Top Stories Daily Listen Now
RawStory

Push Notification

Vance's favorability numbers plummet below Sarah Palin's: analyses

Donald Trump's running mate is less popular with American voters than Sarah Palin was as she ran alongside Sen. John McCain, polls and analyses show.

FiveThirtyEight, an aggregator of national polls, found this week that Vance's net favorability has plummeted six points from -3.3 percent on July 18 to -9.3 on Wednesday, Aug. 14.

Keep reading... Show less

Donald Trump may have just broken the law — again: legal expert

Former top Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann observed that Donald Trump has broken the law again, but noted it is a rarely enforced law.

Trump spoke on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, two U.S. sources who were briefed on the call told Axios on Wednesday One source claimed Trump's call was an attempt to encourage Netanyahu to accept the ceasefire deal being offered.

Keep reading... Show less

Ex-GOP lawmaker shreds Project 2025 masterminds for 'perversion' of Christian faith

Former Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) tore into the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, and the organization's director Kevin Roberts, for their effort to reimpose Christian nationalism on the country.

Roberts and his ilk fundamentally misunderstand the American idea, said Jolly, a longtime Trump skeptic, on MSNBC's "The ReidOut" Thursday evening — and just as important, they misunderstand the religion they claim to preach.

Keep reading... Show less

Harris campaign scoffs after Trump 'huffed and puffed' at Bedminster speech

Following former President Donald Trump's news conference at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey, Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign responded with a blistering statement mocking his attacks on Biden administration policies and proposals to reduce cost of living for American families.

Inflation has remained a hot-button issue for the 2024 presidential campaign, even though prices have now broadly stabilized after the post-COVID economic shocks.

Keep reading... Show less

Donald Trump deep in debt while foreign money keeps coming: disclosure

The finances of Republican nominee former President Donald Trump include gallons of red ink — particularly with the addition of recent legal judgments, according to a new presidential financial disclosure released Thursday.

Trump reported debts between $346 million and $455 million throughout 2023, from a legal judgments and property mortgages.

Keep reading... Show less

Donald Trump again claims people don't know Kamala Harris' last name

Donald Trump once again claimed Americans don’t know the last name of Vice President Kamala Harris during a lengthy, meandering diatribe to the press Thursday afternoon.

The remarks, given steps away from a box of Froot Loops and other grocery items on a table, came during Trump’s speech on inflation, and soon after, Harris.

Keep reading... Show less

Fox News host fact-checks Republican governor who claimed 35 percent inflation

Fox News host Neil Cavuto gave New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu a math lesson on inflation during his Thursday afternoon broadcast after Sununu seemed to imply that the effects of inflation are cumulative.

While discussing the increased costs of living, Sununu said voters won’t look at the economy's recent strength, but rather price hikes that have come over President Joe Biden’s term.

Keep reading... Show less

Trump laments San Francisco was a 'great city' 15 years ago — when Kamala Harris was D.A.

Former President Donald Trump took time during his news conference at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey to rage against Vice President Kamala Harris' home state of California, calling it "one of the worst run states" and accusing her and Gov. Gavin Newsom of destroying the quality of life there.

"Many people are leaving the state, sixth-most, from her state ... she destroyed as attorney general, she destroyed California, along with Gavin Newscum and she — San Francisco you know, is a great city 15 years ago, now it's considered almost unlivable, you can't live there," said Trump. "And what they've done to that great state with the beautiful weather like this, where they have this weather all the time. And they have the ocean, they have the sun, they have everything good. But what they've done to it is a shame, and she's going to do the same thing to our country."

Keep reading... Show less

Trump attacks 'ridiculous' early voting after encouraging supporters to vote early

After speaking for about an hour at his Bedminster country club, Donald Trump took questions from the media, where he responded to one question by attacking early voting after encouraging supporters to vote early.

One person asked a question about credit card debt, which is an increasing problem, particularly with high interest rates. The official question was what Americans should do when it comes to things like credit card debt.

Keep reading... Show less

'His heart's not really in it': Internet pans Trump's 'boring' Bedminster speech

Donald Trump's speech on Thursday tried to link Vice President Kamala Harris to the U.S. economy under President Joe Biden, but internet observers seemed to agree — the speech was a bit of a bore.

The speech in Bedminster, New Jersey, came a day after Trump went on largely off-script tangents, as he attacked Biden and Harris.

Keep reading... Show less

MSNBC columnist draws direct line between Trump posts and KKK's 'Fiery Cross' newspaper

Donald Trump's campaign is using "racist" imagery that differs little from the hateful propaganda pushed out by the Ku Klux Klan, according to a new analysis.

The Trump War Room account run by his campaign shared a racially charged post on X that suggested Kamala Harris, if elected, would flood suburban neighborhoods with hordes of Black and brown immigrants. MSNBC columnist Ja'han Jones drew a direct line between that content and imagery used by the KKK.

Keep reading... Show less

'Friday Night Lights' writer outlines how 'Coach Walz' can bring his skills to the Hill

Before Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz entered politics and became Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, he was an assistant football coach for Mankato West High School, who helped turn around a little-known team into state champions. It's a different skill set than politics, wrote Buzz Bissinger, the creator of "Friday Night Lights," for The New York Times.

Nonetheless, he wrote, Walz's experience as a coach matters, and it signifies something unique he can bring to D.C. as a vice president.

Keep reading... Show less

Internet amused by prominently placed Froot Loops and Oreos ahead of Trump news event

Donald Trump was holding a news conference Thursday afternoon at his golf course in New Jersey a day after his speech on the economy received criticism for going off the rails.

Trump's press event began with staff filling a table with what appeared to be different grocery items, namely cereal in the "giant size" or "family size," cookies and other bakery items, coffee, oranges and green apples. At least one bakery item appeared to be from Wegman's, a store well-known on the East Coast. At one point, a staffer appeared to carry in a pre-assembled doll house to set on another area away from the food items.

Keep reading... Show less