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November 2, 2025
Obama stumps for Sherrill in N.J., calls Ciattarelli a 'suck-up' to Trump amid tight governor race
Updated: Nov. 02, 2025, 12:58 a.m.|Published: Nov. 01, 2025, 8:21 p.m. Former President Barack Obama visited Newark on Saturday to stump for Mikie Sherrill, declaring the Democratic nominee for New Jersey governor is the level-headed leader the state needs and that Republican rival Jack Ciattarelli is a “suck-up” to President Donald Trump and GOP leaders. “You have a candidate worth being excited about,” Obama said before a crowd at Essex County College Gymnasium, where he and Sherrill, a con ...
Go to discussionCanadians take to social media to debate their prime minister's apology to Trump over anti-tariffs ad
Nov 1, 2025, 5:59 PM ET Ontario's premier didn't apologize for airing an anti-tariffs ad that angered President Donald Trump — but Canada's prime minister did. Now, Canadians are using social media to process the awkward situation. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Saturday that he had privately apologized to Trump on Wednesday over an Ontario-produced ad featuring remarks from the late President Ronald Reagan, who discussed tariffs in a 1987 speech. The ad, which was post ...
Go to discussionRepublican Jewish leaders planned a ceasefire celebration, pivoted to take on antisemitism within
Updated 1:36 AM EST, November 2, 2025 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Concerns that antisemitism is on the rise among Republicans burst to the surface this weekend, turning a conference of the nation’s leading Jewish Republicans from jubilation over a tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East into a clarion call to stem the spread of anti-Jewish voices within the party. The emerging schism was laid bare by a prominent conservative think tank president’s defense of talk show host Tucker Carlson’s controversial de ...
Go to discussionMichigan Lawyer Says The Halloween Terror Plot That FBI Director Kash Patel Described Never Existed
Nov 1, 2025, 04:52 PM EDT A Michigan defense lawyer is disputing FBI allegations that his 20-year-old client and four other young suspects were planning to carry out a terror attack on Halloween weekend. Authorities with the FBI and in Michigan have offered few details about the case, however as he announced the arrests on Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel said more information would be released. Spokespersons for the state and national FBI and the U.S. Attorney in Detroit did not immediately r ...
Go to discussionObama shreds Trump over ballroom bizarre Truth Social videos and familys crypto fortune:It's like every day is Halloween
Saturday 01 November 2025 18:00 EDT Former President Barack Obama tore into Donald Trump and said it feels like “every day is Halloween — except it’s all tricks and no treats” under his administration. Obama shredded Trump during a speech Saturday in support of Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger, where he said, “It’s worse than even I expected.” “It's not as if we didn't see some of this coming,” Obama told the crowd at the rally in Norfolk. “I will admit it's wo ...
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