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Fox News host fact-checks Trump's claim of a 'jobs whistleblower' with real numbers

Former President Donald Trump spent the past few days talking about a mythical "whistleblower," who gave "real" economic data that shows the jobs rate and unemployment data and that it was way off from what President Joe Biden quoted.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics posts numbers every month. After about a month, they are adjusted to be more accurate. Fox News host Neil Cavuto explained there's nothing untoward or secret about it on his Thursday show after Trump repeated the claim at the border.

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'Somebody else generated them': Trump throws fan under the bus for fake Taylor Swift posts

Donald Trump has experienced a lot of backlash from Taylor Swift fans -- a.k.a., "Swifties" -- when he posted several images created by artificial intelligence that falsely portrayed the pop star endorsing him.

For the first time reporters pressed him on the matter when he spoke to Fox Business, The Wrap reports.

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'Why are you there': Ex-GOP chair questions Trump's rallies in red state 'safe space'

Donald Trump has spent the past several weeks holding events in red states and red areas of swing states, leading one former Republican Party chair to question the strategy.

MSNBC reporter Vaughn Hillyard pointed out former President Barack Obama's speech during the Democratic convention. Among the things he mocked was Trump's obsession with crowd sizes. While Harris is bringing in huge crowds, Hillyard said that Trump can still have rallies with large crowds.

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'Tick tock, James': Democratic lawmaker calls Comer's bluff on Joe Biden impeachment

A Democratic lawmaker is calling the GOP's bluff in the House after the conservatives on the Oversight and Reform Committee released a report on President Joe Biden alleging "impeachable offenses."

Rep. James "Comer (R-KY) has finally finished his book report. He's worked really hard on it. He gets a little green star in his star chart," Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) told the Daily Mail while at the Democratic National Convention.

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What DOJ's latest filing says about its Jan. 6 case against Trump

Lawfare editor Roger Parloff knows that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Fischer case will impact Donald Trump's 2020 election case before U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan. But new filings could help provide a map for those watching what's next.

The Fischer ruling "narrowed the scope" of the laws about obstructing an official proceeding, which has been added to several cases for Jan. 6 defendants who broke into the U.S. Capitol, Parloff explained. Two of the four charges in the U.S. vs. Trump case include those laws.

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Trump's own biographer flags latest 'sign of panic' for former president

A biographer of Donald Trump's is seeing the ex-president start to panic after another huge night for the Democratic Party at their convention in Chicago.

David Cay Johnston spotted one of Donald Trump's latest fundraising emails as a sign of anxiety.

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Fox host accuses Michelle Obama of 'race-baiting'

Fox host Greg Gutfeld accused the former first lady of "race-baiting" in her speech at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday.

Gutfeld said Michelle Obama effectively said Donald Trump "never liked them because they were Black" during her speech to delegates on Tuesday night.

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Watch: Trump stops speech after attendee apparently falls ill

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) made news this month when he stopped a huge rally when an attendee fell ill. From the podium, he asked other rallygoers to pass bottles of water to the individuals who were bringing in medical care.

Out of concern for other rally attendees, Walz asked a staffer to pass out water to anyone in the packed crowd who might need it.

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CNN host fact-checks GOP congressman to his face after he attacks Tim Walz's service

Former President Donald Trump's allies have been lobbing attacks at Gov. Tim Walz's military service record, despite the fact that Walz served 24 years in the Army National Guard, while Trump has been accused of dodging the draft during the Vietnam War.

Speaking to CNN's Brianna Keilar on Wednesday, Republican campaign surrogate Rep. Mike Waltz (FL) defended the attacks on Walz's record by alleging that the Minnesota governor deliberately exaggerated his achievements during his decades of service.

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Doctor tells MSNBC hosts why Tim Walz IVF comments are no scandal at all

Republican critics are quibbling over the fertility treatment that Tim and Gwen Walz were forced to use when they were trying to have children.

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and his wife have told the story several times about their difficulty having children and the procedures they were forced to go through. In the past, Walz has referred to it as IVF, in vitro fertilization, which has been banned in Alabama because embryos can be destroyed in the process.

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Trump-endorsed Republican Mark Robinson caught in lie about 2020 campaign spending: report

Donald Trump-endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson may have lied on his 2020 campaign finance report, according to the owners of the company where he said he made the purchase.

Carolina Public Press reported Wednesday that a strange charge popped up when Robinson ran for North Carolina Lt. Governor. The report said that he spent $2,374 at Lake Outfitters for “campaign clothes and accessories" in five purchases over eight months.

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Former Proud Boy maintains Florida Republican executive committee seat

Chris Barcenas, a former member of the far-right Proud Boys group, kept his seat on the Miami-Dade County Republican Executive Committee, but he lost his state committeeman post.

Kevin Cabrera defeated Barcenas for the District 12 committeeman seat, overseeing a portion of Little Havana in the south Florida county.

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Fox News host claims CNN fact-checker 'might have directly contributed' to Trump shooting

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld suggested Tuesday that a CNN fact-checker might have contributed to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

"The Five" co-host suggested the shooting at Butler, Pennsylvania, a little over a month ago might have been encouraged by a remark made by Trump.

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