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 Gotham/GettyTaylor Swift could give both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris a run for their money if she threw her "22" hat into the White House race, according to a New York Times presidential poll.
The pop phenom came out with a 44 percent "favorability rating" among likely voters across the country, falling just short of Trump's 47 percent and the 48 percent who favor Harris.
But 34 percent had unfavorable views of Swift, which is much better than the results for Trump, with a 51 percent unfavorability rating, and Harris with 49 percent.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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 Mike Segar/ReutersElon Musk amplified a flurry of false claims and misinformation Wednesday in a period of online activity which, even by his own standards, was fairly unhinged.
The billionaire edgelord is no stranger to a reckless post, already attracting the ire of the White House this week over a tweet in which he wrote "no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala." Musk deleted that post— which came just hours after the second apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump—while passing it off as a joke, though the Secret Service apparently didn't see the funny side.
Some people might decide to be more cautious online after such a snafu.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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 Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images"Malicious cyber actors" from Iran dangled sensitive material about former President Donald Trump's re-election campaign in front of President Joe Biden's campaign team, according to U.S. authorities.
Three federal agencies said Wednesday that the "stolen, non-public" information was emailed to journalists as well as individuals "associated with the Biden campaign." The operation took place over June and July this year, before the president suspended his White House bid.
"There is currently no information indicating those recipients replied," read a joint statement from the FBI, CISA, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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