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The Daily BeastMelania Trump Breaks Silence to Complain About 2020 Defeat
Melania Trump sort of teased her upcoming memoir again Sunday in a text-based video with voiceover, in which she bemoans the cost of living in America and attempts to “silence” her husband, former President Donald Trump, before a cut to an image of the cover of Melania."The 2020 election results changed our lives forever,” said Melania in the video, posted to her X account Sunday, with each word illustrated in an italicized serif font. “It impacted our quality of life, cost of food, gasoline, sa
- CNN
Trump calls for modifying 25th Amendment to make it possible to remove a vice president
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday called for modifying the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution and said if a vice president “lies or engages in a conspiracy to cover up the incapacity of the president” they should be removed from office.
- CNN
Ukraine’s ‘dragon drones’ rain molten metal on Russian positions in latest terrifying battlefield innovation
Ukraine appears to be calling on a fleet of fire-spewing “dragon drones” in its war with Russian invaders, putting a modern twist on a munition used to horrific effect in both world wars.
- The Independent
‘Desperate’ Trump is ‘hyper-aware’ that he is slipping mentally and making less sense, his biographer says
‘What we’re seeing now is a reflection of someone who’s very troubled and very desperate,’ says Timothy O’Brien, author of TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald
- HuffPost
Trump Fumes Over 'Irrelevant' Dick Cheney In Meltdown After Harris Endorsement
Donald Trump said only he could "stop World War III" in a message going after the former GOP vice president and "Comrade Kamala Harris."
- HuffPost
Trump Doubles Down On Bogus Gender-Affirming Care Claim His Own Campaign Can't Back Up
The GOP nominee pushed a false claim about surgeries for children similar to one he recently pushed at a far-right group's event.
- The Daily Beast
Hillary Clinton: How Kamala Harris Can ‘Rattle’ Trump at Debate
Hillary Clinton has some advice for Kamala Harris in advance of Tuesday night’s ABC presidential debate with Donald Trump. “I talked with her about a number of things,” Clinton told the New York Times. “She just should not be baited. She should bait him. He can be rattled. He doesn’t know how to respond to substantive, direct attacks.”“And I think that from her prosecutorial background, I think that’s what she will be equipped to do. I mean, when I said he was a Russian puppet and he just sputte
- The Hill
Harris spokesperson jabs Fox News host for acting ‘like she’s in the witness protection program’
Ian Sams, a spokesperson for Vice President Harris’s campaign, took a slight swing at Fox News anchor Dana Perino during an interview Friday. “Is it a risk to put all your chips on one debate, when she hasn’t really been able to do any sort of Q and A with anybody, except for in debate…
- Fortune
Russia’s strategy to rely more on China’s yuan is backfiring
"We cannot lend in yuan because we have nothing to cover our foreign currency positions with."
- Euronews
Russian drones violate Romania and Latvia's airspace in just 24 hours
A Russian drone violated Romania's airspace forcing the airforce to scramble two F16 warplanes on Sunday and another crashed in Latvia on Saturday.
- The Independent
South Park creators have delayed the new season because of Donald Trump
‘It is such a hard thing to do,’ Trey Parker and Matt Stone said
- The Independent
Trump vows ‘long term prison sentences’ for people he falsely accuses of ‘cheating’ in the 2020 election
The Republican presidential nominee accused Democrats of having engaged in ‘rampant cheating and Skullduggery’ in the 2020 election
- The Hill
Christie says Harris should ‘refuse to engage’ with Trump’s attacks during debate
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday advised Vice President Harris to steer clear of engaging in a “back-and-forth” with former President Trump and to instead dismiss any of his personal attacks during this week’s debate. “If I were preparing Kamala Harris, I told her to write two words only on there: charm…
- CNN
Outgunned and outnumbered, Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion
Russia’s grinding war has decimated many Ukrainian units and left some soldiers exhausted and demoralized. Some officers say desertion is becoming a problem.
- BBC
An 'argument over notebooks' led to murder at an Indian school - and set a city ablaze
The killing of a Hindu boy, allegedly by his Muslim classmate, sparked religious tensions in an Indian city.
- HuffPost
Nikki Haley Struggles To Call Trump A 'Good Candidate' Despite Endorsing Him
"I think he is the Republican nominee," the former GOP presidential candidate said.
- Rolling Stone
Trump Threatens to Let Conspiracy Theorist Senator ‘Run’ Education in Wisconsin
GOP presidential nominee hit rural town of Mosinee in battleground state on Saturday
- The Hill
Alina Habba blasts Trump hush money case as ‘a joke’ after delay decision
Alina Habba, one of former President Trump’s attorneys, said the New York hush money case should be “admonished” after the judge delayed Trump’s sentencing until after the election, writing it off as “a joke.” Habba joined Fox News’s Sean Hannity Saturday to discuss the case after Judge Juan Merchan pushed Trump’s sentencing back to Nov.…
- NewsWire
‘$600bn’: Attack ad claim on nuclear energy
The Albanese government has attached an enormous price tag to the opposition’s nuclear energy proposal in an attack ad targeting the plan.
- South China Morning Post
For China, Africa's allure grows amid feuds with West. But do risks outweigh its promise?
When Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the China-Africa summit on Thursday, he called on the continent to join China in leading the modernisation of the Global South, which he said has suffered "injustice" at the hands of the West. At this week's Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit in Beijing, attended by more than 50 African leaders, China once again pushed for its own development initiatives as an alternative to Western ones. In a joint action plan, China called for strengthened