donald trump
Politics
“You Just Need an Email Address and Credit Card”: Trump Pauses Work on Campaign to Film Infomercial for Digital Trading Cards, Scrap of Debate Suit
“We’ll be talking about it for a long time.”
By Bess Levin
Politics
RFK Jr., Who Thinks Chemicals in the Environment Can Make Children Gay, Will Help Trump “Pick the People Who Will Be Running the Government”
He told Tucker Carlson he's “looking forward” to the task.
By Bess Levin
commanders and chiefs
Brittany Mahomes and Patrick Mahomes Run 2 Different Plays on Politics
After her Trump Instagram like (and unlike) went viral, she lashed out against “haters” with “deep-rooted issues.” The Chiefs quarterback just wants you to vote.
By Kase Wickman
Politics
Trump Says Musk “Can’t Really” Serve in His Cabinet After Saying He’d Consider It
But a consulting gig is apparently still on the table.
By Bess Levin
2024 election
American Journalists Beware: A Second Trump Term Could Pose Very Real Risks
The former director of the Committee to Protect Journalists lays out the grave threats that American news outlets might confront—and offers proactive safeguards.
By Joel Simon
It's all about choices
“I Just Want Women To Have More Choices”: Senator JD Vance, Who Has Likened Abortion To Murder
The Republican vice presidential candidate was given several opportunities to apologize for “childless cat ladies” remarks and just couldn't—or wouldn't— do it.
By Katie Herchenroeder
You're the pretender
Donald Trump Campaign’s Use of Foo Fighters Song Could Boost Kamala Harris
The Republican nominee used the band’s hit “My Hero” to introduce Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
By Eve Batey
2024 Election
Trumpworld Eyes RFK Jr. Endorsement as a Way to Blunt Democrats’ Momentum
While Kamala Harris’s surging campaign and joyful convention have captured the news cycle, the Trump campaign is projecting confidence and expecting a potentially crucial uptick in support if the independent candidate gets on board.
By Gabriel Sherman
Politics
Trump Somehow Surprised the Governor of New York Wasn’t Nice to Him During the Democratic National Convention
The man who has never met an opponent he didn’t attack thinks Kathy Hochul was too mean to him.
By Bess Levin
Politics
Trump “Disgusts Me to My Core”: Ex-MAGA Supporters Tell the World Why They’re Voting for Kamala Harris
“Voting against Trump and for Kamala Harris is the right thing to do.”
By Bess Levin
veep’d
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Says Kamala Harris Is Nothing Like Veep’s Selina Meyer
But she knows which character from the HBO series has “made love to many couches.”
By Savannah Walsh
Politics
Lindsey Graham Warns Trump’s Unhinged Attacks on Harris May Lose Him the Election
Unfortunately for Graham, it appears that Trump is not willing or able to reel himself in.
By Bess Levin
RED (DONALD'S VERSION)
Did Taylor Swift Endorse Donald Trump? No, But He Seems to Think So
"I accept!" Trump wrote while sharing a series of AI-generated photos that he appeared to take as a vote of confidence from the singer.
By Kase Wickman
(non) normal people
John Oliver Begs Republicans to “Stop Being So F–king Weird”
“The ‘weird’ label has been particularly hard to shake because Republican candidates further down the ballot keep compounding it, including some who won primaries just this week.”
By Savannah Walsh
2024 Election
“I’m a Better Looking Person Than Kamala”: Donald Trump’s Off-Script Moments Are Getting More and More Unhinged
Allies are urging the former president to stick to policy points ahead of the DNC. Instead, he’s using his time to go after Harris’s looks.
By Katie Herchenroeder
Politics
JD Vance Again Defends Donald Trump, This Time From Insulted Veterans
The VP hopeful attempted to soften backlash from Trump’s recent comments diminishing the Congressional Medal of Honor.
By Katie Herchenroeder
Politics
Trump Made a Nice Little Profit on Trump-Branded Bibles, a.k.a. His “Favorite Book”
Nice work if you can get it!
By Bess Levin
2024 Election
Kamala Harris’s Campaign Is Bringing Good Vibes Only to the 2024 DNC: “You Can’t Buy It. You Can’t Fake It”
Democrats are riding a wave of “genuine energy” to Chicago next week, says Senator Dick Durbin, which could offer the veep a vital boost in the home stretch of the election: “I can understand why Donald Trump’s worried.”
By Eric Lutz
Inside the Hive
Sweet Emotion: How the Harris-Walz Ticket Wields Joy Against Donald Trump
On the latest episode of Inside the Hive, MSNBC analyst Anand Giridharadas discusses why the positivity around Harris is taking all the oxygen away from Trump’s frightening ambitions. “Fascism’s a f--king bore,” he says. “We have to show what it would feel like to be alive.”
By Brian Stelter
Politics
New Poll Shows Harris Beating Trump in Pennsylvania, Among Women, and in “Personality” and Honesty
Meanwhile, an average of national polls puts Harris ahead 47.2% to 46.7%.
By Bess Levin