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Carl Icahn, billionaire activist investor, waits for Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, not pictured, to speak at an election night event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday

Polling is showing that voters are tired of Donald Trump, so the ex-president has responded by planning for his campaign to hold daily press briefings during the Democratic convention. S.V. Date of HuffPost posted: BREAKING — The Trump campaign will be holding daily press briefings during the Democratic convention

Austan Goolsbee speaking at Jackson Hole on Aug. 8, 2023. David A. Grogan | CNBC Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee on Sunday warned against misrepresenting the inflationary impacts of corporate price hikes and tariffs, which have become focal points of the Trump and Harris campaigns’ economic platforms. Goolsbee steered away from directly speaking on

Trump is having a meltdown over people seeing all of the empty seats at his Pennsylvania rally on Saturday. Trump posted on Truth Social: We had to turn away lots of people yesterday in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, but Comrade Kamala Harris’ Social Media Operation showed empty seats, long before the Rally started, early in the afternoon

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan testifies during a hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, May 15, 2024. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday voted unanimously to ban marketers from using fake reviews, such as those generated with AI technology,

As Donald Trump rambled past the one hour mark in Pennsylvania, his supporters were walking out. Trump came out and took the stage at the home of the Wilkes Barre Scranton Baby Pens, in a critical swing part of Pennsylvania at 4:39 PM ET. As usual, Trump could not keep it brief. He spoke until

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during a campaign event at West Allis Central High School, in West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S., July 23, 2024.  Vincent Alban | Reuters WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to propose the first-ever federal ban on “corporate price-gouging in the food and grocery industries,” her campaign announced late

Kamala Harris’s running mate Tim Walz wants to take votes away from Trump by campaigning at high school football games. Politico reported on the idea from Gov. Walz, “One idea from the Minnesota governor and former football coach: attending a series of Friday night high school football games in key districts, according to two people

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference, the day after a guilty verdict in his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., May 31, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid

Isaac Hayes III announced that his father’s estate had filed a federal lawsuit against Donald Trump for potentially hundreds of acts of copyright infringement. Isaac Hayes III said on CNN on Saturday morning, “I don’t want that song associated with Donald Trump. I don’t want people to hear. Hold On I’m Coming and think of

Billionaire Republican megadonor Miriam Adelson appears to have a blank check policy when it comes to her support of former President Donald Trump, as she aims to help get him back to the White House. Adelson’s political aide Andy Abboud was overheard telling attendees at a campaign event at Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New

Three dozen journalism and civil rights organizations, along with journalists, have called on the media to cover the rise of authoritarianism and the threat to democracy. The organizations and journalists wrote in part:We, more than three-dozen civil-society, consumer-rights and journalistic organizations, write with an urgent call for news outlets to accurately and unapologetically report on

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks on Medicare drug price negotiations, at an event with U.S. President Joe Biden in Prince George’s County, Maryland, U.S., August 15, 2024.  Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday will unveil a new set of economic proposals that she would prioritize in her first 100

Michael Eric Dyson called out Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) for intentionally disrespecting Vice President Harris and Mace responded by coming unglued. The exchange took place on CNN’s Newsnight with Abby Phillip: Dyson said, “Let me just say this because this congresswoman is a wonderful human being. But, but, but when you disrespect Kamala Harris

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer presents US Vice President Kamala Harris with a “golden gavel” after she cast her 32nd tie-breaking vote in the Senate, the most ever cast by a Vice President, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, December 5, 2023. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck

Donald Trump had some sort of a episode that he disguised as a press conference in New Jersey, and the Harris campaign had the ideal response. The Harris campaign responded in a statement: We aren’t sure what we just watched and neither is America. From his member-only golf club, Donald Trump

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump gives a speech during a campaign rally at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, United States on August 14, 2024.  Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images U.S. business leaders are “in denial” about Vice President Kamala Harris’ growing lead over Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, according to C-suite

In a sign of how things are going for his campaign, Donald Trump will hold his North Carolina rally in a 2,400-seat auditorium instead of the 7,200-seat arena next door. This is where Trump is holding his event: The deposit will cover a two-day rental of the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, a city-owned building that’s part

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at Harrah’s Cherokee Center on August 14, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina.  Grant Baldwin | Getty Images Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump attempted to paint a bleak picture of the U.S. economy Wednesday and pin it on his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala

Donald Trump held an emergency rally in North Carolina where, instead of getting on message, Trump was a babbling disaster. Trump was supposed to be talking about his economic policies when he declared the polls fake and said that Biden will be taking back the Democratic nomination: Literally moments after taking the stage, Trump declares