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“I love my country more than my party,” said Stephanie Grisham, a former Tucson resident who was one of Donald Trump’s “closest advisors” in the White House, as she endorsed Kamala Harris for president at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night.

A new book written by former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross claims that former President Donald Trump was hellbent on axing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell unless he cut interest rates.

A Baton Rouge judge who’s been removed from conducting trials while under investigation for alleged misconduct has accepted a hefty pay stipend just before her suspension.

Former President Donald Trump has aroused the ire of some Swifties in a key swing state.

The second night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago featured not only well-known Democrats like former President Barack Obama, former First Lady Michelle Obama and Doug Emhoff (presidential nominee Kamala Harris' husband), but also, some conservative Republicans who are backing Harris — including Stephanie Grisham (who served as press secretary for the Trump White House as well as former First Lady Melania Trump), Ana Navarro (a GOP strategist known for her scathing Never Trump commentary on CNN and "The View") and Mesa... Читать дальше...

Francisco Arteaga was incarcerated, waiting to appear for a court hearing last fall, when he spotted a huge guy eyeballing him from the other side of the courthouse holding cell.

Then-President Donald Trump sent a "fawning" thank you note to Vladmir Putin after the Russian president's agents orchestrated the poisoning of a double agent and his daughter, a new book reportedly reveals.

Reacting to Donald Trump's rambling and subdued speech in Howell, Michigan, on Tuesday, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough claimed it is apparent to him that the former president is still attempting to grapple with both his legal problems and the attempt on his life.

Chris Barcenas, a former member of the far-right Proud Boys group, kept his seat on the Miami-Dade County Republican Executive Committee, but he lost his state committeeman post.

Truth Social stock prices hit a record low Tuesday amid a days-long dive that financial analysts say could foretell the doom of former President Donald Trump's reelection campaign, according to a new report.

Former President Barack Obama embedded a hidden message about his Oval Office successor and his political party's electoral foe in his Democratic National Convention speech Tuesday night, a New York Magazine columnist believes.

A county executive in New York asked, "Do you know who I am?" after being too late to board his flight for the Democratic National Convention due to a detour to grab some Chick-fil-A food, according to a report.

Donald Trump-loving wrestling icon Hulk Hogan on Tuesday night was filmed going off on a rant against Vice President Kamala Harris in which he talked about body slamming her and questioned whether she was an "Indian."

Donald Trump called off an interview with a local newspaper during a visit to Michigan after he was asked to verify his claims about out-of-control crime in the area, according to a new report.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Wednesday, NBC national affairs analyst John Heilemann focused on Donald Trumps low-key speech in Howell, Michigan on Tuesday and claimed it was a bad sign for the Republican party going into November's elections.

Barack and Michelle Obama surprised many viewers by going after Donald Trump in their convention speeches.

Former President Donald Trump was up early on Wednesday to post an angry rant about New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Did you know that the bananas you eat today are not the same type as the ones people were eating a few generations ago? The banana you might have had with your breakfast today is a variety called the Cavendish banana, while the one that was in grocery stores up to the 1950s was a variety called Gros Michel, which was wiped out by a disease called Fusarium wilt of banana, or FWB.

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Turning red-hot lava from an active volcano into electricity would be dangerous and unreliable. Volcanoes don’t erupt on predictable schedules, and lava cools too quickly. But many countries, including the U.S., have found ways to tap volcanic heat to make electricity. Читать дальше...

Former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham is defending herself from attacks by MAGA faithful after her appearance at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday.

CHICAGO — Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention might have looked a bit like a concert as delegates wore flashing, light-up bracelets in the United Center during its ceremonial roll call for presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

The panel on MSNBC's "Morning Joe' was wowed on Wednesday morning after sharing a supercut clip from Tuesday night's DNC roll call from Chicago that was run concurrently with a jam-packed rally hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris in Milwaukee.

The clip contrasted the rowdy Harris reception with the grim roll call from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee weeks ago, which led co-host Joe Scarborough to blurt: "wow."

Once that clip, along with a clip of comments made by Harris completed... Читать дальше...

The Democratic governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, slammed Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), saying he "makes himself the victim" in order to deflect from having to defend his views on abortion in the cases of familial rape.

The lightning rise of Kamala Harris in the race for the White House has energized Democrats across the United States -- but it is also delivering a boost to merchandise vendors.

Australia on Wednesday approved plans for a massive solar and battery farm that would export energy to Singapore, a project billed as the "largest solar precinct in the world".