
The Guardian - 41 min 2 sec ago
Things are a lot less scripted now See more of Fiona Katauskas's cartoons here Continue reading...

The Hill - 1 hour 4 min ago
Former first lady Jill Biden accused the media of applying a "double standard" in its coverage of her husband, former President Biden, when compared to President Trump. Biden, while promoting her memoir last month, was asked during a Q&A session about media coverage during her husband's presidency. She said the former president would have been...

The Guardian - 1 hour 4 min ago
Democrats and advocates sound alarm at Trump rehashing false claims about 2020 election in his primetime address Democrats and voting rights groups say Donald Trump's primetime speech making unverified claims of Chinese interference in the 2020 election are the clearest sign yet that the president is laying the groundwork to tamper with the results of November's midterms. The upcoming elections to decide the balance of power in Congress and many state legislatures will be a major test of...

The Guardian - 1 hour 11 min ago
Late-night host criticised the Trump administration's obsessions with testosterone and wet magnets as more important issues are ignored Seth Meyers took aim at Donald Trump's bizarre priorities and obsessions as many Americans continue to struggle with rising costs. On Late Night, the host said that despite the failing US economy, the president is instead "laser-focused" on "important stuff" such as "magnetic catapults and sperm counts". Continue reading...

Mother Jones - 1 hour 15 min ago
Donald Trump promised “really big news” in his primetime address on election integrity on Thursday night but failed to deliver any. Instead, he recited a laundry list of disinformation and misinformation but provided no evidence votes were changed or voting systems manipulated in the election he lost six years ago. Election experts called it “shockingly […]...

The Hill - 1 hour 24 min ago
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin will speak with reporters Friday morning on election security and integrity, hours after President Trump's primetime address on the topic. During his speech, Trump made another push for the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote and photo IDs when casting a ballot, and...

The Hill - 1 hour 31 min ago
Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb compared President Trump to a toddler whining about losing a toy, arguing his election fraud claims are rooted in his refusal to accept his 2020 defeat. Cobb, in an appearance on MS Now ahead of Trump's primetime address, said the president has spent years trying to shape election...

Slate - 1 hour 41 min ago
Finally, a reason to not eat your vegetables.

ABC News - 2 hours 9 min ago
Rachel Scott analyzes President Donald Trump's latest prime-time speech, particularly his claims about foreign threats to U.S. election security.

The Raw Story - 2 hours 16 min ago
President Donald Trump's public address may have severely damaged the nation's delicate relationship with China and threatened a crucial summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this fall, NBC News reported Friday. Trump on Thursday night leveled explosive allegations that China had illicitly obtained 220 million American voter files including names, addresses, phone numbers, and political party preferences, the report noted. NBC reported that Trump branded it "the largest compromise of...

The Hill - 2 hours 18 min ago
Sen. Ed Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, late Thursday called on Congress to impeach President Trump after the president claimed during a primetime address that forces that stole the 2020 presidential election are still at work and threaten the integrity of the 2026 midterm election. Trump used words such as "rigged and stolen" and "corrupt"...

The Hill - 2 hours 30 min ago
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) warned that President Trump's Thursday evening speech centered on election security indicates his administration's aim to interfere in the upcoming midterms. "I also heard a president clearly signaling his intent to attack these elections and to undermine voting rights," Ossoff told MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell following the primetime address. "And you...

The Guardian - 2 hours 31 min ago
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Donald Trump has largely steered clear of the Geopolitics World Cup: he is yet to attend a game and appear on screen with his good pal "Jonny" Infantino. Oh, though there was that time Trump rang Fifa to lobby for a review into Folarin Balogun's red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the reversal of the USA USA USA forward's last-16 suspension crushing the integrity of the competition. An impactful cameo off the bench, you...

The Hill - 2 hours 51 min ago
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Thursday rejected President Trump's claims that China meddled with the 2020 presidential election, calling the allegations "so completely false" and accusing Trump of trying to undermine confidence in future elections. Warner, in an interview with MS Now's shortly after Trump delivered his primetime address, questioned why intelligence officers failed to...

The Raw Story - 3 hours 3 min ago
MS NOW's David Rohde argued Friday morning that CIA Director JohnRatcliffe needs to explain why he let President Donald Trump make false claims that contradict his own investigation. Rohde appeared on "Morning Joe" to discuss the top CIA official's presence in the room on Thursday night when the president accused China of tampering with US elections. He then held up a government memo from Ratcliffe authored that stated otherwise. "This speech to me just shows how desperate, delusional...

Huffington Post - 3 hours 10 min ago
Critics suggested Trump will use his recent speech as a pretext to seize ballot boxes in November.

The Hill - 3 hours 22 min ago
President Trump is hoping last night's primetime address on election fraud will boost support for the SAVE America Act, which would require voters to show ID before casting their ballots. But the legislation goes much further, raising concerns among even some Republicans about whether it can pass. Join The Hill's senior vice president of editorial...

The Hill - 3 hours 45 min ago
China denied President Trump's accusation that it interfered with the 2020 presidential election, calling the claim "entirely fabricated" and "groundless" while insisting it never had any interest in meddling with U.S. elections. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian responded to Trump's Thursday primetime address, when the president accused...

Fox News - 4 hours 5 min ago
China calls President Donald Trump's election interference accusations "entirely fabricated" after he accused Beijing of running influence campaign.

NBC News - 4 hours 22 min ago
President Donald Trump used his prime-time speech Thursday to raise questions about election integrity in the build-up to November's key midterms while reviving false claims about the 2020 election and asserting that China targeted his campaign. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY.

The Guardian - 4 hours 26 min ago
The debate about how old is too old to serve in public office has resurfaced this week after the shock death of the Republican senator Lindsey Graham and the surprise return of Mitch McConnell, the 84-year-old senator who published a photo of himself in hospital after a long absence from the spotlight. With rumours continuing to swirl around Donald Trump's health, why is it US politicians seem to cling on to power for so long? Jonathan Freedland speaks to Alexis Coe, a presidential historian...

The Hill - 4 hours 26 min ago
In today's issue: Trump points finger at China Tillis stands his ground Trump's teleprompter operator suspended FEC deadline takeaways President Trump's sweeping claims of election interference during his primetime address to the country Thursday night were largely unsupported by documents the White House posted to its website as he was speaking....

The Guardian - 4 hours 36 min ago
US president accused China of meddling in his 2020 election defeat and said system was catastrophically' unfair. Plus Christopher Nolan's epic take on The Odyssey hits the big screen Good morning. Donald Trump accused China of interfering with the 2020 election in a primetime televised address that laid bare his continuing obsession with his defeat to Joe Biden, but which opponents warned was a smokescreen for him to meddle in the forthcoming congressional midterms. Trump's claims are...

The Independent - 5 hours 22 min ago
California Gov. Gavin Newsom warns President Donald Trump's primetime address alleging past vote meddling was really about laying the groundwork to rig this election'...