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'Nappy time at Del Boca Vista': Trump's sleepy stump speech stuns conservative onlooker

Former President Donald Trump stunned onlookers Tuesday with a slow-paced speech in Wisconsin even as his campaign manager raged on social media.

Trump's second event of a day spent campaigning in Wisconsin saw the Republican presidential nominee address a crowd at a Milwaukee museum at about 7 p.m. with a speech that surprised MSNBC conservative analyst Tim Miller.

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'Dear Leader shall not be fact checked': Trump mocked after backing out of '60 Minutes'

Former President Donald Trump's surprising decision to drop out of a "60 Minutes" interview that entailed live fact-checking stunned political onlookers who said he just handed an easy victory to Vice President Kamala Harris.

The iconic news show's Tuesday announcement that Trump had pulled out of the special Oct. 7 broadcast alongside Harris spurred outrage from his campaign spokesperson and jeers from the left.

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'Not just weird or dangerous': New Harris ad uses Vance to skewer Trump — and vice versa

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign dropped a new ad Tuesday targeting Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) by way of former President Donald Trump, and vice versa.

The new digital ad appeared online just hours before Vance is slated to debate Harris' running mate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), whose succinct character attack on the Ohio Republican features prominently — as does Trump's age.

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Tim Walz was off 2 months about where he was 35 years ago: CNN investigation

Gov. Tim Walz may not have been in China during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests as he has previously claimed, according to an investigative report from the CNN team that linked Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R-NC) to porn site commentary praising Nazis and slavery.

CNN's newest political bombshell suggests Walz was off by about two months about exactly when he visited China 35 years ago.

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Daughter of 'Lady Trump' ex-pol may have incriminated self in mom's fraud trial: report

The daughter of a former MAGA politician accused of blowing charity cash meant for a slain Las Vegas police officer may have incriminated herself on the witness stand during her mom's criminal trial, according to a new report.

Former Las Vegas City Council Member Michele Fiore's daughter Sheena Siegel testified in her mom's federal wire fraud case Tuesday that she signed a check from a political PAC to her personal account, according to KTNV reporter Jaewon Jung.

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'Shrug': Analyst says loyal red state voters unimpressed by Trump's unusual campaign stop

Former President Donald Trump's appearance at a major college football game in Alabama Saturday night didn't inspire as much excitement as it would have in the past, according to a new analysis.

Trump's reception at the Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa — where he was joined by rap-rocker Kid Rock and country singer Hank Williams Jr. were with him — surprised NOTUS reporter Ben T.N. Mause, he wrote Tuesday.

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Trump complains about crowd size before mentioning NC flood victims or attack on Israel

Former President Donald Trump gave a speech Tuesday where he again complained about the size of a crowd at one of his recent rallies even before mentioning the victims of Hurricane Helene or Iran's missile attack on Israel.

Trump began his speech in Waunakee, Wisconsin, by noting he had spoken in the state just days earlier.

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J.D. Vance's pledge to kill landmark Biden policy would 'devastate his hometown': analyses

A key campaign pledge from Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) would have disastrous consequences on the southwest Ohio community where Vance grew up and the state he represents, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

Vance and former President Donald Trump have repeatedly set their sights on repealing the Inflation Reduction Act, a landmark piece of legislation signed by President Joe Biden that reforms energy production and fixes some holes in health care coverage, investing in climate response while simultaneously bringing down the federal deficit.

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'Get the hell off the stage': MAGA rally speaker claims Trump booted him mid-speech

Former Gov. Tommy Thompson (R-WI) announced mid-speech Tuesday that he had gotten a call from former President Donald Trump telling him to "get the hell off the stage."

During a rally in Waunakee, Thompson gave a fiery speech about how Trump could win the state.

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'Recoiled in fear': Ex-Trump official shoots down boasts about 'big man' Iran tactics

The bombs had barely even begun to fall in Iran's escalatory missile strike on Israeli cities, when former President Donald Trump proclaimed that he could have prevented the whole thing by projecting a tough guy attitude in the White House.

"[ Iran] should not do it. It would be a big mistake if they do," Trump told NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Garret Haake. "They have no respect for the administration. This would have never happened if I was president.”

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'Buckle up': Experts say Trump just filed pivotal objection in election interference case

Donald Trump just delivered a slew of objections over new evidence special counsel Jack Smith wants to appear on the public docket and that the former president's attorneys hope to hide, according to court records and legal analyses.

Trump filed to Washington D.C. federal court Tuesday a seven-page response to a new 180 page document that could contain new evidence from his federal election interference case prosecutor, court records show.

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'Ridiculous': Indicted Dem mayor  courts Trump's support — and is immediately slammed

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) welcomed Thursday the support of former Republican President Donald Trump after he was indicted for allegedly taking bribes from foreign governments — then faced almost immediate criticism.

Following Adams' indictment, Trump blamed the charges on the mayor's criticism of undocumented immigrants in the city.

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'Trumpian emotional trifecta': Op-ed warns Vance will ape shouty SCOTUS 'bully' at debate

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has to impress an audience of one as much as he needs to win over voters in Tuesday's vice presidential debate, and a columnist suspects he'll imitate another "shouty" Yale Law School graduate who once faced a similar task.

The Ohio Republican will face off against Democratic rival Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) in the debate, and Daily Beast columnist Nell Scovell expects him to "go for the Trumpian emotional trifecta: playing the victim, spewing anger, and attacking women" – much like Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh did during his confirmation hearings.

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