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Vice President Kamala Harris has agreed to three different dates for a vice presidential debate against Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Donald Trump’s running mate. CBS News would host the debate. In a statement Wednesday, a Biden campaign official said, “On May 16, Vice President Harris accepted the…

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has called on Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race, arguing that he has “serious concerns” that the president can’t win. “President Biden has been one of the most consequential presidents in our nation's history, and his lifetime of service as a Senator, a Vice…

Nikki Haley told the Republican National Convention that “Donald Trump has my strong endorsement, period,” mending fences with the former president after a bitter primary race in which she had called him “not qualified” for office. “We have a country to save, and a unified Republican Party is…

Savannah Chrisley, the reality star, blasted prosecutors in her speech at the Republican National Convention, claiming that her parents were “persecuted” by the justice system “due to our public profile and conservative beliefs.” Her parents, Todd Chrisley and his wife Julie Chrisley, stars of the…

Kari Lake, the former TV news anchor and U.S. Senate candidate, used a moment of her speaking slot at the Republican National Convention to express a common theme: Bashing the media. “Welcome to everybody in this great arena tonight. We love you all. Actually, actually, wait a minute. I don’t mean…

UPDATED, with additional numbers: Viewership of the first night of the Republican National Convention rose slightly from 2020, with an estimated 18.13 million tuning in to the 10 p.m. ET hour across 12 networks, according to Nielsen. That’s up slightly from the first night of the Republican National…

Robert Kennedy Jr. apologized to Donald Trump on Tuesday after a video was posted of a phone conversation with the former president, who sounded like he was wooing him for his support. “When President Trump called me I was taping with an in-house videographer,” Kennedy wrote on X/Twitter. “I should…

Joe Scarborough, the namesake host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, addressed the network’s decision to pull Monday’s show from the air and instead run an NBC News/NBC News Now newsfeed that covered the aftermath of the assassination attempt on the life of Donald Trump. “We were told, in no uncertain terms on…

UPDATED 03.52 a.m. PT: The latest concert in Tenacious D’s Australia tour has been postponed following alleged remarks about Donald Trump’s assassination attempt made by Kyle Gass. The guitarist’s “Don’t miss Trump next time” comment when asked to make a wish by his co-frontman Jack Black has…

Elon Musk appears to have denied a report that he will donate around $45M a month to a pro-Donald Trump super-PAC — calling it “fake gnus”. The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk had told friends he would contribute to America PAC, while The New York Times reported the group would “likely to draw…

“Today, the Teamsters are here to say we are not beholden to anyone or any party,” Teamsters International President said to the crowd at the Republican National Convention on Monday night. O’Brien made history as the first Teamster ever to speak at the convention. In his lengthy, 16-minute speech…

Amber Rose, the rapper, model and TV personality, not only got a prime speaking slot at the Republican National Convention, she appeared just after Donald Trump arrived at the Fiserv Forum. “I am no politician and I don’t want need to be, but I do care about the truth. And the truth is that the media…