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J.D. Vance crowd boos woman for asking him about abortion

Donald Trump supporters booed a reporter Monday after she asked Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance about his position on abortion.

At an event in Philadelphia, Vance took a question from local NBC reporter Rosemary Connors.

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Conservative judge reveals why he's supporting a Democrat for the first time ever

Retired conservative jurist J. Michael Luttig has penned a statement outlining why he's supporting Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

Luttig, who has a history of detailing the legal cases against Donald Trump, is a long-time conservative who advised former Vice President Mike Pence on Trump's plot to stop the 2020 election certification. He confesses that he has never voted for a Democrat to be president and that Harris will be his first.

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'Don't want him talking about anything': CNN reporter says Trump's campaign is cringing

Donald Trump's controversial comments about the Medal of Honor has his presidential reelection campaign team cringing, sources tell CNN.

Trump campaign reporter Kristen Holmes on Monday said the former president's recent claims that the civilian Presidential Medal of Freedom is the superior award since it requires no physical risk has his team engaging in some wishful thinking.

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Legal experts call MAGA lawyer's bluff after lawsuit threat for labeling Trump a 'felon'

Attorney Mike Davis, one of Donald Trump's rumored attorney general candidates, is threatening lawsuits for anyone who calls the ex-president a convicted felon.

"Dear Media and Other Democrat Operatives: Fair warning: Calling Trump a 'convicted felon' is defamatory. You may get sued," Davis wrote on X.

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'Risk of collapse': Trump Media stock in 'serious' jeopardy as Truth Social languishes

Shares of Trump Media Stock (DJT) are facing "serious risks" this week, according to a report by Forbes.

The publication noted that Trump Media management failed to hold an earnings call — likely at the request of majority shareholder and former President Donald Trump. Without an earnings call, investors "did not receive information about future plans and expectations of how things could improve" for Truth Social, the report said.

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Trump should be 'sued back to the Stone Age' for bogus Taylor Swift endorsement: attorney

Fans of Taylor Swift, known as "Swifties," flocked to social media to trash Donald Trump for sharing AI images purporting to show her endorsing him, and many even suggested that she sue him for the false information.

Swift, who was avidly anti-Trump in the 2020 election, has not endorsed a candidate in the 2024 race. Now it appears she's being pushed into speaking out.

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'Not even close': John Kelly slams Trump's controversial Medal of Honor comparisons

Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, Donald Trump's onetime chief of staff, has condemned the former president's comments claiming the civilian Presidential Medal of Freedom as "much better" than the Medal of Honor reserved for service members, according to a new report.

“Not even close," Kelly told CNN Monday. "No equivalency of any kind.”

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'They're often dead!': Trump doubles down on claims about Medal of Honor recipients

Former President Donald Trump's attempt to explain a controversial campaign trail comment was disparaged by politicos who argued his backtrack was just a double-down.

Trump on Monday was met with criticism as Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign shared Trump's explanation with followers without any comment, just a quotation of his words, from an interview in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

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Trump-backed Georgia Election Board faces resistance to changes at heated meeting: report

The Georgia Election Board faced huge resistance during its Monday morning meeting from legal experts, county election officials, and from some local citizens.

The board has come under scrutiny after it was revealed that three of the members of the five-person panel are pro-Donald Trump members whom the former president even singled out for commendation during a recent Georgia rally.

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High-ranked swing state Republican delivers 'blow' to Trump-blessed election board: Report

A high-ranking Georgia Republican delivered a blow to the Trump-backed state election board in his state, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Greg Bluestein reported Monday.

Attorney General Chris Carr told Georgia election board officials in a new ruling that he will not be reopening an investigation into the recount of Fulton County ballots in 2020, Bluestein reported.

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Fox & Friends snipe at Harris TikTok campaign — even though it seems to be 'working'

Vice President Kamala Harris' outreach to influencers from the social media platform TikTok spurred a surprising response from a Fox & Friends panelist Monday morning.

"Chinese, have at it," said political commentator Brian Kilmeade.

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'Contradiction at the heart of the Republican Party' gives Dems an advantage: columnist

When Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi was asked by New York Times Opinion columnist Ezra Klein "why House Democrats have held together more easily than House Republicans," the former California lawmaker replied: "It’s very hard to find leverage with people who don’t have really any beliefs or any agenda. It’s hard to negotiate with somebody who wants nothing."

Since President Joe Biden stepped dropped his reelection bid last month, reports have pointed to Pelosi as one of the Democratic leader who urged the president to make that decision for the sake of the Party's future.

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For first time in its history, DNC will feature panel on Palestinian rights

The opening day of the Democratic National Convention on Monday will feature its first-ever panel on Palestinian rights, a result of persistent grassroots organizing against U.S. support for Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip—a war that a majority of Democratic voters believe is genocidal.

The co-founders of the Uncommitted National Movement—which urged voters to mark "uncommitted" on their Democratic primary ballots earlier this year to protest the Biden administration's support for Israel's bombardment of Gaza—announced the panel in a statement on Monday, calling it an "important step toward recognizing the rightful place of human rights advocates for Palestinian rights within the Democratic Party."

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