Author: Aidan McLaughlin

Kellyanne Conway Reacts in Real Time to Trump Attack, Says ‘Somebody Worked Overtime’ to Turn Him Against Her

Kellyanne Conway studiously avoids criticizing former President Donald Trump in her new memoir, Here’s the Deal, which was published this week and recounts her time running his extraordinary campaign and serving as senior counselor in his chaotic administration.

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Mark Esper on What He Fears Most About a Second Trump Term

Mark Esper spends much of his new book — A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times — laying out why Donald Trump, the president he served, is dangerously unfit for office. Esper, the latest senior Trump official to have left the office alarmed by the former president’s conduct, joined me […]

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‘Notorious Hungarian Racist’ Who Called Jews ‘Stinking Excrement’ Speaks at CPAC

A Hungarian talkshow host described as a “notorious Hungarian racist” by the Guardian was a featured speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this week, alongside former President Donald Trump, Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Zsolt Bayer, a close ally of Orban, spoke Friday on the second day […]

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Howard Kurtz Defends Fox News From Blame Over Buffalo Massacre: ‘Absurd’

Howard Kurtz defended Fox News from claims the network shares blame for inspiring the racist massacre at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. The alleged shooter, who has been charged with killing 10 shoppers and wounding three more, posted a screed online in which he embraced “replacement theory,” a white nationalist conspiracy that has been […]

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Martha MacCallum Confronts RNC Chair on Trump Accusing Republicans of Cheating in Pennsylvania: ‘It Seems Odd’

Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum confronted RNC chair Ronna McDaniel on former President Donald Trump accusing Republicans of cheating in the Pennsylvania Senate Republican primary. Trump, who has backed Dr. Mehmet Oz in the race, baselessly accused his Republican opponent David McCormick of voter fraud this week. The race remains too close to call, and […]

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‘Like Throwing Money Down a Hole’: Kara Swisher Breaks Down Elon Musk’s Chaotic Bid to Take Over Twitter

Kara Swisher thinks — well, knows — that Elon Musk is having second thoughts about buying Twitter for $44 billion. “He has to be. This price is too high,” she told me on the latest episode of The Interview. “This is not worth $54 a share. It’s crazy. It’s like throwing money down a hole.” […]

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Kathy Barnette Questioned on Her Islamophobic Tweets on Fox News, Gives Rambling Explanation

Republican Senate candidate Kathy Barnette was questioned on her Islamophobic tweets on Fox News Sunday and provided a rambling explanation that she was not expressing “full thoughts” or “even full sentences.” Barnette is surging in the Pennsylvania Senate primary, despite little name recognition and a war chest dwarfed by her rivals, former Bridgewater CEO David […]

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