Trump holds first public meeting on national security after assassination attempt: Latest update

Republicans and the right-wing media add to the useless conspiracy theory that Tim Walz is secretly working for China, changing his teaching experience in that country and his subsequent visit as evidence of China’s efforts to “ensure” they have a “foothold” in the US government.

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Reclusive billionaire and Republican mega-donor Timothy Mellon gave $50 million to a super PAC supporting Donald Trump in July after collecting two other multi-million dollar donations this campaign cycle.

Banking heirs have now given a total of $115m to Make America Great Again Inc. which has been tied to Trump since 2023, making him the largest donor to political action committees supporting the former president’s 2024 campaign.

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Despite the divorce 14 years ago and the second gentleman admitted to having had an affair during marriage, Kerstin Emhoff still has a famous close relationship with her ex-husband and Harris and has spoken out about how the three of them are co-parents Ella and Cole Emhoff.

This week, Kerstin has joined a “blended” family during the first two days of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago – prompting one social media user to draw parallels between her and Melania.

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Former Trump fixer Michael Cohen joined a string of Republicans who have abandoned their former leader at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday and joked that he would speak to Kamala Harris’ crowd in Chicago “if they let me.”

Cohen and a group of former Trump voters and anti-Trump Republicans, including the former president’s former press secretary Stephanie Grisham, were in Chicago on the second night of the convention.

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Beyoncé has reportedly threatened to send a cease-and-desist letter to the Trump campaign over the unauthorized use of her song “Freedom.”

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Donald Trump pulled out of an interview after a local newspaper asked for data to back up his baseless claim that crime is rising under President Joe Biden.

The Detroit News reported that the Trump campaign had agreed to an interview with the former president Tuesday after his campaign speech. However, the campaign suddenly claimed that Trump no longer had time for interviews after reporters began reviewing crime data.

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A source tells John Bowden that Trump delayed making some announcements to his base until after the Democratic convention was over. The reason? His campaign doesn’t want to get lost in the tsunami of positive coverage that usually follows party conventions and is now playing as a supporter of the Democratic rally in Chicago.

Donald Trump wrote a kind note to Vladimir Putin after a former Russian intelligence official and his daughter were poisoned by a deadly nerve agent in Britain in 2018, a former Trump adviser wrote in an upcoming memoir.

Former National Security Adviser HR McMaster detailed Trump’s relationship with the Russian President during his more years in office in his book. At War With Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House, obtained by The Guardian. The book’s release date is August 27.

Kelly Risman have a story.