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Trump raged at billionaire donors at penthouse dinner — and hurled slur at Harris: report

Former President Donald Trump spent a recent dinner for billionaire Republican donors at his Trump Tower penthouse complaining they hadn't done enough to help his campaign, according to a new report.

The ex-president also called Vice President Kamala Harris "retarded," which the Special Olympics has described as "a form of hate speech," the New York Times reported Saturday.

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‘Fascist to the core’: Top Trump official slams ex-president as ‘most dangerous person’

General Mark Milley, one of then-President Donald Trump's top generals who served as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the Republican presidential nominee is "fascist to the core" and there is no one in America who has ever posed more of a threat to the nation.

Milley, appointed by Trump in 2019, served as the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. Armed Forces until his retirement last year. His remarks appear in Watergate journalist Bob Woodward's latest book, "War," The Independent reports.

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'Hasn’t fully closed the deal': Report reveals reasoning behind Trump campaign cockiness

Former President Donald Trump's campaign bluster, despite a tight race against Vice President Kamala Harris, reveals a subtle strategy that his opponent is already using against him, according to a new report.

Trump's campaign is purposefully hitting a victory party tone while avoiding high-profile events such as national debates that would directly position Harris, 59, against the 78-year-old Republican presidential nominee, the Washington Post reported Saturday.

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Journalist tells Bill Maher evangelicals see Trump as their 'barbarian' 'protector'

A journalist and author told comedian Bill Maher on Friday night that "clear-eyed" evangelicals view former President Donald Trump as an "imperfect" protector from a "culture that has slipped away and a country they don't recognize."

Tim Alberta, a staffer at The Atlantic, joined "Real Time" on HBO to talk about evangelicals his book "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism."

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'Plain-old ethnic cleansing/pogrom rhetoric': Critics condemn Trump's lengthy post

On Friday evening, former President Donald Trump took to X (formerly Twitter) to post a lengthy tweet promising a brutal crackdown on immigrants across the country. His tweet is now being condemned for both its caustic tone and for invoking a centuries-old law that would allow Trump to round up and detain legal immigrants.

"November 5th, 2024 will be LIBERATION DAY in America," Trump wrote. [W]e will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail or kick them the hell OUT OF OUR COUNTRY."

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‘Wrong’: CNN ​delivers brutal fact-checks over Trump’s teleprompter claims

Former President Donald Trump, while speaking at an event in Colorado on Friday, falsely claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris had used a teleprompter during a town hall the previous night — an accusation he made while using a teleprompter onstage at an event in Colorado.

“Did you see where she did a town hall yesterday and she used a teleprompter? I never saw a town – they never – you don’t use teleprompters, we don’t use teleprompters, period, pretty much. You don’t use ‘em for town halls,” Trump said at a rally in Aurora with a teleprompter at his side.

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MSNBC host Chris Hayes details why he thinks a 'slow motion insurrection' is underway

A Donald Trump-led insurrection is happening again – and this time it’s “in plain sight.” That’s the stark warning MSNBC host Chris Hayes gave viewers as he kicked off his Friday night show.

In a monologue highlighting what he believes is an effort already in motion by former president Donald Trump and his allies to undermine the 2024 election, Hayes told viewers of his show, “All In,” the former president “is very clearly planning to run the same playbook from last time."

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'Cheating': Trump rages that 'unAmerican' Harris is behind feds' voting rights lawsuit

Former President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Friday evening to rage against a new federal lawsuit accusing Virginia of an 11th-hour purge of voter registrations — and accuse Vice President Kamala Harris of "cheating."

"Kamala Harris and the Department of Justice have once again launched an unconstitutional and illegal attack on America’s Democracy," wrote Trump. "This time, Kamala Harris, who is losing in the Polls, is trying to flood our Elections with NON-CITIZENS - These votes are ILLEGAL! Governor Glenn Youngkin, who is doing an incredible job, was correct in removing non-citizens from the voter rolls, a Law that was actually passed by then Democrat Governor Tim Kaine. Now Kamala, because we are doing so well in Virginia, wants to put those non-citizens back on the voter rolls, even though they aren’t allowed to vote."

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GOP strategist defends Trump's Detroit attacks and sarcastically labels city 'utopia'

A Republican strategist on Friday defended former President Donald Trump's attacks on Detroit, saying the MAGA leader "was just being honest" — and sarcastically called the city a "utopia" when fellow CNN panelists pushed back.

On Thursday, Trump trashed the city during an event in the city, threatening that if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected, “Our whole country will end up being like Detroit.”

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'She's tall': Trump eyes Jared Kushner ally for chief of staff

Former President Donald Trump has a key ally of his son-in-law Jared Kushner in mind to serve as White House chief of staff if he wins the election, according to a report.

Right-wing attorney Brooke Rollins, director of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), is being floated to close Trump allies, The New York Times reported Friday. Rollins previously headed up the Domestic Policy Council of the United States in Trump's final year of office.

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Analysis reveals 'obscure reasons' Trump is 'wasting time' in blue wall states

Donald Trump’s rallies in blue wall states like California, New York and Colorado in the waning weeks of this year’s razor-thin presidential election are part of an unconventional campaign strategy that could be attributed to the former president’s hunger for large crowds, according to an analysis in Salon.

While presidential candidates traditionally spend the closing days of the campaign stumping in swings states – including Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona – “in hopes of eking out every last vote in the Electoral College,” Heather Digby Parton wrote in an analysis for Salon on Friday that “for obscure reasons, Trump will be wasting time in the final few weeks of the campaign” in large states traditionally won be Democrats.

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'Flat out lie': N.C. governor slaps back as Trump levels new accusations against him

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) slapped back at Donald Trump after the former president accused him without evidence of blocking hurricane relief aid in his state.

Cooper took to X Friday afternoon to publicly respond to the former president's claim that he had colluded with the White House to stop relief funds and aid workers from reaching victims of Hurricane Helene.

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Trump tells hurricane victims he'll help cover cost of generators — but only if elected

Former President Donald Trump revealed Friday a new plan to help Americans affected by two recent and catastrophic hurricanes — and prepare for future ones.

Trump explained the nuances of his plan to help the nation in a 140-word Truth Social post.

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