politics
Donald Trump Gives First Media Interview After Being Shot, Says He’s Rewritten GOP Convention Speech
Donald Trump says he’s rewritten the speech he will deliver at this week’s Republican National Convention in the aftermath of Saturday’s assassination attempt. On Sunday, the former president and presumed GOP nominee talked to The Washington Examiner’s Salena Zito, who was present at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the day before, where gunman Thomas Matthew […]
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Trump Says Bullet “Pierced” Ear During Rally Shooting Being Investigated as Assassination Attempt
Former President Donald Trump was the target of an assassination attempt Saturday at a Pennsylvania rally, days before he was to accept the Republican nomination for a third time. A barrage of gunfire set off panic, and a bloodied Trump, who said he was shot in the ear, was surrounded by Secret Service and hurried to his […]
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Biden Condemns Shooting at Trump’s Rally in Pennsylvania: “No Place for This Kind of Violence in America”
Joe Biden is among those across politics and Hollywood reacting to the deadly shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. The former president’s campaign said Trump was “fine” after being rushed off the stage when gunfire erupted. The shooting is being investigated as an attempted assassination on Trump, law enforcement officials told […]
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Biden Team Claps Back at George Clooney After Scathing Op-Ed
Who had a “media feud between Joe Biden and George Clooney” on their July 2024 bingo card? But that’s exactly what recent events have given us. President Biden’s team reportedly clapped back at the iconic actor on Wednesday after Clooney’s scathing New York Times guest essay that pushed for the president to step down from […]
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Controversial U.K. Politician Jacob Rees-Mogg Gets Discovery+ Docu-Series
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Discovery+ U.K. and Ireland has commissioned a new series focused on the professional and personal life of controversial British politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, titled Meet The Rees-Moggs. The five-part series, produced by Optomen, promises to “lift the lid on the man behind the public image” by offering exclusive access and fly-on-the-wall insight into […]
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Late Night Hosts Tackle Biden Debate Fallout: “I Don’t Know What’s the Right Thing to Do Here”
Late night shows returned following a hiatus on Monday night, giving hosts Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon their first chances to react to last month’s presidential debate. While Jon Stewart weighed in on the debate with a live Daily Show after the face-off on Thursday, June 27, Colbert, Meyers and Fallon were off […]
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Jon Stewart Slams Biden Team’s “Blatant Bull****,” Suggests a New Path Forward
Jon Stewart criticized Joe Biden and the White House’s response to ongoing concerns about the president’s mental fitness and candidacy. Returning to The Daily Show on Monday night, Stewart played recent clips of Biden struggling with his words as the president tried to reassure voters in the wake of his disastrous debate performance on June […]
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Man Bites Dog: RFK Jr. Learns the Hard Way How White House Ambitions Can Be Undone by a Pooch
There are many, many reasons why Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will never be president. For starters, his claim that a parasitic worm ate part of his brain is likely a deal breaker for a large segment of the American electorate, even if it does explain some of Kennedy’s wackier conspiracy theories, like the one about […]
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Rob Reiner Calls on Joe Biden to Step Down: “It’s Time to Stop F***ing Around”
Rob Reiner has joined the list of prominent Democrats calling on President Joe Biden to exit the race. On Sunday, the actor-director posted on X (formerly Twitter): “It’s time to stop fucking around. If the Convicted Felon wins, we lose our Democracy. Joe Biden has effectively served US with honor, decency, and dignity. It’s time […]
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Kamala Harris Focuses on Key Campaign Talking Points at Essence Festival, While Rep. Maxine Waters Shows Fiery Support for Biden
Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t directly address the fallout from President Joe Biden’s poor performance during his live CNN Presidential Debate with former president Donald Trump over a week ago when she spoke during an interview at the 30th Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans Saturday evening. Nor did she address Biden’s sit-down conversation with ABC […]
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Minnie Driver Says She “Couldn’t” Live in a Republican State If Donald Trump Is Reelected
Minnie Driver admitted that if Donald Trump were to be reelected in November, she “couldn’t” live in an American Republican-lead state. The British actress, who lived in Los Angeles for 27 years before recently relocating to the U.K., was asked during an interview with The Times of London, published online Saturday, if she would consider […]
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President Biden Insists There’s “No Indication of Any Serious Condition” in First Post-Debate Interview
In what is arguably the most important media interview of his reelection bid, President Joe Biden on Friday maintained that his shaky performance at the first 2024 presidential debate was “a bad night” and that he was “sick” but the incumbent candidate seemed unaware of how fast his chances to win appear to be slipping […]
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