Donald Trump found himself confronted by a collection of friends and foes as he attended the Al Smith Memorial Dinner on Thursday, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and New York Attorney General Letitia James among his enemies in attendance.
Accompanied by his wife Melania Trump, the Republican presidential nominee was roasted by host Jim Gaffigan before delivering the Catholic charity gala’s keynote speech, in which he derided election rival Kamala Harris, former president Barack Obama, and Schumer, and commiserated with city mayor Eric Adams on his recent indictment.
While Trump complained about Harris’s absence, the vice president did send in a short comedic video in lieu of appearing, featuring comic Molly Shannon.
Harris spent her evening rallying supporters in Green Bay, Wisconsin, remarking: “When you listen to Donald Trump talk, it becomes increasingly clear, he has no idea what he’s talking about.”
She also declared that “the American people are exhausted with his gaslighting” and sent two MAGA activists out when they heckled her.
Meanwhile, Fox News host Bret Baier admitted to a mistake with a video clip during his interview with Harris this week — something that she was able to play to her advantage.
Both candidates will be in battleground Michigan on Friday.
Oliver O’Connell18 October 2024 18:10
Four mysterious accounts have reportedly bet $30 million on Trump to win the presidency in November.
Bettors on Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction market, have increased their wagers that the Republican nominee would win the election in recent weeks.
Kelly Rissman took a look at what’s happening.
Oliver O’Connell18 October 2024 17:50
CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez reports that Kamala Harris will be joined by Lizzo in Detroit on Saturday for a get-out-the-vote event. Later that day Usher will be on hand for her rally in Atlanta rally.
Oliver O’Connell18 October 2024 17:36
Eric Trump has claimed his father Donald Trump has “never been better than he is right now” and insisted the Republican presidential nominee is “locked in” as the race for the White House enters its final weeks – an assessment that invited a storm of derision on social media.
The younger Trump appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show following the former president’s rambling interview with Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait at the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday.
Oliver O’Connell18 October 2024 17:30
One 81-year-old woman became a first-time voter after years spent obeying her late husband, who didn’t want her to vote.
Kaleigh Werner has the story.
Oliver O’Connell18 October 2024 17:15
Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case in Washington, DC, agreed to unseal nearly 2,000 pages of heavily redacted pages of evidence submitted by the special counsel’s office, with handfuls of pages across four massive filings tracing the history of the former president’s election denialism.
The filings included transcripts of his remarks, interviews from the House select committee that investigated the January 6 attack, campaign emails, and the so-called “coup memo” outlining the legally dubious attempt to reject the electoral college certification — most of which was previously made public. But the documents are baked into roughly 1,800 pages of appendices to bolster Jack Smith’s case against the former president.
Alex Woodward18 October 2024 16:51
Donald Trump has indicated he would consider religious exemptions to his IVF mandate that would require insurance companies to cover the costs of the fertility treatment.
“It sounds, to me, like a pretty good idea, frankly,” Trump told the Catholic news channel EWTN on Thursday evening while attending the annual Al Smith dinner in New York City.
“Certainly if there’s a religious problem I think people should go with that. I really think they should be able to do that but we’ll look at that,” Trump said.
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Watch: Harris joined by former SNL star for Al Smith dinner skit
Four mystery accounts forked out $30m of crypto on bets on Trump winning in November
Lizzo and Usher to join Harris at Saturday campaign events
Eric Trump claims his dad was ‘locked in’ for rambling Bloomberg interview. The internet disagrees
81-year-old woman goes viral after voting for first time — her reason is really something…
Judge unseals appendix to special counsel immunity brief in Trump’s election inteference case
Trump says he will consider religious exemptions to covering IVF
Democratic governors on parade for Harris in western Michigan
Watch: The Daily Show mocks Trump for audience reactions to his Univision town hall answers