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AJ McDougall is a breaking news reporter for The Daily Beast. Before graduating from Columbia University in 2022, she wrote for Vice and E! News, and previously interned at the Beast, Vogue Singapore, and Backstage. She can be reached at amanda.mcdougall@thedailybeast.com.

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Kim K Praises Prosecutor’s Call to Resentence Menendez Bros

‘I AM GRATEFUL’

The media personality also commended the media focus on the injustices in the case, “especially on the heels of Ryan Murphy’s TV show.”

AJ McDougall | Published Oct 24, 2024

Harris Picks a Pointed Location to Give ‘Closing Argument’

FINAL FLOURISH

The vice president will speak next week at the Ellipse, the Washington, D.C. park where Donald Trump spoke ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

AJ McDougall | Published Oct 23, 2024

L.A. Times Boss Speaks on Lack of Presidential Endorsement

RASHOMON

The former editorials editor quit after she said Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the paper’s billionaire owner, gave the order not to publish an endorsement.

AJ McDougall | Published Oct 23, 2024

Star of the First ‘Tarzan’ TV Series Dies at 86

‘TRULY MAGICAL’

The Texas native, who starred on the NBC show from 1966 to 1968, again made headlines in 2019 when his son killed his mother, Ely’s wife.

AJ McDougall | Published Oct 23, 2024

MTG Gets Early Start on Bogus Voting Machine Conspiracies

SAME OLD PLAYBOOK

A mistake by a single voter in Georgia that was quickly corrected has been wildly “blown out of proportion,” according to election officials there.

AJ McDougall | Published Oct 23, 2024

Biden U-Turns After Calling for Trump to Be ‘Locked Up’

‘POLITICALLY’

The president clarified shortly afterwards that he didn’t mean it literally.

AJ McDougall | Published Oct 22, 2024

Harris: This is What We’ll Do If Trump Tries to Claim He Won

READY TO GO

The vice president said she was “very much grounded in the present,” but that she has the “resources” prepped to deal with the potential fallout of her own win next month.

AJ McDougall | Published Oct 22, 2024

Army Ordered to Release Records of Trump’s Arlington Trip

👀

An unnamed campaign staffer was allegedly involved in a physical altercation at the military cemetery in August.

AJ McDougall | Published Oct 22, 2024

‘Blade Runner 2049’ Producers Sue Elon Musk Over AI Art

COPYCAT

The Hollywood production company behind the sci-fi opus said that Musk and Tesla used artificial intelligence to create unlicensed promotional materials for its new “robotaxi.”

AJ McDougall | Published Oct 21, 2024

Team Trump Leaves Trail of Unpaid Rally Bills Across U.S.

OUTSTANDING

A number of cities have accused the former president of skipping town without settling the check after staging events there.

AJ McDougall | Published Oct 21, 2024

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