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Nikki Haley may have endorsed Donald Trump but her campaign lieutenant Jimmy Greene, a Republican since Ronald Reagan and a fixture in the local Michigan party for years, has not. So when Donald Trump took the stage in his hometown of Saginaw on Thursday, the 62-year-old was nowhere to be seen. He was at home watching 'Gray's Anatomy.' 'In years past, the party was a little bit of everything under Bush, McCain, Romney, we really were the big tent,' he told DailyMail.com 'There is no big tent right now. It's a MAGA tent. And if you ain't under it, you ain't in it.'

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are locked in a neck-and-neck battle for the White House with just one month to go before Election Day. Polls show the presidential race could be the closest in modern history and is likely to be decided by just thousands of voters in seven battleground states.

President Joe Biden shocked reporters Friday by showing up to the White House briefing room for the first time of his presidency. As the Friday briefing moved past its scheduled hour, the door to the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room swung open to expose the 81-year-old president carrying a binder.

President Joe Biden's team is scheduling his meetings and events in an even narrower window in an effort to 'manage his stamina,' Axios said in a report Friday. The news organization has tracked the 81-year-old president's schedule since his July 21st decision to bow out of the presidential race.

President Joe Biden was asked Thursday evening if what states in the 'storm zone' of Hurricane Helene needed. After a pause he responded they were 'happy across the board' and 'getting everything they need.' His response came after Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp ventured criticism, saying he was 'outraged' at an early emergency declaration, and called the White House seeking a boost. Donald Trump has blasted the response and accused FEMA of diverting money from illegal migrants - although funds for migrant housing are appropriated under a separate category by Congress.

The disaster response agency FEMA is out of money to help Americans in distress after Hurricane Helene despite blowing billions on illegal migrants. Over the last two years, FEMA has been given over one billion dollars to specifically support illegal migrants. But now money is coming up short for American citizens in need after over 150,000 households impacted by Hurricane Helene have reached out to the federal government for assistance. 'FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season,' Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas shockingly admitted Wednesday.

Former President Donald Trump promised Thursday that no state would be allowed to ban gas-powered cars if he is elected in November. He delivered the pledge during a rally in Saginaw, Michigan, an area that once produced components for Detroit's auto industry but has fallen on hard times with the decline of American manufacturing. The 78-year-old Republican nominee is seeking to wrest the state back from Democrats and made a series of car-friendly promises to an audience of thousands in a cavernous university sports hall.

U.S. colleges must immediately stop their partnerships with China, a lawmaker is warning after a sinister 'military base spy plot' involving students was exposed.

Former First Lady Melania Trump is finally addressing her controversial and highly criticized decision to wear an 'I really don't care' jacket while touring a migrant detention center in 2018. In her explosive new memoir, she claims she forced her husband Donald to drop his hardline immigration policy of separating children from their parents at the border under the administration's 'zero tolerance' policy. But when on a surprise visit to survey a migrant detention center in June 2018, she caused a frenzy when she wore a jacket with the message 'I really don't care. Do U?'

Donald Trump promised Tuesday to turn his return to the site of his attempted assassination into a celebration of the life of firefighter Corey Comperatore, who died after being struck by the gunman's bullet. Trump will appear before supporters in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. 'It's going to be a really big event, and it's going to be something,' Trump told reporters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 'We'll celebrate the life of Corey.'

The vice presidential hopefuls had their mics cut after Republican J.D. Vance protested about the CBS debate moderators 'fact checking' him over Haitian migrant claims in Springfield, Ohio. During a back-and-forth on immigration, Vance talked about how Haitians were overwhelming resources in the Ohio community that has been in the news for weeks after Vance and former President Donald Trump claimed migrants there were 'eating pets.'

The Israeli military has announced that missiles were launched from Iran into Israel - with the Islamic Republic ignoring warnings that any such attack would invite 'severe consequences'. An Iranian attack was expected today and there are fears it could exceed the scale of a previous bombardment in April which saw hundreds of drones and missiles launched at the country, sources have claimed. The IDF has not confirmed which missiles were used, but Israel was expecting ballistic missiles. These can reach their targets in just 12 minutes are expected to be used in the attack, rather than drones or cruise missiles which can take longer, a source told Axios.

Former President Donald Trump ridiculed Vice President Kamala Harris for 'pretending' to work on Hurricane Helene disaster relief in a photo posted on her social media. An image posted on Harris's X account Sunday shows the VP aboard a plane with headphones while seemingly on a call as papers are sprawled out in front of her. The post even mentioned how she was coordinating with North Carolina's governor to help the state's recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene killed scores throughout the Asheville area. However, Trump pointed out a glaring issue with the photo.

President Donald Trump's team built a small brick wall around him for an event at a hurricane-devastated business in Valdosta, Georgia, on Monday. Trump and his Republican allies visited the city to highlight the damage caused by Hurricane Helene that hit the area as a Category 4 storm.

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the U.S.-Mexico border near Douglas, Arizona, on Friday, and a local sheriff who will greet her at the airport revealed a gift and message he will give her. Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels, who has served in his role as a border town lawman since 2012, told DailyMail.com that his home has been ravaged by President Joe Biden and VP Harris's border policies. He described how the rural area has been swamped with deaths, tragedies and crime related to the border, and that the Biden-Harris agenda has caused irreparable damage. But he hopes to mend the divide between the Republican-leaning area and the Democratic VP, saying he plans to give her a gift at the airport when she arrives.

Kamala Harris insinuated Donald Trump would support Vladimir Putin over Ukraine when she met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Thursday. 'There are some in my country who would instead force Ukraine to give up large parts of its sovereign territory.. These proposals are the same of those of Putin. And let us be clear, they are not proposals for peace. Instead, they are proposals for surrender,' the Democratic nominee for president said. She did not mention Donald Trump by name by her meaning was clear.

Vice President Kamala Harris participated in an interview with MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle on Thursday, but one answer in particular drew attention online.

Melania Trump said she believed God was watching over her husband Donald Trump during the two attempts on his life and blamed Democrats' for creating a 'toxic' political atmosphere the led to the two assassination attempts. 'Is it really shocking that all this outrageous violence goes against my husband?,' the former first lady said in an interview with Fox News to promote her forthcoming memoir. 'Especially that we hear the leaders from the opposition party and mainstream media branding him as threat to democracy, calling him vile names. They only fueling a toxic atmosphere and all of these people that they wanted to harm - this needs to stop this needs to stop. The country needs to unite and I encourage everybody to read my letter that I wrote on July 14th, again. Because that cannot continue.'

'But we're going to have to raise corporate taxes,' Vice President Kamala Harris said when pressed on how she would pay for her array of economic plans. Harris didn't get into the details of her plan and Ruhle herself said after the interview that 'she doesn't answer the question. But the candidate avoided major stumbles, after facing pressure from Republicans and the media to do more interviews.

Former President Barack Obama's Secret Service security detail has been accused of a major lapse outside a star-studded Los Angeles bar mitzvah.

A series of failures by the U.S. Secret Service ultimately allowed would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks to successfully land a shot in Donald Trump's right ear, a new report reveals. One troubling finding from the bipartisan Senate investigation was how technical issues downed Secret Service drones during the July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The agent responsible for overseeing the Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi reprimanded a CNN host in a testy exchange for mentioning recent comments about Vice President Kamala Harris's cognitive ability. The hot-tempered response from the San Francisco Democrat came after CNN Host Jake Tapper asked her about recent comments by former President Donald Trump. 'Donald Trump's saying that Kamala Harris has bigger cognitive problems than Joe Biden,' Tapper began as he appeared poised to finish his question. Then Pelosi abruptly cuts in.

Kamala Harris was frequently absent for California Medical Assistance Commission meetings, even though she was appointed to the position by her boyfriend at the time and then-Assembly Speaker Willie Brown.

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance became a Christian after considering himself an atheist, but he still gets in trouble for his swearing habit around his young children. That habit, he said, came about in part because his grandma, dubbed the classic Appalachian name 'Mamaw', used profanity incessantly while trying to keep a younger Vance on the straight and narrow. The tale came as the Ohio senator opened up about the origins of his faith before a crowd of Christians in Charlotte, North Carolina Monday evening. The 40-year-old Catholic says he accepted Christ in 2019 and remarked during the event how the late Billy Graham, a son of the Tar Heel State whose grave Vance visited just hours before, was influential in his own conversion. During his delivery, he issued a stark warning to the evangelists in attendance and boldly claimed Democrats are attacking religion.

Donald Trump paid $100 towards the groceries of a mother shopping in Pennsylvania on Monday. During a living room politics stop at a local grocery store chain in western Pennsylvania, the former president took money from his wallet to help a woman checking out with her three sons. 'Here,' Trump said while taking out a Benjamin and handing it to a store patron checking out.

Close allies of former President Donald Trump faced a massive snag in their efforts to change how Nebraska gives out its electoral votes as the race for the White House is expected to be extremely close.

Tensions have reached boiling point in the last seven days across the Middle East.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. isn't shirking from the limelight amid his bombshell sexting scandal with New York Magazine's Olivia Nuzzi. On Monday, Kennedy appeared at an event on Capitol Hill and posed for photos with prominent Republican lawmakers.

The president suffered the awkward moment during his final meeting with leaders from India, Australia and Japan at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday night.

Ryan Lizza is a co-author of Politico's Playbook and the newsletter didn't immediately address the scandal until its Friday afternoon edition.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson reportedly made a series of crude and concerning remarks on pornographic forum Nude Africa where he called himself a 'perv' and 'black Nazi.' Republicans in the battleground swing state are scrambling as the party allegedly weighs ousting their gubernatorial candidate with less than two months until Election Day. MAGA world is distancing itself from Robinson after Trump backed the candidate in his bid against Josh Stein to take outgoing Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's seat.

Donald Trump now claims that Vice President Kamala Harris is spying on his campaign and demands she resign in the wake of these allegations. It comes after Iranian hackers stole sensitive information from Trump's campaign and offered it up to President Joe Biden. Microsoft revealed in August that hackers tied to the Iranian government have for months been trying to influence the presidential election.

Ask any of the Donald Trump fans at his Wednesday night Long Island rally whether he should debate Kamala Harris again and the the answer is unanimous: Yes. 'I think you should go for it,' said Andrew Peters, a 49-year-old bodyshop owner, wearing a 'F**k Hamas ' T-shirt. 'What's he got to lose?' Trump has repeatedly ruled out the idea after declaring himself the victor of last week's televised clash.

The Teamsters leadership announced that the union wouldn't endorse either top candidate for president this year, in an election where Midwest battlegrounds with big union membership are crucial. Teamsters members appear to have backed Donald Trump in recent polls, after earlier preferring Joe Biden before he stepped back.

Donald Trump mused that it was god's will that there were two assassination attempts on his life because 'it's God wanting me to be president.' He didn't expand on why the attempts on his life would mean that.  'There's something going on. I mean, perhaps it's God wanting me to be president to save this country,' he said during a conversation on X Monday night.

New images reveal the backpack, GoPro camera and AK-47 style rifle that a gunman left behind when fleeing the scene where he was attempting to assassinate Donald Trump. Law enforcement held a press conference in West Palm Beach on Sunday after the FBI announced it is investigating a second assassination attempt against Donald Trump in just two months. The former president was rushed to safety on Sunday after multiple shots were fired in his vicinity while he was playing golf at his club in West Palm Beach.

Donald Trump claimed to be completely unaware of the growing controversy around his association with conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer as he faced questions about why he had allowed a woman who said 9/11 was an inside job to travel with him for commemoration events this week. Loomer has become a regular fixture at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home and this week made racist comments about Trump's opponent Kamala Harris . But at a press conference at his Los Angeles golf club in front of the Pacific Ocean, Trump refused to criticize her.

Some of Trump's closest allies have blamed her for his shaky performance against Kamala Harris and warned that the self-proclaimed white nationalist risks pole-axing his tottering campaign with her incendiary tweets. Maga stalwart Marjorie Taylor-Green lashed out after Loomer claimed a Harris presidency would make the White House 'smell like curry' calling her 'appalling and extremely racist'. And last night Loomer baselessly branded Senator Lindsey Graham a closeted homosexual after he called her comments 'beyond disturbing'.

Two prominent Donald Trump supporters traded explosive accusations, as Rep. Marjorie Taylor accused Laura Loomer of 'hateful' language and an 'extremely racist' attack on Kamala Harris.

President Joe Biden briefly sported one of former President Donald Trump's red MAGA hats in a move the White House said was to show 'bipartisan unity.' Biden, Trump and Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris attended multiple 9/11 commemoration ceremonies Wednesday - a day Trump and Harris first met on the debate stage.

Kamala Harris baited Donald Trump repeatedly during their debate on Tuesday night, pushing her Republican rival on his crowd size, his record on abortion, and his criminal trials. Trump was visibly irritated, interrupting Harris to call her words a 'lie' and repeating a viral line from his own side that migrants are 'eating pets.' He appeared rattled and pivoted to his favorite strategy: going on the attack.

Taylor Swift has endorsed Kamala Harris after her debate with Donald Trump, calling the Democratic nominee a 'steady-handed, gifted leader.' The megastar made her announcement in an Instagram post, which went live minutes after the presidential debate and garned thousands of likes within minutes. Swift included a photo of her cat, a knock at Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance who mocked 'childless cat ladies.' Harris supporters took the chant to heart and formed groups of cat ladies for Harris.

Donald Trump's supporters are using AI to generate images of the ex-president snuggling cute kittens and darling ducks in a new baffling trend. It all started after an Ohio man made wild and unsubstantiated claims that illegal migrants from Haiti are eating pets and wild birds. Responding to the bizarre report, MAGA-aligned social media users flooded X with images of the ex-president acting as a protector and guardian of the beloved animals.

Vice President Kamala Harris ' campaign finally added an 'issues' page to presidential campaign website 50 days after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and just in time for her debate showdown with Donald Trump.

After 20 months, seven public hearings and 18 more witnesses, Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday p ublished their long-awaited report into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. It lays out what they allege are the missteps that led to President Joe Biden decision to announce in April 2021 that he was ending America's 20-year war. The report also accuses three spokesmen and women of the Biden administration of withholding information from the American public by glossing over American failures and ignoring how the Taliban acted in bad faith, as well as talking up the abilities of Afghan fighting forces before finally blaming them for the collapse of the Kabul government.

Kamala Harris works on watching her temper as she prepares to debate Donald Trump as her team tries to find a social media moment to make her go viral. Harris is expected to go on the offensive on policy issues and on the attack if Trump says any falsehoods.Trump can be a wild card, however, and Harris can't prep for everything - although she will try.

Hunter Biden is pleading guilty to at least some of the nine tax charges against him, in a stunning last-minute reversal at his criminal trial in Los Angeles.  The change was not due to a plea deal, and prosecutor Leo Wise told Judge Mark Scarsi 'this is the first we're hearing of this'. The stunning revelation was made by Hunter's attorney Abbe Lowell in front of the judge, while 120 potential jurors waited next door to be selected for his trial.