Kaine and Cao face off in only debate of campaign for US Senate seat from Virginia

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Republican challenger Hung Cao have gone toe to toe in their only debate of the campaign over issues from illegal immigration to tariffs on foreign goods. The hourlong showdown Wednesday at Norfolk State University mostly traced the contours of the nation’s political fault lines. But it also included matters that resonate in Virginia and the coastal city of Norfolk, which is home to the country's largest Navy base. Kaine is a Democrat who is seeking a third term as Virginia's junior senator. Cao is a 25-year Navy veteran who has the endorsement of former President Donald Trump.

Jack Smith shows his cards just in time: January 6 case looks like the winning hand against Trump

Prosecutors say Trump was engaged in 'private criminal effort' to overturn 2020 election

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan unsealed a filing Wednesday that shows new evidence of former President Donald Trump's alleged attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Jack Smith’s Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court

The newly unsealed document contains the most detailed evidence of Trump’s attempts to subvert the election yet.

Trump 'resorted to crimes' to overturn 2020 result - prosecutors

A new filing presents the clearest view yet of how prosecutors would present their case against the former president at trial.

'Out of the memory hole': Trump criminal trial document makes bad week worse for Trump, Vance

The unsealing of a court filing by special counsel Jack Smith in Donald Trump's election subversion criminal trial adds new details to what happened on January 6, and combines with JD Vance's lying and distortions about January 6 in yesterday's debate with Tim Walz, with the result being a renewed public awareness of the January 6 insurrection and Donald Trump's role in it. Tim Miller, writer-at-large for the Bulwark, and MSNBC contributor Charlie Sykes, talk with Alex Wagner about how the timing of the unsealing of this document is an unwelcome burden for Trump going into the final stretch of the 2024 campaign. Watch more Alex Wagner Tonight clips on YouTube at MSNBC.com/Alex.

Trump tried to block Jack Smith’s immunity brief. It backfired.

We can now see why Trump was so desperate to keep Smith’s filing in the election interference case secret from the American people.

Trump Erupts in Incoherent Rants After New Court Brief Details How He 'Resorted to Crimes' to Defy 2020 Election

The new court filing comes the day after running mate JD Vance refused to admit Trump lost the 2020 election during the VP debate

Trump Is Absolutely Fuming Over the Release of Bombshell Election Case Doc

The former president took to Truth Social to vent his anger over the release of documents filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith, then went straight to the press.

Unsealed immunity brief argues Trump intentionally spread 2020 election lies

NBC News Justice Reporter Ryan Reilly joins Meet the Press NOW as Judge Tanya Chutkan releases a redacted version of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s filing in Donald Trump's Jan. 6 case, in which the prosecution argues the former president purposely spread lies in his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.

Maddow reacts to new Jack Smith evidence against Trump: 'Sent a chill down my spine’

Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell, and Chris Hayes discuss the newly unsealed filing from Jack Smith which lays out the case against Donald Trump over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. “I've never seen it laid out that way before, even though I knew the individual pieces of it. And it just sent a chill down my spine,” says Maddow. 

CNN’s Jake Tapper Cracks Up at Easily-Decipherable Redactions in New DOJ Filing: ‘Georgia Governor P17 – I Believe That’s Probably Brian Kemp’

CNN anchor Jake Tapper cracked up over the easily-decipherable redactions made in a new Department of Justice filing on former President Donald Trump.

Pence and Trump’s frayed relationship leading up to Jan. 6 insurrection on full display in latest special counsel filing

Former Vice President Mike Pence’s role in certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 election win over Donald Trump and his repeated refusals to help the former president overturn the results, was under a microscope in special counsel Jack Smith’s detailed court filing Wednesday.

Trump's Response When He Learned Pence's Life Was In Danger On January 6: 'So What?"

Prosecutors in the January 6-related case against the former president laid out the evidence against him in a now-unsealed 165-page brief.

Fox News' Jonathan Turley downplays Jack Smith’s filing alleging Donald Trump attempted “to overturn the election”

Analysis | 5 takeaways from the big new filing on Trump’s 2020 election plot

“So what,” “Make them riot,” “It doesn’t matter if you won or lost the election,” and what it all means legally and politically.

Trump's Crumbling Empire of Lies

Watch now | Legal Chaos and "Eddie Haskell with a Yale JD"

Donald Trump Claims Kim Jong Un Is “Trying to Kill Me,” Rants About “Water-Free Bathrooms” During Incoherent-Even-for-Him Remarks

Reminder: This man wants to be leader of the free world.

Trump Promised to Release His Medical Records. He Still Won’t Do It.

If elected again, he would become the oldest president by the end of his term. Yet he is refusing to disclose even basic health information.

Analysis | Trump’s outrageously false claim of 13,000 migrant murderers ‘on the loose’

Convicted killers not held in ICE’s limited facilities are serving their time in state or federal prisons.

Trump says he would revoke Temporary Protected Status for Haitian migrants in Springfield if elected

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he would revoke Temporary Protected Status for the Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, and deport them if he is reelected in November.

Trump describes traumatic brain injuries sustained by U.S. troops in Iraq as a ‘headache’

Donald Trump said that U.S. troops who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iraq only experienced a “headache.”

J.D. Vance’s Most Terrifying Debate Answer Came in the Last 5 Minutes

J.D. Vance was quick to completely rewrite what happened on January 6.

Republicans expect to confirm even more Supreme Court justices if Trump wins

GOP senators anticipate that in a second term, Trump would have at least one Supreme Court vacancy to fill. Democrats hope that prospect motivates their voters this fall.

Mormon voters in the West can save the GOP from Trump

By defeating the former president, they can protect the Constitution they believe to be divinely inspired.

Report: Melania Trump splits with husband's abortion stance in memoir

"I have carried this belief with me throughout my entire adult life," the former first lady wrote.

JD Vance reminded everyone exactly why his favorability rating is -11 during last night's debate - Queerty

Prior to last night's debate, Vance's favorability ratings were the worst ever for a modern vice presidential candidate. Heading into the night, a CNN poll found he had a net negative favorability of -11, eight points worse than Dan Quale, who had a -3 percent favorability rating heading into the 1988 vice presidential debate.

College student delivers masterful post-vice presidential debate fact-check of JD Vance using basic civics knowledge

Marcus Johnson, a student at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, dismantled one of the many bad faith arguments made by JD Vance in a post-debate voter panel with NBC's Jacob Soboroff--namely, the idea that Kamala Harris should implement her policies now, when a quick civics lessons reminds you of the true powers of the vice president.

Back on the trail with MAGA crowds, Vance ditches 'Midwest nice' debate tone

No more “Midwest nice.” JD Vance, back on the campaign trail after his matchup with Tim Walz, eschewed the debate-stage niceties that marked their relatively cordial meeting and went back on the offensive.

A GOP Congressman Tweeted A JD Vance Image That Must Be Seen To Be Believed

Rep. Mike Collins earned major mockery for his Wednesday morning post.

Republicans are extremely mad that CBS fact-checked JD Vance's lies about Haitians

Trump-MAGA Erupt in Fury at CBS over Debate—Exposing a Big MAGA Scam

As Trump and his allies gin up fake outrage at CBS for fact-checking JD Vance, a longtime media observer digs into how our institutions are capitulating to authoritarian bullying.

JD Vance Is Lying on Abortion

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz faced Sen. JD Vance of Ohio Tuesday night at the vice presidential debate, and day-after results are showing more or less a toss-up on who won

JD Vance's Claim About Trump's 'Common Sense' Leads To Brutal Reminders

The vice presidential candidate was given a quick trip down memory line.

Top Viral Tweets From Vice Presidential Debate 2024

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