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Elon Musk's mom says cheating for Trump isn't 'illegal.' Twitter fires back: 'You're just as dumb as your son'

One thing for sure: The Musk family is all in for Donald Trump — and election lies. While Elon Musk — carmaker, owner of Twitter/X, government contractor and conspiracy theorist — was hopping around the stage at a rally for Trump at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, his mother was suggesting a way for Trump supporters to cheat in November’s presidential election against Kamala Harris. Maye Musk, by the way, has 1.1 million followers on Twitter/X, her reach no doubt helped by the owner. When he ...

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Trump's Helene Remarks Rebuked by North Carolina's Largest Newspapers

Published Oct 06, 2024 at 11:08 AM EDT Updated Oct 06, 2024 at 11:27 AM EDT The joint editorial board of North Carolina's two largest newspapers, The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer, rebuked former President Donald Trump on Saturday over his false claims about the federal response to Hurricane Helene. Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, and a number of his Republican allies have been pushing unsubstantiated claims this week concerning the response of President Joe Biden and Vice Pr ...

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Christopher Ciccone, Artist and Brother of Madonna, Dies at 63

Christopher Ciccone, an artist, interior designer and younger brother of Madonna, has died, his rep Brad Taylor confirmed to Variety. He was 63. Ciccone died Friday after a battle with cancer, according to a statement from his family. Ciccone, who got his start as a choreographer and dancer, was a frequent collaborator of Madonna’s during her rise in pop stardom in the 1980s. He appeared in several music videos, including the one for his sister’s 1984 hit single “Lucky Star,” and served as art ...

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Biden orders 500 more active-duty troops to North Carolina to aid in Helene recovery

President Biden ordered the Department of Defense to move an additional 500 active-duty troops into western North Carolina to aid in the recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene, the White House announced Sunday. The additional troops bring the total number to nearly 1,500, after the president ordered nearly 1,000 soldiers to the area late last week. They make up only part of the on-the-ground federal response to Helene. The White House said there are additionally more than 6,100 National Gu ...

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Harris attacks Trump with new Jack Smith revelations

10/06/2024 12:57 PM EDT Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is directly invoking special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation to attack former President Donald Trump, in a new ad provided first to POLITICO. “We knew it was bad. But it’s worse than we thought. Much worse than we thought,” reads the ad, between videos of the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, as Trump’s past comments play in the background. “We fight like hell. If we don’t fight like hell, we’re not going to have a country anymo ...

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Trump Says He'd Change Name of Fort Liberty Back to Fort Bragg if Elected

Former President Donald Trump said he would change the name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg if he’s elected. Trump made the remarks on Friday night during a town hall in Fayetteville, NC, which is near the military installation. “I walked in — the first question that I asked — should we change the name from Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg? First question,” he said as the crowd cheered. “Right, so here’s what we do — we get elected, I’m doing it. I’m doing it.” The renaming of Fort Bragg was ...

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Chaos Erupts as Man Sets Himself on Fire Outside White House

A man who identified himself as a “journalist” and “visual storyteller” attempted to set fire to himself during a Saturday pro-Palestinian protest outside the White House. Images and videos on X captured a chaotic scene as the man, thought to be Samuel Mena Jr., lit his arm in Lafayette Park, where a large number of protesters were gathered. Bystanders and police officers rushed in to put out the flames as Mena screamed in pain. “I’m a journalist, and I said it was OK,” Mena can be heard scre ...

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House GOP chairman demands FEMA accountability for Hurricane Helene after flooding claims more than 200 lives

Oct. 5, 2024, 4:10 PM EDT The chairman of a House Homeland Security subcommittee is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to detail what it did to prepare for Hurricane Helene after it became clear there would be catastrophic flooding. Helene made landfall in Big Bend, Florida, on Sept. 26, causing flooding that devastated North Carolina, Tennessee and other Southern states and claimed more than 200 lives. In a letter sent Saturday, Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, chairman of the House Eme ...

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Susan Rice Calls Trump A 'Surrender Monkey' For Trying To Appease Putin On Ukraine

Oct 5, 2024, 05:21 PM EDT Former U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice delivered a damning critique Thursday of Donald Trump and his foreign policy agenda for aiming to appease Russian President Vladimir Putin during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. “The fundamentals of national security — that America needs to be strong, that we need to stand with our allies, we need to stand for our values, we have to mean what we say … never used to be under serious question,” she told MSNBC’s Lawrence ...

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Walz slams Vance in Ohio: 'Not a reflection' of the state's people

11h Vice President Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), slammed Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) at a campaign event near the senator’s hometown on Saturday, saying that former President Trump’s running mate does not reflect the “integrity” of the people in the state. “He is not a reflection on the integrity of the people of Ohio,” Walz said at an event on behalf of the Harris Victory Fund, according to NewsNation’s Jackie Koppell. Walz condemned the senator for saying he would not hav ...

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The world's rivers faced the driest year in three decades in 2023, the UN agency says

1 min ago - October 7, 2024, 4:39 AM GENEVA -- The U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the world's rivers, as the record-hot year underpinned a drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged drough ... (ABC News/AP)

Trump allies threaten Deloitte contracts after employee shares Vance chats

8 min ago - Trump allies threaten Deloitte contracts after employee shares Vance chats Republicans target $3 billion in federal contracts after a consultant discloses messages unconnected to his work. Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance speaks during a ... (Washington Post)

Hurricane Milton Update Statement

35 min ago - Hurricane Milton Tropical Cyclone Update NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142024 600 AM CDT Mon Oct 07 2024 ...NOAA HURRICANE HUNTERS FIND MILTON A MAJOR HURRICANE... Data from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter aicraft indicate that Milton has s ... (National Hurricane Center)

Muslim faith leaders endorse Harris

46 min ago - Oct. 6, 2024, 7:38 PM EDT A group of imams endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in an open letter shared first with NBC News on Sunday, a critical boost as she steps up her efforts to win back disaffected Muslim voters amid the Israel-Hamas war. Har ... (NBC News)

US lets Starlink provide direct-to-cell coverage for hurricane-hit areas

1 hr ago - October 6, 2024 6:38 PM EDT Updated 12 hours ago WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Sunday allowed Elon Musk's SpaceX and T Mobile (TMUS.O) to enable Starlink satellites with direct-to-cell capability to provi ... (Reuters)

Nobel Prize in medicine honors two Americans for discovery of microRNA

1 hr ago - Updated 6:10 AM EDT, October 7, 2024 STOCKHOLM (AP) -- The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated. The No ... (AP)

'This Is Not The 1950's': Kamala Harris Goes On 'Call Her Daddy' Podcast to Hit Back at Sarah Huckabee Sanders

2 hrs ago - Oct 6th, 2024, 6:09 pm Vice President Kamala Harris spoke about taking in her husband’s two children as her own and called Sen. JD Vance’s (R-OJ) “childless cat ladies” comment “mean-spirited” on the latest episode of th ... (MEDIAite)

DeSantis administration threatens local TV station for airing abortion rights campaign ads

2 hrs ago - 10 hours ago Ron DeSantis’s administration has appeared to threaten a local TV station with legal action for airing an abortion rights campaign ad. The ad in question is the same one that aired in Florida during the vice presidential debate betw ... (The Independent)

GOP looks to avoid disaster in Nebraska Senate race

3 hrs ago - 10/06/24 5:00 PM ET Republicans are looking to avoid a disaster in the Nebraska Senate race amid signs that an independent candidate could be giving Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) a run for her money. Independent Senate candidate and political newcomer D ... (The Hill)

New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump

4 hrs ago - POLITICS New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump BY JOSH BOAK Updated 12:06 AM EDT, October 7, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) -- No one is likely to be happy with the projected higher deficits laid out i ... (Associated Press)

Harris attacks Trump with new Jack Smith revelations

11 hrs ago - 10/06/2024 12:57 PM EDT Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is directly invoking special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation to attack former President Donald Trump, in a new ad provided first to POLITICO. “We knew it was bad. But it ... (Politico)

Pennsylvania high court declines to decide mail-in ballot issues before election

11 hrs ago - Updated 1:01 PM EDT, October 6, 2024 HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to step in and immediately decide issues related to mail-in ballots in the commonwealth with early voting already under way in the few weeks ... (AP)

Mark Kelly on Harris: 'I'm confident she's going to win Arizona'

12 hrs ago - 10/06/24 10:38 AM ET Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said Sunday he’s confident Vice President Harris is going to win his state of Arizona and the race overall. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” anchor Dana Bash pressed the ... (The Hill)

Elon Musk's mom says cheating for Trump isn't 'illegal.' Twitter fires back: 'You're just as dumb as your son'

12 hrs ago - One thing for sure: The Musk family is all in for Donald Trump — and election lies. While Elon Musk — carmaker, owner of Twitter/X, government contractor and conspiracy theorist — was hopping around the stage at a rally for Trump at a ... (nj.com)

Tim Walz Masterfully Pushes Back On The Right's Abortion Talking Points

12 hrs ago - Oct 6, 2024, 03:46 PM EDT Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz skillfully combated right-wing talking points about reproductive rights on Sunday, calling them “a distraction” from the reality of women’s health care declining as a result of restrict ... (Huff Post)

Harris reiterates support for Gaza ceasefire as conflict escalates

13 hrs ago - October 6, 2024 12:18 PM EDT Updated 6 hours ago WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Washington will continue to pressure Israel and other players in the Middle East to reach a ceasefi ... (Reuters)

Biden orders 500 more active-duty troops to North Carolina to aid in Helene recovery

13 hrs ago - President Biden ordered the Department of Defense to move an additional 500 active-duty troops into western North Carolina to aid in the recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene, the White House announced Sunday. The additional troops bring the to ... (The Hill)

FEMA's Criswell dismisses 'ridiculous' Helene recovery falsehoods

14 hrs ago - October 6, 2024, 11:30 AM In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell discussed recovery from Hurricane Helene across the Southeast and pushed back on baseless claims about the agency’s funding, calling them “ri ... (ABC News)

Trump's Helene Remarks Rebuked by North Carolina's Largest Newspapers

15 hrs ago - Published Oct 06, 2024 at 11:08 AM EDT Updated Oct 06, 2024 at 11:27 AM EDT The joint editorial board of North Carolina's two largest newspapers, The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer, rebuked former President Donald Trump on Saturday ov ... (Newsweek)

Christopher Ciccone, Artist and Brother of Madonna, Dies at 63

15 hrs ago - Christopher Ciccone, an artist, interior designer and younger brother of Madonna, has died, his rep Brad Taylor confirmed to Variety. He was 63. Ciccone died Friday after a battle with cancer, according to a statement from his family. Ciccone, who go ... (Variety)

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