MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on Monday asked Mary Trump what she thinks when she hears her uncle, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling people “crooked, mentally impaired, lying, stupid” as he has done to Democratic rival Kamala Harris in recent days. “It’s like he’s looking at a mirror every time he opens his mouth now,” the … Read more
Former President Trump suggested Sunday that one “rough hour” of policing would end crime, as he called for law enforcement to be freed up to “do their job” without restrictions. “See, we have to let the police do their job. And if they have to be extraordinarily rough—” Trump said at a rally in Erie, … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Republican congressional candidate John Lee said in a new audio obtained by HuffPost that he’s “not worried about Black people” and mocked his Democratic opponent in Nevada, Rep. Steven Horsford, for being chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. “They made him chair of the Black Caucus. Whoop-de-doo,” Lee said last Monday at a … Read more
Republican Maryland Senate nominee Larry Hogan said he won’t vote for former President Trump in the upcoming election, even though the former president is endorsing his campaign. “Look, I’ve said neither one of the two candidates has earned my vote, and the voters in the country are going to be able to make that decision,” … Read more
The Oregon Board of Parole granted a release date of Jan. 9 to prominent incarcerated legal expert Mark Wilson, whose litigation efforts inside prison have helped thousands of other prisoners. Wilson was previously the subject of a HuffPost investigation, which detailed the state Department of Corrections’ pattern of retaliation against him. Wilson’s upcoming release date … Read more
Vice President Harris reaffirmed her support for legalizing marijuana Monday, speaking up on the issue publicly for the first time she became the Democratic nominee. “I just think we have come to a point where we have to understand that we need to legalize it and stop criminalizing this behavior,” Harris said during a nearly … Read more
Ahead of Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, Donald Trump’s Republican presidential campaign went back to the well. On Monday morning, the campaign held a press call with Tom Behrends, a retired command sergeant major who served in the National Guard with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president. Behrends has become famous … Read more
Former President Trump is seeking to put Vice President Harris on the back foot as both candidates respond to the devastation unleashed by Hurricane Helene. Trump visited Georgia on Monday, where he knocked the federal government’s response to the storm. His visit comes days after he criticized Harris and President Biden over the crisis. Harris, … Read more
MISSOULA, Mont. ― Battling for his political survival, Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) spent much of Monday’s Senate debate against Republican rival Tim Sheehy on offense, accusing the wealthy rancher of helping fuel the state’s housing crisis, posing a threat to reproductive rights and lying to voters about his plans for federal lands. From the opening … Read more
(NewsNation) — Bill O’Reilly tells “On Balance with Leland Vittert” that both major party presidential nominees are self-inflicting wounds when it comes to policy, whether it’s former President Donald Trump’s mean, extreme rhetoric or Vice President Kamala Harris’ nonspecific policy pitches. “Both candidates are what they call tone deaf,” O’Reilly said. He told NewsNation that … Read more
