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'Slow-moving scandal': MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace slams Fox for ducking Trump rally reports

The Fox networks once broadcast Donald Trump's speeches live, but it has been a while since the ex-president graced the airwaves in anything that wasn't edited by the network.

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace began her show Monday with a clip of some of the confusing statements the ex-president made during his Sunday Las Vegas rally.

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Exposé shares bizarre stories about Trump-backed governor hopeful

Bizarre stories involving a top Republican candidate up for election as governor in 2024 have been revealed in an expose published Monday.

New York Magazine has a new report on North Carolina candidate Mark Robinson, in which he's described as having no real government experience but has some odd obsessions.

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Scandal-laden Brazilian slaughterhouse billionaires tricked Trump into deadly policy: book

A 60-year-old grandmother died without ever meeting her only grandchild after contracting COVID-19 in a slaughterhouse former President Donald Trump ordered to remain open at the behest of scandal-laden Brazilian billionaire backers who misled his administration, according to a new report.

Tin Aye's death was one of hundreds the Trump administration "sacrificed" to protect meat monopolies pursuing billions in profits amid a global pandemic that claimed 7 million lives, author Peter S. Goodman argues in his new book "How the World Ran Out of Everything."

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Trump Media stocks tumble as new auditor amends filing from firm accused of fraud: report

Trump media stocks tumbled Monday after an accounting firm, stepping in to replace a previous auditor accused of "massive fraud," submitted a new report on the company's finances, CNBC reports.

Former President Donald Trump's eponymous company saw prices dip 7 percent after the company announced it delivered an updated report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to the report and SEC filings.

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'Gotcha!' Activist shares how she made bombshell Samuel Alito recording

Progressive activist Lauren Windsor dropped a clip of her secretly-recorded conversations with Supreme Court justice Sam Alito on Monday in which he shared his opinion that he can't compromise with the political left.

Speaking to Ryan Grim on The Intercept podcast "Deconstructed," Windsor revealed how careful she was in crafting the questions she intended to ask to ensure she could garner a genuine response.

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'Just an act?' Trump argues Taylor Swift is 'pretending to be liberal'

A new book by Variety editor Ramin Setoodeh revealed Donald Trump wonders if pop star Taylor Swift is only pretending to dislike him — despite her being an open critic and confessing online during the 2020 election year she wishes she'd spoken out against him "two years ago."

Trump conceded she was "probably liberal" when speaking to Setoodeh in one of six conversations.

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Nancy Mace used Capitol cops to 'intimidate and humiliate' fired chief of staff: report

Rep. Nancy Mace summoned Capitol police to her office in a bid to humiliate a fired campaign staffer who had called her out for political hypocrisy, according to a new report.

Slate published an extensive report Monday on the South Carolina Republican whose former staffers say has lost team members and credibility through her dogged pursuit of front-page publicity.

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'Reality check': Conservative says Trump's 'chaos' rhetoric is infuriating campaign

Former President Donald Trump's campaign staff are growing frustrated over the presumptive Republican nominee's rambling rhetoric described on a recent panel as "narcissistic" and "offensive," a conservative election strategist said Monday.

Shermichael Singleton told CNN anchor Jim Acosta Monday that alarm bells are ringing after Trump on Sunday railed against those who brought Jan. 6 "warriors" to justice.

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DOJ files 'bratty' new motion in response to Aileen Cannon: analysts

Justice Department prosecutor Jay Bratt is being called a little "bratty" by legal analysts over his recent court filing in the classified documents case, commented legal experts Allison Gill and Andrew McCabe on the "Jack" podcast.

Bratt clashed with Judge Aileen Cannon last week when he filed a request to adjust the bail conditions of former President Donald Trump's release that were set as a condition of his release after his arrest for allegedly retaining top-secret government documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort and obstructing government efforts to retrieve them.

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Mick Jagger's national Trump-trolling tour continues with new Georgia jab

Mick Jagger continued his Donald Trump-trolling tour this weekend when the iconic Rolling Stones frontman reminded the crowd to do their civic duty.

Jagger was introducing the fan favorite "Sweet Virginia" chosen by concert attendees in Atlanta's Mercedez-Benz Stadium when he admitted the band had wanted another outcome, according to an Atlanta Journal Constitution report.

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New state Republican Party platform policies 'would burn down the Texas economy': expert

The Texas Republican Party released its 2024 Platform and Legislative Priorities plan and it's drawing criticism from experts who believe it targets religious institutions and would also tank the state's economy.

Dallas Morning News reporter Aarón Torres pointed out the legislative priorities are for the 2025 session and will create Texas' own version of Homeland Security, would bar all non-profits and non-governmental organizations from "assisting" entry into the United States, and ending all public services for unauthorized migrants, which would include public school enrollment.

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Ex-prosecutor says it's 'extremely hard to come up with a non-jail sentence' in Trump case

Former Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann doesn't see how Donald Trump can escape the New York sentencing without serving jail time.

Trump has been accused of asking his supporters to take to the streets if he's thrown in jail. Trump previously asked his supporters to come to New York for him and they didn't manage that.

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'How fun for him!' Trump's hush money lawyer mocked over latest court filing

Former President Donald Trump's lead attorney in his criminal hush money trial was subjected to mockery Friday on the heels of a new court filing.

New York judge Juan Merchan granted Todd Blanche permission to attend Trump's pre-sentence probation interview, a new court filing shows.

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