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'Un-American': Biden takes a swipe at Trump over Woodward report

Reporter Bob Woodward is out with a new book that claims former President Donald Trump gave Russian President Vladimir Putin COVID-19 testing resources as Americans struggled to access testing.

According to the book, Putin told Trump he should keep it quiet because it could cause him political damage.

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'He hates women!' Trump sparks fury over rant about 'dummy' podcaster interviewing Harris

Former President Donald Trump, speaking at his rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, reacted to Vice President Kamala Harris' interview on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast by going after the host of the show, Alexandra Cooper.

Harris seized the opportunity of that interview to reach out to a wide range of typically less politically engaged Americans, in particular drawing attention on the show for her clap back at Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) for saying she had no biological children to humble her.

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MSNBC host details list of Trump ally's evolving 'lies' about 'dead babies floating'

MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace cited a shocking moment that unfolded on Fox News this week when she said a host made the rare move of correcting a top associate of Donald Trump.

Speaking on the pro-Trump network Tuesday, his lawyer Alina Habba claimed that there were "dead babies floating in the water" of hurricane-ravaged states — and that Vice President Kamala Harris turned her back on them.

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Newspaper investigated for pushing misinformation tied to controversial university hire

A media executive with apparent ties to an alleged network of “pink slime, pay-for-play local news outlets sparked controversy when he was hired to teach journalism at a Tennessee public university in December. Now, one of the publications the executive apparently led is under scrutiny for promoting misinformation in an Ohio community.

Raw Story broke the news in December that Tennessee Tech University hired Kyle Barnett to teach journalism despite his apparent ties to Advantage Informatics and publications owned by Metric Media — companies founded by journalist-turned-conservative businessman Brian Timpone, whose media entities have been scrutinized for plagiarizing, using foreign-based writers to cover local news and mimicking traditional news sites with content backed by political organizations without transparency about funding.

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'Massive wage slavery': Trump spurs outcry with latest campaign trail promise

Former President Donald Trump's latest campaign pledge is spurring calls of alarm from critics who say the Republican presidential nominee would send the nation back to the economic dark ages.

Trump told rally-goers Wednesday in Pennsylvania that he would implement tariffs that he claimed would bring the U.S. back to prosperity seen at the turn of the 20th Century.

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'Out and out brawl': AOC threatens billionaires playing 'footsie' with Harris ticket

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) took to X on Wednesday with a stark message for billionaires: Just because you support the Democratic ticket, doesn't mean that its policy and hiring choices are for sale.

The controversy stems from Lina Khan, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission under the Biden administration and an outspoken trustbuster who wants to break up tech monopolies.

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'Dangerous': FCC puts DeSantis on notice over threats to prosecute Florida TV stations

The Federal Communications Commission aimed at Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) Tuesday for his administration’s threats to criminally prosecute Florida television stations if they refuse to stop running a political advertisement supportive of a ballot measure that would expand abortion access in the Sunshine State.

“The right of broadcasters to speak freely is rooted in the First Amendment,” FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement Tuesday. “Threats against broadcast stations for airing content that conflicts with the government’s views are dangerous and undermine the fundamental principle of free speech.”

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'At a loss': Internet mocks 'whiny' Trump over 'Beta male' attack on Howard Stern

Critics of Donald Trump ridiculed the former president on Wednesday after he tried to insult Howard Stern as a "Beta male."

Stern's show was once a favorite platform for Trump to flaunt his bravado — dozens of conversations that would later come back to bite him in 2016. As Stern voices support for Vice President Kamala Harris in the election, the ex-president attacked the 6-foot-5 Stern, whining he was a "Beta male" over a "puff" interview piece with Harris.

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Trump’s upcoming Madison Square Garden MAGA rally sparks comparisons to 1939 Nazi event

Twenty years ago, Republicans gathered at midtown Manhattan’s iconic Madison Square Garden for their national convention. But in 1939, the precursor to the renowned New York City venue hosted a different, and infamous event. With a name similar to Donald Trump’s “America First” MAGA rallies, it was called the “Pro-American Rally”—yet the party behind it was anything but.

The German American Federation, or German American Bund, was essentially the American Nazi Party. Its leader, Fritz Julius Kuhn, reportedly “was to become seen simply as an incompetent swindler and liar who spoke poor English.” He would later be exposed as a foreign agent, and, according to the FBI, “denaturalized in 1943 due to his pro-Nazi allegiances and deported to Germany in 1945.”

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'He's a great one!' Trump praises Mark Robinson despite report he called self 'Black Nazi'

Former President Donald Trump gave a shout-out Tuesday to a North Carolina candidate who reportedly described himself as a pro-slavery Black Nazi on a porn site.

Trump praised Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson during a rally in North Carolina — where the controversial lawmaker is campaigning to become governor — weeks after a CNN investigation linked him to disturbing commentary on the porn site Nude Africa.

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'Couldn't make it up': Novelist who wrote 'Dictator's Wife' left awed by Melania memoir

Caviar skin cream, pith helmets, tennis pavilions and ignorance of riots at the U.S. Capitol — the novelist who wrote a book called "The Dictator's Wife" says Melania Trump's memoir must be read to be believed.

Freya Berry said Wednesday her novel, inspired by the former first lady, was nowhere near as odd as the "stranger than fiction" narrative presented in Melania Trump's 184-page memoir.

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Judge dismisses lawsuit to force probe into 'rogue' Georgia election board officials

A Fulton County judge dismissed a lawsuit from Democrats that sought to force Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) to investigate three MAGA Republican State Election Board members who have pressed for drastic changes in election laws weeks ahead of the 2024 general election.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday that Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville didn't oppose the investigation or even formal charges, but said that proper steps must be taken first.

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Supreme Court has created 3 paths to upending election: analysis

The Supreme Court has the power to step in to make huge decisions about the 2024 presidential election, wrote Aziz Huq for Politico Wednesday — and there are three key scenarios in which they could make a difference.

This comes as other experts sound the alarm that the Supreme Court might have teed up a situation in which it could enact a rerun of Bush v. Gore, making a decision that could singularly decide the outcome of the election.

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