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'Truly historic': Politicos shocked by news Dick Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the most hardline conservatives in U.S. politics in the 2000s, is voting for Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic ticket this fall, his daughter Liz Cheney confirmed in an interview on Friday.

The news caused a stir on social media, as commenters reflected on just what this says about the Republican Party's shift over the years — and how bizarre this news would sound to people not so many years ago.

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'Displeased with their client’s ramblings': Analyst skewers Trump's latest courtroom rant

Former President Donald Trump's latest statement defending himself against accusations levied by writer E. Jean Carroll failed to impress one political analyst — and may have alarmed his lawyers.

The New Republic's Edith Olmstead argued on Friday that Trump's New York City press conference served namely to remind viewers of the numerous sexual assault accusations he faces and disgruntle his legal team.

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'Wrong': Legal experts despair at latest Trump hush money trial development

The delay of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial sentencing to after the presidential election has frustrated legal experts who say it's plain "wrong."

Taking to X, former ethics czar Norm Eisen compared Judge Juan Merchan, the New York City judge who opted to push Trump's hearing to Nov. 26, to Judge Tanya Chutkan, the federal judge overseeing Trump's election interference case in Washington D.C.

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'Wow': Liz Cheney reveals Kamala Harris just secured a powerful Republican's vote

Former Rep. Liz Cheney revealed Friday that Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, has secured the vote of a powerful Republican who once held significant power in the White House.

The Republican also happens to be Cheney's dad.

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Trump's hush money sentencing delay dismantles key campaign talking point: legal expert

The newly reported delay of former President Donald Trump's sentencing hearing in his criminal hush money trial could have a surprising effect on his campaign, one former assistant District Attorney says.

Kristen Gibbons Feden appeared on MSNBC Friday to discuss New York City Judge Juan Merchan's decision to push Trump's sentencing on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records until Nov. 26, weeks after Election Day on Nov. 5.

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Kamala Harris should remind debate watchers of Trump's historic failure: analysis

Vice President Kamala Harris should remind debate watchers of Donald Trump's greatest failure as president – and one of the major reasons he was not re-elected for a second term.

Democrats have effectively adopted vice presidential candidate Tim Walz's framing around Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance as "weird," and Bloomberg columnist Nia-Malika Henderson urged Harris to use her running mate's summation of the former president's response to the Covid pandemic that killed more than 400,000 Americans on his watch.

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'Bacon. Wind. Marco Rubio': New York Times Trump coverage spurs laughter from critics

Bitter laughter rippled across social media Friday over the New York Times coverage of former President Donald Trump's confusing answer to a recent policy question.

The Times' decision to pull a short quote from a lengthy answer Trump delivered at the Economic Club of New York, which they described simply as "jumbled," infuriated political experts who took to X to vent their frustration with jokes.

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Ruling: Hush money judge decides if Trump can bump sentencing until after election

The judge in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial ruled Friday to delay the Republican presidential nominee and convicted felon's sentencing hearing until after Election Day on Nov. 5, reports show.

New York City Justice Juan Merchan decided Trump should not face sentencing on 34 counts of falsifying business records tied to a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election, MSNBC reporter Kyle Griffin shared on X, citing Reuters.

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'Keep defaming her': Trump slammed for again attacking E. Jean Carroll at press conference

In a rambling press conference Friday with his lawyers beside him, Donald Trump attacked several of the women who accused him of sexual assault or sexual harassment.

Trump spent Friday morning in the U.S. District Court of Appeals where he was appealing the first decision in several defamation cases.

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Trump rails against DOJ for indicting Russians for election interference

Former President Donald Trump on Friday angrily lashed out at the United States Department of Justice for indicting two Russian operatives for allegedly running an illegal foreign influence campaign.

During an appearance outside a courthouse in New York, Trump accused the DOJ of engaging in a conspiracy to undermine his chances in the 2024 election by implicating Russian operatives.

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Ex-Capitol cop who tipped off MAGA rioter can't ditch his conviction

Michael Riley, the disgraced former Capitol Police who was found guilty of obstruction of justice after he tipped off a Capitol rioter and warned him to delete incriminating Facebook posts, has lost his bid to have his verdict overturned.

Per Politico's Kyle Cheney, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Friday rejected Riley's appeal to have his conviction tossed.

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Watch: 'Brawl' breaks out at Arkansas GOP meeting

A brawl erupted between two men at an Arkansas county Republican Party meeting after an argument between two women.

Video recorded by a local activist shows a disagreement between two unidentified women during a question-and-answer portion of the Saline County GOP meeting Thursday night, and one of the men meets up with one of the women after she walks away, reported KARK-TV.

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Laughter as The View quotes Trump’s own words back to him after disaster economic speech

Donald Trump's Thursday appearance at The Economic Club of New York left co-hosts of "The View" shocked at his incoherence and inability to articulate basic policies on key economic issues.

At the top of their Friday show, they showed the clip of Trump being asked about affordable child care and a "specific piece of legislation" that could be advanced.

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