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The HillDemocrats start to hit the panic button
Democrats’ nerves are at an all-time high. Two months ago — even a month ago — they were feeling bullish about Vice President Harris’s prospects of defeating former President Trump. But now, with less than a month to go until Election Day, they’re increasingly worried about a number of issues plaguing the Democratic nominee’s campaign. On…
- The Telegraph
Iran has proved it can breach the world’s greatest air defence system. What comes next could be devastating
The world watched helplessly as a missile barrage from Iran came raining down over Israel with less than 15 minutes’ warning.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Gets Unhinged, Even for Him, Over Kamala Harris ‘60 Minutes’ Interview
Donald Trump—who agreed to an interview with the CBS newsmagazine show 60 Minutes before backing out—has gone on the warpath at Kamala Harris for her performance on the show.“The Interview on 60 Minutes with Comrade Kamala Harris is considered by many of those who reviewed it, the WORST Interview they have ever seen,” he wrote, in a Tuesday morning post on Truth Social. “She literally had no idea what she was talking about, and it was an embarrassment to our Country that a Major Party Candidate
- The Hill
Podcast host laughs when Trump describes himself as ‘basically a truthful person’
A podcast host laughed when former President Trump described himself as “basically a truthful person” in a Wednesday episode. The former president was expressing his frustration over topics including the House panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol and Democratic attacks against him on the “Andrew Schulz’s Flagrant with Akaash…
- HuffPost
Podcaster Cracks Up After Donald Trump Calls Himself A 'Truthful Person'
Andrew Schulz couldn't help but respond to the presidential candidate's claim by doubling over in laughter.
- The Daily Beast
Melania Sheds a Little Light on Trump’s Bedroom Habits
Melania Trump has been married to her husband for 19 years, during which time she had a front-row seat to the former president’s bedtime routine. She spilled on one detail of that regimen in a Tuesday appearance on Fox News Tuesday, suggesting that Donald Trump sleeps in something other than pajamas. She joined The Five to promote her new memoir, aptly titled Melania, which hit shelves earlier in the day.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get the Daily Beast's biggest scoops and scandals delivered rig
- INSIDER
Kevin O'Leary says the US needs to go 'DEFCON 19 against China' and break the country with heavy tariffs
"You squeeze them because the Chinese only understand the stick," Kevin O'Leary told Fox News presenter Trey Gowdy.
- The Independent
Trump stuns social media as he dances along to YMCA at the end of speech about October 7 attacks
The event was billed by the Trump campaign as an October 7 ‘remembrance event’
- AFP News
Pyongyang to 'permanently' shut border with South Korea
North Korea's army said on Wednesday it was moving to "permanently shut off and block the southern border" with the South and had informed the US military to prevent an accidental clash.It said it had sent a telephone message to US forces to "prevent any misjudgement and accidental conflict".
- The Daily Beast
Trump Lashes Out at ‘Dumb Women’ Hosts of ‘The View’ After Harris Interview
Former President Donald Trump lashed out at the hosts of The View, labelling them “degenerates” and “dumb women” after Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris appeared on the show.Trump took to Truth Social and X on Tuesday in the latest attack on the daytime talk show hosts that have irked the former president for years. Trump appeared to be particularly irate over an answer the vice president gave when asked if she would have done anything differently from President Joe Biden.Though Harr
- The Guardian
Chinese stocks suffer worst fall in 27 years over growth concerns
Investors disappointed after hoped-for policy plans by Beijing to stimulate economy failed to materialise
- The Daily Beast
Donald Trump’s ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles Were Made in China
Thousands of “God Bless the USA” Bibles that Donald Trump has been hawking while seeking a return to the White House were printed in China, according to a report.Records show a printing company in the eastern city of Hangzhou shipped almost 120,000 of the books to the U.S. in February and March this year, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. News about the books—which Trump has promoted in partnership with country singer Lee Greenwood—comes after the Republican nominee has called for higher
- HuffPost
Donald Trump: 'Wait Until You See What I’m Going To Do' To The New York Times
The former president issued an ominous threat to the venerable newspaper.
- The Independent
Melania says team ‘betrayed’ her with that Michelle Obama speech plagiarism scandal
In her memoir, Melania admits her 2016 RNC speech contained ‘undeniable similarities’ to Michelle Obama’s
- Reuters
Netanyahu says Israel has 'taken out' Nasrallah's successors
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces have killed the would-be successors of late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, without naming them. Netanyahu did not identify by name Nasrallah's replacement that he claimed Israel had killed.
- The Independent
Melania Trump reveals how Barron has settled into life at NYU after professors sign critical letter against Donald
Professors signed onto 2020 letter that claimed Donald Trump ‘peddles in lies’ and ‘incites violence’
- The Hill
NYT poll shows Trump with big leads in Florida, Texas
Former President Trump has opened up a sizable lead in the presidential race in Florida and Texas one month out from Election Day, a New York Times poll published Tuesday showed. The survey, conducted by the Times and Siena College, found Trump leading in his home state of Florida by 13 percentage points over Vice…
- The Independent
Donald Trump’s ‘shifting’ excuses for refusing to sit down with 60 Minutes revealed
60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley said the former president had broken a decades-long tradition by pulling out of a scheduled interview last week
- HuffPost
GOP Rep. Scott Perry Went From Hailing Project 2025 To Knowing Nothing About It
“I don’t even know how many pages it is,” the Pennsylvania Republican told a constituent, a month after praising the far-right policy roadmap for its “accountability.”
- Bloomberg
Malaysia must cut petrol subsidy to meet budget aim, World Bank says
Malaysia will have to unwind blanket state support for its most widely used gasoline by this year for the government to meet its own subsidy spending target, according to the World Bank.