2024 Elections

Golden statue erected in swing state mocks Trump by honoring 'lifetime of sexual assault'

Another monument has been erected mocking former President Donald Trump — this time in a key battleground state — following a series of activism art installations throughout the United States.

The third "monument" appeared Wednesday in Philadelphia and is a golden statue of Trump standing behind a statue of a partially nude woman. Huffington Post reporter Jennifer Bendery has been following the statues as they pop up.

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Never-Trumpers troll J.D. Vance with video of Trump calling Harris supporters 'garbage'

Republicans were shocked — shocked — that President Joe Biden might have called former President Donald Trump's supporters "garbage," and the Lincoln Project handed them their winnings.

The Lincoln Project played out a classic "Casablanca" scene Wednesday by trolling Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) with a video of Trump insulting supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris after he complained about the comment.

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Trump may revoke money from law enforcement agencies that defy deportation plan: report

Donald Trump, who has been endorsed by the union of local law enforcement officers at the Fraternal Order of Police, may threaten to revoke funding for local police departments that refuse to go along with his mass deportation plan, should he be elected, NBC News reported Wednesday.

Trump has pledged that if elected, he will begin a deportation plan that will include all immigrants who haven't been granted citizenship and their children, even if they were born in the U.S., according to Newsweek. Under the Constitution, any person born on U.S. soil is considered a citizen.

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'It’s dangerous': Ex-military adviser slams 'reckless' GOP tactics in key swing state

Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs adviser Michael Embrich accused the Republican Party Wednesday of working to disenfranchise military voters in a Rolling Stone editorial released Wednesday, .

Embrich criticized one among many new pieces of litigation pushed by the GOP to try to limit voting options or cut down voter rolls in battleground states across the country.

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Singer Nicky Jam yanks Trump endorsement over 'island of garbage' Puerto Rico joke

Reggaeton artist Nicky Jam pulled his endorsement of former President Donald Trump on Wednesday after a comedian at his Madison Square Garden rally called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage."

Nicky Jam, whose father is Puerto Rican, renounced his support for Trump in an Instagram video post, CBS News political campaign reporter Nidia Cavazos was among the first to announce.

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Trump abruptly cancels appearance at Penn State football game

In a surprise announcement, Donald Trump's campaign said the former president had canceled his appearance at a high-profile football game in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

The Columbus-Dispatch reported Wednesday that Trump had abruptly decided not to attend Penn State's game against Ohio State.

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Harris just triggered Trump's 'lizard brain' with big campaign rally: analysis

Former President Donald Trump thought he scored a win with his Madison Square Garden rally — then Vice President Kamala Harris put him in his place, wrote former conservative pundit Jonathan Last in a lengthy Threads post.

Trump was already on the defense over the racist optics of one of his rally speakers attacking the island of Puerto Rico, then Harris showed Trump she could beat him at his own game — and that "scared the crap out of him," argued Last.

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'I'm not Hitler': Trump denies he's a Nazi in closing arguments for campaign

Former President Donald Trump insisted that he was "not Hitler" during closing arguments for his 2024 campaign.

At a Wednesday rally in North Carolina, Trump complained that he had been called names by Vice President Kamala Harris and her supporters.

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'These are all lies': Analyst unpacks Trump's dark obsession with Harris' intelligence

A political analyst Wednesday revealed why he believes former President Donald Trump can't stop obsessing with Vice President Kamala Harris' intelligence.

Salon writer Chauncey DeVega dug through decades of rhetorical history to reveal a disturbing pattern that ends with Trump's attacks on the Black woman challenging his right to return to the White House in 2025.

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Trump presents 'far more fundamental threat to conservatism' than Harris: GOP speechwriter

A former speechwriter for multiple Republican presidents said this week former President Donald Trump presents a greater risk to his party than Vice President Kamala Harris.

Peter Wehner, who served as a speechwriter under three Republican presidents — Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush — made no secret of his total disdain for Trump and the far-right MAGA movement in an Atlantic opinion piece released Tuesday night.

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'Wild week': Analysis finds Trump Media stock plummeting amid NYC rally fallout

Former President Donald Trump's eponymous media company saw stock prices plummet Wednesday amid blowback from the racist rhetoric at his New York City rally, a new analysis found.

Trump Media stocks are on track for their largest daily decrease since April — when news broke its main asset Truth Social had lost about $58 million in 2023, Barron's reported.

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'Don't be clever': GOP lawmaker snaps at CNN host mid-fact check

CNN International host Christiane Amanpour clashed with Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) after the Republican lawmaker suggested Americans did not support the right to have an abortion.

During a Wednesday interview, Crenshaw argued that many European countries did not permit abortions past 12 weeks of pregnancy.

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GOP plot to steal election for Trump 'could be even worse than you think': expert

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Donald Trump are already at work on an effort to attempt to steal the 2024 election from voters, says legal columnist Elie Mystal from "The Nation."

At a recent rally, Trump teased a "little secret" that he had between himself and Johnson that he predicted will ultimately have a “big impact."

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