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Lara Trump blames glitches during Trump’s interview with Musk on ‘deep state’

Gustaf Kilander — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:04:36 GMT

RNC co-chair claims there’s a ‘massive effort’ to keep former president ‘out of the White House’

Menswear expert gives blunt critique of Trump’s shoulder pads in photo of interview with Musk

Katie Hawkinson — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:01:30 GMT

Trump’s interview with Musk was also marred by technical issues on X

Trump-Musk interview updates: Trump says he’ll flee to Venezuela if he loses election claiming it’s a ‘far safer place’

Oliver O'Connell,Joe Sommerlad,Mike Bedigan,Namita Singh and Gustaf Kilander — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:58:16 GMT

Elon Musk interview broadcast some 40 minutes late after being beset by technical difficulties, which host later blamed on server attack

Colbert mocks Trump for reportedly calling Harris a ‘b****’ behind closed doors

Kelly Rissman — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:51:20 GMT

This is far from Trump’s first sexist attack against the vice president

UAW files federal labor complaint against Trump campaign over Elon Musk interview

John Bowden — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:21:07 GMT

Union launches assault against Trump campaign over his remarks on striking workers

Ilhan Omar seeks to avoid same fate as fellow Squad members in primary race

Ariana Baio — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:29:38 GMT

Other ‘Squad’ members have faced expensive and difficult primaries thanks to donations from super PACs

Jon Stewart mocks Trump for still being hung up on Biden: ‘He’s not coming back, Donald’

Kelly Rissman — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:28:22 GMT

‘He would give everything for just one more moment with Crooked Joe,’ The Daily Show host joked

Watch live: George Santos arrives in court ahead of corruption trial

Holly Patrick — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:45:54 GMT

Watch live as George Santos arrives at court on Long Island on Tuesday, 13 August, for a hearing ahead of his corruption trial.

Trump turns to teen son Barron and his influencer best friend to try to rival Harris’s ‘brat’ Gen Z appeal

James Liddell — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:42:10 GMT

Former president has reportedly turned to Barron and Bo Loudon to tackle what his ‘middle-aged campaign aides have no clue about’: finding favor with young voters

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

Alicja Hagopian — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:38:58 GMT

Here’s what the latest polls say about the 2024 presidential election, from the Independent’s data correspondent.

Was a cyber attack really to blame for Musk-Trump interview tech issues? Expert isn’t buying it

Rhian Lubin — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:23:46 GMT

Cyber security expert tells The Independent that Musk’s version of events are ‘unbelievable’ and ‘theatrical’

Trump repeats same talking points during Musk interview - but the former president’s ‘lisp’ steals the show

Justin Rohrlich — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 01:04:02 GMT

‘Did Trump pause campaign rallies because of this massive lisp he has on this Twitter interview with Elon?’ one X user posted.

Seth Meyers jokes Tim Walz copied his ‘Republicans are weird’ line: ‘I’ve made a whole career out of it’

Myriam Page — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:56:20 GMT

Late-night show host joked: ‘I don’t want to brag or anything but we’ve been banging the Republicans are weird drum for like five years’

RFK Jr is struck from New York ballot over ‘sham’ claim he lives in state

James Liddell — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:30:19 GMT

Civil trial was largely overshadowed by RFK Jr’s revelation that he dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park in 2014

Kamala Harris uses Trump’s own words and his social platform to troll Musk interview

Joe Sommerlad — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:02:58 GMT

Democratic presidential candidate took to Truth Social to mock technical glitches that beset Donald Trump’s interview with Elon Musk by resurfacing his own comments about Ron DeSantis’s disastrous X Spaces event

Bizarre moment Trump says ‘beautiful’ Kamala Harris looks like wife Melania in Elon Musk X interview

James Liddell — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 09:44:45 GMT

‘I saw a picture of her on Time Magazine today. She looks like the most beautiful actress ever to live,’ the former president said of his presidential rival

Trump wanted Elon Musk to give him a reset — he didn’t get one

Andrew Feinberg — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 02:59:17 GMT

Andrew Feinberg breaks down Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s talk with X owner Elon Musk. While it was promoted as a game-changer, the sound of the president’s voice will become the top talking point.

Time magazine unveils new front cover: ‘The reintroduction of Kamala Harris’

Michelle Del Rey — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 06:00:33 GMT

Harris declined to be interviewed for the article, which featured a striking front-page image of the vice president sketched in black and white

Break-in reported at Trump campaign office in Virginia as police launch investigation

Graeme Massie — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 01:39:46 GMT

Investigators say that surveillance video showed a man in dark clothing and a black baseball cap wearing a backpack on his chest

X users lament tech problems preventing them from hearing Trump and Musk interview

Justin Rohrlich — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 01:38:30 GMT

The interview was set for Monday night on X Spaces, but encountered technical difficulties before even getting on-air.

Elon Musk spent billions to destroy Twitter. Now he’s unleashing Trump on X

Alex Woodward — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 19:57:04 GMT

Trump returns to the platform that banned him more than three years later, as it keeps alive the same bogus claims that fueled the Jan. 6 attack, Alex Woodward writes

Texas town continues to demand $500,000 from Trump four years after hosting rally

Justin Rohrlich — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 22:55:26 GMT

The City of El Paso has sent an “updated invoice statement” to the Trump campaign that includes a one-time delinquency charge of $98,787.58

Donald Trump is using Jeffrey Epstein’s old jet to fly to campaign events

Richard Hall — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:35:12 GMT

Trump flew with Epstein numerous times when he was still alive, but before allegations of sex trafficking came to light

Truth Social stock takes a tumble as Trump makes his X return

Alex Woodward — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:09:47 GMT

The former president’s net worth sinks by another $170m thanks to falling price of Trump Media & Technology Group stock

Biden officials grilled over reports US bomb was used in Israeli strike on Gaza school

John Bowden — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:05:56 GMT

Biden administration is ‘concerned’ about weekend strike that killed more than 90 people, but can’t say whether US bombs were used

Texas women refused abortions for life-threatening ectopic pregnancies demand probe into hospitals

Kelly Rissman — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:58:06 GMT

Although Texas has banned nearly all abortions, providing the procedure in cases of ectopic pregnancies is allowed under state law

Slowing down, easily influenced and likely to say something ‘crazy’: Strategists on Trump’s campaign struggles

Katie Hawkinson — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:24:28 GMT

Donald Trump is falling behind Kamala Harris in national polls as he holds fewer and fewer campaign rallies compared to his 2016 campaign, Katie Hawkinson reports

Could Kamala Harris beat Trump? What the polls say

Alicja Hagopian — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:10:05 GMT

Recent polls reveal the Vice President’s strengths and blindspots among American voters

Trump set to sue DOJ for $100m over Mar-a-Lago raid after classified documents case dismissed

James Liddell — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:32:05 GMT

Republican presidential nominee’s legal team has condemned the ‘tortious conduct by the United States against President Trump’ over the raid on his Palm Beach resort

JD Vance issues stern warning: ‘Don’t come after my wife’

Lucy Leeson — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:30:25 GMT

Ohio senator JD Vance has issued a stern warning to far-right white supremacists urging them: “Don’t come after my wife”.

Trump escalates feud with popular governor in key swing state

Gustaf Kilander — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:08:17 GMT

Trump took aim at Georgia’s Brian Kemp during his press conference at Mar-a-Lago on August 8

Secret Service under fire for breaking into local salon ahead of Kamala Harris’s campaign event

Rhian Lubin — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:36:32 GMT

Alicia Powers said she was left feeling ‘violated’ after a Secret Service agent was filmed covering up one of the salon’s security cameras with tape and letting people use the bathroom without permission

Trump’s insult to Harris: That she sounds more like ‘Trump than Trump’

James Liddell — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:09:45 GMT

Former president claimed his Democrat rival is ‘conning the American public’ by ‘copying almost everything’ that he does