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Josh Hawley and Secret Service chief get into shouting match at chaotic Senate hearing

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) got into a shouting match with U.S. Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe during a Tuesday hearing in the Senate.

Hawley demanded that there be firings over security failures on the day of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump — and put focus on the person heading the team on the ground in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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Trump's nephew tells 'The View' of how uncle tried to throw Black kid in jail

Donald Trump's nephew Fred Trump III spoke with the women of "The View" on Tuesday about his new book, which describes life in the Trump family — with close focus on his uncle.

The younger Trump writes in his book that he was very close to his uncle as his father, an alcoholic, wasn't available to his children.

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Newly-found 'extreme' posts may point to motive of Trump shooter: security chiefs

Donald Trump's would-be assassin, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, left little clue to motive and political leanings but the Secret Service chief revealed a new piece of information Tuesday.

The new acting U.S. Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate were testifying to the Senate.

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Here's how Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA has sent Trump-Vance off the rails: analysis

The conservative group Turning Point USA has a knack for producing some of the most damaging moments in a politician's career, an MSNBC columnist argued this week -- and he said it could come back to bite former President Donald Trump.

Ja'han Jones, who has written extensively about the group's embrace of some of the most extremist activists on the fringe right, singles out the group's leader Charlie Kirk, whom he writes has managed to maintain his "conservative clout" despite the group "repeatedly backing failed candidates."

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'Dadgum patriot': QAnon-embracing sheriff may outperform Kari Lake — but she's in his way

There's a new sheriff in town in Arizona. After years of the state being known for its ex-lawman, Joe Arpaio, it is now Mark Lamb, who scored a New York Times profile 24 hours before the primary election.

Lamb is challenging Donald Trump's pal Kari Lake in the race for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Kyrsten Sinema.

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'Weird tweet from an even weirder guy': Montel Williams confused by MAGA spokesman's post

Former talk show host and actor Montel Williams found himself getting dragged into politics this week as conservatives press photos of him with his daughter and Vice President Kamala Harris before she entered politics.

The saga escalated on Sunday night when Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung posted a photo of Williams sitting on a couch, in an apparent effort to combat internet jokes that have baselessly claimed Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has had sexual relations with a sofa.

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'Whining' DeSantis mocked as he tries to take down Harris with 'Mean Girls' quote

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) took to social media on Monday using the film "Mean Girls" to allege that the media is "gaslighting" the American people by promoting the enthusiasm surrounding Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.

"Is it possible to completely manufacture a cultural phenomenon by taking a vapid, leftist San Francisco Democrat and turning her into something that she’s not through nonstop gaslighting? Corporate media is certainly trying to make “fetch' happen," DeSantis posted.

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The View hosts laugh as they create new nickname for J.D. Vance

The co-hosts of "The View" continued to express their befuddlement about why Donald Trump chose Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his running mate as they chatted Monday opening.

Former Republican consultant Ana Navarro sang the praises of Vice President Kamala Harris, who she said she saw on Thursday.

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'Ignorant on his part': Analyst schools J.D. Vance on family law

U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) may have attended Yale University Law School, but one political correspondent is questioning his "ignorance" concerning laws that help children and families.

Vance spent his few days as Donald Trump's running mate defending comments he made in 2021 attacking "single, childless cat ladies" and claiming that people without children should pay more in taxes.

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'Making him squirm': Expert pours cold water on 'desperate' Mike Johnson's new challenge

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is making a "desperate" move with his recent comment that Vice President Kamala Harris can't get on the ballot in all 50 states, one election expert said.

Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Friday, election lawyer Marc Elias of Democracy Docket addressed Jake Tapper's CNN interview with Johnson on Monday, in which Johnson invented a conspiracy about the ballot.

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'Tighty-whities in a twist': The View laughs at effect Harris is having on Trump

One of Donald Trump's former staffers thinks that he's being "triggered" by Vice President Kamala Harris as she launches her campaign for president.

On Friday, the co-hosts of "The View" teased Trump for struggling with Harris' entry to the race.

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Stark contrast between Harris' husband and Trump's wife called out on CNN

In the race to become the First Lady or First Gentleman in the White House, a political analyst panel thinks Vice President Kamala Harris' husband has the edge.

On CNN Friday, the panel of commentators sang the praises of now-Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff for the couple's cuteness and general support of each other.

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Here's what J.D. Vance's old blogs expose about Trump's V.P. pick

More evidence is being revealed that Donald Trump's new running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), was not the right choice in an ever-changing campaign landscape, according to a conservative commentator.

The Bulwark found yet another piece of Vance's past that is returning to haunt him: His Blogger account. In the early 2000s, the online blogging site was seen as the go-to place to present thoughts in an easy-to-manage website. The site was ultimately acquired by Google and linked to its suite of products.

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