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Singer Nicky Jam yanks Trump endorsement over 'island of garbage' Puerto Rico joke

Reggaeton artist Nicky Jam pulled his endorsement of former President Donald Trump on Wednesday after a comedian at his Madison Square Garden rally called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage."

Nicky Jam, whose father is Puerto Rican, renounced his support for Trump in an Instagram video post, CBS News political campaign reporter Nidia Cavazos was among the first to announce.

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Trump abruptly cancels appearance at Penn State football game

In a surprise announcement, Donald Trump's campaign said the former president had canceled his appearance at a high-profile football game in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

The Columbus-Dispatch reported Wednesday that Trump had abruptly decided not to attend Penn State's game against Ohio State.

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Tim Scott promised Trump big cash to reach Black voters — but delivered little: analysis

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott (R) promised Donald Trump that he would raise buckets of money, but as of Wednesday had yet to come up with the cash, a new report reveals.

Scott's Great Opportunity PAC, launched this summer, promised to deliver Trump $14 million to help his GOP pal reach out to Black voters, Politico reported Wednesday.

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Harris just triggered Trump's 'lizard brain' with big campaign rally: analysis

Former President Donald Trump thought he scored a win with his Madison Square Garden rally — then Vice President Kamala Harris put him in his place, wrote former conservative pundit Jonathan Last in a lengthy Threads post.

Trump was already on the defense over the racist optics of one of his rally speakers attacking the island of Puerto Rico, then Harris showed Trump she could beat him at his own game — and that "scared the crap out of him," argued Last.

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'I'm not Hitler': Trump denies he's a Nazi in closing arguments for campaign

Former President Donald Trump insisted that he was "not Hitler" during closing arguments for his 2024 campaign.

At a Wednesday rally in North Carolina, Trump complained that he had been called names by Vice President Kamala Harris and her supporters.

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'These are all lies': Analyst unpacks Trump's dark obsession with Harris' intelligence

A political analyst Wednesday revealed why he believes former President Donald Trump can't stop obsessing with Vice President Kamala Harris' intelligence.

Salon writer Chauncey DeVega dug through decades of rhetorical history to reveal a disturbing pattern that ends with Trump's attacks on the Black woman challenging his right to return to the White House in 2025.

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Trump presents 'far more fundamental threat to conservatism' than Harris: GOP speechwriter

A former speechwriter for multiple Republican presidents said this week former President Donald Trump presents a greater risk to his party than Vice President Kamala Harris.

Peter Wehner, who served as a speechwriter under three Republican presidents — Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush — made no secret of his total disdain for Trump and the far-right MAGA movement in an Atlantic opinion piece released Tuesday night.

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'Wild week': Analysis finds Trump Media stock plummeting amid NYC rally fallout

Former President Donald Trump's eponymous media company saw stock prices plummet Wednesday amid blowback from the racist rhetoric at his New York City rally, a new analysis found.

Trump Media stocks are on track for their largest daily decrease since April — when news broke its main asset Truth Social had lost about $58 million in 2023, Barron's reported.

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'Don't be clever': GOP lawmaker snaps at CNN host mid-fact check

CNN International host Christiane Amanpour clashed with Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) after the Republican lawmaker suggested Americans did not support the right to have an abortion.

During a Wednesday interview, Crenshaw argued that many European countries did not permit abortions past 12 weeks of pregnancy.

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GOP plot to steal election for Trump 'could be even worse than you think': expert

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Donald Trump are already at work on an effort to attempt to steal the 2024 election from voters, says legal columnist Elie Mystal from "The Nation."

At a recent rally, Trump teased a "little secret" that he had between himself and Johnson that he predicted will ultimately have a “big impact."

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'Get right with history': Analyst demands George W. Bush apologize for Trump — now

Former President George W. Bush owes America an apology for former President Donald Trump — and he'd better deliver it before Election Day, a Washington Post columnist argues.

Political commentator Matt Bai on Wednesday demanded Bush end his silence on the Republican presidential nominee and echo the warnings of conservatives coming from his own daughter and that of his vice president, Dick Cheney (R-WY).

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'Sounds about right': Billionaire Trump backer agrees 'markets will tumble' if he wins

In a post on the social media site X, a user identified only as @FischerKing64 described an economic collapse he said must be endured if Donald Trump becomes president and begins to remake the country.

The post itself was innocuous, despite it being shared to the account's 173,000 followers. What alarmed onlookers was the reaction it got from Trump's biggest financial supporter who is widely seen as a possible central figure in his administration.

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Trump's 'huge lie' shows 'he’s taking everyone for an idiot': analysis

Donald Trump has convinced many Americans that the economy is terrible, but a new analysis shows that's just as false as his election fraud claims that fueled the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Many Americans are struggling economically, and inflation was indeed high two years ago, but the unemployment rate is low, inflation has dropped significantly, economic growth is strong and median household income is higher than in Trump's last year in office, wrote journalist and author Steven Greenhouse for The Guardian.

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