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Donald Trump claimed to be completely unaware of the growing controversy around his association with conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer as he faced questions about why he had allowed a woman who said 9/11 was an inside job to travel with him for commemoration events this week. Loomer has become a regular fixture at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home and this week made racist comments about Trump's opponent Kamala Harris . But at a press conference at his Los Angeles golf club in front of the Pacific Ocean, Trump refused to criticize her.

Some of Trump's closest allies have blamed her for his shaky performance against Kamala Harris and warned that the self-proclaimed white nationalist risks pole-axing his tottering campaign with her incendiary tweets. Maga stalwart Marjorie Taylor-Green lashed out after Loomer claimed a Harris presidency would make the White House 'smell like curry' calling her 'appalling and extremely racist'. And last night Loomer baselessly branded Senator Lindsey Graham a closeted homosexual after he called her comments 'beyond disturbing'.

Two prominent Donald Trump supporters traded explosive accusations, as Rep. Marjorie Taylor accused Laura Loomer of 'hateful' language and an 'extremely racist' attack on Kamala Harris.

President Joe Biden briefly sported one of former President Donald Trump's red MAGA hats in a move the White House said was to show 'bipartisan unity.' Biden, Trump and Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris attended multiple 9/11 commemoration ceremonies Wednesday - a day Trump and Harris first met on the debate stage.

Kamala Harris baited Donald Trump repeatedly during their debate on Tuesday night, pushing her Republican rival on his crowd size, his record on abortion, and his criminal trials. Trump was visibly irritated, interrupting Harris to call her words a 'lie' and repeating a viral line from his own side that migrants are 'eating pets.' He appeared rattled and pivoted to his favorite strategy: going on the attack.

Taylor Swift has endorsed Kamala Harris after her debate with Donald Trump, calling the Democratic nominee a 'steady-handed, gifted leader.' The megastar made her announcement in an Instagram post, which went live minutes after the presidential debate and garned thousands of likes within minutes. Swift included a photo of her cat, a knock at Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance who mocked 'childless cat ladies.' Harris supporters took the chant to heart and formed groups of cat ladies for Harris.

Donald Trump's supporters are using AI to generate images of the ex-president snuggling cute kittens and darling ducks in a new baffling trend. It all started after an Ohio man made wild and unsubstantiated claims that illegal migrants from Haiti are eating pets and wild birds. Responding to the bizarre report, MAGA-aligned social media users flooded X with images of the ex-president acting as a protector and guardian of the beloved animals.

Vice President Kamala Harris ' campaign finally added an 'issues' page to presidential campaign website 50 days after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and just in time for her debate showdown with Donald Trump.

After 20 months, seven public hearings and 18 more witnesses, Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday p ublished their long-awaited report into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. It lays out what they allege are the missteps that led to President Joe Biden decision to announce in April 2021 that he was ending America's 20-year war. The report also accuses three spokesmen and women of the Biden administration of withholding information from the American public by glossing over American failures and ignoring how the Taliban acted in bad faith, as well as talking up the abilities of Afghan fighting forces before finally blaming them for the collapse of the Kabul government.

Kamala Harris works on watching her temper as she prepares to debate Donald Trump as her team tries to find a social media moment to make her go viral. Harris is expected to go on the offensive on policy issues and on the attack if Trump says any falsehoods.Trump can be a wild card, however, and Harris can't prep for everything - although she will try.

Hunter Biden is pleading guilty to at least some of the nine tax charges against him, in a stunning last-minute reversal at his criminal trial in Los Angeles.  The change was not due to a plea deal, and prosecutor Leo Wise told Judge Mark Scarsi 'this is the first we're hearing of this'. The stunning revelation was made by Hunter's attorney Abbe Lowell in front of the judge, while 120 potential jurors waited next door to be selected for his trial.

The president flew from Delaware to the White House Monday and immediately faced questions about the stalled ceasefire deal following the killings of six hostages in Gaza. Biden got asked if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was doing enough to secure a deal to bring remaining hostages home. 'No,' was Biden's stern reply.

Usually the love fest of a political convention results in a surge for the party's candidate.

Gwen Walz ripped J.D. Vance for his previous comments about teachers and IVF, using her 'teacher's voice' to tell him to 'mind your own business.' Walz, the wife of Harris running mate Tim Walz, was speaking at her first solo campaign event, a forum with teachers in Virginia.  'We do not take kindly to folks like J.D. Vance telling us when or how to start our families,' she said on Friday.

Kamala Harris defended Joe Biden's fitness for the job in her first interview as the Democratic presidential nominee and took a pass when it came to commenting on her Republican rival Donald Trump. Harris sat down with CNN's Dana Bash in what the network described as a 'wide-ranging interview.' While many topics were covered, Harris stuck to her talking points and, at times, appeared nervous and hesitant in her responses.  She did grow animated in one area, when she defended Biden's ability to do the job and talked about that day he called her to say he was dropping out of the race. Biden, 81, was pressured out of the race by Democrats, who was worried he'd lose to Trump after his disastrous debate performance where he struggled for words and stared into space.

Kamala Harris claimed her values 'have not changed' dispite several policy positions she has shifted since her time in the Senate until present day.  'I think the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed,' she told CNN's Dana Bash in her first sit-down interview since she became the Democratic presidential nominee. CNN aired portions of the interview on Thursday shortly after it was taped. Described as 'wide-ranging,' the full interview will air at 9 pm ET.

The FBI has issued an update in the investigation into the attempted assassination after conducting more than 1,000 interviews.

Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a new slimmed-down version of his indictment against ex-President Donald Trump for alleged election interference.

J.D. Vance mercilessly tore into Kamala Harris for copying at least two of Donald Trump's policies in her bid to be president. The Ohio Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate quipped during a rally in Michigan on Tuesday that he 'feels bad' for Harris because she 'doesn't know what she believes', to which the crowd jeered. Trump proposed earlier this summer a policy that would get rid of taxes on tips, which Harris jumped on shortly after launching her campaign just last month.

Special Counsel Jack Smith asked a Florida court on Monday to revive the documents cases against Donald Trump in the latest twist in the former president's legal battles. Trump claimed a major victory last month when Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that Smith had been appointed illegally and had no legal authority to bring the case. But in his appeal, Smith argued that her decision broke with precedent.

Donald Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to pay tribute to the 13 Americans killed three years ago in a bombing outside the Kabul airport during the Afghanistan evacuation. The former president laid a series of wreaths at the Tomb of the Uknown Soldier and then paid a private visit to section 60, the area of the cemetery where those killed in Afghanistan are buried. He was joined by family members of some of the U.S. soldiers who were killed in a bombing at Abbey Gate. He was also was accompanied by two Marines who were injured in attack: Cpl. Kelsee Lainhart, who was paralyzed in the attack and now uses a wheelchair, and Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews, who lost his right arm and left leg.

Tulsi Gabbard , the former Democratic congresswoman who became a darling of Fox News audiences, announced Monday that she was endorsing former President Donald Trump and promised to do everything she could to secure his election. Appearing on stage with the former president in Detroit, she claimed Trump offered the best chance of pulling the nation back from the 'brink of nuclear war.' It comes soon after she was recruited by the Trump campaign to help with debate preparation.

Robert Kennedy Jr. cemented his full devotion to Donald Trump before a raucous crowd of adoring supporters in Arizona Friday evening, finalizing his defection from the Democratic party.

A court filing beat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the punch. In Pennsylvania, the independent candidate said he planned to endorse Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, according to the Associated Press. Kennedy will announce in Phoenix, Arizona the next steps for his presidential camapign.

Kamala Harris vowed to be a president who 'unites us,' pitching herself as a leader for all as she accepted the Democratic nomination for president, while still getting in several attacks at her Republican rival Donald Trump.  'To be clear, my entire career, I have only had one client: the people,' she said Thursday night at the United Center in Chicago. 'And so, on behalf of the people, on behalf of every American , regardless of party, race, gender, or the language your grandmother speaks. On behalf of my mother and everyone who has ever set out on their own unlikely journey. On behalf of Americans like the people I grew up with, people who work hard, chase their dreams and look out for one another. On behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on Earth. I accept your nomination to be president of the United States.'

Donald Trump announced new death penalty policies he would implement against illegal migrants during a campaign event along the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday. The former president traveled to Cochise County, Arizona, to highlight the stark differences between his and Vice President Kamala Harris's immigration agenda. During the 70-minute address, Trump and the media stood cooking in the scorching southwest sun as the ex-president spoke and brought victims of migrant-related crimes to the podium to share their agonizing personal stories.

Oprah Winfrey sang Vice President Kamala Harris' name and took a 'childless cat lady' swipe at J.D. Vance during a Wednesday night appearance at the Democratic National Convention. Winfrey was a late add to the schedule, but with her Chicago ties and previous endorsements of Democratic presidential candidates of color, her attendance should have been anticipated.

Democrats are tripping over themselves in an effort to be among the first to predict that Maryland Gov. Wes Moore will run for president one day. Moore, 45, stole the show at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday in a speech where he took aim at former President Donald Trump and listed his accomplishments - like becoming the first black governor of Maryland last year. Despite first winning a race for public office in 2022, Moore has already been dubbed the 'next Obama.' He earned a coveted speaking slot at the Convention in Chicago after speaking at the 2007 event backing Barack Obama's first nomination.

Nancy Pelosi praised Joe Biden profusely in her remarks to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, thanking him for his service. The words were notable from the former speaker after she played a large role in convincing Biden to exit the presidential race. 'He established one of the most successful presidencies of modern times,' she said. 'Thank you Joe.'

Former First Lady Michelle Obama declared 'hope is making a comeback' at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago as she delivered a scathing condemnation of Donald Trump and delivered a heartfelt endorsement of Kamala Harris.

Former President Barack Obama compared Donald Trump to an annoying neighbor with a leaf blower and called out his 'weird obsession' with crowd sizes in his convention speech Tuesday. Obama called for passing the torch to VP Kamala Harris, and spoke about the risk of being upstaged by former first lady Michelle Obama.

Vice President Kamala Harris celebrated becoming the Democratic nominee by trolling former President Donald Trump in the arena that hosted last month's Republican National Convention. Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, attracted more than 15,000 supporters to Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum for a Tuesday night event held in conjunction with the Democratic National Convention.

President Joe Biden mangled his words as his swan song speech at the Democratic National Convention was delayed until the dead of night. Biden's keynote address - which concluded day No. 1 of the four-day Chicago gathering - didn't start until 10:25 p.m. local time and he concluded after clocks had struck midnight on the east coast.

The first night of the Democratic convention featured tears by Joe Biden and one of his speakers - along with a string of attacks on Republican Donald Trump. The crowd got on its feet for Biden's speech bookending his career, but electrified with Kamala Harris was in the room. It communicated the gratitude as well as a measure of relief with the passing of the torch that got Democrats a poll boost.

AOC said she would be 'happy' to be a bartender as she deemed Donald Trump an odd new nickname and accused him of being willing to sell the country out for 'a dollar.' 'Republicans have attacked me by saying that I should go back to bartending,' the New York Democrat said during her speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC). 'Let me tell you, I'm happy to any day of the week because there is nothing wrong with working for a living.' 'Donald Trump would sell this country for $1 if it meant lining his own pockets and greasing the palms of his Wall Street friends,' Ocasio-Cortez went on. The crowd chanted 'AOC' throughout her speech.

There is growing outrage from conservatives after a mobile abortion clinic set up shop near the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to perform vasectomies and medication abortions as thousands of people descend on the city. DailyMail.com was granted access inside the clinic as anti-abortion protesters gathered outside.

Donald Trump accused Kamala Harris of embarking on a 'regulatory jihad' to shut down power plants across the country as he set out his own vision of an energy independent, 'manufacturing dominant' nation. Trump was speaking in Pennsylvania on Monday, his second visit to the state in two days, as he sets off on a tour of battleground states. While Harris is being crowned at her party's convention in Chicago , he has to revive a campaign that has been buffeted by the Democrat 's late switch in candidates.

Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to the swing state of North Carolina on Friday to give her first policy address as Democratic presidential nominee where she vowed to create an 'opportunity economy' by building up the middle class. The vice president said when the economy is strong 'America is strong' and rolled out a series of policy proposals she would push for in her first 100 days in office if elected president, but she ended up bungling the announcement of her ban on price gouging instead mispronouncing it as 'price gauging.'

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that the top civilian honor was better than the top military honor because those recipients are in 'very bad shape' or deceased. He made the comments at an antisemitism event at his Bedminster, New Jersey resort, where he lauded Miriam Adelson, the widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, who long bankrolled Republican political campaigns.

The Taliban marked the three-year anniversary of seizing control of Afghanistan with a military parade showcasing military hardware left behind by American forces as they raced for the exit. Fixed wing aircraft and helicopters thundered through the blue skies over Bagram airbase-once the hub for U.S. forces-as armored personnel carriers, Humvees and trucks loaded with rockets rumbled past dignitaries as the Taliban's white flag fluttered in the breeze. Some of the equipment came from supplies seized by the Taliban from Afghan government forces, which collapsed as the U.S. withdrew in 2021.

A new poll of likely voters shows Kamala Harris closing the gap with Donald Trump in one of the most dear states to him.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are sitting down for an interview Monday night on his X platform. The hotly anticipated stream was due to start at 8pm but as millions logged on to watch, a blank page appeared in the Spaces screen on Musk's social media platform.

Las Vegas police rushed to secure a local hospital and the roads leading to it on the day Joe Biden was diagnosed with COVID.  Conspiracy theorists argued the president was sicker than the White House revealed. And local outlets reported that law enforcement and medical teams gathered at Valley Hospital to prepare for Biden's arrival. President Biden did not seek medical treatment at the hospital but instead went to the airport and departed Las Vegas on Air Force One to self-isolate at his beach home in Rehoboth, Delaware.

Now that Kamala Harris is the Democratic presidential nominee, renewed attention is being paid to the more than $1.1 million that the California Justice Department paid to settle claims with employees who alleged they were sexually harassed or retaliated against by co-workers while she was the state's attorney general. The payments were made in from 2011 to 2017 and first came to light in 2019, when Harris was a senator from California and had announced her presidential bid for the 2020 contest. Before she was senator, she oversaw California's Justice Department. Harris, a champion and supporter of the #MeToo movement, said she hadn't know about the claims until the Los Angeles Times, which broke the story of the payments, brought attention to them.

Americans trust Kamala Harris much more than Joe Biden to handle the No. 1 issue in the 2024 election, a new poll reveals. Democrats are seeing a major boost in who registered voters want in charge of the economy after Harris took over the president's 2024 campaign. And now, the vice president has even pulled ahead of former President Donald Trump in this metric, according to a Financial Times/University of Michigan Ross School of Business poll released on Sunday.

Donald Trump on Thursday proposed three debates with Kamala Harris this fall, making his offer in a freewheeling press conference where he gave his rival a new nickname and doubled down on questions about her racial identity. His campaign proposed three debates for September: Fox News hosting one on September 4; ABC hosting one on September 10; and NBC on September 25.  'We have those three dates and those networks. They're very anxiously awaiting that date and those dates,' Trump said at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has a new nickname now that he is soaking up the political spotlight. The Democrat was announced as Vice President Kamala Harris's running mate this week and has been quickly absorbed by the campaign as a useful political asset. Being a white military veteran from the Midwest broadens Harris's appeal to new segments of voters, but Republicans have been quick to highlight his progressive bona fides that earned him the spot on Harris's ticket.