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'I'm cringing': 'Socially awkward' Elon Musk mocked for 'low energy' speech at Trump rally

Donald Trump's rally on Saturday featured the richest man in the world as a speaker, but his performance was panned by critics.

Trump over the weekend spoke in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the former president delivered remarks at the location of an attempt on his life three months prior. Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance was slammed for a perceived insult to the man who died during that assassination attempt, and Trump himself paused the rally for several minutes for a medical emergency.

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Many federal judges expected to retire 'in very short order' depending on election results

Currently, there are only a few dozen vacancies to be filled across the entire federal judiciary. But there are reportedly scores of federal judges who may soon leave their posts depending on the outcome of the November election.

NBC News reported that out of the 890 Article III federal judgeships — which includes U.S. district and circuit court judges serving lifelong terms as well as the nine Supreme Court judges — there are just 43 open positions throughout the country. This means the next president will have the fewest judicial vacancies of any incoming administration in decades.

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'Could sway the outcome': Trump campaign panicking over Harris’ fundraising edge: report

With just one month to go before voters head to the polls, the winner of the 2024 presidential election will likely be determined by which candidate has necessary infrastructure to most effectively turn out voters. And Republicans are now worrying that Vice President Kamala Harris has a significant edge over former President Donald Trump in that regard.

The Washington Post reported that there are concerns spreading among the Trump campaign and Republican National Committee (RNC) leadership that Harris' significant fundraising edge could prove difficult to overcome for the former president. Fundraising is necessary for convincing the tens of thousands of remaining undecided voters in the handful of battleground states likely to decide the Electoral College majority. Money can go toward multiple types of critical voter outreach including campaign rallies, TV and digital advertising, field canvassing and direct mail efforts, among others.

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'This boils my blood': CNN panel erupts as Republicans praise Trump 'leadership'

A CNN panel erupted in shouting Friday as a Republican tried to defend former President Donald Trump's baseless claims about the Biden Administration's disaster response and liberals reminded them of Trump's record.

Host Abby Phillip opened the conversation with a blunt assessment that Trump had been lying about Biden withholding aid from states less friendly to his party — as two of the Republican's former staffers say Trump did to California in 2018.

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'Strange psyche': George Conway says Trump's 'big lie' is right out of Hitler's playbook

Conservative attorney and Donald Trump critic George Conway said Friday the former president's repeated false claims about Hurricane Helene relief are taken straight from Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's playbook.

Conway detailed to MSNBC's Alex Wagner his take on Trump's false claims that President Joe Biden had been unreachable, flushed Federal Emergency Management Agency funds into migrant shelters and withheld aid from Republican-favoring areas.

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'Just making stuff up': Anderson Cooper hits GOP insider with brutal Trump fact-check

CNN's Anderson Cooper clashed with Republican strategist Scott Jennings Friday over former President Donald Trump's repeated false claims on Hurricane Helene relief efforts.

Cooper cornered the Republican on air and demanded to know if he felt Trump's campaign rhetoric was appropriate.

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'Blow to Trump': Billionaire Trump donor jumps ship with ‘significant' Harris donation

Encouraged by conversations he’s had with Vice President Kamala Harris, a billionaire venture capitalist has pulled his support for Donald Trump – and announced a “significant donation” for his Democratic opponent, according to a new report.

The decision announced Friday by Ben Horowitz and his wife Felicia came three months after he and business partner Marc Andreessen faced criticism when they chose to throw their support to the former president.

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'Secret to winning!' MAGA fans cheer as Trump pledges to put Confederate names on bases

Former President Donald Trump kicked off a North Carolina campaign rally with a pledge to slap the names of Confederate generals on military bases — and was met with overwhelming cheers.

Trump's promise to re-instate the name of Fort Bragg — stripped from the base after the violent death of George Floyd, a Black man, under a police officer's knee — was met with cries of celebration, video of the event shows.

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'Trash publication': Trump campaign bigwig has social meltdown over swing state report

A former President Donald Trump campaign bigwig had a social media meltdown Friday over reporting about the impact Hurricane Helene could have on swing states.

Chris LaCivita, one of Trump's 2024 campaign managers, was not angry about the more than 200 lives lost in the catastrophic storm or the thousands of people struggling to find basic necessities such as water.

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Michigan voters in deep-red county accused of trying to vote multiple times: report

A top law enforcement official in Michigan, one of the most important battleground states in the 2024 election, announced felony charges against seven residents of a predominantly Republican county on accusations of voter fraud, a new report shows.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is charging seven people in Macomb County with felonies in relation to alleged voter fraud in the Aug. 6, 2024 primary election, the Detroit News reported Friday.

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'Razor’s edge': Experts say Helene blew wind in sails of surprising presidential candidate

The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene in heavily Republican areas of Georgia and North Carolina could spell trouble for Donald Trump as officials in both crucial swing states make decisions that experts say could reshape the electorate.

“There’s going to be a lot of [voting] alterations, and it probably is going to affect turnout,” said Andy Jackson, director of the John Locke Foundation’s Civitas Center for Public Integrity, as reported by Politico.

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'Points on the board in Michigan': Expert says Magic Johnson delivered Harris a slam dunk

Vice President Kamala Harris got a major boost Friday when basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson delivered an energetic endorsement of the Democratic nominee in his home state, a political analyst said.

Johnson, an outspoken critic of the Trump administration, has potential to put more voters in Harris' column in the crucial swing state of Michigan, MSNBC's Ari Melber said.

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'Horrible statements': Angry Trump makes strange claim about Liz Cheney's Harris comments

Former President Donald Trump on Friday evening complained bitterly about an outspoken Republican foe who received praise after campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris, a candidate she once criticized.

Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, appeared outraged that former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) praised Harris at a campaign event on Thursday and, with insulting language, suggested she lacked the intelligence to remember past critiques.

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