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DNC laughs as Bill Clinton deploys cutting humor to attack Trump

Audience members at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday broke out laughing as former President Bill Clinton continuously used humor to jab Donald Trump.

During his speech, Clinton attacked Trump's age, self-absorbed nature and insistence on returning to Hannibal Lecter references when talking about migrants.

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Watch live: Oprah Winfrey speaks in surprise DNC appearance

Billionaire philanthropist Oprah Winfrey is set to take the stage at the Democratic National Committee in Chicago, for a surprise speech in support of Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 campaign.

Winfrey has a history of political involvement with Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. She is expected to speak enthusiastically in favor of the Harris-Walz ticket.

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'I'm still younger': Bill Clinton roasts Trump at DNC

Former President Bill Clinton reminded viewers of the Democratic National Convention that he was "still younger" than Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

During the third night of the DNC, Clinton noted that he had recently celebrated a birthday.

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'I just hate them!' Trump insider says boss swatted down urgings to lay off insults

Former President Donald Trump was implored by at least one of his associates to lay off the schoolyard name-calling of Vice President Kamala Harris — and point-blank refused, reported The Bulwark.

According to the report, laid out by veteran journalist Marc Caputo, an aide said that Trump shouldn't be using words like "stupid" and "dumb" to describe Harris — to which Trump responded, “This is just the way I am. I hate my opponent. I hate my opponents ... Hillary, Joe, Kamala. It doesn’t matter. I just hate them!”

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'He just made our jobs harder!' Texas Sheriff attacks Trump for killing border bill

Wednesday evening at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago saw the party's response to GOP saber-rattling on border security, with their own attacks on former President Donald Trump as all talk and no action to ease the migrant crisis and keep the border safe.

One of these speakers was Javier Salazar, the sheriff of Bexar County Texas. Salazar, who oversees the city of San Antonio, is best known for investigating Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' controversial scheme to fly migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts under false pretenses.

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'I've got some bad news for you!' SNL star tears into Project 2025 at DNC

"Saturday Night Live" star Kenan Thompson deftly took on Project 2025 — the GOP playbook to overhaul the federal government under a second Trump term — as he brought on guests who would be directly impacted by the plan.

Thompson launched into the bit on day three of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, carrying a "big, old book" which he jabbed was a "real document": Project 2025.

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Watch live: Bill Clinton delivers address to Democratic National Convention

Former President Bill Clinton will take the stage Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to support Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidency.

Clinton, who presided over two terms in the 1990s after serving as governor of Arkansas, oversaw a rapid period of economic growth driven by the expansion of the internet, and navigated a transitional period of foreign policy for the United States following the Soviet Union's collapse and the end of the Cold War.

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Former Pence adviser speaks to DNC: 'Being inside Trump's White House was terrifying'

Olivia Troye, a former national security adviser to Mike Pence, told the Democratic National Convention that her time inside Donald Trump's White House was "terrifying."

On the third night of the Democratic Party's event, Troye explained why she resigned from the Trump administration.

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Gay DNC speaker's defiant invitation to GOP met with huge applause

The Michigan attorney general delivered a message to Republicans on day three of the Democratic National Convention: anyone who comes for same-sex marriage will have to pry her wedding ring from her "cold, dead, gay hand."

Dana Nessel, who is serving her second term as the state's top law enforcement official, applauded Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris' record on same-sex marriage, noting the vice president “never shied away from a good fight."

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Donald Trump exploits AP photo error for new $99 'Save America' book

Former President Donald Trump has exploited a licensing error by the Associated Press and plans to publish a now-iconic AP photo of himself on the cover of his latest book, Raw Story has learned.

The $99 book — titled “Save America” and published by Winning Team Publishing, which Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. co-founded — features AP photographer Evan Vucci’s image of Trump pumping his fist skyward seconds after a gunman’s bullet hit Trump’s ear during a July 13 assassination attempt in Butler, Pa.

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Busted: GOP rep hits Walz for inflating military rank — then inflates his own

A Republican congressman misstated his military rank — in a letter that attacked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for doing exactly that.

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) was one of a number of signatories to a letter that took issue with Walz, the running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, referring to himself at one point as a "retired Command Sergeant Major."

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'Enough!' Dem strategist accuses 'backstabbing' Pelosi of shifting attention to herself

A Democratic strategist blasted former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday, accusing her of being a backstabber and shifting attention off Vice President Kamala Harris onto herself.

Chris Jackson took to the social media site X on Wednesday, ahead of day three of the Democratic National Convention, to air his grievances over a Washington Post report headlined "Pelosi makes no apologies at DNC for her role in Biden's ouster."

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Experts say 'barely relevant' RFK Jr.'s endorsement would make Trump team 'even weirder'

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly planning to drop out of the 2024 race and endorse former President Donald Trump this week. That news has prompted both scorn and ridicule from various journalists, pundits and pollsters covering the election.

On Wednesday, ABC News reported that the son of the late Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was expected to announce his formal support of Trump's third bid for the White House by the end of the week "in order to try to blunt momentum from the Democratic National Convention."

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