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HuffPost'Trump Is Chicken': Critics Taunt 'Scared' Trump For Bailing On Debate
The former president put debate plans on pause, and critics are calling him out over it.
- BuzzFeed
Kamala Harris' Press Release About Donald Trump's Fox News Appearance Is Going Viral
"Something about the question mark after 'old and quite weird' is taking me out."
- Evening Standard
FBI director suggests Donald Trump may not have been struck by bullet during assassination attempt at rally
FBI director Christopher Wray said investigators did not know whether Trump’s ear was grazed by a bullet or shrapnel
- HuffPost
Trump Responds To Claims He's 'Cognitively Challenged' In Bafflingly Weird Way
The former president brought it up twice during a rally in North Carolina.
- HuffPost
Stephen Colbert Taunts Trump With Absolutely Brutal Reminder About Melania
The "Late Show" host mocked the former president over one curious claim.
- BuzzFeed
7 Times Kamala Harris Chewed Up And Spit Out Her Opponents In Debates
She can talk about more than just coconut trees.
- CNN
Judge who ordered Trump to pay $454 million says he was ‘accosted’ by lawyer and won’t recuse himself from case
The judge who found Donald Trump liable for fraud and ordered the former president to pay $454 million said he will not recuse himself from the case.
- NY Daily News
Harris campaign roasts Trump as ‘old and quite weird’ after Fox News insults
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called in to Fox News Thursday, where he told supporters that presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is a “radical left, not very smart person” who’s part of a massive conspiracy to weaponize the nation’s legal system against him. Harris’ campaign fired back mere minutes later with an email blasting the “78-year-old convicted criminal’s Fox ...
- HuffPost
Anthony Scaramucci Hits Trump With 1 Burning Question On 'Strange' JD Vance
The ex-White House communications director explained why Vance is "hurting" the former president.
- The Independent
Is Donald Trump good at golf? We asked a professional coach to analyze his swing
With Joe Biden calling Trump’s alleged golfing prowess into question, is the 45th president as good as he claims to be?
- HuffPost
Donald Trump’s Nephew Claims His Uncle Said Disabled Americans ‘Should Just Die’
Fred C. Trump III, who has a disabled son, says his uncle revealed his true feelings in a private meeting.
- BBC
Ukraine's hopes and challenges after long wait for F-16s
Russia intends to destroy dozens of US-built warplanes as soon as they arrive in Ukraine.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Claims Harris—Whose Husband Is Jewish—Is ‘Totally Against the Jewish People’
Donald Trump baselessly claimed Kamala Harris is “totally against the Jewish people”—apparently either forgetting or ignoring the fact her husband is Jewish.Speaking at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday night, the Republican nominee slammed his likely presidential election rival for skipping Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress earlier in the day. But Trump seemed completely oblivious to the existence of second gentleman Doug Emhoff,
- HuffPost
Ex-GOP Official Takes Down Trump’s Candidacy With ‘Dangerous’ Description
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan recalled death threats directed at his family following the 2020 election.
- HuffPost
Barack Obama Endorses Kamala Harris For President
Harris has enjoyed near-unanimous support from the party, defying pundits who predicted Democratic infighting should Biden bow out.
- CNN
Former AG Bill Barr personally involved in decision to publicize details of 2020 mail-in ballot probe, DOJ watchdog finds
A Justice Department watchdog has found that former Attorney General Bill Barr was personally involved in the decision to publicize an incident from the 2020 election – nine mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being discarded in a dumpster in Pennsylvania – that flamed the false narrative of widespread voter fraud.
- HuffPost
Harris Campaign Wishes Happy World IVF Day To Everyone Except 1 Person
And we bet you can guess who it is.
- The Independent
How Doug Emhoff learned Biden dropped out — and what Kamala told him when it happened
The second gentleman left a SoulCycle class, without his phone, and the vice president hadn’t heard from him
- HuffPost
George Conway Has Scathing 6-Word Answer To Simple Question About Trump
Kamala Harris' campaign asked a question after the former president appeared on "Fox & Friends."
- CNN
NORAD intercepts Russian and Chinese bombers operating together near Alaska in first such flight
NORAD intercepted two Russian and two Chinese bombers flying near Alaska Wednesday in what a US defense official said was the first time the two countries have been intercepted while operating together.