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‘Stunning’ Secret Service Failures Before Trump Attack Revealed
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Rebecca Droke/GettyThe Secret Service botched its job to protect Donald Trump at a July 13 rally and is responsible for a series of stunning failures leading up to the event, according to a bipartisan Senate report released Wednesday.Among the interim report’s findings are that the Secret Service failed to sufficiently coordinate with state and loc
Donald Trump Gets Into a Really Petty Spat With Stephen Colbert
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Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty ImagesStephen Colbert said earlier this week that Donald Trump had been “kind of boring” when he appeared on his show and the former president—obviously—could not just let that lie. “He is VERY BORING,” Trump hollered on Truth Social overnight, responding to Colbert, who was interviewed with his wife Evie on PBS New
Former Employees of ‘Demon’ Boss Meghan Markle Share Their Truth on Her ‘Psycho Moments’
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Eric Charbonneau/Getty ImagesMeghan Markle was a “demon” who had “psycho moments” as a boss, people who worked for her have told The Daily Beast.The former employees spoke out after a carefully curated crop of former and current staffers said she was the best boss ever, who gives her staff bundles of freshly cut flowers and home-produced eggs, and
Alex Jones’ Infowars Will Be Sold for Parts at Auction to Pay Sandy Hook Families
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Joe Buglewicz/Getty ImagesConspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars will be sold for parts to pay towards the more than $1 billion he owes to families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.A Houston bankruptcy court said Tuesday that it plans to approve auctions for the assets of Jones’ company Free Speech Systems, Infowar
Trump Has a Message for Iran About ‘Ongoing’ Assassination Threats
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Brandon Bell/GettyDonald Trump was given a briefing Tuesday by intelligence officials about “real and specific threats” from Iran to assassinate him, his campaign said.In a statement, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said the Office of the Director of National Intelligence informed the former president about the Iranian plots, which aim to “d
Diddy’s Kids Reveal the Truth About Late Mom’s ‘Memoir’
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Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesSean “Diddy” Combs and Kim Porter’s children have condemned a publisher’s claim that their late mother wrote a 60-page supposedly leaked memoir as “simply untrue.”The Daily Mail reported that Chris Todd, who is based in Los Angeles, published the memoir in early September after he had been given a flash drive of Port
Ex-Trump Aide Savages His ‘Creepy’ Pitch to Women
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CNNA former White House aide to former president Donald Trump slammed his claim that he will be a protector of women as “creepy” and “very infantilizing.”Trump on Monday issued a vague, eerie vow to the female half of the U.S. population that he would be their “protector.”“I want to be your protector. As president, I have to be your protector,” Tru
Opinion: Kimberly Guilfyole Will Never Quit Hating on Kamala Harris—and I Know Why
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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyFor 25 years, Kimberly Guilfoyle has floated the story that Kamala Harris tried to block her from getting a position at the San Francisco District Attorney’s office. This, she says, happened when she was living in LA, began dating San Francisco Supervisor Gavin Newsom, and reached out to th
How Kamala Harris Plans to Steal Undecided Voters Away From Donald Trump
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Marco Bello, Jeenah Moon via ReutersIt sounds oxymoronic, but Kamala Harris plans to sell herself as a pragmatic capitalist to business leaders in Pittsburgh on Wednesday in a speech designed to crush Donald Trump on the economy and rob him of undecided middle-class voters.The Democratic presidential candidate will tout her middle-class roots as an
Jimmy Kimmel Brings Out His Wife to Fire Back at Trump’s Rally Insults
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ABCIn March this year Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Oscars and one of the millions of viewers watching it live was Donald Trump, who famously ranted on Truth Social as the ceremony was still airing.“Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars,” Trump fumed.Six months later, Trump still seems upset about Kimmel’s performance as an Osc
Samantha Bee Sounds Off on Undecided Voter ‘Drama Queens’
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Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/HandoutComedian Samantha Bee is back for the third time on The Last Laugh—and this time it is as host of her very own Daily Beast podcast!Along with the Daily Beast’s Joanna Coles, Bee is bringing her always sharp and hilarious political insights to The Daily Beast Podcast. And before their first episode premie
The Real-Life Bonnie and Clyde Whose Love Ended in Disaster
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NetflixLove can make people do reckless and stupid things, as it did to Vicky White, an Alabama assistant director of corrections at Lauderdale County Detention Center who, in 2022, broke a violent inmate out of jail and fled with him in the hopes of achieving a happily-ever-after together. Jailbreak: Love on the Run is an up-close-and-personal rec
Crazy Town Frontman Shifty Shellshock’s Cause of Death Revealed
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Markus Cuff/Corbis via Getty ImagesThe Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said Tuesday that the June death of Crazy Town frontman Shifty Shellshock had been linked to the effects of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine.Shellshock’s manner of death was ruled accidental, with no other medical conditions listed as contributing factors.The ‘Butterfl
Mark Robinson Hires Longtime Trump Lawyer To ‘Hold CNN Accountable’
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Kate MedleyEmbattled North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson has hired a firm founded by a longtime Trump lawyer to investigate CNN’s report detailing years of racially insensitive and lewd comments on pornography sites by a username linked to the GOP candidate.In a press release on Tuesday, Robinson announced he was retaining the serv
Pelosi Snaps at CNN’s Jake Tapper for Mentioning Trump’s Smear at Harris
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CNNRep. Nancy Pelosi chided CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Tuesday for bringing up Donald Trump’s latest baseless smear of Vice President Kamala Harris regarding her acuity.On The Lead, Tapper broached the subject by noting feedback he has received regarding the media’s coverage of Trump’s gaffes and at times confusing responses to questions.“I‘m sure t
Opinion: This Ex-Firefighter Defied Trump. It May Cost Him the Presidency
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Reuters/Nebraska State LegislatureNebraska State Sen. Michael McDonnell was a firefighter for 24 years and proved his mettle by striding into burning buildings long before he ran for office.Even so, political courage is so rare these days that it came as a surprise to many people when 58-year-old McDonnell resisted pressure by Republicans—including
The ‘Ghost of John McCain’ Is Trapped—and It Isn’t Funny
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Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMadeTwo clusters of people around me found Ghost of John McCain (SoHo Playhouse, to Nov. 10) howlingly funny. They shrieked with laughter, snorted, squealed, and whooped—responses that are even more jolting in the compressed confines of SoHo Playhouse. Were they friends of the cast or production? Maybe. Even at its wildest
Michael Cohen Is Cooking Up a New Name and Passport if Trump Wins
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Credit: MSNBCMichael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former lawyer who testified for the state in Trump’s criminal trial in New York this past spring, told MSNBC on Tuesday that he intends on leaving the country if his former boss—who has been threatening his opponents with prosecution—is elected president again.“I’m already working on a foreign passport wit
Gunshots Fired Into Harris Campaign Office in Arizona
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Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesAuthorities in Arizona are investigating after gunfire damaged a local Democratic campaign office in Tempe in an overnight incident, police said. The office was unoccupied at the time and no one was injured.Gunshot damage was discovered on Monday, the Tempe Police Department told the Daily Beast in a statement, adding that th
Suspect in Trump Assassination Plot Will Face His Classified Docs Judge
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Lothar Speer/ReutersRyan Wesley Routh, the man suspected of trying to kill former President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course, will have his case handled by Trump-appointed federal district Judge Aileen Cannon, who at one point oversaw a case concerning Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents. Cannon ultimately threw out the case ea
Joe Biden Reveals Key Reason Why He Quit in Farewell U.N. Speech
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Elizabeth Frantz/ReutersPresident Joe Biden sent a message to leaders in his final address to the U.N. General Assembly—his fourth and last time as president—while revealing more details of what finally led him to withdraw from the 2024 race against Donald Trump.While mostly focused on issues overseas, including the Middle East and the Russian inva
Meghan Markle’s Just The Best Boss Ever, Staff on Her Payroll Insist
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Mario Anzuoni/ReutersMeghan Markle gives her staff gifts including dog leashes and skincare products, and is such a good boss that she makes them feel like seeds being watered or much-loved children.That, at least, is the case according to extraordinary claims made to Us Weekly Tuesday, after The Hollywood Reporter claimed Meghan was a “dictator in
This Filter-Like Setting Powder Is So Good, I Forgot I Had Pores
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Scouted/The Daily Beast/ONE/SIZE.Scouted selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission.I spent the last month or so spiraling over my skincare routine because my pores doubled in size seemingly overnight. I’d pull out my vanity mirror to assess the status of my skin, and all I’d see were en
Penn Finally Sanctions and Suspends ‘Racist’ Law Professor Amy Wax
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University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolA controversial law professor at the University of Pennsylvania whose alleged “racist, sexist, xenophobic, and homophobic” comments repeatedly landed her in hot water was publicly reprimanded and suspended for a year—with only half-pay—after years of fighting.Amy Wax, a tenured professor at Penn’s Carey School o
Ellen Says She Sought Therapy Post-Talk Show Scandal Fallout
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Steve Granitz/GettyTalk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres is getting vulnerable about going to therapy after she was accused of creating a toxic workplace on her self-titled talk show back in 2020.DeGeneres made the revelation in her new and final stand-up special called For Your Approval, which began streaming on Netflix Tuesday.“I was in the
Police Make Arrests Over Woman’s ‘Suicide Pod’ Death
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Denis Balibouse/ReutersSwiss authorities have arrested several people and opened a criminal investigation after a 64-year-old American woman reportedly used a so-called “suicide pod” to end her life, according to local reports. The death marks the first known instance in which the controversial invention, known as the “Sacro capsule,” has been used
The Best Pieces of Kamala Harris Merch Boast Gen-Z Memes and Clapbacks
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Scouted/The Daily Beast/Retailers.Scouted selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission. The 2024 presidential election is fast approaching, which means it’s time to stock up on merch for the candidate you’re supporting (on top of making sure you’re registered to vote). Campaign gear and el
Trump-Loving Randy Jackson Seems to Be Behind Janet Jackson Delusion
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Greg Doherty/Getty ImagesIt’s been a rough week for Janet Jackson. And it’s starting to become clear that her MAGA brother Randy Jackson is to blame. First, the pop star took heat for falsely saying that Vice President Kamala Harris is “not Black” in an interview with The Guardian. The comment, which parroted claims made by former President Donald
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Ex Sentenced to 2 Years for Role in Massive Crypto Fraud
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Cheney Orr/ReutersCaroline Ellison, the cryptocurrency executive who helped her ex-boyfriend Sam Bankman-Fried steal $8 billion in customer funds, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday for her role in the fraud.Ellison, who ran the hedge fund tied to the digital currency trading platform FTX, pleaded guilty to seven counts of fraud and co
Donald Trump and JD Vance’s Pet-Eating Hoax Bites Back in New Lawsuit Against Them
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Mike Segar/ReutersA Haitian nonprofit group has filed charges against GOP nominees Donald Trump and JD Vance for their peddling of a pet-eating hoax that has turned Springfield, Ohio, upside over the last month.The Haitian Bridge Alliance, based in California, announced Tuesday that it has taken advantage of a Ohio law that allows private citizens