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 Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesA source close to the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign told ABC News on Wednesday that they "will not confirm or deny" rumors that he intends to drop out and endorse former President Donald Trump at a rally in Arizona on Friday.
The Daily Beast reached out to both the Kennedy Jr. and Trump campaigns for comment but did not receive a response at the time of publishing.
Amid the rumors, Kennedy Jr. announced on Wednesday that he will "address the nation" from a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday—the same day and some 30 minutes out from where Trump will hold a rally in Glendale.
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On Tuesday, Aug. 20, former first lady Michelle Obama took the stage at the 2024 Democratic Convention (DNC) in Chicago to pledge support for the sitting vice president and Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris. While her powerful messages and unparalleled rhetorical skills were center stage at the event, the internet is still buzzing about Obama's look (deemed "futuristic" en mass), which many Redditors feel mirrored the hopeful but exigently imperative tenor of her speech.
Obama wore a sleeveless deconstructed suit jacket with a crisscross design by ready-to-wear label MONSE paired with matching navy slacks, Jimmy Choo Scarlett pumps, and silver David Yurman jewelry. Obama's longtime stylist and friend, Meredith Koop, styled the look seen here:
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We speak with former Michigan Congressmember Andy Levin, a former synagogue president, who lost his 2022 Democratic primary in a race that saw millions spent by pro-Israel groups to unseat the progressive Jewish lawmaker. AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and other lobby groups have used the same playbook over the years to defeat members of Congress who do not toe the line, and Levin says the Democratic Party has to act to stop such "dark money" from deciding elections and push for a new policy on Israel-Palestine that brings peace. "We need to all get along there, and we need to work together here to make that happen," he says.
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 CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty ImagesFormer President Barack Obama's suggestive hand gesture when talking about Donald Trump's obsession with "crowd size" at the DNC was improvised "in the moment" according to his former speechwriters, who took a break from hosting their podcast Pod Save America, to work with him on it, they revealed on Wednesday.
"I should disclose, once a staffer, always a staffer, I volunteered to help a little, look at the speech a couple of times," Jon Favreau said during a podcast episode recorded just after his longtime boss left the stage Tuesday night before Dan Pfeiffer, former communications director for Obama, confessed that he helped out as well.
"Dan included the d--- joke," Favreau then joked, before clarifying that the hand gesture, which most viewers seemed to believe was a not-so-subtle reference to Trump's manhood, was not in the script.
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We play highlights from the second night of the Democratic National Convention, which ended with keynote speeches by Michelle and Barack Obama. The former first lady and president promoted Vice President Kamala Harris as a transformative leader while criticizing Donald Trump. "Who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those 'Black jobs'?" Michelle Obama said.
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The former president and former first lady, two of the party's most popular figures, elicit emotional reactions from the delegates.
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 Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersCHICAGO — Former President Bill Clinton celebrated his 78th birthday Monday at the Democratic National Convention, where his birthday toast hinted at the kind of speech he'll give in honor of Kamala Harris on Wednesday.
"I've got a pretty good reputation of supporting women running for president," Clinton told a few hundred loyalists who included former and current aides and officials who served in his administration, according to Paul Glastris, his former White House speechwriter.
Soul star Mavis Staples, 85, led a rousing rendition of "Happy Birthday" to the ex-president, joined by guests who included: Chicagoan Bill Daley, Clinton's former Commerce secretary and chief of staff; former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a close Clinton ally and former fundraiser; and Huma Abedin, a longtime Hillary Clinton loyalist and aide to the former secretary of State.
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