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The Daily BeastTrump Gets Unhinged, Even for Him, Over Kamala Harris ‘60 Minutes’ Interview
Donald Trump—who agreed to an interview with the CBS newsmagazine show 60 Minutes before backing out—has gone on the warpath at Kamala Harris for her performance on the show.“The Interview on 60 Minutes with Comrade Kamala Harris is considered by many of those who reviewed it, the WORST Interview they have ever seen,” he wrote, in a Tuesday morning post on Truth Social. “She literally had no idea what she was talking about, and it was an embarrassment to our Country that a Major Party Candidate
- The Telegraph
Reeves urged to scrap free prescriptions for 60- to 65-year-olds
Rachel Reeves is under pressure to scrap free prescriptions for 60- to 65-year-olds in a move that could raise more than £6bn for the Treasury.
- HuffPost
Donald Trump Tells Apparently Needless Lie About Gaza
The president made the claim in an interview with conservative host Hugh Hewitt.
- Sky News
Russia trying to create 'mayhem' on UK streets, MI5 boss warns
Russia is trying to create "mayhem" on the UK's streets, the head of the MI5 has warned. In a wide-ranging speech, the organisation's director general Ken McCallum said Britain faces an increased threat from "Putin's henchmen" and "plot after plot" from Iran.
- PA Media: UK News
Slimmed-down winter fuel payments will ‘add insult to injury’, MPs hear
The Government has ended the previously universal scheme.
- HuffPost UK
Putin's 'Henchmen' Are Looking To Create 'Mayhem On British Streets,' MI5 Chief Warns
"Dangerous actions conducted with increasing recklessness," Ken McCallum said.
- The Telegraph
Rosie Duffield: ‘Starmer is how he appears on TV – astonished that anyone dares question him’
It’s only been a week since Rosie Duffield resigned the Labour whip and wrote THAT letter to Keir Starmer. In it, she criticised his “managerial and technocratic approach” as well as his “lack of basic politics and political instincts”.
- The Telegraph
Deadliest month for Russian army as ‘meat wave’ assaults take their toll
September was the deadliest month for Russia’s army since the start of the war in Ukraine, British military intelligence said on Monday.
- Barrons.com
The Dow Has Predicted 22 of the Past 24 Presidential Elections. What It Says About Trump and Harris’ Odds of Winning.
The stock market’s performance bodes well for Harris. While the stats are tantalizing, history isn’t necessarily predictive.
- The Telegraph
Mexican mayor ‘decapitated by drug gangs’ six days into job
The mayor of a Mexican city plagued by gang violence has been murdered less than a week after taking office.
- The Independent
Voices: After the Elon Musk-Donald Trump rally, there’s a better word for Republicans than ‘weird’
Now that the former president and Tesla CEO have teamed up, there’s only one way to describe the American political right in its current form...
- The Daily Beast
Giuliani’s Daughter Reveals How Dad Reacted to Harris Endorsement
Caroline Giuliani, who is the daughter of the former New York City mayor and ardent Trump supporter Rudy Giuliani, has revealed how her father responded to her endorsement of Kamala Harris.Giuliani said she has been forced to have “open conversations” with her father since she penned a column in Vanity Fair about her decision to support Harris.“He knows how I feel about all these things,” she said Sunday on MSNBC’s Alex Witt Reports. “I don’t think any of this came as a surprise. I think one thi
- Business Insider
Lithuania says it intercepted military supplies on their way to Russia, and sent them to Ukraine instead
Lithuanian customs said it intercepted military supplies leaving the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, bound for Moscow, and gave them to Ukraine.
- The Independent
Trump stuns social media as he dances along to YMCA at the end of speech about October 7 attacks
The event was billed by the Trump campaign as an October 7 ‘remembrance event’
- HuffPost
Joe Scarborough's Take On Trump's Weekend Speech Is Too Terrifying To Imagine
The "Morning Joe" host sounded the alarm big time.
- The Telegraph
Britain to suffer biggest exodus of millionaires in the world
Britain is set to suffer the biggest exodus of millionaires in the world, analysis published ahead of the Government’s planned raid on non-doms has found.
- The Daily Beast
Trump’s 7 Secret Calls and Personal Gifts to Putin Revealed
Vladimir Putin urged Donald Trump not to tell anyone after the then-U.S. president secretly sent COVID-19 test machines for the Russian leader’s private use during the pandemic, according to a bombshell new book by Bob Woodward.Woodward also claims the two men continued their relationship after Trump left the White House with “maybe as many as seven” secret calls since 2021.The Watergate journalist writes that Trump sent a “bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines” to Putin in 2020.Read
- HuffPost
'You Just Saw It': ABC Host Calls Out Mike Johnson For Playing Dumb About Video He Just Saw
Johnson claimed he didn't want to "parse" Eric Trump's inflammatory language despite George Stephanopoulos reading the remarks verbatim.
- Fortune
The Russian economy can’t sustain Putin’s war on Ukraine much longer, expert says
"Ukraine could win the war if it had an additional $50 billion per year, as well as a green light to bomb military targets inside Russia."
- HuffPost
Ex-Aide Slams Trump’s New ‘Gross’ And ‘Dangerous’ Lies: ‘A Field Day For Russia’
“It just shows Donald Trump is willing to go so low,” said Alyssa Farah Griffin.