President Donald Trump has bizarrely thirsted over the body of a male MAGA senator during a midterm rally.

Trump, 80, attended a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday evening to lend his support for Senator Jon Husted and gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

During his speech, the president praised Husted and admitted he didn’t know about his past playing football for the University of Dayton, where he earned All-American recognition as a defensive back and kick returner.

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President Donald Trump’s latest foreign policy maneuver amounts to a betrayal of the United States, political analyst David Rothkopf charged

Appearing on The Daily Beast Podcast, the political expert denounced the 80-year-old president’s decision to buy millions of barrels of oil from Russia to fix the diesel dilemma he sparked with his own war with Iran.

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Laura Loomer has some disturbing ideas about how the Fort Hood mass shooter should spend his final moments.

The far-right Trump ally is demanding that Nidal Hasan’s mouth be sealed shut when Pete Hegseth livestreams his execution by firing squad.

The Trump whisperer wrote on X about the planned Dec. 3 execution of Nidal Hasan, a 56-year-old former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people and wounded 32 at Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2009. Hasan shouted the Arabic phrase “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire; Loomer said he shouldn’t be allowed to do so again.

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After losing almost 200 pounds, Amy Slaton is planning plastic surgery.

The 1000-Lb. Sisters star, 38, wants to continue her transformation with skin removal surgery and another unexpected procedure.

In a clip of the Oct. 13 episode, obtained by People, Slaton visits plastic surgeon Dr. Kate Kottwitz, who specializes in body contouring, breast surgery, and skin removal.

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Welcome to Midterms Meltdown, a special pop-up newsletter from The Swamp—bringing you up to the minute with the secrets the politicians don’t want you to know about the race to November 3.

It is the most consequential election campaign since 2024, and the nooze will be oozing around the nation to shape D.C. for the next two years and beyond. Our Farrah Tomazin and Sarah Ewall-Wice are getting down and dirty with the inside stories from the battlefields every Monday and Friday.

Melting down in The Swamp today are: Vivek Ramaswamy, JD Vance, Donald Trump, Bruce Blakeman, Mike Rogers, Ken Paxton, Maria Elvira Salazar, Michael Whatley, Darline Graham, Jon Husted and Mamaw.

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Oscar-nominated actress Amanda Seyfried has revealed she no longer wants to appear in projects that require sex scenes.

Seyfried, 40, said onscreen romance has lost its appeal during a panel Alec Baldwin hosted at the Hamptons International Film Festival, according to People. The actress, who is known for her roles in Mamma Mia and Mean Girls and who earned an Academy Award nomination for her role in 2020’s Mank, told Baldwin, 68, “Our jobs are weird. And as I get older, it gets weirder. We have to be romantic with people that we’re not romantic with.”

“Sometimes it’s great,” she continued. “Sometimes it’s really uncomfortable. But I can’t believe back in the day I was just like, ‘We gotta make out. Great! This is awesome. I know how to make out,’” she added. “And it used to be so fun. It was a non-thing. It was like, ‘I get to make out with a hot person today… And they’re paying me.’” Things have changed for her, however.

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Saturday Night Live host Shane Gillis is catching flak from celebrities over his “misogynistic” comments about women’s attire at the gym—including from SNL veteran Ego Nwodim.

Nwodim posted a photo of herself at the gym on Monday to her Instagram Stories, with the caption, “Wh--e reporting for duty,” days after Gillis declared during his opening monologue, “I haven’t been to the gym in so long, I didn’t know women just dress like wh--es now. Look, I’m sorry, there’s no other way to describe—have you seen it?”

He went on, “The shorts. Have you seen the shorts? Those neon, they’re like artificial bait-colored. And the wrinkles go around the cheeks and all combined at the butthole. And don’t look; you’re not allowed to look. For real, don’t look because they are filming. I’m in the background of like 10 TikToks right now.”

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President Donald Trump freaked out on the state of the Kansas Senate race on Monday with a fiery post defending embattled MAGA Senator Roger Marshall.

The president hit the panic button on Truth Social as the Kansas Republican has been hit with a series of brutal reports and polls have shown him neck-and-neck with Democratic opponent Adam Hamilton.

Republicans are now spending millions to try and hold the seat in a state Trump won in 2024 by more than 16 points. Trump on Monday vowed he would also campaign for Marshall.

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RJ Mitte, the disability advocate and actor known for his breakout role as the son of Bryan Cranston’s Walter White on the Emmy Award-winning series Breaking Bad, has died at 34. His reps told Deadline he died in Brownsville, Texas, on Monday, but no immediate cause of death was given. TMZ reported that they were told Mitte died by suicide, but the actor’s reps have not confirmed that. “It is with profound sadness we share the tragic passing of beloved actor, philanthropist, and passionate disability rights advocate RJ Mitte,” his reps said in a statement. Mitte’s experience living with cerebral palsy shaped both his role as Walter Jr. on Breaking Bad as well as his work as a disability rights advocate. Aside from being an ambassador for United Cerebral Palsy and Shriners Children’s, he served as the president of The Mitte Foundation, a philanthropic organization started by his family to support community initiatives in central Texas. In a statement, the foundation described Mitte as a “beloved friend and dedicated champion of the arts whose commitment to Brownsville will forever be part of our community’s story.”

If you or a loved one are struggling with suicidal thoughts, please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing or texting 988.

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President Donald Trump has admitted he’s unhappy with Kimberly Guilfoyle—and isn’t ruling out firing his son’s former fiancée as U.S. ambassador to Greece.

Trump, 80, was asked at the White House on Monday whether he was considering canning Guilfoyle.

“Well, we’re looking at it,” he said. “Yeah, we’re not happy.”

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A Republican political group working to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in her reelection bid launched a costly ad buy—in the wrong state.

Collins, 73, who has represented Maine in the Senate for nearly 30 years, was the subject of campaign ads mistakenly aired in Portland, Oregon, just over 3,000 miles from her target audience in Portland, Maine.

Republican organizers spent between $20,000 and $25,000 on an ad buy targeting viewers in the Portland, Oregon, market, which includes parts of Washington state, according to the Google Political Ad Transparency Center.

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Dame Joan Collins, 93, swears by a beauty hack that is surprisingly easy and accessible, no matter your budget.

On Sunday, actress Elizabeth Hurley shared a great beauty tip she got from the Golden Globe-winning Dynasty actress on the SheerLuxe podcast.

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Shane Gillis became Saturday Night Live’s second MAGA-friendly comedian to walk offstage during the show’s traditional “goodnights” segment on Saturday.

In a clip obtained by LateNighter, and not shown during SNL’s live airing this weekend, Gillis can be seen walking offstage before the goodbyes are over, exiting through the center of the stage as some cast members watch him leave.

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Sean “Diddy” Combs was transported out of federal prison due to a medical emergency Saturday morning. The 56-year-old rapper has been serving a 50-month sentence for two counts of transporting people across state lines for prostitution. An ambulance transported Diddy to get treatment for a head injury at about 1 a.m., according to TMZ sources at the FCI Fort Dix facility in New Jersey. The reason for the head injury hasn’t been confirmed, but it wasn’t life-threatening, as Diddy was conscious and speaking when he was taken back to the prison before 7 a.m., meaning he was only out of the prison confines for about 6 hours. Diddy was admitted to a prison facility in September 2024, and transferred to Fort Dix in October 2025. He’s been placed in solitary confinement twice this year following a fight with another inmate in July, and reports that his prison time has involved massages, special meals, cleaning services for his bathroom, alcohol, and a cellphone with naked pictures of an ex-girlfriend. His release date has been pushed back by several weeks from January 2028 to the following March.

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe got off to an excellent TV start with 2021’s WandaVision, but in the ensuing years, it’s had as many downs as ups. It’s fitting, then, that it rights its course with VisionQuest (Oct. 14 on Disney+), a follow-up to its initial small-screen triumph that’s all about the search for identity. Bolstered by a James Spader turn of sardonic wit and malevolence, it’s a sequel that stands on its own two feet, even as it harkens back—and operates as a companion piece—to its popular predecessor.

In present-day Edinburgh, super android Vision (Paul Bettany) is living a quiet incognito life among humans, by day working at a pub and at night retreating into his mind, where he’s constructed an English manor house that he shares with a collection of artificial intelligences: J.A.R.V.I.S. (James D’Arcy), who handles security; E.D.I.T.H. (Emily Hampshire), who’s all about fun and weaponry; F.R.I.D.A.Y. (Orla Brady), who’s in charge of tactical operations; and D.U.M.E-E (Henry Lewis) and U (Jonathan Sayer), the residence’s maintenance professionals.

They’re a quirky, quaint collection of A.I. personalities who get along great, and the only threat to their stability is the entity that lives in the house’s spacious loft.

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President Donald Trump is scrambling to replace Kimberly Guilfoyle as new revelations continue to rock her diplomatic post.

Insiders within Trump world believe that the president is all but certain to fire Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, as she has been embroiled in allegations of financial impropriety and abusing her diplomatic position to live a lavish lifestyle in Europe.

Guilfoyle, the ex-fiancé of the president’s firstborn, Don Jr., is said to be on “very thin ice” with the president, one source told the New York Post.

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President Donald Trump marked Columbus Day with a furious Truth Social attack on North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate and former Gov. Roy Cooper.

In a lengthy post, Trump claimed Cooper had freed 83 murderers during the COVID-19 pandemic, including 51 serving life sentences. He further alleged that 25 went on to commit murder after their release.

“There has never been a Governor with such a bad record on Crime, and there never will be!” Trump wrote.

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Megyn Kelly gave credence to absurd claims about Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico even after they were debunked.

The MAGA podcaster kicked off her daily “AM Update” on Monday by amplifying right-wing conspiracies about the Texas state rep’s flu-induced absence from the campaign trail.

“A newly released audio recording further inflaming controversy over Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas James Talarico’s extended absence from the campaign trail, as an Ohio mental health facility seems to confirm Talarico was there, right before they deny it,” Kelly, 55, said.

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Emmy-winning Food Network star Valerie Bertinelli is comparing her new haircut to an iconic Shrek villain.

The 66-year-old One Day at a Time actress posted an Oct. 9 Instagram video showing the results of her botched haircut.

“I have no explanation for this,” she states, shaking her head and pointing to her hair. “What have I done?”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

The mystery behind Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s connection to their billionaire host has finally been solved.

Why a hard-nosed billionaire would offer a renegade prince and his wife an English hideaway has puzzled the public ever since Harry and Meghan returned to the U.K. over the summer.

Well, The Royalist can now reveal the answer: Harry and Meghan bonded with their current Cotswolds host after the private jet carrying them was hit by a “terrifying” lightning strike.

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Donald Trump is Vladimir Putin’s Шестёрка.

The word means “lackey” or “underling.” Pronounced shes-TYOR-kah, it comes from the name for the lowest value card in a Russian deck.

Americans might use other terms. Stooge. Tool. Poodle. Flunkey. B--ch.

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Donald Trump has been torn to shreds by a judge over his latest vanity project, which she said has “cost the government all of its credibility.”

The 80-year-old president is ripping up Washington, D.C.’s busiest public golf course—the 106-year-old East Potomac Links—and rebuilding it in his own image. As part of the still unapproved project, for which the administration has presented no final plan, the National Park Service cut down more than 500 trees on Saturday.

His premature wood whacking incensed U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes, after she demanded in September that the government inform her if it intended to begin any major work on the project.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

Dan Levy is slamming Saturday Night Live host Shane Gillis for his “misogynistic” comments during Saturday’s monologue.

The Schitt’s Creek star, 43, posted a video to Instagram calling out Gillis, 38, for his jokes about women “dressing like whores” at the gym.

“Women wearing short shorts to the gym does not make them whores. It makes the men calling them whores, misogynists. There’s a difference there,” Levy said.

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John Oliver’s show is still going after Donald Trump, no matter who owns its network, he declared.

Oliver, the host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, had a message for Skydance Paramount CEO David Ellison as he acquires HBO’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. “I’m thrilled to be part of the Skydance family! Hope you’re happy with what you bought, guys!” the host said, after slamming the Trump administration’s changes to the FDA. “We’re never gonna change!”

He added, “Never—we’re never changing!”

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South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham was busted fleeing the scene after her lackluster debate performance.

Graham debated Dr. Annie Andrews, a Democrat, as the pair raced to become the next senator for the state. After it was over, Graham appeared to flee the scene, opting to skip talking to reporters and try to “spin” her performance as a win, as is typical of candidates and their surrogates after debates.

Even so, her campaign tried to spin her abrupt departure as some sort of a win.

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President Donald Trump kicked off the week with an unannounced trip to his golf club in Sterling, Virginia, despite the looming midterm elections that could spell disaster for Republicans.

Monday is Columbus Day, a federal holiday, so many Americans are off work. But for those running for office, there is no downtime at this stage of the campaign season.

Trump, 80, has repeatedly been telling supporters to pretend he’s on the ballot as Republicans face major headwinds, but his Monday morning activities suggest he may have other things on his mind.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

Sydney Sweeney has debuted the sequel to her highly controversial nude sports app ad, and it’s unlikely to win over critics of the original.

The 29-year-old Euphoria bombshell went viral in September for appearing sans clothing in a campaign for the sports prediction market app Novig, where Sweeney is also a strategic partner and equity holder. In the video, she posed naked with various sports equipment, quickly drawing heaps of backlash, particularly from professional athletes who thought the ads were sexualizing women’s sports.

On Sunday, the actress doubled down on the polarizing campaign by posting a new Instagram video that left little to the imagination.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

Seán Ono Lennon is pushing back on claims that he inherited most of his famous father John Lennon’s estate while his older half-brother, Julian, was largely cut out.

“Julian and I inherited the same amount from our dad. Our trusts were equal. Although his was slightly more, but negligibly so,” John Lennon’s younger son wrote on X on Monday.

The clarification came after Seán posted a photo of himself Monday with Julian, prompting political commentator Wesley Yang to contrast the brothers’ childhoods and what he described as their vastly different inheritances.

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Donald Trump has shared a quote by Denzel Washington praising him, even though the Oscar winner never actually said anything about the president.

Trump, 80, reshared a quote attributed to Washington, 71, in which the Oscar winner praised the president. Red Eagles Updates, a MAGA account on X with more than 700,000 followers, originally posted the quote.

“I’ve worked with a lot of people in my life, and I’ve never met anyone braver, smarter, or who cares more about America than Donald Trump. He’s a great friend and an even better president. I’m proud to be a steadfast supporter, and I’ll never apologize for it,” reads the remark.

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Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife had to double back after overplaying her hand.

Katie Miller quickly deleted a post on X gloating over the ICE raid on Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., home on Monday, seemingly realizing that her comment was not a great look.

“Promise made, promise kept,” Miller, 35, wrote in a now-deleted post replying to a New York Post article about the Monday morning raid.

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Donald Trump is expressing doubts about whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s barbaric plan to livestream a public execution is a good idea, according to a report.

The 80-year-old president has been privately signaling to those close to him that a livestream of the execution of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 U.S. soldiers during an attack at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009, “might not happen,” a source told Axios.

The unnamed confidant added that Trump did not sound “particularly enthusiastic” when discussing plans to livestream the execution. “That’s why he’s calling around, doing the Trump thing, asking people what they think.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

Video footage shows the terrifying moment a pilot was forced to use a Michigan highway as a makeshift runway after a small aircraft lost power just short of its intended destination. The drama unfolded Saturday near Flint, where the pilot—and lone person aboard—was approaching Bishop Airport in a single-engine plane when the engine suddenly cut out. Unable to reach the airport, the pilot brought the aircraft down along Interstate 69, near its junction with I-75. Video of the incident shows the plane descending toward oncoming traffic before veering off onto the shoulder. The pilot was unhurt, and no motorists were injured. Authorities shut down westbound lanes near the exit as crews responded, with traffic disruptions reportedly lasting from about 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. There were no disruptions to air traffic surrounding the airport. Local officials are coordinating with federal aviation officials and airport staff to determine precisely why the plane’s engine lost power.

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Emmy-winning Star Trek stuntman James Lew died of heart failure, it has been revealed nearly two months after he died at the age of 73. The Hollywood veteran, whose credits included Rush Hour and Inception, died on Aug. 23. The cause was confirmed in his death certificate, which TMZ obtained and reported on Monday. Lew spent his final days at a residential care facility in Los Angeles and was cremated, according to the certificate. The document, issued by Los Angeles County health officials, lists no additional contributing medical conditions. In a career stretching almost 50 years, the movie martial artist also appeared in action hits including Lethal Weapon 4, Timecop, and Hot Shots! Part Deux, in which he fought Charlie Sheen. He received an Emmy for his stunt work on Marvel’s Netflix series Luke Cage. Lew’s wife, Jordanna Potter, announced his death in August via an emotional Instagram tribute that imagined him reunited with his father and sparring with martial arts legend Bruce Lee.

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Newly minted White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia is getting pointers from her predecessors ahead of her first press briefing this week.

Fox News host Dana Perino, who served as White House press secretary under George W. Bush, warned that Zacharia could be heading into a particularly tough stretch, with the midterm elections just over three weeks away and Republicans expected to face doom at the ballot box.

“Just take it from me, I was press secretary the last two years of a second term. Those are usually very tough years, especially if the midterms don’t go your way,” Perino, 54, said.

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Donald Trump has flooded social media with posts celebrating his rally crowds after a series of embarrassing reports exposed their dwindling attendance.

The president, 80, kicked off his week by sharing at least seven posts and several videos on Truth Social that praised his ability to draw big numbers. The early morning Monday barrage included screenshots of posts by MAGA influencers declaring that his supporters were more enthusiastic than ever.

The posting spree came hours after Trump boasted that his campaign events were “legendary,” despite evidence of empty seats and a Daily Beast/PunchUp investigation last Tuesday that revealed how much his audience has shrunk since his first presidential campaign.

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Donald Trump has been in a “foul mood” during his midterm rally tour, according to a source.

The 80-year-old president has been on a whirlwind road show across the country to muster support for the GOP ahead of the congressional elections on Nov. 3.

But his rallies are drawing smaller crowds than in years past, and a person familiar with his behavior told The Washington Post that he has at times been in a “foul mood.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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Katherine LaNasa is sharing the secret to her glowing, radiant skin at 59.

The actress, who won her first Emmy Award in September for her role in HBO’s medical drama The Pitt, told NewBeauty she keeps her beauty routine minimal but considers one product her holy grail.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

Donald Trump’s political money machine is preparing to abandon a vulnerable Michigan House race, pulling its cash from a district the president carried in 2024 as Republicans scramble to protect their congressional majorities.

MAGA Inc. and a leading House Republican super PAC plan to withdraw spending from Michigan’s 8th District by midweek, a GOP official familiar with the strategy told Politico.

The move signals a recognition that Democratic Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet has the advantage over Republican challenger Tom Smith.

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A passenger jet was diverted after a power bank caught fire in an overhead luggage compartment, triggering panic among passengers. The IndiGo Airbus A321 was flying from Delhi to Chennai on Sunday when smoke was detected from a passenger’s electronic device. The power bank was inside a bag stowed in an overhead compartment. Dramatic footage shows travelers shouting “fire!” as flames spread and people scramble to retrieve their belongings. Cabin crew eventually extinguished the blaze using fire extinguishers. Pilots diverted to Hyderabad, where the plane landed safely. Passengers disembarked and continued their journey to Chennai on another aircraft. Power banks contain lithium batteries that can undergo thermal runaway if damaged, potentially producing intense fires and toxic fumes. A growing number of airlines are imposing tougher rules on power banks, while some have banned them entirely over fears they could ignite mid-flight. In the U.S., power banks are allowed on flights but must be packed in carry-on baggage, not checked luggage, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Four Republican senators have blasted Donald Trump’s plans to allow Russia to export diesel in an effort to ease the global oil crisis.

In a joint statement, GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, John Curtis of Utah and Susan Collins of Maine urged the 80-year-old president to “immediately reverse” the plan, which would effectively lift sanctions imposed on Russia after it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

With voter backlash over soaring gas and diesel prices potentially threatening Republicans in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, Trump announced that Russia would be allowed to export diesel to global markets, easing sanctions intended to restrict funding for the Kremlin’s war effort.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

Embattled Senate candidate Ken Paxton is begging voters to ignore audio leaks of him trashing Donald Trump that have helped throw his campaign into crisis.

“Just because they were able to clip a few things doesn’t mean that’s actually what I meant,” the Texas attorney general, 63, told Fox News on Sunday.

He started by trying to assure his potential constituents that he is, actually, very fond of the 80-year-old president. “I have supported President Trump, I love President Trump,” he said. “He’s been out working extremely hard to help me get elected, and I really appreciate him. He’s done a great job as president.”

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About 70 people have been evacuated from an ultra-marathon after heavy rain trapped them Sunday. Athletes and volunteers became stranded at Utah’s Moab 240 ultramarathon after the remnants of Storm Rachel hit the area, the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office said. Buses were used to move the last people off the 241.8-mile route after they were stranded at an aid station. Before the storm hit, organizers had stocked aid stations with additional safety equipment and supplies to help competitors tackle tough conditions during the race, which started on Friday and was due to run until Tuesday. However, by Sunday night conditions had surpassed acceptable safety levels, and runners were held at their nearest aid station awaiting evacuation. “We know this isn’t how anyone hoped Moab 240 would go,” race organizers Destination Trail said in a social media post. “So many of you trained for months and traveled a long way to be here, and we’re truly sorry the race ended this way. Sometimes the weather has other plans, and when it does, everyone’s safety has to come first.”

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MAGA stars are piling on Kelly Clarkson over her feud with an independent Brooklyn shop, accusing the singer of using her celebrity status to bully a small business.

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld and the far-right account Libs of TikTok attacked the 44-year-old American Idol winner after she accused novelty shop Art of Play of treating her like Julia Roberts’ character in Pretty Woman. The store says the animatronic bird she wanted to buy wasn’t for sale.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

Elon Musk is pouring record-breaking amounts of money into trying to save Republicans from a midterm wipeout.

The Tesla mogul, 55, has thrown an astonishing $366 million at groups backing GOP candidates ahead of the Nov. 3 elections for control of the House and Senate, the New York Times reports.

That’s roughly $76 million more than the $290 million the world’s richest man is known to have invested to help get the president, 80, elected in 2024.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

Federal officials carried out a dawn raid at the home of a Democratic congresswoman who’s long been a thorn in Donald Trump’s side.

The Homeland Security Investigations agency (HSI) searched 44-year-old Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C.-area residence on Monday morning, sources familiar with the operation told Fox News.

“Today in the Washington, D.C., area, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice,” a DOJ spokesperson told the Daily Beast. “This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation.”

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Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal has torn into Donald Trump for his sanctions-busting deal to buy diesel from Russia.

The 80-year-old president announced last week a deal to buy millions of barrels of diesel from Vladimir Putin’s Russia in a bid to bring down prices before midterm elections on Nov. 3.

But in an editorial published Sunday titled “Trump’s Diesel Insult to Lindsey Graham,” the Journal’s Editorial Board said the amounts involved would be too small to affect global prices and any money raised would simply fund Putin’s aggression against Ukraine.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

Ella Langley has broken her silence over a last-minute concert cancellation.

The 27-year-old country star scrapped a scheduled performance Friday just hours before the show at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with her team saying there was a “serious security threat involving the safety of fans, venue personnel and the artist.”

The next day, at a concert in Lubbock, Texas, Langley told the crowd, “When it comes to keeping you safe and making sure that this show is a safe place for us to come and enjoy our music, then it will happen. But the second it feels like it will not, I’m not doing it.”

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A California climber sent a final text saying he was heading down a mountain hours before plunging to his death in a fatal fall. Brian Seibert, 53, messaged around 7 p.m. last Sunday after reaching the summit of 13,000-foot Mount Morgan. He failed to return, prompting Mono County Search and Rescue to launch a search the following day. Rescuers used photographs, topographic comparisons, cellphone forensics, and a search dog to track him down. A California National Guard Chinook helicopter helped deploy rescuers at 12,500 feet. On Tuesday, a helicopter crew spotted an anomaly near the bottom of Grand Central Couloir, a steep gully on the mountain’s eastern face. A team following a single set of tracks reached the location and found Seibert. However, the rugged terrain made an immediate recovery too dangerous. His body was finally retrieved early Wednesday by a Yosemite National Park helicopter and rescue crew, more than 72 hours after his final message.

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John Stamos has revealed that his friend, Mike Love, is facing “serious health challenges.”

Stamos shared a lengthy update on Sunday, as he headed to perform with Love, the 85-year-old Beach Boys legend, and the band in Nashville, Tennessee. The actor has performed with the music group, which Love co-founded, since the ‘80s.

“I’ve played with Mike for 41 years. I never imagined how deeply it would affect me to see someone larger than life face something so human and fragile,” Stamos, 63, wrote on Instagram.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

A woman desperately tried to stop a man from entering a tiger enclosure at a zoo in England just moments before he was attacked and killed by the animal on Saturday.

Witnesses to the horrific incident at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park said the woman, who was with her two children, tried to prevent the man from jumping off a bridge into the animal’s pen.

“He overpowered her and jumped off. She seemed really frightened,” Anthony Hunt, who was at the zoo with his girlfriend Scarlet Hogan, told The Telegraph.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

Vladimir Putin’s forces bombarded Ukrainian energy facilities within hours of Donald Trump’s boast that he had secured a partial ceasefire.

Trump, 80, announced Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to immediately stop attacking each other’s energy infrastructure. While providing no details of the supposed breakthrough, he declared on Truth Social that the two countries had reached an agreement. “Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!” the U.S. president wrote.

Except nobody else seems to have got the memo.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

CNN data guru Harry Enten has laid bare what he called “atrocious numbers” for Donald Trump.

Trump has seen some of his lowest approval ratings yet in the past few months, reaching the low 30s.

That is a worrying sign for the Republican Party so close to the midterms, with Enten warning that the president’s dismal approval ratings could help Democrats seize control of both the House and Senate on Nov. 3.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

CNN’s MAGA panelist Scott Jennings was laughed at to his face when he tried to dismiss concerns about how much Donald Trump and his family have enriched themselves since his return to office.

During a typically argumentative roundtable debate on Sunday’s NewsNight with Abby Phillip, the panel discussed a September Gallup poll that found nearly 90 percent of Americans believe government corruption is “widespread”—a record-high figure that has risen sharply from 73 percent in 2024, before Trump’s second term.

Phillip suggested the dramatic rise could partly be attributed to the president’s personal net worth increasing by billions of dollars since he returned to office, which she said is “unheard” of and “has literally never happened before.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

A MAGA senator desperate to hold onto her late brother’s seat has made a bizarre attempt to blame Democrats for Donald Trump’s war on Iran.

“Let’s not forget, again, how the war started,” Darline Graham, 62, who took over the deep red South Carolina seat after her brother Lindsey Graham’s sudden death in July, said during an election debate on Sunday.

“The Democrats let Iran get a nuclear weapon, almost,” Graham, now locked in a midterm battle with Democratic rival Annie Andrews, went on. “They were very close to getting one.”

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John Oliver has annihilated the Trump administration for its “tacky” Kimberly Guilfoyle problem.

The HBO host unpacked a bombshell report alleging Guilfoyle asked MAGA donor Eric Deters to pay off her $100,000 American Express bill just six days before she was confirmed as the U.S. ambassador to Greece.

The Wall Street Journal revealed the 57-year-old’s messages to Deters, in which Guilfoyle begged for the money, saying, “Honey, please.”

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A former Fox News boss has accused his old network of “journalistic malpractice” for failing to cover the scandal engulfing Trump ally Kimberly Guilfoyle.

Ken LaCorte, 61, who ran FoxNews.com for a decade, launched his extraordinary attack Sunday as Donald Trump J.’s ex-fiancée Guilfoyle—who worked at Fox News herself between 2006 and 2018—was embroiled in allegations of financial impropriety and abusing her position as U.S. ambassador to Greece, which she denies.

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Donald Trump has launched an attack on Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed by resharing inflammatory “civil war” rhetoric from Kid Rock.

In a Sunday night Truth Social post, the 80-year-old president shared a clip from an interview the MAGA star gave to Fox News’ Lara Trump, in which he suggested that El-Sayed, 41, who could become the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate, was a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

“I was born in Dearborn, Michigan, so was my father, raised there. My grandfather raised him there. I don’t know if people understand how it got to be one of the biggest Arab populations outside of the Middle East in the world,” Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, told Fox News.

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Kelly Osbourne says she has regained 30 pounds since her drastic weight loss alarmed fans at the BRIT Awards in February, Page Six reported. “I didn’t know that I looked like that until I saw the pictures,” the 41-year-old said in an interview with The Sun published Sunday, according to the outlet. Her appearance on stage with her mom, Sharon, to accept a Lifetime Achievement award on behalf of her late father, Ozzy Osbourne, drew concern online, with one YouTube commenter writing that she had hit the “danger zone.” She denied having an eating disorder, saying she was grieving her father, who died in July 2025 at 76. “Eating made me feel like I wanted to throw up,” she said. Osbourne said she went to her dad’s grave with a white candle on which she wrote, “Please help me.” The next day, she said, Sharon introduced her to therapist and life coach Chris Miller, whom she credits with saving her life. Last month, she said on the We Need to Talk podcast that she was eight months sober after she started drinking again following her father’s death.

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President Donald Trump has been hit with a major legal setback over his divisive taxpayer-funded ads.

Trump, 80, had aired several TV ads at the public’s expense, including a 2024 campaign spot, an anti-communist message, an excerpt from his July 4 speech, and a pro-Iran war video that featured Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insisting that the U.S. didn’t start the conflict.

The Trump administration had already spent over $11 million on more than a dozen of the “Patriotic Ads,” according to advertising analytics firm AdImpact, reportedly funded through a $20 million Department of Homeland Security contract. They have aired on national television networks over the past two weeks.

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Wild MAGA conspiracy theories about Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico have taken a humiliating hit.

Talarico, 37, had been missing from the campaign trail after contracting the flu. His opponent in Texas, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, 63, and President Donald Trump, 80, have both repeatedly called out his absence.

The disappearance led to online conspiracy theories that Talarico may have been experiencing a mental health crisis, a theory exploited by Paxton’s team. “Low-T Jimmy appears to be having a full-blown mental Tala-freak-out on the national stage,” Paxton campaign spokesperson Madison Cercy said in a statement Thursday obtained by the Texas Tribune. “If James Talarico is too fragile to face Texans, he has no business asking for their vote.”

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Tobey Maguire has officiated his ex-wife’s wedding shortly after finalizing their divorce. The Spider-Man star led the ceremony as celebrity jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer, 49, married billionaire heir Geoff Ogunlesi, 34, at the Four Seasons Resort Lanai in Hawaii, TMZ reported. People also confirmed the news. In photos published by TMZ, Maguire smiles while reading from a piece of paper, and in the background, the newlyweds kiss while nestled in a bush of flowers. It was hardly a low-key affair, with a guest list that included Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos. Maguire and Meyer’s children, Ruby, 19, and Otis, 17, also took part in the ceremony. The newlyweds already have a head start on family life, having welcomed a baby girl together this summer. As for Maguire and Meyer, the pair wed in 2007 and called it quits in 2016, though the split dragged on long after. Meyer filed for divorce in October 2020, and the exes only agreed to finalize it last month, just in time for her to say “I do” again. Geoff is the son of Adebayo “Bayo” Ogunlesi, a Nigerian billionaire who co-founded private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners. He is worth an estimated $2.6 billion, according to Forbes.

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President Donald Trump boasted about the “legendary” size of his rallies, even as reality tells a different story.

Trump, 80, shared a self-soothing brag about his upcoming rallies on Truth Social Sunday evening, after melting down last week over reports that his latest events have left plenty of empty seats.

“My Rallies, legendary they have already become, have made a tremendous difference with the enthusiasm of the Republican Party,” the president wrote. “They have been waiting for them to happen, even though I never thought I’d have to be doing Rallies again.”

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President Donald Trump has made a cringeworthy thirst post about his new press secretary ahead of her first news conference.

On Friday, Trump, 80, announced that 41-year-old mother of four Katie Zacharia would replace Karoline Leavitt, 29, as his White House press secretary. The role has been vacant since Leavitt quit in August to spend more time with her family. She has since confirmed a role as a Fox News contributor.

In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump revealed Zacharia will officially start serving on Monday and conduct her first news conference on Tuesday.

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A Brooklyn novelty store has responded to claims by singer Kelly Clarkson that she was treated like the Julia Roberts character in Pretty Woman.

On Oct. 10, via X, Clarkson, 44, posted that she visited Art of Play to look for a few items. “Just drove all the way to Brooklyn to check out this store I thought looked really rad and had a few things in mind to buy and literally was looked at as if I couldn’t afford it and was told he could find something comparable for me,” she wrote.

She also said she felt judged based on whether she could afford the items. She claimed a staff member offered to help her find similar items. “Wow, dude. You’re an idiot and just lost a huge sale,” Clarkson wrote. “But y’all should go check out Art of Play in Brooklyn if you enjoy being treated like Julia Roberts character in Pretty Woman.”

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Kimberly Guilfoyle may be on the outs after allegations of her misconduct have seemingly drawn the ire of President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

A senior U.S. official told the Associated Press on Sunday that Trump and Rubio are “extremely p---ed off” by the U.S. ambassador to Greece’s alleged behavior and will likely decide whether or not to fire her after Monday’s Columbus Day holiday.

Rubio, 55, was particularly upset, the official told the AP, because Guilfoyle attended most, if not all, of his events in Athens during his visit last week. Even as the allegations around her swirled, she had greeted Rubio with a bear hug, according to the outlet.

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Donald Trump got a brutal wake-up call from one of Fox News’ longest-serving and most conservative anchors.

Brian Kilmeade, 62, appeared on Fox & Friends Weekend Sunday, and raged against Trump’s suggestion that Ukraine needed to replace President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“The president got ticked off because Zelensky came out and said, ‘Do not buy five hundred million tons of diesel,’” he said of the president’s decision to buy fuel from Russia.

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Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall was forced to pay an outstanding bakery bill after being publicly shamed for the debt.

Marshall, 66, was first elected to the Senate in the 2020 election. His campaign ordered cookies, muffins, and brownies for the primary watch party, and never paid the bill—only for it to take front and center as he runs for re-election.

“Do you know why I will never vote for Roger Marshall? Because six years ago, when I was a brand-new small business owner, his campaign ordered cookies and treats from my bakery for his primary election watch party. And I never got paid,” Holly Thomas of Holly’s Sweet Treats wrote on Facebook on Thursday.

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Donald Trump has openly mocked his supporters for lapping up anything and everything he says.

The 80-year-old president spoke to a MAGA crowd in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Saturday, and praised their adoration of him.

“There’s such love. Like, I mean, it’s amazing. When you stand up here, it’s just like—the love. I could say the stupidest things and you’d clap me,” he said.

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President Donald Trump may have a particularly embarrassing reason for sporting such a cheap suit.

Menswear writer Derek Guy revealed that the foreign-made Jos. A. Bank suit that Trump, 80, was seen wearing at a rally last week belongs to a line “designed to minimize body odor.”

“Trump’s suit appears to be part of Jos. A. Bank’s Traveler line,” Guy, the editor of menswear blog Put This On, wrote on X. “The suit is listed as having been made abroad using a wool-polyester-spandex blend. The company describes it as having the ‘ultimate stretch’ and was designed to minimize body odor.”

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Digger, starring Tom Cruise, is poised to lose $245 million at the box office. Warner Bros. was initially expected to lose $150 million to $200 million after last weekend’s opening raked in just $8 million domestically and $20 million globally. However, the movie’s second-weekend performance fell even further short of expectations, bringing its total earnings to $14.4 million domestically and $35.3 million worldwide. Digger is projected to earn just $50 million worldwide by the end of its theatrical run. Variety reports that the film needs an estimated $350 million globally to break even, accounting for theaters keeping roughly half of ticket sales. Warner Bros. claims the break-even point is $300 million. Even efforts by Hollywood stars, including Anne Hathaway, Jane Fonda, Guillermo del Toro, and Mandy Patinkin, to promote the movie proved fruitless. The offbeat dark comedy has gotten such bad reviews that Warner Bros. launched a “Decide for Yourself” marketing campaign encouraging audiences to look beyond the critics.

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Donald Trump’s mental state is rapidly declining before the American public, and it’s only going to get worse in the coming weeks, author Kurt Andersen explained.

On the most recent episode of The Daily Beast Podcast, Andersen explained to host Joanna Coles how the 80-year-old president is going to become increasingly angry and erratic as his mental health declines.

He said that this will only become more pronounced if the Republican Party suffers significant losses in the 2026 midterm elections, as they are predicted to do.

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Newly appointed White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia has shared several posts online calling Democrats pedophiles and giving weight to the so-called Pizzagate conspiracy theory.

In Truth Social posts uncovered by Popular Information, Zacharia, 41, seemingly showed herself to deeply believe in the Pizzagate conspiracy theory as she called upon Fox News to highlight it.

Pizzagate is a right-wing conspiracy theory that originated in the 2016 presidential election and asserts that prominent Democrats, including Hillary Clinton and her 2016 presidential campaign chairman, John Podesta, were involved in a child sex trafficking ring. The theory baselessly claims that Clinton and Podesta ran their sex trafficking business out of a Washington, D.C., pizzeria, Comet Ping Pong.

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Outraged MAGA boosters are blasting a new report on Natalie Harp’s family schism and her subsequent place in the Trump machine.

The Washington Post published an interview Sunday with Harp’s estranged brother that detailed the death of Harp’s father in 2020, and how Natalie had allegedly reacted to this by finding a father figure in Donald Trump.

“The Washington Post published a one-sided profile of Natalie Harp this morning that dwells on painful, intimate details of a private family tragedy from six years ago,“ MAGA podcaster Katie Miller wrote on X.

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Stephen Miller has inadvertently fueled demands for transparency on Donald Trump’s health after taking a jab at a Democratic nominee.

“Talafreako needs to release the medical records (if they exist at all),” Miller, 41, posted on X Sunday, following James Talarico’s extended campaign absence.

While Republicans have challenged Talarico’s claims of having had the flu, the White House deputy chief of staff’s post unwittingly brought the 80-year-old president’s health back into focus.

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Rob Lowe and Sheryl Berkoff’s son Matthew Lowe, 33, tied the knot with Emily Markus in Santa Barbara, California, on Saturday. Gwyneth Paltrow officiated the ceremony, which drew A-list guests including Katy Perry, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Cameron Diaz, Adam Levine, Behati Prinsloo, and Maria Shriver. Paltrow, 52, has been friends with Matthew’s parents for decades. She first met Berkoff as a teenager, when Berkoff worked as a makeup artist for her mother, actress Blythe Danner. The groom announced the couple’s engagement in July 2025 on Instagram with a series of photos of the proposal with the caption: “Lord of the rings.” The wedding comes weeks after Rob’s niece, Fiona, the 13-year-old daughter of his brother Chad Lowe, died. The family has expressed its grief over Fiona’s death and requested privacy as they mourn. The wedding was the first time Chad, Kim, and their surviving daughters had appeared in public since her death.

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President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to take diesel fuel from Russia is “tarnishing” deceased Senator Lindsey Graham’s legacy, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis has claimed.

“The president needs to move forward with the sanctions bill we sent him,” the retiring North Carolina senator said on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday.

“This agreement with purchasing Russian oil is essentially, I think, tarnishing Lindsey Graham’s efforts to try and get the sanctions bill through,” Tillis continued, describing Trump as “wide open to Russian energy.”

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United Methodist Church pastor Adam Hamilton has condemned JD Vance’s wild smears against him.

Reverend Hamilton, 62, who is running for Senate in Kansas, appeared on ABC’s This Week with Jonathan Karl on Sunday, following Vance’s claims at a Kansas rally last month that the Democratic minister would “insult your faith and spit on your religion to accrue donations to himself.”

“He really went after you,” Karl summarized, with Hamilton agreeing: “He did.”

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President Donald Trump’s mystery bulge has reappeared, as evidenced by a video posted online by one of his staffers.

The 80-year-old president was seen with an unusual bump on his backside while he danced onstage Saturday during a campaign rally in Tennessee. The odd, box-like shape held its position as the president, who already suffers from a growing number of health ailments, danced onstage.

Trump’s apparent protrusion was seen on full display in video captured by White House aide Margo Martin, as the protrusion jutted out through the president’s suit.

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Universal’s latest horror movie Other Mommy led the domestic box office this weekend, according to early estimates. The horror genre continues to dominate the 2026 box office, with Other Mommy’s strong opening following major horror hits Obsession, Backrooms, and Resident Evil. The film, which cost $18 million to make, is eyeing a $28 million weekend, while psychological thriller Verity holds the No. 2 spot in its second week, with an estimated $14.2 million weekend. The film is based on Josh Malerman’s 2024 novel “Incidents Around the House,” which follows a sinister entity that takes on the appearance of a young girl’s mother and begins haunting their home. Jessica Chastain, known for her roles in The Help, Zero Dark Thirty, and The Eyes of Tammy Faye, stars as the mother, Ursula, as well as the titular entity. Despite its strong opening, the film has received a lukewarm response from critics, earning just 18 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Democrats’ dreams of a blue wave could be inflated by the voters pollsters can’t reach, experts warn.

Inaccurate sample groups, skewed data sampling, and unknowable voter behavior can all affect the outcome of a poll and could be inflating support for the Democrats, pollsters said.

Poll after poll has painted a disastrous picture ofr Republicans—who could lose Senate seats in deep red states like Texas and House races in red districts all over America.

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says fatal shootings by ICE agents are ultimately part and parcel of the greater good.

Mullin, 49, appeared on State of the Union Sunday, and was asked by host Jake Tapper about the wounding of Oscar Belgal in New York on Thursday, who was shot in his car with his 5-year-old son in the back seat.

“We’ve seen a bunch of these incidents where agents go after someone who is behind the wheel of a car. And sometimes it ends with the target winding up dead,” Tapper noted, pointing out the deaths of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Texas and Maine this July.

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The estranged brother of President Donald Trump’s most loyal aide has spilled new details on what he views as his sister’s “obsession” with the president.

Natalie Harp’s brother Preston, who has been estranged from his sister and mother for several years, told the Washington Post that the final tipping point in their family was the way they went about their father’s death.

Preston, 38, said he received a phone call from Natalie, 35, in 2020, during which Preston, who remained close to his father while distancing himself from his mother and sister, found out that his father had died by suicide in their California home. He credits his father’s deteriorating mental state and ultimate death with the mental toll that the pandemic took at the time.

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Pope Leo XIV announced he will undergo surgery to remove a small growth on his lung this week. “Recently, during some medical tests, doctors discovered a localized nodule in my lung,” Leo, 71, said during his Sunday noon prayer in St. Peter’s Square. “The doctors believe it is best to intervene, so, following their advice, I have decided to undergo surgery to have it removed.” The American pontiff has no previously known health problems. The surgery is scheduled at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where popes typically receive medical care. Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said, “The operation is scheduled for the first days of this week, and the estimated post-operative recovery time will be about one week.” Leo is supposed to travel to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru in November. It’s unclear whether the planned surgery and recovery will affect the planned trip. “I thank you for your spiritual closeness and entrust myself to your prayers,” Leo told the crowd.

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Harry and Meghan want to be public figures. According to The Sunday Times of London, that is the point of their first joint engagements since returning to Britain.

On Thursday the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit Nottingham, the city where they made their first joint public appearance after announcing their engagement in 2017, to see projects at three charities supporting young people and local communities through music, film, sport, and tackling food poverty.

“Nottingham is a really special place for them,” a “friend” told the paper, “and they are looking forward to getting back out there into the community, together.” The royals tend not to announce their jobs in advance these days to minimize security issues. It seems slightly odd that the Sussexes are doing so.

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Barry Manilow’s much-anticipated Las Vegas comeback hit a snag this weekend when he walked offstage after just two songs at the International Theater at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. Manilow headed for the exit Friday, even as his band kept playing, before an announcement finally told the audience the show was over. The “Mandy” crooner’s Saturday-night performance was subsequently canceled. His rep said in a statement: “After a triumphant welcome-back concert on Thursday, Barry got hit with bronchitis, and had to cancel his Friday and Saturday shows.” The 83-year-old singer announced last December that he had been diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer and underwent surgery and voice rehabilitation. Manilow’s Thursday concert at the casino was his first performance there since late August. He noted on social media at the time that he was taking a “quick break” from touring. “We just finished a fantastic summer tour,” he wrote. “Twenty-nine shows in 68 days. The shows were fantastic. The audiences were fantastic. And I sounded fantastic. But it seems that we were pushing a little too hard.”

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An off-duty ICE agent was shot by a 72-year-old California father during an alleged assault.

Now, it’s the ICE agent who is facing felony assault charges.

It hasn’t yet been determined why 32-year-old ICE officer David Gonzalez of Texas was “in the area at the time of the incident, but it has been confirmed he was off-duty and alone,” Fresno police said in a statement.

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Donald Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, is already generating some very bad press.

The 41-year-old reportedly tried to scrub her social media history of controversial posts promoting false vaccine conspiracies, urging Trump to run for an unconstitutional third term, and calling for the federal government to take over California.

The deleted posts were uncovered in a deep dive by The Bulwark, which used the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to find an old Twitter account Zacharia deleted four years ago, along with some more recently deleted posts.

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“Weekend Update” co-anchor Colin Jost ruthlessly mocked President Donald Trump for insisting that he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.

“Trump kidnapped Venezuela’s president, then he did so much war that we’re running out of missiles, and he still thought, ‘This is my year,’” Jost said.

“It’s truly like if I thought I might win an Oscar for Tom and Jerry,” the SNL star added.

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Three-time Saturday Night Live host Shane Gillis accidentally dropped an F-bomb on live television during his latest appearance.

Gillis starred in a Dr. Seuss-inspired sketch that parodied Green Eggs and Ham before his character stormed in and berated Sam-I-Am for refusing to take no for an answer.

“He said he doesn’t f---ing…” Gillis began, before breaking character as he realized what he’d just said.

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Saturday Night Live ripped into Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for his bizarre announcement that the government would soon be livestreaming an execution.

“In December, as we get into the Christmas spirit, we’re going to execute a guy in a wheelchair on live TV,” said SNL’s Hegseth, played once again by Colin Jost.

“Yeah, that’s right. Public executions are back,” Hegseth said. “Kind of like Scrubs.”

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President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban news outlets he doesn’t like has taken another extraordinary turn: the Justice Department is now reportedly investigating the television networks that pushed back against him.

The DOJ—which is headed up by Trump’s former personal attorney, Todd Blanche—has launched an antitrust investigation into ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and even Fox News after the five networks temporarily suspended their shared coverage of the president in protest at his decision to bar three news organizations from the White House, The New York Times reported Saturday.

The newest escalation comes after Trump’s press crackdown backfired spectacularly last month, leaving the White House scrambling to get cameras back into presidential events.

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Donald Trump turned a Republican rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, into an impromptu beauty contest Saturday after a female admirer shouted that she loved him.

“I love you too, darling,” the president replied. “Let’s see what you look like. Ohhh, she’s a beautiful person,” he added with a grin and a chuckle.

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Donald Trump announced he was easing sanctions against Russia after a phone call with Vladimir Putin—even as the Russian leader refused to resume peace talks aimed at ending his war in Ukraine.

The stunning concession came Friday, when Trump announced that Russia would immediately supply the U.S. with more than 300,000 tons of diesel, with millions more tons to follow.

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Princess Kate has snuck a hidden detail into her hairstyle during a surprise visit to Northern Ireland with her husband, Prince William.

The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived in Belfast on a drizzly Friday for a 24-hour visit to The Commons, a project aiming to repurpose a church into a community center.

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Paulina Porizkova is hitting back at people’s assumptions about her body at 61.

The supermodel, who posed for the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue twice in the ‘80s, replied to a critical comment with a multi-photo post this week.

In the Instagram post, she shared a screenshot of a comment that read, “Oh, God! When I see a supermodel who, at 61, looks waaay better than half the women I know in their 20s, talking about not having a flat stomach (because of a super mini pouch when she pushes her upper body down) or not having a fresh, beautiful face anymore, it honestly makes me feel very depressed.”

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A reportedly “agitated” man climbed into the tiger enclosure at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster in Yorkshire, England, on Saturday afternoon, where he was swiftly attacked by one of the resident tigers. The man suffered serious injuries and was rushed to the hospital. He has not yet been publicly identified, and authorities said they were working to notify his family first. Witnesses to the attack said they saw the man climb into the enclosure before being grabbed. Videos of the horrific incident circulated online Saturday evening, and South Yorkshire Police urged the public not to seek out the footage. “Following the incident, Yorkshire Wildlife Park was evacuated and officers remained on scene carrying out inquiries,” they said. “We are aware of videos circulating online and we would encourage people not to share this distressing footage.” In the footage, a tiger can be seen biting a man in a black hoodie on the back of the neck, and the man then appears to point to the animal while pushing it away with his legs. “The tiger remained in the enclosure following the incident, and there is no wider risk to the public,” police said. The wildlife park remained closed on Sunday.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle was caught on tape fuming about being left off the guest list for dinner with her once-future in-laws.

The meltdown occurred in January, when the ambassador to Greece and Donald Trump Jr.’s ex-fiancée learned she wasn’t on the guest list for a dinner organized by Greek House Davos with Eric Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported.

“You don’t have the f---ing U.S., you know, ambassador to Greece not come. She should be kissing my f---ing ass,” Guilfoyle reportedly said of the event’s organizer.

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Pete Hegseth’s decision to livestream a firing squad execution caught many in the military off guard—with some now sounding the alarm about how the stunt will affect those tasked with carrying it out.

Given that it is a military execution, there is likely no wiggle room for soldiers to opt out of being behind the public killing without disobeying a direct order, sources tell CNN.

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Kamala Harris faces unlikely pushback if she launches a 2028 bid for the White House: Her husband has reportedly confided that he wants her to let the prospect go.

Doug Emhoff has privately told others in the former vice president’s circle that he has concerns about another run, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Harris, who lost the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump after former President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, said last month that she is undecided on whether to run again. However, she had also taken some steps toward candidacy, including campaigning alongside Democratic candidates in the midterm elections, and speaking with major donors.

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Pete Hegseth is a “lackey” at the expense of the U.S. military and the American people, the long-time Trump biographer Michael Wolff says.

“He is unfit for this job, inexperienced for this job, not to mention all of the personal baggage he brings to this job,” Wolff told co-host Joanna Coles on the Inside Trump’s Head podcast. “That’s the nature of the crisis here.”

Wolff says Hegseth has eschewed the traditional role of the Defense Secretary, which he feels is to help the president avoid warfare. Instead, Wolff says that Hegseth has done President Donald Trump’s bidding at every turn, even if that means launching a war like the one with Iran that has tanked his approval rating.

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