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HuffPostDonald Trump Botches New BFF Elon Musk’s Name And You Know What Happened
Hilarity ensued over the former president's latest stumble.
- The Daily Beast
Melania 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
- The Independent
George W Bush reveals his decision on 2024 endorsement after Cheney snubbed Trump
The 43rd president will not join his former vice president Dick Cheney, who said last week that he would vote for Democrat Kamala Harris
- The Daily Beast
John Oliver Roasts JD Vance for Embarrassing Himself With Awful Harris Joke
John Oliver returned to Last Week Tonight from his customary end-of-summer hiatus only to find more evidence of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s bad behavior. A resurfaced clip from Vance’s 2022 U.S. Senate campaign showed him “flop-sweating through some shitty jokes about Kamala Harris,” Oliver said.Speaking to Ohioans during a campaign stop two years ago, Vance wondered aloud about a potential President Harris should Joe Biden step down and first tried insulting the current VP a
- 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
Kimberly Guilfoyle forced to ask audience to clap as awkward speech falls flat
‘We are ready, we are willing, and we are able to spark a new era of American exceptionalism,’ Donald Trump Jr’s fiancée says to sparse applause
- 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
- The Independent
Trump’s psychologist niece says he’s ‘dementing’ in wake of ‘gibberish’ answer on childcare question
‘We deserve to be told that there’s a maniac on the loose,’ Mary Trump writes as she lambasts the media
- HuffPost
'Oh My God': James Carville Unleashes On Nikki Haley For Backing Trump
The Democratic strategist asked whether the former United Nations ambassador, a harsh Trump critic on the campaign trail, has "any courage at all."
- 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
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian drones breach Nato airspace as Putin’s forces close in on Pokrovsk
Russian drones spotted in Nato member nations represent ‘aggressive actions beyond Kyiv’, says Ukraine
- 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 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…
- Bloomberg
Iron Ore Sell-Off Deepens as Global Growth Fears Hit Commodities
(Bloomberg) -- Iron ore sank below $90 a ton for the first time since 2022 as industrial commodities faced sustained pressure from tepid Chinese demand and gathering worries over global growth. Most Read from BloombergHow Americans Voted Their Way Into a Housing CrisisWorld's Second Tallest Tower Spurs Debate About Who Needs ItThe Plan for the World’s Most Ambitious Skyscraper RenovationUC Berkeley Gives Transfer Students a Purpose-Built Home on CampusRome May Start Charging Entry to the Trevi F
- NewsWire
Warning of $4.5bn hit to Aussie economy
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned weak commodity prices could deal a $4.5bn blow to Commonwealth coffers.
- HuffPost
Nikki Haley Dismisses Misogyny In Support Of Trump
She argued that her focus as a voter is on Trump's policies, not writer E. Jean Carroll's sexual assault case against him or his general "communication."
- The Hill
Carville blasts ‘spineless’ Nikki Haley for supporting Trump
Democratic strategist James Carville on Sunday blasted former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley as “spineless” for supporting former President Trump’s bid for reelection. He pointed to Haley’s Sunday morning interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” where she laid out a strong case for supporting Taiwan but stood by her endorsement of the former president,…
- The Hill
Government shutdown looms as Congress faces funding fight
Congress is staring down a time crunch to avert a shutdown, with both parties digging in their heels and some Republicans expressing skepticism about their own party’s plans less than a month before government funding is set to run out. Lawmakers return to Washington on Monday facing a Sept. 30 deadline to avert a government…