
Florida Judge Aileen Cannon failed to disclose lavish trips hosted by influential conservative law school
- HuffPost
CNN Pundit Flamed For 'Embarrassing' Argument About Trump's And Harris' Rhetoric
Scott Jennings sparked backlash following a discussion about the role of heated political rhetoric in the Trump assassination attempts.
- The Daily Beast
Fox Business Host Cuts Off Guest Who Says Dems Want Donald Trump Dead
Fox Business host Stuart Varney abruptly ended an on-air interview with former FBI special agent Jonathan Gilliam after he claimed that Democrats want former President Donald Trump dead.During the Tuesday segment, the two men were discussing Trump’s security detail in the wake of a suspected second assassination attempt against the former president. Gilliam expressed his strong concern about the Republican nominee’s safety.“I’m going to say this on air,” Gilliam said. “The Democrat party … they
- HuffPost
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Jabs At Harris For Not Having Biological Children
"Kamala Harris doesn't have anything keeping her humble," the Arkansas governor insisted.
- CNN
Kamala Harris just got one of her best polls of the year
One of the best pollsters in America recently came out with its latest survey, and it’s good news for Kamala Harris.
- The Daily Beast
Democrats Secretly Fear Mike Johnson Could Create Election Chaos
Senior Democratic Party lawmakers are reportedly concerned that Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson could try and sabotage a Kamala Harris election victory.Top-level meetings are secretly being held to guard against several eventualities that could impede the smooth transfer of power if Donald Trump loses in November, according to Politico.While Democratic lawmakers say such a scenario is unlikely, they worry how Johnson will react if the Republicans retain control of the House and oversee Har
- HuffPost
Jimmy Fallon Highlights The Moment JD Vance Broke The 'First Rule Of Fake News'
The "Tonight Show" host mocked the Republican vice presidential nominee for making Donald Trump look like a "total fool."
- The Daily Beast
JD Vance Kisses Usha After Racially Charged Attack on Harris
JD Vance took his secret weapon with him Tuesday on the campaign trail: his wife, Usha, whose Indian-American heritage may serve to blunt the fallout from racial stereotypes that Republicans have aimed at Kamala Harris.The vice presidential aspirant spent most of his speech at an event in battleground Michigan lambasting critics for stoking political violence, including a second apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump.What he did not address, however, was something largely lost in the mid
- Reuters
Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after pager blasts kill nine, injure thousands across Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others who included fighters and Iran's envoy to Beirut. Lebanese Information Minister Ziad Makary condemned the late-afternoon detonation of the pagers - handheld devices that Hezbollah and others in Lebanon use to send messages - as an "Israeli aggression". Hezbollah said Israel would receive "its fair punishment" for the blasts.
- The Daily Beast
Jimmy Kimmel Rips Trump’s Insane Reaction to Assassination Attempt
Jimmy Kimmel may not have made any jokes on Monday about the second apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump. But he did not hesitate to hammer the Republican presidential nominee for blaming the Sunday incident on his political opponents. The host began by calling the “would-be assassin” a “troubled individual,” joking that you “know he’s nuts” because he once tweeted that his dream GOP ticket would be Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy. But then Kimmel turned to Trump’s first public comment
- Business Insider
A top poll showing Trump narrowly ahead in Iowa is a warning sign for his campaign
A new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll has some findings that should give Trump some pause, as his struggles are about a lot more than Iowa.
- Global News
'Got something to say?': NDP's Jagmeet Singh confronts heckling protesters outside Parliament
Cameras were rolling when NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh had a tense confrontation with protesters from a group called Canadian Free Living. As Mercedes Stephenson explains, Singh went face-to-face with demonstrators after someone called him a "corrupted bastard."
- HuffPost
Ohio Sheriff Suggests Collecting Addresses Of Kamala Harris Supporters
Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zachowski apparently said on Facebook officials could send “the Illegal human ‘Locust’” to homes supporting the vice president.
- HuffPost
Tim Walz Taunts Donald Trump With Key Tactic From His Teaching Days
Kamala Harris' running mate also declared there's "no doubt" that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
- The Daily Beast
Joe Rogan Sings Harris’ Praises in New Podcast: ‘Nailing It’
Vice President Kamala Harris has been “nailing it” on the campaign trail and in her debate against Donald Trump, Joe Rogan said this week—a review that could end up sparking more passive-aggressive social media posts from Harris’ opponent in the coming days.“Whoever’s helping her, whoever’s coaching her, whoever’s the puppet master running the strings—you did a f---ing amazing job,” the podcaster said on The Joe Rogan Experience.“They did an amazing job from the moment Biden drops out—forcing Bi
- The Daily Beast
CNN Host Visibly Exasperated by GOP Rep’s Defense of Migrant Conspiracies
GOP Rep. Tom Emmer refused to directly address JD Vance’s unfounded conspiracy theories about Haitian immigrants in Ohio when asked multiple times Monday morning on CNN, leaving anchor Kate Bolduan exasperated by the exchange.Bolduan called the Minnesota congressman’s attention to how Vance admitted over the weekend that he had no issue repeating the false story about immigrants in his state supposedly eating pets—despite Ohio’s Republican governor calling the conspiracies harmful and “disgustin