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Former Fox News and NBC News host Megyn Kelly went toe-to-toe with liberal HBO comedian Bill Maher on Friday night as she tried to insist a second Trump administration will look a lot like the first.

The debate kicked off with Maher noting to Kelly and his "Real Time" audience that America mistakenly thought Russia would stand alone when it invaded Ukraine. Instead, Russian President Vladimir Putin has become "chummy" with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as well as North Korea and Iran.

Trump supporters in Traverse City, Michigan got tired of the former president keeping them waiting for hours behind schedule for his rally — and many walked out before he arrived.

The exodus was first flagged by CBS News' Ed O'Keefe, who posted video footage of the restless crowd and some heading for the exits.

Mega chart-topper Beyoncé delivered a simple message to Americans while rallying supporters of Kamala Harris at a packed Houston stadium on Friday: “We need you.”

“For all the men and women in this room and watching around the country: We need you,” the Houston native said during her short remarks that immediately followed a speech by her one-time Destiny’s Child bandmate Kelly Rowland. The group’s popular 1999 hit “Independent Woman, Part 1” welcomed the pair as they took the stage.

Donald Trump made a stop on the Joe Rogan Experience on Friday during a swing through Texas.

The former president sat down with the podcast host for the much-anticipated, wide-ranging interview that lasted nearly three hours.

Beyoncé was expected to appear Friday in her hometown of Houston at a campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris with less than two weeks until Election Day in what polls show is a razor-thin race.

Harris rallygoers will likely recognize Beyonce’s 2016 track “Freedom," which has become the campaign's anthem. At the rally, Harris was expected to feature women who have been affected by Texas’ restrictive abortion laws, according to The Associated Press.

A Republican strategist got forceful pushback on CNN on Friday night as he tried to downplay former President Donald Trump's remarks that he would deport special counsel Jack Smith, who is overseeing the election subversion case against the MAGA leader.

Anchor Anderson Cooper told Republican Brad Todd it's "not normal for someone who wants to be president of the United States to talk about deporting a special counsel, a guy who is just assigned to this and doing his job."

Former President Donald Trump has been making a concerted effort to win over the "bro" vote, reaching out to gamers and others in the so-called "Manosphere."

MSNBC examined this outreach during a Friday, October 25 segment, interviewing a 19-year-old male voter in Georgia who he said he likes Trump because the former president talks like his friends — not like a slick politician.

Despite many ultra-wealthy donors backing former President Donald Trump over taxes, regulations, or their own political beliefs, much of the rest of the business world is horrified by what a Trump presidency could look like, tech and entertainment billionaire Mark Cuban told MSNBC's Ari Melber on Friday.

Cuban, who despite a handful of disagreements with the progressive left has been an enthusiastic surrogate for Vice President Kamala Harris on the campaign trail, said that it comes down to one key issue: Trump's plans to uproot and deport immigrant workers en masse.

A far-right congressman’s suggestion that electors in North Carolina could be assigned to Donald Trump even before votes are counted is part of a nationwide “MAGA blueprint,” according to one political analyst, who called the lawmaker out on CNN Friday as “hypocritical.”

The moment came on CNN’s "The Situation Room” after host Wolf Blitzer played a clip of Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) who floated the idea that the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature could take the unheard-of step of assigning electors in light of challenges revolving around Hurricane Helene.

A political expert warned on CNN on Friday that America could become an "oligarchy" with "crony capitalism" — and said what's at stake in the election is, "Do we want an American [Vladimir] Putin?"

Jonathan Alter, author of "American Reckoning," joined Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room" on Friday to discuss a new poll showing nearly half of Americans think former President Donald Trump is a "fascist" — with the race essentially tied in the polls.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper had a blunt response to new sentiments from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) essentially accusing Vice President Kamala Harris of inviting another assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump by criticizing his obsession with Adolf Hitler's generals.

"The Vice President's words more closely resemble those of President Trump's second would-be assassin than her own earlier appeal to civility," they wrote. “Vice President Harris may want the American people to entrust her with the sacred duty of executive authority. But first, she must abandon the base and irresponsible rhetoric that endangers both American lives and institutions. We have both been briefed on the ongoing and persistent threats to former President Donald Trump by adversaries to the United States, and we call on the Vice President to take these threats seriously, stop escalating the threat environment, and help ensure President Trump has the necessary resources to be protected from those threats.”

Gen. John Kelly's comments about Donald Trump continue to echo through the political world, with 13 former Trump officials willing to verify some of the stories he revealed about the ex-president's treatment of soldiers and the military.

Among those is Kevin Carroll, a former senior counselor to John Kelly, who spoke to MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace on Friday. He relayed the moment when Trump railed against the military at Arlington National Cemetery, recalling running into Kelly after the fact.

Former officials from Donald Trump's White House continue to come forward to speak out against him in the final days of the 2024 election cycle.

Speaking to MSNBC on Friday, Elizabeth Neumann, former assistant secretary for counterterrorism and threat prevention at the Department of Homeland Security, tried to convey to Americans that their top issues won't matter if America loses its freedom.