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Published: 16:50 EDT, 14 August 2023 | Updated: 05:41 EDT, 15 August 2023

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Yellowstone star Wes Bentley hints fifth and final season could end with ‘crazy bloodbath’

By Sam Joseph Semon For Dailymail.com

Published: 21:07 EDT, 14 August 2023 | Updated: 21:07 EDT, 14 August 2023

Mike Pence is not ruling out the possibility of going head-to-head with his old boss Donald Trump in a 2024 Republican presidential primary, a new report suggested on Monday.

‘We’ll go where we’re called,’ Pence told the New York Times when asked about the possible head-to-head.

‘That’s the way Karen and I have always approached these things.’ 

The former vice president’s flirtations with a potential White House bid were rounded up and put under the microscope in the Monday report – including speaking appearances in battleground states like Iowa where he touts the ‘Trump-Pence Administration’s’ successes but then sets himself up against the ex-president with his endorsement in Georgia’s primary election.

Meanwhile Trump, despite not formally declaring a 2024 bid yet, has eyes on the competition – including Pence. 

In a statement to DailyMail.com, his spokesman slammed his old deputy as ‘desperate’ and mocked him for trying to ‘chase’ his ‘lost relevance’ amid the former running mates’ latest divide over backing separate candidates in the Peach State’s gubernatorial election.

Speaking to the Times before an April speech in Iowa, Pence declared he was ‘incredibly proud of the record’ he and Trump had in office and said he and the ex-president spent ‘five years in the foxhole’ together.

But he also appeared to be signaling to GOP voters who were put off by Trump after last year’s Capitol riot.

‘I have been very moved traveling around the country how much people have made a point to express appreciation, it has been very humbling to me,’ he said about his refusal to go along with Trump’s plan to overturn the 2020 election.

For his part the ex-president has appeared to harden his tone against his former deputy, who he called a ‘good guy’ in a separate interview earlier this month.

‘Mike Pence was set to lose a governor’s race in 2016 before he was plucked up and his political career was salvaged,’ Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich told DailyMail.com.

Pence, who had been governor of Indiana and the No. 3 House Republican during his time in Congress, was chosen for the ticket in a bid to appeal to religious conservatives within the GOP. 

The spokesman continued: ‘Now, desperate to chase his lost relevance, Pence is parachuting into races, hoping someone is paying attention. The reality is, President Trump is already 82-3 with his endorsements, and there’s nothing stopping him from saving America in 2022 and beyond.’

Trump said of Pence on May 4, ‘I haven’t spoken to him in a long time, and he’s a nice man. He disappointed me on one thing because I think he should have sent the votes back to the legislatures.’

In Georgia, Trump has thrown his political weight behind former Senator David Perdue. Perdue was defeated by Democrat Senator Jon Ossoff in a runoff election just a day before the January 6 Capitol riot. 

Perdue was also among the GOP lawmakers who supported Trump’s false claims the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Pence’s candidate is incumbent Governor Brian Kemp, who invoked Trump’s outrage by refusing to overturn his state’s election count.

Georgia, which elected its first Democrats to the Senate in more than two decades this past year, narrowly went to Biden in the 2020 election.

But whereas Perdue continues to trail Kemp in opinion polls ahead of their Tuesday primary, Trump has consistently stayed on top of prospective GOP voter surveys.

The ex-president leads opponents by double-digits in multiple polls.

In the most recent Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll, Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis comes in at a distant second but dominates in a scenario without Trump. 

Pence comes in third and second in the respective polls.

However DeSantis has repeatedly refused to discuss his ambitions for higher office, insisting he is first and foremost interested in governing the Sunshine State – where he’s made a name for himself as one of the largest thorns in President Joe Biden’s side.

His fellow Republican governor, Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, doubted that popularity would aid him far outside of Florida.

‘I know there’s a lot of talk on Fox News and stuff like that on the national level or in Florida but there’s really not talk about him here in New Hampshire,’ Sununu, another potential 2024 contender, told the Times.

One new poll from over the weekend could upend that assertion, as well as months of early surveys.

Nearly 38 percent of respondents to a poll at a GOP convention in Wisconsin said they would back DeSantis in 2024. 

Trump comes in a close second with 32 percent of the vote.

Pence failed to reach even 5 percent support.

Scarlett Moffatt dropped huge hints about her baby son’s name months before he was born.

The former Gogglebox star, 32, announced the arrival of her baby son on Thursday in a sweet Instagram post after their little boy arrived five weeks earlier than planned. 

She also revealed that she and boyfriend Scott Dobinson had opted to call their tot ‘Jude Xavier Dobinson.’

And while fans gushed over the baby and his adorable new name, many were no doubt unaware that Scarlett teased his moniker months before his arrival – however, Beatles fans may have spotted the clues. 

Fans of the TV personality will be aware that Beatles fan Scarlett incorporated the group’s music in her gender reveal, using a play on words with their track Here Comes The Sun. 

As she revealed she was having a baby boy, she penned: ‘In the great words of The Beatles… ‘Here comes the SON.’

The star also referenced the late Beatles guitarist George Harrison’s track Cloud Nine when making her birth announcement.

While of course, these subtle Beatles hints could all be tied to the name Jude, which also features in the name of the Beatles’ huge song Hey Jude – with the name soaring in popularity thanks to the 1968 track. 

Meanwhile, the first time mum took to Instagram on Friday to share some adorable new snaps of her son.

The star shared an image of herself cradling her boy in hospital, surrounded by blue balloons. 

While another showed the adorable tot lying in his crib, with Scarlett remarking his clothes ‘a bit baggy’ dur to him being born prematurely.  

The presenter shared the exciting news of her son’s birth on Instagram this week.  

Captioning the snap, she wrote: ‘Jude Xavier Dobinson. My darling boy I can’t stop crying looking at you as I can’t quite believe you’re mine. 

‘You wanted to meet us early at just 35 weeks. Me & your daddy love you so much that I can’t even put this feeling into words. 

‘Our heart and soul feels complete & ready to burst. I will forever and always be grateful to be your mammy.

‘I can’t thank @scottdobby enough & to the midwives Helen & Charlotte & all of the NHS team at Durham Hospital.

‘You will all forever hold a special place in my heart for looking after us all with such compassion. Let the baby bubble commence

Taking to the social media platform on Saturday, the reality TV personality revealed she had packed her hospital bag in preparation for the birth. 

Scarlett said preparing for labour made the prospect of becoming a first time mother ‘feel real.’ 

She proudly showed off her baby bump while revealing she managed to squeeze in a date with her boyfriend.  

Scarlett looked positively glowing in a burnt orange figure-hugging dress and matching cardigan.

The former Gogglebox star captioned the post: ‘Packing my hospital bag has made it feel real of just how soon I’ll get to meet my little boy and see the feet that have been kicking me #baby.’

Scarlett also shared a selfie with Scott and said: ‘Yesterday was such a lovely day. Me and @scottdobby went to see The Little Mermaid and then went to Purple Pea Cocknel for an Abba night. Getting as many date days as we can in.’  

Friends and fans of the beauty were then quick to comment on the stunning snap by saying that Scarlett was ‘glowing’ and that ‘there’s no love like it’.

One fan commented ‘There’s no LOVE like it the moment they put him in ur arms u will know u have something so precious,’ (sic). 

While another added ‘You are glowing babe.’

Earlier this year Scarlett announced she was expecting her first child with her boyfriend Scott.

At the time she took to her Instagram to reveal her jovial news by posting an adorable video of her ultrasound scan.

In the clip, her beloved chihuahua Bonnie could be seen wearing a brown neckerchief with the words ‘I’m going to be a big sister’ printed across it.

And the pooch could be seen sitting beside an ultrasound scan of the unborn child as Scarlett revealed her exciting baby news to her 2.3 million followers.

Alongside the clip, Scarlett gushed it felt like a ‘dream’ to be announcing her pregnancy and admitted she and Scott, 34, were ‘on cloud nine’.

She wrote: ‘It truly feels like a dream writing this caption. Me & Scott are on cloud nine & we are so happy that we get to share this moment with you all. You are so loved already little one. Baby Dobinson coming soon.’

The birth comes after Scarlett celebrated her fourth anniversary with her police officer boyfriend last month.

Marking their anniversary with a sweet Instagram post, Scarlett shared a cosy mirror selfie of herself and her partner.

Alongside the snap, she wrote: ‘Four years we’ve been together & it has gone so quick, yet feels like I’ve been with you my whole life. Me & Bonnie love you all the world @scottdobby #anniversary.’

Scarlett and Scott, who have known each other for more than 15 years, began dating in late 2018 and went public with their relationship in March 2019.

The couple hit a bump in the road in March 2021 when they briefly split up, but got back together just 24 hours after their break-up announcement.

Law & Order actress Diane Neal reveals she was the victim of ‘unpleasant’ anti-Semitism in New York as she makes permanent move to Israel where she feels ‘safer’

• The 46-year-old TV star said she ‘experienced anti-Semitism in a really unpleasant way’ in New York over the past few years 
• She said she feels ‘definitely safer’ in Israel after relocating in March 

By Laura Parnaby For Dailymail.Com

Published: 15:14 EDT, 13 June 2023 | Updated: 16:47 EDT, 13 June 2023

US Rep. Liz Cheney has hinted at a possible 2024 run for president against Donald Trump in her concession speech where she compared herself to Abraham Lincoln. 

In her concession speech on Tuesday in Jackson, Wyoming, Cheney made comparisons to President Lincoln, who lost a string of races before winning the White House.

‘Abraham Lincoln was defeated in elections for the Senate and House before he won the most important election of all,’ Cheney said.

Although hinted at presidential aspirations, the bulk of her time up on the podium was spent condemning former President Donald Trump, whose unfounded claims that the 2020 election was stolen she attributed to her loss. 

‘Two years ago, I won this primary with 73 percent of the vote,’ Cheney said as she recalled the pre-Trump political landscape. ‘I could easily have done the same again. The path was clear. 

‘But it would’ve required that I go along with President Trump’s lie about the 2020 election.. That was a path I could not and would not take.’ 

In her speech, Cheney warned Americans that Trump is not the choice for 2024, condemning the January 6 Capitol riot, of which she led the Senate hearings investigating the deadly violence. 

‘Our nation is barreling once again towards crisis, lawlessness and violence. No American should support election deniers for any position of genuine responsibility where their refusal to follow the rule of law will corrupt our future,’ Cheny said of the attack at the Capitol, which was conducted by Trump supporters.

‘Like so many Americans, I assumed that the violence and the chaos of that day would have prompted a united response… Instead, major elements of my party still vehemently defend those who caused it,’ she added.

She also called on people from all parties to unite against those denying the 2020 presidential results, saying that unfounded claims against America’s elections were an attack on democracy.  

‘This is not a game. Everyone of us must be committed to the eternal defense of this miraculous experiment called America.’ 

Trump lashed out at Cheney’s speech, reiterating his false claims that the election was stolen as he said it is her who is looming threat to democracy.    

‘Liz Cheney’s uninspiring concession speech, in front of a ‘tiny’ crowd in the Great State of Wyoming, focused on her belief that the 2020 Presidential Election was not, despite massive and conclusive evidence to the contrary, Rigged & Stolen,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social. 

‘It was, and that’s not even counting the fact that many election changes, in numerous States, were not approved by State Legislatures, an absolute must. 

‘Liz Cheney is a fool who played right into the hands of those who want to destroy our Country’! 

At the top of her concession speech, Cheney informed her supporters that she had called Trump-backed challenger Harriet Hageman and conceded the race – making the point that part of American democracy is ‘honorably’ accepting election results. 

Speaking to supporters at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Event Center, Hageman characterized her win as an effort to ‘dislodge entrenched politicians’ from Washington, D.C.’s ‘uni-party – those Democrats and Republicans who don’t really care which party is in power, just as long as they are.’ 

‘Wyoming has put the elites on notice,’ Hageman said, adding that if you want to represent the Cowboy State, ‘you damn better well live in Wyoming.’ 

She also thanked Trump for his early support – and used his trademark Apprentice line. 

‘If we put you in power you will be accountable … you will answer to us,’ she said. ‘And if you don’t, we will fire you.’  

Former President Donald Trump – who made Cheney his No. 1 2022 target – reveled in her loss. 

‘This is a wonderful result for America, and a complete rebuke of the Unselect Committee of political Hacks and Thugs,’ the ex-president said.

‘Liz Cheney should be ashamed of herself, the way she acted, and her spiteful, sanctimonious words and actions towards others,’ Trump continued. ‘Now she can finally disappear into the depths of political oblivion where, I am sure, she will be much happier than she is right now.’ 

‘Thank you WYOMING!’ Trump added. 

Wyoming Republicans DailyMail.com spoke to Tuesday outside Cheyenne’s historic Storey Gymnasium had all voted for Hageman – with a lone Democrat saying he chose to stick with his party, and not cross over to bolster Cheney’s chances. 

Wyoming voters can switch political parties the day of the election. They can also vote at any polling place, but have to show identification. 

‘Well first of all she should represent her constituents, and she’s not clearly – because that’s why she’s getting voted out – but secondly here’s the reality, she didn’t grow up in Wyoming,’ said 58-year-old Cheyenne resident Roger Forystek, who works in insurance. 

Thanks to her father’s political career, Cheney split her time between Casper and Washington, D.C.  

‘And furthermore, she’s kind of a spoiled brat, in my opinion. She’s a spoiled brat. She’s so used to getting her way, when she doesn’t, she’s throwing a tantrum,’ Forystek added. 

A local pastor, who asked not to be named because of his line of work, told DailyMail.com that his vote for Hageman ‘was moreso to spank Cheney.’ 

‘She’s being sent to the principal’s office,’ he said. 

Cheney has become the most prominent House Republican critic of Trump – currently serving as vice-chair of the House select committee on January 6.

She’s paid a price – losing her No. 3 leadership position in the House Republican Conference and was expelled by Wyoming’s Republican Party, as the state’s voters in 2020 had voted Trump over President Joe Biden by about 43 points.  

The daughter of the former Republican vice president has remained steadfast in her criticism, saying in a campaign ad last week that her party’s embrace of Trump’s ‘big lie’ – his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him – is a ‘cancer.’ 

‘The lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen is insidious,’ she said in the video. 

She added that the false claims are a ‘door Donald Trump opened to manipulate Americans to abandon their principles, to sacrifice their freedom to justify violence, to ignore the rulings of our courts and the rule of law.’ 

For 20-year-old University of Wyoming student Abby Humble, who backed Hageman, it’s not the substance – but Cheney’s style. 

‘I don’t disagree with what she did, I think she was just trying to defend the Constitution,’ Humble told DailyMail.com. ‘But at the same time, I don’t really think that’s what the people of Wyoming wanted … because a lot of them are, you know, Trump supporters.’ 

Donald Trump joined millions of Americans turning out to vote on Tuesday as he cast his ballot for the critical 2022 midterm elections – with Republicans heading towards a decisive victory in the House and the Senate going down to the wire. 

He told reporters afterward that he was ‘looking forward’ to a planned announcement at his Mar-a-Lago home, which is widely speculated to be the beginning of his third campaign for the White House.

Trump also confirmed that he voted to re-elect GOP Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, with whom he’s been at odds over the rising Republican star’s refusal to rule out a potential 2024 primary challenge to Trump.

The ex-president bashed his former ally as ‘Ron DeSanctimonious’ at a campaign rally on Saturday night, a move that invoked the ire of fellow Republicans.

The former president was seen voting in-person at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida alongside his wife Melania Trump. It’s his second election voting as a Sunshine State resident after switching his home state from New York in 2019.

It comes after he told supporters in Ohio last night that Tuesday would bring a ‘red wave’ and dropped his biggest hint yet that he’s considering another White House bid. 

Asked about his potential 2024 candidacy while in Palm Beach, Trump replied: ‘I think Tuesday (Nov. 15) will be a very exciting day for a lot of people, and I look forward to seeing you at Mar-a-Lago.’

‘I think we’re going to have a great night, it’s going to be great for the country,’ he told reporters of the midterms after casting his ballot.

‘No matter who you vote for, you have to vote. It’s so important. This is going to be a very important election.’ 

He added, ‘Hopefully the right thing will happen.’

After voting, Trump took to his social media platform Truth Social to gloat about how much campaigning he’s done for this election cycle. He posted a lengthy statement touting the $350 million he’s raised for Republicans in this cycle, and the $16.4 million he said he’s raised in five weeks for ‘Senate, Gubernatorial, and Attorney General races across the country.’

A Trumpworld source told DailyMail.com that he was planning to announce at the rally in Ohio on Monday night to ‘take credit’ for Republicans’ expected victory. His close friend and former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, also told DailyMail.com that Trump should let Tuesday’s results speak for themselves. 

 

It comes as:

• RealClearPolitics forecasts a decisive Republican majority in the House of Representatives and a likely win in the Senate
• A GOP aide told DailyMail.com that a slim win in the Senate could lead to bigger gains in 2024, when more Democratic seats are up for grabs than Republican
• Donald Trump told Fox News on Monday night that November 8 would be ‘the most interesting midterm they’ve ever had’ 
• The economy is still top of mind for most voters, and an albatross for Democratic candidates as Republicans tie them to Biden’s financial policies
• Trump promised a ‘big announcement’ on November 15, which has prompted some Republican fears that the specter of a Trump 2024 announcement would put off Independents
• President Joe Biden told reporters on Monday night that it would be ‘difficult’ to govern with a Republican majority in both chambers of Congress 

 Instead, he told crowds while campaigning for Republican Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance, ‘We want nothing to detract from the importance of tomorrow. You understand that.’

‘I’m going to be making a very big announcement on Tuesday, November 15,’ Trump said. 

During the speech he also hammered Democrats on crime levels and the economy, both of which are expected to be top issues for voters and ones that Republicans have largely led on in the polls.

‘If you want to stop the destruction of our country and save the American dream, then tomorrow you must vote Republican in a giant red wave that we’ve all been hearing about,’ Trump said. 

Giuliani told DailyMail.com on Monday afternoon, ‘I think he’s gonna run. In fact, I’m at a point where I’d be surprised if he didn’t.’ 

But Republicans, especially those in moderate districts, are privately worried about the specter of a potential Trump 2024 campaign. They’re likely relieved he did not announce last night, which could have given Democrats an eleventh-hour spike in momentum if Trump made the race about himself.

Early on Tuesday morning, voters began casting their ballots in the ‘knife-edge’ midterm election which could see President Joe Biden’s agenda stymied by a Republican-controlled Congress for the next two years. 

A record Election Day turnout is likely after a 40-year-high of more than 44 million Americans cast their ballots early. It surpassed the early voter turnout for 2018, the year of Democrats’ ‘blue wave’ and is the highest number for a midterm election since at least 1982. 

Photographs showed lines already wrapped around the block at polling stations across the East Coast and then in the West in states like Arizona, where polls open at 6am local time.

It’s shaping up to be a long night for President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after polls close, with the vast majority of election forecasts suggesting big gains for Republicans in the House of Representatives and a very high chance of winning a slim majority in the Senate.

The GOP’s confidence is palpable – an aide told DailyMail.com that anything less than a 30 to 40-seat pickup would be a ‘bad night.’

Biden himself conceded that it will be ‘tougher’ for Democrats to keep their slim majority in the House, in comments to reporters on Monday night. With job approval numbers in the high 30s and low 40s for much of his term, the president has largely stayed out of races in competitive states like Arizona and Nevada.

A brief surge of momentum that Democrats experienced over the summer, following the Supreme Court’s reversal of federal abortion protections, seems to have dissipated as voters remain increasingly concerned about the state of the economy and rising crime levels.

The vast majority of pre-Election Day polls have shown Republicans experiencing a last-minute surge in enthusiasm driven by those issues.

 Left-wing voters are also disenchanted with their party’s messaging, which has been heavily focused on abortion and the GOP’s threat to democracy, and have complained that Democrats’ platform does not resonate enough with people’s everyday issues. 

If the margins are unprecedentedly close tonight, it’s possible that Americans may not know which party controls the House or Senate for a matter of days. 

Because different states have different rules for counting electoral votes, various ‘red mirages’ or ‘blue mirages’ could appear early in the vote count and skew perceptions. 

Election officials in states like Florida, Arizona and North Carolina are allowed to open mail-in ballots before Election Day. Those places are likely to see big gains for Democrats, who make up the majority of early voters, before they even out with Republican day-of votes.

On the other hand, states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin do not permit for the counting of mail-in votes until Election Day, meaning that they could appear to be going red quickly as same-day votes are counted ahead of early ballots. 

A Monday survey released by Politico/Morning Consult shows the economy and inflation at the top of nearly 8 in 10 voters’ minds. 

It also shows that 70 percent of voters believe the United States is off on the wrong track – a dire sign for Democrats in an election that’s widely seen as a referendum on their stewardship of the country.

‘I think the expectation is that we pick up 40 seats at minimum’ in the House, a GOP aide told DailyMail.com on Tuesday morning.

‘Anything less than 40 seats is a bad night.’

As of now, Republicans are expected to hold 227 seats in the House after Election Day, compared to Democrats’ projected 174 seats.

It means that even if Democrats win all 34 toss-up races, they still would fall short of the 218 members needed for a majority.

In the Senate, currently split 50-50, Republicans are expected to flip three blue Seats in Georgia, Arizona and Nevada for a majority in the upper chamber that could bring Biden’s judicial and Cabinet confirmations to a grinding halt.

The slim majority this year could set the stage for even greater Republican control in 2024, the GOP aide told DailyMail.com.

They noted that Republicans are defending more seats than Democrats are this year, which will flip in the next election cycle. 

‘If Republicans, you know, do really well in the Senate, have like 53 seats or whatever, it’s not out of the question that we can get to 60 senators in 2024 and win the presidency,’ the GOP aide said.

Meanwhile heavy hitters from both party made their closing messages to voters on Monday night.

Trump took the stage at a campaign rally for Ohio Republican Senate candidate JD Vance, who’s expected to narrowly win a close race against House Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan.

Vance has come out on top of nearly every poll taken in the month leading up to Election Day, though if Democrats score an upset victory it could mean that projections of a GOP ‘red wave’ have been overstated.

Trump told Fox News after the rally, ‘I think it is going to be very interesting, maybe the most interesting midterm they’ve ever had.’ 

Biden, meanwhile, spoke at an Election Day Eve rally in Maryland where he warned voters that Tuesday could have ramifications on the country’s future beyond the next election cycle.

‘Our lifetimes are going to be shaped by what happens the next year to three years,’ Biden said. ‘It’s going to shape what the next couple decades look like.’

The president told reporters after the event that it would be ‘more difficult’ to govern with Republican majorities in the House and Senate, though he added: ‘I think we’ll win the Senate, I think the House is tougher.’ 

As of Tuesday morning, Biden has no public events listed on his schedule. 

It’s possible that his plans on whether to run for president again in 2024 hinge on the midterms’ outcome, as more and more members of his party join a growing chorus calling for new and younger leadership.

Minnesota Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips told CNN on Monday night that ‘regardless’ of how the election plays out, ‘I believe Democrats must rebuild our brand and repopulate our bench of future leaders – for both Congress and the White House.’ 

‘President Biden has fulfilled his promise to serve as a stabilizing “bridge” to the future, and I expect a majority of Democrats will be seeking a next generation candidate to take the baton in 2024.’ 

More vulnerable Democrats have been even blunter in their calls for change. Tim Ryan in Ohio has been forthright about his opinion that Biden should not run for president again – while running in a state that Trump won by 8 points in 2020.