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'Bunch of lies, grievances and name-calling': Harris hits Trump out of gate at debate

Vice President Kamala Harris slammed former President Donald Trump early at their first debate on Tuesday night during a back-and-forth on the economy.

When asked if Harris would like to respond to Trump's attacks on the economy with what he called record inflation under the Biden administration, she retorted "let's talk about what Donald Trump left us."

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CNN anchor on debate: Trump 'struggling with putting sentences together'

At Tuesday night's presidential debate, CNN anchor Abby Phillip pointed out that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's mental capacity appeared diminished when compared to earlier campaigns.

Before the big event, Phillip responded to CNN contributor Chris Wallace's observation that Trump did not talk like a politician.

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'He doesn't have any values!' Senator urges CNN anchor to hold Trump to Harris' standard

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman defended Kamala Harris ahead of the much-anticipated debate and called the election a "stark choice" that isn't about "nuance."

Fetterman spoke with CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer and backed the vice president when asked whether her shifting views on fracking could cost her at the debate in Philadelphia.

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Congressman is fawning to MAGA because 'Mitch McConnell didn't love him': Ex-senator

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) has sold out everything he believes in, in a quest to seek approval from Republican Party leadership, argued former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), who said in a pre-presidential debate panel on MSNBC that "Mitch McConnell didn't love him" and gave Lee a cold welcome.

The remark came amid a scathing new analysis of Utah's junior senator by The Atlantic's Tim Alberta, highlighting his evolution from a small-government conservative repulsed by Trump to a full-on MAGA disciple ingratiating himself for influence.

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MSNBC panel amazed as Trump's team does 'Trumpiest things I've ever heard' ahead of debate

In the pre-game of Tuesday's debate, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace and analyst John Heilemann noticed former President Donald Trump's campaign made odd excuses for him before he even stepped on stage.

Wallace noted in an earlier segment it was surprising to see Trump's advisers in the pages of The New York Times acknowledging they fear Trump can't control himself.

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Dems blast 'evil' Trump team over debate watch party at gun store near GA school shooting

A coalition of young voters called Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his team "evil" after the Republican National Committee decided to hold a debate watch party at a gun store near the site of last week's mass shooting at a Georgia high school.

Ahead of Trump's debate Tuesday night with Vice President Kamala Harris, several Democratic groups issued a joint statement denouncing the watch party. The groups included Voters of Tomorrow, College Democrats of America, Leaders We Deserve, College Democrats of Georgia, Georgia High School Democrats, Young Democrats of Georgia, Path to Progress and Blue Future.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene yells at Andrew Cuomo for 'murdering people' at COVID-19 hearing

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) accused former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) of "murdering people" during his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

At a Thursday hearing before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, Greene reminded Cuomo that he had "attacked President Trump and his response" to the virus outbreak.

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House Republican runs into fact-check buzz saw on CNN defending Trump election claims

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) got a quick fact check during a CNN interview when he tried to avoid answering questions about former President Donald Trump's election conspiracy theories.

Donalds, a right-wing Republican and Donald Trump ally, attacked CNN anchor Boris Sanchez right off the bat when he asked about Trump's repeated lies about the 2020 presidential election, which are being used to justify a new Republican-backed bill requiring proof of citizenship as a precondition of being able to register to vote.

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'Are you OK?' Dem confronts Jim Jordan for sharing fake image of Trump protecting a duck

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) confronted Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) Tuesday for sharing a fake image of Donald Trump cradling a duck.

At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration, Swalwell noted that Jordan had promoted unverified claims that migrants were stealing and eating pets by posting an AI-generated image on X.

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Maddow claims Giuliani's henchman Lev Parnas got longer jail sentence for talking to her

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said Tuesday that Lev Parnas felt so guilty about his role in trying to bring down Joe Biden and his family that he spilled to her — and got a longer jail sentence as a result.

Donald Trump ally Rudy Giuliani brought together two men in a scheme to dig up dirt in Ukraine on Biden before the 2020 election, according to Parnas.

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'Off the chart': Maddow pinpoints reason she says Trump gets away with 'bizarreness'

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow claimed Tuesday that Donald Trump's erratic behavior gets downplayed because, inevitably, he follows it with more unhinged behavior while the media "sane washes" his statements to be more benign.

Joining "The View" ahead of the debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Maddow said that little is known about how Harris may debate.

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J.D. Vance says in 2020 he wouldn’t certify election: ‘Let the country have the debate’

Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, the Republican vice presidential candidate, said Monday that if he were in former Vice President Mike Pence's place, he would not have certified the election on January 6, 2021.

Speaking as part of a panel on the All-In Podcast, Vance told cohost Jason Calacanis the issue wasn't necessarily Pence deciding not to "overturn the election results," but rather that "Mike Pence could have done more to sort of surface some problems."'

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War Room host accuses Kamala Harris of 'ethnic cleansing of Americans' in 'MAGA counties'

A guest host on Steve Bannon's War Room podcast accused President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of the "ethnic cleansing of Americans" in "MAGA counties."

Natalie Winters made the claim Monday after baseless Republican allegations accused Haitian migrants of eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

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