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Sen. Lindsey Graham told Amazon's CEO he was putting the company "on notice" after biased answers about voting for Harris and Trump came to light.

Some in the GOP are pining for the post-Trump era, Politico reported, but they still won't lift a finger

A damning new ad from the conservative attorney's Trump-bashing PAC reminds voters of what's previously been said about the former president.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., condemned Iran after six Israeli hostages were found dead in Gaza, saying President Biden should target Tehran's oil refineries.

After Trump proposed he'd make insurance companies pay for the costly fertility treatment, Republicans grappled with how to respond.

"Put on the target list oil refineries in Iran if the hostages are not released," he said.

Former President Trump's campaign, under pressure from Vice President Harris' rise in the polls, is facing a persistent challenge from within: Trump himself, and his tendency to undermine his own strategy. Why it matters: The "Trump will be Trump" dynamic has been evident throughout 2024. But as the campaign heads into a nine-week sprint to Nov. 5, his off-script whims appear to be increasingly throwing mud on his advisers' game plans.Zoom in: This week, his campaign debuted a Pennsylvania mail-in voting website for a program called "Swamp the Vote," aimed at boosting GOP turnout in swing states. The same day, Trump called mail-in voting "terrible" during an interview with "Dr. Phil" McGraw. "We want to get rid of mail-in voting," Trump said at a rally in Pennsylvania on Friday, adding to the mixed messages coming from his campaign. Some Republicans, egged on by Trump, have associated mail-in voting with voter fraud — despite a lack of evidence.For months, Trump's team has been training field volunteers to get out the Republican vote.But Trump is making clear he doesn't care as much about their efforts as he does "election integrity" — a push aimed in part at justifying his false claims that he lost the 2020 election only because of fraud."Our primary focus is not to get out the vote — but to make sure they don't cheat," Trump said last week.Steven Cheung, the Trump campaign's communications director, told Axios both programs "are equally important": "Trump has encouraged his supporters and voters to get out the vote through video, social media posts, in-person events and much more."The ex-president continues to lean into personal attacks, despite his advisers' repeated efforts to get him to focus more on issues.They're writing policy proposals into his speeches, and pushing policy ideas on social media and in a daily campaign newsletter, Palm Beach Playbook.Trump frequently deviates from prepared remarks to ask those at his rallies which nicknames he should give his opponents. Mispronouncing Harris' first name is a constant feature of his rallies. He's begun calling her "Comrade Kamala." In North Carolina during the Democratic convention, Trump complained: "They always say, 'Sir, please stick to policy, don't get personal ... You'll win it on the border. You'll win it with inflation. You'll win it with your great military that you built.'"He then did a "free poll" of the crowd: "Should I get personal, or should I not get personal?" The MAGA crowd roared, wanting more vintage Trump."My advisers are fired!" he joked at a time when he's brought back past advisers such as Corey Lewandowski.The disconnect between Trump and his team was apparent this week as the campaign was negotiating the ground rules for his Sept. 10 debate against Harris on ABC.As his advisers were pushing to keep mics muted for the candidates when it's not their turn to answer, Trump declared he didn't care whether the mics would be muted. (They will be, under the latest rules.)Between the lines: Trump's team, led by co-campaign managers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita, largely relies on his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), to be a constant voice on issues. On Wednesday, Vance delivered speeches in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, both focused on the economy.There has been one bit of relief for Trump's advisers: After attacking Georgia's popular Republican governor, Brian Kemp, for resisting Trump's push to overturn the 2020 election results in that state, Trump made nice with him as the Democratic convention ended.In what appeared to be a recognition that Harris' poll numbers in Georgia now are matching Trump's, Trump tweeted: "Thank you to @BrianKempGA for all of your help and support in Georgia ... I look forward to working with you."That detente came largely thanks to Vance, who reached out to Kemp, along with a few other aides and current and former elected officials, Politico reported. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) also helped behind the scenes.Reality check: As recently as late July, Trump was publicly complimenting his top aides, praising Wiles and LaCivita for the "best-run campaign in years."What they're saying: "President Trump is the leader of the campaign and the leader of this movement," Cheung said. "He sets the game plan and it's up to the campaign to execute that strategy."In every speech, Trump "talks about skyrocketing inflation, an out-of-control border and rampant crime," Cheung added."President Trump has been consistent, saying recently that Ms. Wiles and Mr. LaCivita are phenomenal and he has the best team in politics."

Ohio Sen. JD Vance, former President Donald Trump’s running mate, on Saturday said Trump would veto a federal abortion ban if a bill were to be passed by Congress.Asked on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” about GOP lawmakers like South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham who would want to see Trump advocate for and pass an abortion ban, Vance told moderator Kristen Welker that Trump has “explicitly” said he would veto a ban.“I mean, if you’re not supporting it, as the president of the United States, you fundamentally have to veto it,” Vance argued.The latest position from the Trump campaign comes as the former president has changed his position on abortion policy over the years.Kamala Harris11 hours agoWant to be a better public speaker? Imagine yourself on the Titanic, says Vice President Kamala HarrisDecision 2024Aug 23When is the upcoming Harris vs. Trump presidential debate?In April, Trump was asked on a tarmac in Atlanta about whether he would sign a national abortion ban if it passed through Congress and he simply answered “no.”But the former president didn’t clarify at the time what he considered a “ban.”In 2018, when he was president, Trump called on the Senate to pass a 20-week limit on abortions that had already passed the House.Last year, he celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate the constitutional right to abortion.“After 50 years of failure, with nobody coming even close, I was able to kill Roe v. Wade, much to the ‘shock’ of everyone,” Trump said in a May 2023 social media post.And as recently as March, Trump flirted with the notion of a 15-week federal abortion ban, telling a local radio host that “the number of weeks now — people are agreeing on 15, and I’m thinking in terms of that, and it’ll come out to something that’s very reasonable.”“But people are really — even hard-liners are agreeing — seems to be 15 weeks, seems to be a number that people are agreeing at,” Trump added in that interview.This article first appeared on NBCNews.com. Read more from NBC News here:Members of the Kennedy family denounce RFK Jr.’s decision to endorse TrumpSatellite images show Ukraine’s expanding attacks inside RussiaWildfires keep hitting the iconic Pacific Crest Trail, forcing closures and evacuations

Even Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Trump’s top allies in the Senate, is urging the former president to tone down his “showman” streak at rallies.

The longtime Republican senator says he thinks Trump might not win the election if he focuses on being a showman instead.

While the mainstream media is pining for a more comprehensive Kamala Harris policy agenda, substance may not appeal to the average voter in the 2024 Presidential election.

Trump had appeared in denial of the reality of Harris’ rise, lashing out angrily as he claimed the large crowds she’s been drawing were generated by artificial intelligence and making racist attacks questioning her identity.

By attacking Russia’s Kursk region, Ukraine took advantage of the window of opportunity that’s opened as the United States focuses on its presidential election. And it changed the course of the war.

The Harris-Walz campaign radiates sunshine and good times to come. Donald Trump, on the other hand, spreads gloom through his lame insults and crazy delusions.

WASHINGTON — Senators have asked whether the Secret Service needs more funding in the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, which appears to have contributed to the delay on a Homeland Security spending bill.

Vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz takes the stage Wednesday to speak to several thousand attendees at a Harris-Walz presidential campaign rally in Detroit.

'Part of the blessing for me was not getting married before now'

Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina married fiancee Mindy Noce in a church ceremony in Charleston on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024.

If our grandchildren ask what we did about climate change, let's have a good answer.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and other GOP senators hold a press conference to speak on the Hezbollah–Israel conflict at 2:00 p.m. ET on July 31.

Democrats on Capitol Hill are hammering Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) over his charge that they’re “anti-family,” pointing to a host of child-friendly benefits they’ve long championed in the face of Republican opposition. Vance, the recently tapped running mate of former President Trump, has made waves in recent days for repeatedly accusing Democrats of being the [...]

Meghan McCain calls this new play “trash — a gross cash grab by mediocre desperate people.”

As a career law enforcement officer and a 25-year Secret Service veteran, I cannot defend why that roof was not better secured,” Ronald Rowe told lawmakers.

Authorities are moving to clear up conflicting accounts about what caused the former president’s injuries after a gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania rally.

FBI Director Christopher Wray kicked a hornet’s nest with remarks this week casting doubt on former President Trump’s claims that he was hit by a bullet in his July 13 assassination attempt. Speaking before the House Judiciary Committee, Wray said that “with respect to former President Trump, there’s some question about whether or not it’s [...]

Sen. Lindsey Graham pressed FBI Director Wray to revise his claim about whether a bullet or shrapnel hit Trump at his July 13 Pennsylvania rally.

The FBI said Friday that a bullet struck Donald Trump‘s ear during an assassination attempt on the former president this month at a campaign rally after the bureau’s director suggested to Congress that it could have been shrapnel.“What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subject’s rifle,” the FBI said in a statement.The statement comes two days after FBI Director Christopher Wray, whom Trump nominated to his post in 2017, told House lawmakers that “there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that, you know, hit his ear.”Wray had testified about the FBI’s ongoing probe into the assassination attempt. A gunman identified as Thomas Crooks, 20, was shot and killed after opening fire from an elevated post not far from Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that left one spectator dead and two others critically injured.The director’s remarks before a House committee sparked widespread backlash among Republican lawmakers, as well as Trump.Trump referred to the new FBI statement in a social media post Friday night.“I assume that’s the best apology that we’ll get from Director Wray, but it is fully accepted!,” he wrote on Truth Social.House Speaker Mike Johnson had also criticized Wray’s testimony.“We’ve all seen the video, we’ve seen the analysis, we’ve heard it from multiple sources in different angles that a bullet went through his ear. I’m not sure it matters that much,” Johnson said on Thursday.Wray’s testimony came the same day the House approved a resolution to create a bipartisan task force to examine the assassination attempt.Before the FBI put out its statement Friday night, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., had written a letter to Wray urging him to revise his testimony, saying, “the attempted assassin’s bullet ripped the upper part” of Trump’s ear, and that it “should not be a point of contention.”Graham said Friday night, after the FBI’s statement, that Wray should never have suggested otherwise.“Glad the FBI confirmed what everyone else knew. It was a bullet that struck President Trump. The statement by the FBI Director should’ve never been made,” Graham wrote on X.This story first appeared on NBCNews.com. More from NBC News:Gotham signs 13-year-old MaKenna ‘Mak’ Whitham through 2028, youngest to get NWSL contractUtah officials deny clemency for man set to be executed for 1998 killing of his girlfriend’s motherMeasles cases in the U.S. are already triple last year’s total, and it’s only July

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed “total victory” against Hamas and condemned American opponents of the war in Gaza on Wednesday in a scathing speech to Congress.

MILWAUKEE — Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Wednesday night officially accepted the vice presidential nomination, using his speech to the Republican National Convention to lean into his history and decry policies he said have harmed “forgotten communities” across the country. Vance, who former President Trump named his running mate on Monday, used the biggest moment [...]

MILWAUKEE — Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Wednesday night officially accepted the vice presidential nomination, using his speech to the Republican National Convention to lean into his history and decry policies he said have harmed “forgotten communities” across the country. Vance, who former President Trump named his running mate on Monday, used the biggest moment [...]

MILWAUKEE — Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Wednesday night officially accepted the vice presidential nomination, using his speech to the Republican National Convention to lean into his history and decry policies he said have harmed “forgotten communities” across the country. Vance, who former President Trump named his running mate on Monday, used the biggest moment [...]

MILWAUKEE — Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Wednesday night officially accepted the vice presidential nomination, using his speech to the Republican National Convention to lean into his history and decry policies he said have harmed “forgotten communities” across the country. Vance, who former President Trump named his running mate on Monday, used the biggest moment [...]

MILWAUKEE — Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Wednesday night officially accepted the vice presidential nomination, using his speech to the Republican National Convention to lean into his history and decry policies he said have harmed “forgotten communities” across the country. Vance, who former President Trump named his running mate on Monday, used the biggest moment [...]

Speaker Mike Johnson gave his most detailed thoughts on Ukraine aid yet during a Sunday night interview with Fox News host Trey Gowdy.

Speaker Mike Johnson gave his most detailed thoughts on Ukraine aid yet during a Sunday night interview with Fox News host Trey Gowdy.

Former President Bill Clinton, far right, watches as former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden shake hands during a campaign fundraising event at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Thursday night.

Former President Bill Clinton, far right, watches as former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden shake hands during a campaign fundraising event at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Thursday night.

President Biden's administration is continuing its effort to confirm a controversial judicial nominee as senators press concerns over antisemitism and anti-law enforcement accusations.

President Biden's administration is continuing its effort to confirm a controversial judicial nominee as senators press concerns over antisemitism and anti-law enforcement accusations.

Lieberman — who was 82 — died from complications from a fall, according to a statement from his family

Lieberman — who was 82 — died from complications from a fall, according to a statement from his family

Joe Lieberman, a longtime senator from Connecticut who became the first Jewish American to be nominated on a major party’s ticket, died Wednesday afternoon.

Joe Lieberman, a longtime senator from Connecticut who became the first Jewish American to be nominated on a major party’s ticket, died Wednesday afternoon.

Senate Republicans are warning former President Trump that restrictions on abortion should be left to the states and that proposing a 15-week national abortion ban ahead of this year’s election would be a major political blunder. Republican lawmakers have argued for years that states should have the authority to set parameters on abortion and hailed [...]

Senate Republicans are warning former President Trump that restrictions on abortion should be left to the states and that proposing a 15-week national abortion ban ahead of this year’s election would be a major political blunder. Republican lawmakers have argued for years that states should have the authority to set parameters on abortion and hailed [...]

Senate Republicans are warning former President Trump that restrictions on abortion should be left to the states and that proposing a 15-week national abortion ban ahead of this year’s election would be a major political blunder. Republican lawmakers have argued for years that states should have the authority to set parameters on abortion and hailed [...]

Senate Republicans are warning former President Trump that restrictions on abortion should be left to the states and that proposing a 15-week national abortion ban ahead of this year’s election would be a major political blunder. Republican lawmakers have argued for years that states should have the authority to set parameters on abortion and hailed [...]

Senate Republicans are warning former President Trump that restrictions on abortion should be left to the states and that proposing a 15-week national abortion ban ahead of this year’s election would be a major political blunder. Republican lawmakers have argued for years that states should have the authority to set parameters on abortion and hailed [...]

Senate Republicans are warning former President Trump that restrictions on abortion should be left to the states and that proposing a 15-week national abortion ban ahead of this year’s election would be a major political blunder. Republican lawmakers have argued for years that states should have the authority to set parameters on abortion and hailed [...]