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Watch live: Trump delivers news conference from New Jersey golf club

Former President Donald Trump is set to speak to reporters at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey on Thursday.

It follows last week's Mar-a-Lago press conference in which he agreed to participate in presidential debates with Vice President Kamala Harris — an question and answer session that was widely criticized as devolving into chaos.

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'Trump wants a shake-up': Ex-spox says new hire signals aggressive campaign recalibration

A vocal critic and former spokesman of Donald Trump said Thursday the former president's surprising new hire signals aggressive action ahead to recalibrate his campaign.

Anthony Scaramucci, the former Trump administration communications director, appeared Thursday on CNN to draw a line from the Republican nominee's concerns about Vice President Kamala Harris' crowd sizes and the onboarding of Corey Lewandowski.

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Trump obsessed with Biden like he just escaped 'bad relationship' with him: psychologist

Psychotherapist and lawyer Nick Carmody couldn't help but notice some unique pieces of Donald Trump's policy address on the economy to air grievances about President Joe Biden not being his opponent.

Carmody described it as being similar to a "bad relationship."

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Far-right lawyers use mentally ill veteran to break down gun protection laws: report

A mentally ill veteran who hoarded the body of a dead dog, pieces of bombs and an arsenal of weapons on his Maryland property — on which multiple fires have broken out — is being used by far-right activists to break down American gun protection laws, according to a new investigative report.

Donald Willey — a veteran diagnosed with ADHD who admitted to debilitating depression on an episode of "Hoarding: Buried Alive" — has become the poster child of the Second Amendment Foundation group's fight against red-flag laws in nearly two dozen states, Rolling Stone and nonprofit newsroom the Trace reported Thursday.

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'No one to blame but himself': Rick Wilson says Trump turned campaign into a 'clown show'

Former President Donald Trump is rapidly losing all the momentum he built up in the campaign before President Joe Biden exited the race, former GOP strategist turned Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson told Salon's Chauncey DeVega in a broad-ranging interview published on Thursday.

This comes as polling shows the race swinging back in favor of Democrats in key battleground races — and as some focus groups indicate they are sick of the former president.

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Even Roger Stone wants Trump to tone down Harris attacks — but he's not listening: report

Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman is reporting that many of former President Donald Trump's backers are bewildered by the way he's conducting himself, and they believe it seems like he's trying to deliberately lose the 2024 presidential race.

In fact, one Republican source described as "close to the campaign" went so far as to tell Sherman, "It’s like he’s choosing to lose."

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'Enthusiasm is great!' Trump spins Corey Lewandowski hire as proof of thriving campaign

Donald Trump spun recent news that a previously fired adviser would return to his campaign as proof of its thriving success and not, as critics have suggested, panic.

Trump took to Truth Social Thursday ahead of his Bedminster golf course press conference to explain recent news that Corey Lewandowski would join his campaign team as a senior advisor.

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Josh Hawley chases down opponent at Missouri State Fair for argument over debate

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) sought out Democratic opponent Lucas Kunce at the Missouri State Fair, where the two men had an argument about debates.

In a video posted to Hawley's X account on Thursday, the senator could be seen wandering the fairgrounds in search of Kunce.

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'Game changer': WaPo analysis favors Harris to win election with 2 paths to victory

Vice President Kamala Harris now has two paths to victory over former President Donald Trump in the upcoming election, a new Washington Post analysis found.

Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee's campaign, became Thursday the Washington Post's favorite to win the White House should the election take place today, based on a polling data analysis that found she has more ways to win.

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Joe Biden fakes memory flub to take jab at Donald Trump

President Joe Biden on Thursday held his first event with his vice president since handing over as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee — and took the opportunity to take a humorous dig at Donald Trump.

The pair were speaking in Maryland to announce a deal to lower prescription drug prices — a key 2020 campaign promise for Biden.

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J.D. Vance campaign photo accidentally heaps praise on Kamala Harris

A photo posted ahead of a campaign event for Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance in Pennsylvania accidentally highlighted shrinking inflation achieved under the administration of Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden.

Before attending Vance's campaign event, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) shared a photo taken on the plane with the Republican vice presidential candidate.

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Watch: Joe Biden gets thunderous applause after Kamala Harris shoutout

President Joe Biden on Thursday received a prolonged ovation after Vice President Kamala Harris introduced him at a campaign event intended to highlight their administration's success in lowering prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries.

Speaking before a crowd in Maryland, Harris took the stage with Biden for the first time since he announced he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race and throwing his support behind his vice president.

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'Surprisingly clear road map': Harvard prof says SCOTUS paved path to Trump conviction

Supreme Court Justice John Roberts' decision on Donald Trump's presidential immunity claim paved a path for Judge Tanya Chutkan to convict the former president, a Harvard Law School professor argued Thursday.

The controversial ruling granting limited immunity makes it possible for special counsel Jack Smith to land a conviction on federal election interference charges in Washington D.C.'s federal court, Prof. Richard Lazarus wrote in a Washington Post editorial.

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