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  • Harris Taunts Trump After He Backs Out of Debates

    “What happened to ‘any time, any place’?”

  • 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 ...

  • Melania Trump’s Memoir Announcement Prompts A Very Embarrassing Reminder

    The former first lady received an awkward flashback to her husband Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.

  • Trump picking JD Vance was a 'really bad decision' and he would have been better off with Nikki Haley, ex-Trump official says

    Anthony Scaramucci said Trump made a "really bad decision" choosing JD Vance as his VP, although Trump has said that Vance is "doing a fantastic job."

  • Trump vows return to site of assassination attempt, Obamas endorse Harris

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Friday he will return to the Pennsylvania town where he narrowly survived an assassination attempt, while Vice President Kamala Harris capped her week-long bid to become the Democratic presidential nominee with former President Barack Obama's endorsement. "I WILL BE GOING BACK TO BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, FOR A BIG AND BEAUTIFUL RALLY," former President Trump wrote on his Truth Social site, without providing details on when or where the rally would take place. Harris, the first Black woman and first Asian American to serve as vice president, swiftly consolidated Democratic support after President Joe Biden tapped her to succeed him on Sunday.

  • Stephen Colbert Taunts Trump With Absolutely Brutal Reminder About Melania

    The "Late Show" host mocked the former president over one curious claim.

  • How older Democratic voters are responding to Harris replacing Biden

    Darrell Ann Murphy is relieved, grateful and newly hopeful Democrats can win Pennsylvania and the White House. But she is also still upset, a little mad even.

  • Haley: Republicans attacking Harris as ‘DEI’ pick ‘not helpful’

    Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said the GOP attacks on Vice President Harris over her race and gender are “not helpful.” Haley joined CNN’s Jake Tapper for an interview Thursday to discuss recent political events, including President Biden suspending his reelection campaign and endorsing Harris. In the days since, several Republican lawmakers have claimed…

  • 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.

  • Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris, giving her expected but crucial support

    Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation’s two most popular Democrats. The endorsement, announced Friday in a video showing Harris accepting a joint phone call from the former first couple, comes as Harris builds momentum as their party’s likely nominee after President Joe Biden’s decision to end his reelection bid and endorse his second-in-command against Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump.

  • Biden: I deserved a second term

    Joe Biden said his achievements “merited” a second term in office as he addressed the nation for the first time since stepping back from the presidential race.

  • Trump rants ‘he’s not going to be nice’ as he ditches unity calls to blast Democratic ticket

    The former president attacked his likely new rival Kamala Harris and claimed he ‘defeated’ Joe Biden

  • CNN Data Reporter Draws Absolutely Brutal Conclusion Over 1 Detail In JD Vance Polling

    Harry Enten also examined the effect the “historically unpopular” vice presidential candidate may have on Donald Trump’s campaign.

  • Murdoch engaged in legal battle with children over succession, NYT reports

    Murdoch is trying to expand Lachlan Murdoch’s voting power in the Murdoch Family Trust to secure a majority and ensure that he cannot be challenged by the siblings, the report said, citing a sealed court document. The Reno, Nevada-based family trust holds the family's shares in Murdoch's vast collection of television networks and newspapers through the companies News Corp and Fox Corp.

  • Former DOJ officials publicly back Harris and brand Trump ‘grave risk’ to country

    Former top officials at Justice Department described Trump as someone who ‘regularly ignored the rule of law’ while serving as president

  • AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Arizona's state primaries

    Arizona is already expected to play a critical role in the White House race as it did in 2020, but Tuesday’s state primaries will set the stage for competitive contests that could determine control of the closely divided U.S. Senate, U.S. House and both chambers of the state legislature. Topping the ballot Tuesday is the Republican primary in the race to replace U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who was elected as a Democrat in 2018 but became an independent in 2022 after years of bucking her party on key votes. Sinema faced a tough road to reelection after U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego launched his bid for the Democratic nomination in 2023, raising the specter of a three-way general election in the competitive swing state.

  • Biden’s address was a moving piece of political theatre and a rebuke of Trump

    Biden called for generational change and buried his resentments, but not without a pointed comment about his qualifications

  • Trump calls Harris a 'lunatic' in first rally since Biden's exit

    STORY: :: Trump calls Harris a 'lunatic' and aliar at first rally since Biden's exit:: Charlotte, North Carolina:: July 24, 2204:: Donald Trump, Republican Presidential Nominee"If Kamala Harris gets in, she would be the most radical, far left extremist ever to occupy the White House times ten. There's never been a lunatic like this in the White House, and we've had some bad ones.":: Trump routinely uses insults to attack opponents and said he would not 'be nice'"So now we have a new victim to defeat. Lyin' Kamala Harris, Lyan'....Lyin' (crowd boos) The most incompetent and far left of vice president in American history." "If Kamala will lie to you so brazenly about Joe Biden's mental incapacity, then she will lie to you about anything. She can never, ever be trusted. She can't be trusted. And just like Crooked Joe Biden, Kamala Harris is unfit to lead. She's unfit to lead. She'll destroy our country in a year. This country will be destroyed." Harris, the first Black woman and Asian American to serve as vice president, would become the first woman elected president if she prevails on Nov. 5. In the three days since Biden dropped out, she has shaken up a staid race and sparked new energy among Democrats.A Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Tuesday showed Harris with a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Trump, 44% to 42%. A CNN poll conducted by SSRS showed Trump leading Harris, 49% to 46%. Both findings were within the polls' margins of error.

  • Carville: Democrats’ ‘giddy elation’ over Harris won’t be ‘helpful much longer’

    Democratic strategist James Carville warned that Democrats’ “giddy elation” over Vice President Harris’s presidential campaign won’t be “helpful much longer” as Republicans seek to regain lost ground after President Biden’s withdrawal from the race. “They’re coming at us, and they’re gonna keep coming,” Carville said during an interview with MSNBC’s Ari Melber of the GOP…

  • New York tells Supreme Court to toss Missouri’s longshot bid to block Trump’s sentence

    New York urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to toss Missouri’s long-shot lawsuit that seeks to block former President Trump’s forthcoming criminal sentence, telling the justices they have no jurisdiction. After Trump was convicted in Manhattan on 34 counts of falsifying business records, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) went straight to the nation’s highest…