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Trump Makes 'Startling' Claim About Accuser

'She would not have been the chosen one,' he said of reporter who claimed he groped her in the '70s

(Newser) - On Friday, Donald Trump appeared in a New York courtroom for an appeals hearing in the E. Jean Carroll sex abuse case against him, but it was his remarks after that hearing that are now generating headlines. The former president spoke to reporters and "brought up a string of...

Trump: I &#39;Lost By a Whisker&#39;
Trump: I 'Lost by a Whisker'
Sep 6, 2024 3:55 PM CDT

Trump: I 'Lost by a Whisker'

Former president's comment on the 2020 election prompts double-takes

(Newser) - Donald Trump has generated some attention of late with the language he's using in regard to the 2020 election. By the count of Colby Hall at Mediaite , the former president has stated three times over the last month that he lost a close race to President Biden.
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Judge Gives Trump a Big Legal Victory

Former president's hush-money sentencing is delayed until after the election

(Newser) - Donald Trump will not be sentenced in his hush-money case before Election Day after all. The Manhattan judge in the case, Juan Merchan, said Friday that the former president will be sentenced on November 26, reports the Hill . Merchan originally intended to sentence Trump this month, but he agreed to...

Alexa Has 'Drastically Different' Answers on Trump, Harris

Amazon says it has fixed glitch that made virtual assistant appear to favor VP over former president

(Newser) - A couple of simple questions to Alexa about the upcoming US election have sent users into a tizzy, with conservative critics railing against what Amazon now says was a tech glitch that seemed to favor Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Trump.
  • Question commotion: Per the Telegraph , the hubbub
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Trump: Musk Will Lead Commission on 'Drastic Reforms'

He says he's backing Musk's call for a 'government efficiency commission'

(Newser) - If Donald Trump wins the election, he will have a big job for Elon Musk. In a speech at the Economic Club of New York on Thursday, Trump said Musk will lead a commission that will save "trillions of dollars" in government spending. "I will create a government...

Trump Staffers in Arlington Scuffle Are Named

They are deputy campaign manager Justin Caporale and advance team member Michel Picard

(Newser) - The two Trump campaign staffers who got into a brief physical altercation with a staffer at Arlington National Cemetery last week have been identified as deputy campaign manager Justin Caporale and Michel Picard, a member of the former president's advance team. Named by NPR , Caporale is a former aide...

Judge in Trump Case Calls Election Schedule Irrelevant

Tanya Chutkan sets pretrial deadlines but not a trial date

(Newser) - Judge Tanya Chutkan convened both sides in Donald Trump's election interference prosecution on Thursday, setting a pretrial schedule to move the case along while saying her timeline won't be affected by the defendant's presidential campaign. "This court is not concerned with the electoral schedule," she...

Tulsi Gabbard Hit With Very Hawaiian Criticism

Her endorsement of Trump is 'not pono,' says her successor in Congress

(Newser) - Representing Hawaii's 2nd congressional district, Rep. Jill Tokuda follows in the footsteps of Tulsi Gabbard, who held the same seat from 2013 to 2021. But Tokuda will not follow Gabbard in the direction of Donald Trump. Tokuda has criticized the former Democrat, now independent, for endorsing the former president...

Physician Who Slugged Officer in Capitol Sentenced

Jacquelyn Starer receives prison time after agreeing to not practice medicine any more in her state

(Newser) - A Massachusetts medical doctor who punched a police officer during a mob attack on the US Capitol was sentenced Thursday to nine months of imprisonment followed by nine months of home confinement. Jacquelyn Starer was in a crowd of rioters inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when she struck...

Trump or Harris? Putin Makes His 'Ironic' Pick

With wry smile, Russian president names Harris because 'she laughs so expressively'

(Newser) - A day after two Russian media executives were charged with trying to influence the upcoming US election, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered up his choice of election victor: Kamala Harris. In what Reuters views as an "ironic remark," Putin said Russia preferred Harris over Donald Trump, partly due...

Trump Media Stock Takes a Beating
Trump Media Stock
Hits a Fresh Low
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Sep 4, 2024 10:00 AM CDT

Trump Media Stock Hits a Fresh Low

It sank below the $18 mark for first time on Tuesday

(Newser) - Trump Media stock hit a new low on Tuesday, falling below the $18-per-share mark for the first time. Quartz reports the stock price went as low at $17.72 during trading but closed at $18.08. That's a drop of more than 75% from the company's March 26...

Judge Won't Move Trump Hush Money Case to Federal Court

Says hush money conviction involves Trump's personal life, not presidential duties

(Newser) - A federal judge on Tuesday swiftly rejected Donald Trump's request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, spurning the former president's attempt at an end-run around the state court where he was convicted and is set to be sentenced in two weeks. US District Judge...

Trump Claims Harris 'Made Up' Story of Arlington Clash

John McCain's son calls incident a 'violation'

(Newser) - Donald Trump has denied that there was an altercation between his staffers and an employee at Arlington National Cemetery last week—despite statements from the Pentagon to the contrary. In a post on Truth Social , Trump claimed the reports were invented by Vice President Kamala Harris, the Washington Post reports....

Trump Says He Had 'Every Right' to Interfere in Election

Critics pounce on his remark to Fox host

(Newser) - Donald Trump's remarks Sunday on the updated election interference indictment contained what sounded to some critics like a confession. The former president told Mark Levin on Fox News' Life, Liberty and Levin that he had "every right" to interfere in the 2020 election, the Hill reports. "It'...

Trump's Childhood Home Invaded by Feral Cats

Neighbors aren't happy about the dozens of felines who've converged upon residence in Queens, NY

(Newser) - Former President Trump falsely claimed that immigrants were eating their neighbors' pets in Springfield, Ohio, but in what HuffPost calls "ironic fate," cats appear to be haunting Trump's childhood home in New York City—with griping neighbors trying to find the residence's MIA current owner. Curbed...

&#39;Damage Control&#39;? Trump&#39;s Mixed Messaging on Abortion
'Damage Control'? Trump's
Mixed Messaging on Abortion
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 31, 2024 11:00 AM CDT

'Damage Control'? Trump's Mixed Messaging on Abortion

Day after he hinted he'd vote for abortion access amendment in Florida, ex-president makes a shift

(Newser) - With the election now just weeks away, Donald Trump is offering some mixed messages on his abortion stance, especially over the last "whirlwind" day or two, per NBC News . When asked on Thursday during an interview with the network what he thought about Florida's six-week abortion ban , and...

Controversial Trump Film Will Open Before Election

Trump campaign calls release of The Apprentice 'election interference'

(Newser) - After drawing little interest in its Cannes Film Festival premiere , The Apprentice, starring Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump, now has a distributor that plans to release the film before the Nov. 5 election. Briarcliff Entertainment will release The Apprentice on Oct. 11 in US and Canadian theaters, the...

New Harris Ad Specifically Trolls Mar-a-Lago

VP's campaign is paying for spot on Project 2025 to appear on Trump's home turf in Florida

(Newser) - "Donald Trump's back, and he's out for control—complete control. And he has a plan to get it." That's the gist of the latest political ad from the Kamala Harris campaign on her opponent for the Oval Office. Trump, whom she ties to Project 2025...

Harris: I'd Probably Appoint a Republican to My Cabinet

And more from her CNN interview

(Newser) - Kamala Harris (along with, somewhat controversially , Tim Walz) on Thursday sat for her first interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. Five quotes from her interview with CNN :
  • Bipartisanship: She said that if elected, she'll likely appoint a Republican to serve in her cabinet. CNN notes that for decades,
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Trump Shares Vulgar Post About Kamala Harris

GOP nominee reshares Truth Social post implying 'blowjobs' drove the vice president's political rise

(Newser) - Former President Trump continued to lob sexually themed grenades at Kamala Harris on Wednesday, reposting on Truth Social a photo of Harris and Hillary Clinton captioned, "Funny how blowjobs impacted both their careers differently..." The jab, notes the New York Times , furthers Trump's contention that Harris' political...

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