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Politico published a story on Monday that critics say sanitized Donald Trump's speech in storm-ravaged Asheville, North Carolina — even as the article acknowledged several other chaotic developments and actions the former president has taken in the previous few days.

"After a weekend of headlines about Donald Trump’s entertainment-focused message on the campaign trail — he jokingly touted the size of Arnold Palmer’s genitalia, learned how to cook McDonald’s french fries and appeared at a Steelers game — the former president delivered a more somber address about the resilience of survivors of the deadly storm, while also bashing the Biden-Harris administration’s response," said the report, written by Natalie Allison.

Calling it a “thorny issue” for Department of Justice prosecutors to untangle, CNN’s Elie Honig floated the idea that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk could be violating federal election law with his offer to pay voters to sign his pro-Donald Trump petition, but added that legal charges aren't expected before Election Day.

“This is yet another one of these wild hypotheticals that has come to life – we've never seen a situation exactly like this,” Honig, a CNN senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, told anchor Wolf Blitzer on Monday on his show, “The Situation Room.”

The first winners of an Elon-Musk-backed organization's $1M giveaway — aimed at getting voters to cast their ballots for former President Donald Trump — were already registered as Republicans — and had already voted prior to winning the money, according to a new report.

The tech billionaire's America PAC launched a controversial $1 million daily giveaway initiative leading up to the Nov. 5 election. Randomly selected registered voters who sign a petition supporting the First and Second Amendments can win the money. The giveaway runs from Oct. 17 through Election Day in the following battleground states: Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina.

Vice President Kamala Harris has picked up a wide range of endorsements in the presidential race, from self-described "democratic socialist" Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to arch-conservative former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), to major entertainment figures like Robert De Niro, Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift.

Many Harris supporters have been arguing that in light of how much political baggage former President Donald Trump has, Harris should be way ahead in polls. But with the election only 15 days away, countless polls are showing a very close race. Harris narrowly leads in many national and swing state polls; Trump narrowly leads in others.

Republicans in Congress are threatening a new investigation into progressive firebrand Federal Trade Commissioner Lina Khan, this time for what they allege might be illegal campaigning from public office, Bloomberg reported Monday.

"Republicans including House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio said Khan’s reported appearances with lawmakers including Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and Senator John Hickenlooper of Colorado potentially violate a ban on partisan political activity by federal government employees," reported Billy House. "Jordan and Senator Mike Lee of Utah, in a letter to Khan on Monday announcing their joint inquiry, said her 'campaign-style tour' raises perception of breaching ethical standards" — although they did not cite any specific violation they believe Khan committed.

Donald Trump’s latest comments on the federal response to Hurricane Helene prompted CNN fact checker Daniel Dale to clap back with a detailed report on why the former president’s “debunked lies” are “false in at least four ways.”

The brutal fact check came hours after Trump made a stop in a storm-ravaged community near Asheville, North Carolina, where he used a question-and-answer session with reporters to repeat a false claim that has been widely debunked since he first made it earlier this month. The claim involves a false narrative that FEMA spent disaster relief money on migrants who entered the country illegally, leaving it with no money to help hurricane victims.

A co-host on Right Side Broadcasting Network told viewers Monday she can't stand Vice President Kamala Harris — so much so she finds it "hard to even focus" upon hearing Harris.

The network was airing a livestream of former President Donald Trump's event the 11th Hour Faith Leaders Meeting, which was set to take place at 6:30 p.m. EDT at the Concord Convention Center in Concord, North Carolina. Ahead of Trump's speech, co-hosts Christina Loren and Max Kane exchanged thoughts on Harris as the crowd booed a clip of her that was played on stage.

A notorious Russian-backed propaganda unit with a history of pushing Kremlin talking points through fake whistleblower videos and deepfakes is the likely culprit behind a sex abuse smear campaign aimed at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, according to a report in Wired.

The publication on Monday said it conducted an analysis using “several deepfake detector tools” to trace the origins of a fake Walz video that spread rapidly on X last week to being AI-generated. The video, which purports to show a former student of Walz detailing abuse claims during his days as a teacher, reached over 4.3 million views before it was deleted.

Former President Donald Trump claimed to a reporter in Asheville, North Carolina, that he is unfamiliar with the gubernatorial race, where embattled GOP Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is facing off against Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein.

"I'm not familiar with the race. I haven't seen it," said Trump, according to Axios.

Before her television career, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace worked in Republican politics. While her very public breakup with the party has been fodder for conversation with other disaffected Republicans on her show, it has also provided an inside look at how the GOP has become Donald Trump's party.

Speaking with another ex-Republican, Tim Miller, Wallace discussed Trump's latest comments at a Pennsylvania rally Saturday.

Steve Bannon, an adviser of former President Donald Trump, is set to be released from prison next week, according to a new report.

Bannon, who was appointed in 2016 as CEO of the Trump campaign and later as chief strategist after Trump's election to the White House, was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to testify to House investigators of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the capitol. He was sentenced in 2022 to serve four months in prison.

The McDonald's restaurant in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, where former President Donald Trump posed for a photo op over the weekend has gotten slammed with negative reviews on Yelp, Newsweek reported Monday.

Many of the reviews appeared to be tongue-in-cheek, referencing the former president's various legal problems and his recent rants about celebrities' genitals.

Donald Trump was forced to answer questions about his claims that Democrats were stealing the 2024 election.

Ballots are being cased or mailed in, but election day hasn't even arrived, and Trump is already claiming that it will be stolen.