Kamala Harris said she believes that Donald Trump is a “fascist” in a CNN town hall in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, again warning of the threat the Republican poses to the country’s future.
The former president is currently facing a fresh storm of criticism over a report alleging that he once said he needed “the kind of generals that Adolf Hitler had.”
John Kelly, his former chief of staff, has meanwhile told The New York Times that Trump praised Hitler on multiple occasions in his hearing.
Harris told compere Anderson Cooper that Kelly’s revelations were a “911 call to the American people”, having said earlier that Trump is “increasingly unhinged and unstable” and that, in a second Trump term, “people like John Kelly will no longer be there to rein him in”.
Trump has nevertheless taken a narrow lead over Harris in new Wall Street Journal poll with less than two weeks to go until Election Day.
The Republican is on 47 percent of the vote in the newspaper’s latest survey, with Harris two points behind on 45 percent.
Another poll from Marist places the candidates neck-and-neck in the swing states of Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina.
Key Points
- Kamala Harris hits out at ‘fascist’ Donald Trump and defends policies at CNN town hall
- Trump takes narrow lead over Harris in new Wall Street Journal poll
- Republican nominee says Harris has ‘warped mind’ and ‘lowlife’ John Kelly ‘became jello’ in office
- Former president claims he ‘stopped wars with France’ at Georgia rally
- Campaign schedule: Who’s doing what where on Thursday
Former champion wrestler has message for Trump
15:58
Oliver O'Connell
Mick Foley, the retired professional wrestler — considered the greatest of his era in the WWE — has a message for America about Donald Trump as the election nears.
Appearing over the years in the ring as Mankind, Dude Love, and Cactus Jack, Foley slams Trump’s rhetoric about “the enemy within”, is frustrated so many cannot see how he is only out for himself, and explains the former president’s history of screwing over the working class by not paying contractors.
Returning to Trump’s threats to jail his opponents, Foley addresses the former president directly: “Are you going to put me in jail for criticising the Supreme Court?” He then lays into conservative justices one after another, before calling Trump a “douchebag”.
He closes out his video message with an emphatic: “Vote for Kamala Harris!”
Mick Foley with a message to America and Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/G2ZXNxFuSo
— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) October 23, 2024
Trump tells Hugh Hewitt he would fire Jack Smith ‘within two seconds'
15:45
Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump was interviewed on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show this morning. A transcript is not yet complete and the audio quality wasn’t great because the former president was on a plane, but here are some highlights:
- Yes, he’d use military force to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons
- Asked whether he’d pardon himself or fire Jack Smith on his first day in office: “Oh, it’s so easy. It’s so easy. He’s a crooked person. … We had a brave and brilliant judge in Florida … I would fire him within two seconds. … I don’t think they’ll impeach me if I fire Jack Smith … He’s a scoundrel … He’s so mean.”
- Would he pardon Hunter Biden?: “I wouldn’t take it off the books. … Hunter’s a bad boy, there’s no question about it … But I happen to think it’s very bad for our country … I could’ve gotten Hilary Clinton very easily. … I could’ve had her put in jail.” [huh?]
- His response to a question about “why do some people hate you so much” is almost a free association chain of thought worthy of James Austin Johnson’s impression of Trump on Saturday Night Live:Well, it’s a gift, or it’s something like being left a gift. But it’s one way or the other, because I have a tendency to win. It’s a nice thing, and that bothers people. Sometimes, I play a little bit rough, but they play rough. They are rough and vicious people. They are vicious people. They’re dirty people. They’ve weaponized government. They’ve weaponized everything. And it’s actually made me more popular. It’s hard to believe. That’s, they’re also going to be wrestling with for years, because every time they do something, it makes me more popular. And even I’m surprised about the others. But the people, the thing I’ve learned is the people are very smart. They get it. They get it better than the Democrats get it. And every single time they’ve pulled that weaponization, every single time, with Fani, you know, Fani is…with Fani, with everybody, every time they do this, it’s shocking. You know, my pollster will call me, “Sir, you’re up seven points.” The next time, “Sir, you went up six points.” And it’s rather amazing. But Trump Derangement Syndrome, I don’t know, it’s, I think I’m a nice person. But I’m a negotiator, but I win. And look, I’ve won for the Republican Party. I’ve taken the Republican Party and made into an entirely different party…The Republican Party is a very big, powerful party. Before, it stood, it was an elitist party with real stiffs running it.
Trump’s rambling answers at Bronx barbershop visit were edited down for broadcast
15:28
Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump has furiously denounced CBS News for editing the 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris for clarity and brevity, as is the norm in a news magazine show. The former president even called for the network to lose its license, so incensed was he about the issue — having refused to be interviewed himself.
However, now a full unedited video has emerged from Trump’s visit to a barbershop in the Bronx in New York City, as part of Fox & Friends co-host Lawrence Jones’ ongoing barbershop interview series.
CNN compared the video — shot on the phone of someone in the store and posted to Instagram — with what was broadcast by Fox News, and would you believe it, the network “edited out many of Trump’s rambling comments and false claims” and “participants had to repeatedly follow up when Trump meandered away from the original point of their questions”, the network reports.
Trump complained that the Harris interview edits made by CBS were intended to “make her look better”, which is exactly what Fox News has done on this occasion and in other recent interviews with the president on the campaign trail.
The former president’s barbershop rants about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, and crime in Aurora, Colorado were omitted from broadcast.
Per CNN:
One of the most telling parts of the dialogue began when an audience member asked Trump about finding a way to eliminate federal taxes in the future. On Fox, Trump was shown immediately answering affirmatively: “There is a way.”
But that response from Trump actually came more than seven minutes later, after Trump (and Jones) brought up other topics, including inheritances, the Keystone Pipeline, Ronald Reagan, Russia, and transgender sports players. Trump had to be nudged back on track several times by the unnamed audience member, who kept circling back, apologetically, and said “I wasn’t able to finish my question.” After he repeated his tax inquiry yet again, Trump said “there is a way.”
A Fox News spokesperson confirmed to CNN that all of the barbershop segments are pretaped and edited and the Bronx edition ran for an hour and so was cut for time and clarity.
The truth about whether ‘Nikki Haley Republicans’ can help Harris win
15:10
Joe Sommerlad
While the Vice President touts the support of disaffected Republicans like Liz Cheney and John McCain’s son, alumni of Haley’s campaign aren’t impressed, writes Eric Garcia.
All-star line-up for Harris rally in Atlanta
14:58
Oliver O'Connell
Not only will Kamala Harris be joined by Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen at her rally in Atlanta tonight — her first campaign appearance with both the former president and the Boss — but she will also be backed up by Hollywood royalty.
NBC reports that joining the vice president tonight will also be director Spike Lee, actor Samuel L Jackson, filmmaker Tyler Perry, and Mix Master David.
This is the first in a series of “When We Vote We Win” concerts. Springsteen and Obama are also scheduled to appear in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Inside the grassroots campaigns already planning to overturn the 2024 election
14:50
Joe Sommerlad
Thousands of US citizens concerned about Trump-alleged election fraud have been trained by MAGA-aligned figures on how to spot and fight it ahead of the imminent presidential election, an investigation claims.
Dozens of far-right election advocacy groups have visited communities across the country to hold seminars and training sessions intended to motivate average voters to monitor their local election offices.
Ariana Baio has more.
Justice Department announces four cases brought by Election Threats Task Force
14:36
Oliver O'Connell
The Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force (ETTF) has announced four cases involving interstate transmissions of threats to election personnel and other victims.
- Teak Brockbank, 45, of Cortez, Colorado, pleaded guilty today to threatening a Colorado election official and making other threats to an Arizona election official, a Colorado state judge, and federal law enforcement agents between September 2021 and July 2024.
- Brian Jerry Ogstad, 60, of Cullman, Alabama, was sentenced on Monday to 30 months in prison for sending messages threatening violence to election workers with Maricopa County Elections in Phoenix from Aug. 2-4, 2022, during and immediately following the Arizona primary elections.
- Richard Glenn Kantwill, 61, of Tampa, Florida, was charged on Monday for allegedly sending a threat on Feb. 9 to an election official in addition to already pending charges for threats made to three other victims based on their political commentary in 2019 and 2020.
- John Pollard, 62, of Philadelphia, was charged on Monday for allegedly threatening on Sept. 6 to kill a representative of a Pennsylvania state political party who was recruiting official poll watchers.
“As we approach Election Day, the Justice Department’s warning remains clear: anyone who illegally threatens an election worker, official, or volunteer will face the consequences,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland.
“Over the past three and a half years, the Justice Department has been aggressively investigating and prosecuting those who threaten the public servants who administer our elections, and we will continue to do so in the weeks ahead. For our democracy to function, Americans who serve the public must be able to do their jobs without fearing for their lives.”
DOJ warns Elon Musk’s $1m sweepstakes could be illegal
14:30
Joe Sommerlad
The Department of Justice has warned Elon Musk’s Trump-supporting political action committee that its $1m sweepstakes could be illegal.
A letter from the department’s election crimes chief in its public integrity bureau reminded America PAC that offering anything of value to influence how someone casts their ballot would violate federal law.
The letter follows alarm from election law experts and civil rights groups alleging that Musk’s scheme is either an illegal vote-buying stunt or an ethically dubious infusion of the billionaire’s cash into a Trump-boosting campaign.
Alex Woodward has more.
Ex-Republican congressman who voted to impeach Trump endorses Harris
14:10
Joe Sommerlad
“We don’t need this chaos,” says Fred Upton after he crosses the aisle having represented the GOP in Michigan for almost four decades.
“We need to move forward.”
NEW >> Former Republican Congressman Fred Upton who represented battleground Michigan for 36 years endorses Vice President Harris
— Ian Sams (@IanSams) October 24, 2024
“It’s the right thing to do.”
Says Trump is “totally unhinged.” “We don't need this chaos. We need to move forward.”https://t.co/CxQ4bEIweH
Trump calls Biden’s ‘lock him up’ comments ‘election interference’ – despite his own 2016 catchphrase
13:50
Joe Sommerlad
Donald Trump has branded President Joe Biden’s comments that the GOP candidate should be locked up “illegal” and “election interference” – seemingly forgetting his own 2016 catchphrase about his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
During a visit to the Democratic Party’s New Hampshire headquarters on Tuesday, the president told campaign workers that “we gotta lock him up” about Trump. He quickly backtracked, adding the caveat: “politically.”
Trump condemned Biden’s remarks during his campaign rally in Duluth, Georgia, last night, saying it “should cause cases.”
“He can’t say that,” the former president said.
“I’ve been telling you that it’s election interference. This is all it is. He said: ‘We got to lock him up.’ This is illegal and should cause cases.”
James Liddell has more.
Nostradamus pollster reveals latest 2024 prediction – and how he’s never had ‘so much hate’ in an election
13:30
Joe Sommerlad
Historian Allan Lichtman has insisted that he stands by his prediction about who will win the 2024 presidential race despite recent polls – and revealed that he has “never experienced” so much “hate” in an election cycle.
Rhian Lubin reports.
MAGA appropriates Vincent Price to warn against ‘Kamalaween’
13:10
Joe Sommerlad
I’ve seen a lot of pro-Trump garbage on social media in my time but I just can’t let this one go – the legendary horror actor and art collector, who passed away in 1993, would have been utterly mortified to be associated with anything as crass and divisive as Donald Trump.
Vincent Price narrates the HORROR of Kamalaween!! pic.twitter.com/9AzLda2Pwr
— MAGA Resource (@MAGAResource) October 23, 2024
It is actually quite nicely done, particularly the pumpkin-headed Trump “with his golden hair aflame like the autumn leaves”, but Vincent, who was “greylisted” by Joseph McCarthy’s goons as a suspected Communist in the 1950s, would unquestionably have been voting Harris-Walz and deserves so much better than to have his image travestied like this.
Here’s an actual political message from the great man, in which he appeals for tolerance, unity and social responsibility, values entirely alien to Trump.
Harris to give closing speech at spot where Trump kicked off Jan 6
12:50
Joe Sommerlad
The Vice President plans to give a major campaign speech this coming Tuesday at the Ellipse in Washington, DC, the park just outside the White House where Trump called on his supporters to march on Congress in the moments leading up to the January 6 insurrection in 2021.
Campaign officials said the speech, a week before Election Day, will serve as a “closing argument” where Harris, a former prosecutor, will make her final case against Trump before a “jury” of the American people.
According to a permit application obtained by CNN, the event is expected to draw a roughly 7,500-person crowd and feature four to five individuals speaking.
Josh Marcus reports.
Warren Buffett won’t endorse a candidate this election
12:30
Joe Sommerlad
The “Oracle of Omaha” has put out a statement via Berkshire Hathaway saying he will endorse neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump this year, despite previously backing Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
This is literally all it says:
“In light of the increased usage of social media, there have been numerous fraudulent claims regarding Mr. Buffett’s endorsement of investment products as well as his endorsement and support of political candidates. Mr. Buffett does not currently and will not prospectively endorse investment products or endorse and support political candidates.”
While Harris has the support of 81 billionaires, Trump is being backed by 51, including the richest man on earth Elon Musk.
However, Buffett is not only in staying out of it: Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos have not endorsed either.
More than 230 doctors declare Trump too unstable to serve in ad campaign from George Conway’s PAC
12:10
Joe Sommerlad
A swathe of mental health professionals have signed on to an open letter declaring Trump to be far too mentally unstable to be president as part of a new ad campaign from conservative lawyer George Conway’s Anti-Psychopath PAC.
The open letter will be published on Thursday as a paid advertisement in The New York Times, and states that Trump’s “symptoms of severe, untreatable personality disorder – malignant narcissism” have rendered him “deceitful, destructive, deluded, and dangerous” as well as “grossly unfit for leadership.”
Andrew Feinberg reports.
McConnell said Trump’s ‘MAGA movement is completely wrong’, new book reveals
11:50
Joe Sommerlad
Senator Mitch McConnell has said the MAGA movement “is completely wrong” and Trump has “done a lot of damage” to the Republican Party, a new book reveals.
McConnell, who has long been critical of the former president, delivered a withering assessment of how Trump has transformed the GOP to the point where Ronald Reagan “wouldn’t recognize” the party today.
The revelations have emerged in McConnell’s upcoming biography by Michael Tackett, titled The Price of Power.
Rhian Lubin has more.
Clip show: ‘Flawless vs lawless’, Clinton and AOC strike back and Vance talks up Trump’s fitness
11:30
Joe Sommerlad
Here’s a look at some of the best lines from yesterday’s campaigning.
On CNN, pundit Van Jones hit out at the double-standards at play as Kamala must remain “flawless” at all times in her policy and presentation whereas Trump is “lawless” and gets to go around doing whatever he likes, from weird listening parties to salting fries and joking about dead golfers’ junk.
"Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are not taking the same exam... He gets to be lawless, she has to be flawless." — Van Jones giving a dose of reality to the CNN panel. pic.twitter.com/ry1lFtPxjt
— Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) October 24, 2024
In Arizona, Bill Clinton derided the “macho” Republican for hiding from Harris.
Clinton: For all of their macho talk, those boys didn’t want to get near another debate did they… pic.twitter.com/hjnqdXdtIA
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 23, 2024
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez meanwhile hit back at Trump for creepily dismissing her as “a young girl”...
You’re losing your touch, Don. https://t.co/VzavLW3Lwl pic.twitter.com/kozTFBEwK4
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 23, 2024
… while JD Vance praised Trump’s health in glowing terms, attracting the notice of an expert on authoritarianism.
Authoritarian personality cult alert. We must praise the leader's vitality, especially if he has been falling asleep in public! https://t.co/htwzrg02Gq
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) October 23, 2024
Harris will ‘get Trump killed’ in Hitler remark fallout, claims MTG
11:10
Joe Sommerlad
The always-reliable Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed that Kamala Harris is going to get Donald Trump “killed” after the Vice President dared to address Trump’s own remarks praising the “loyalty” of Hitler’s generals.
The Georgia congresswoman described Harris as a “desperate, dangerous” liar in response to Harris’s statement about her Republican rival on Wednesday.
Mike Bedigan has this one too.
Campaign schedule: Who’s doing what where on Thursday
10:50
Joe Sommerlad
Here’s where the main players are today:
- Kamala Harris will be joined by Barack Obama on the campaign trail for the first time for a get-out-the-vote rally and concert in battleground Georgia. Bruce Springsteen performs.
- Tim Walz is hitting Durham, Greenville and Wilmington in North Carolina.
- Doug Emhoff is in Wisconsin, first in Milwaukee and then Kenosha with Wes Moore and Tony West.
- Joe Biden is visiting Arizona.
- Donald Trump is holding two events in the southwest: a rally in Tempe, Arizona, in the afternoon followed by another Turning Point gathering in Las Vegas, Nevada. Charlie Kirk, Tulsi Gabbard and Vivek Ramaswamy will be on hand for that one.
- JD Vance will be on the campaign trail in Waterford, Michigan.
- Other Trump surrogates out-and-about include his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, who will be on a women’s tour in Georgia and Robert F Kennedy Jr, who will be in conversation with Dr Phil McGraw in Pennsylvania.
Model claims Trump groped her in ‘twisted game’ with Jeffrey Epstein
10:30
Joe Sommerlad
A former model has accused Donald Trump of groping her at an event at Trump Tower in 1993 during a “twisted game” the former president was playing with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Stacey Williams said she was introduced to Trump by the disgraced financier, who died in 2019, and that she understood the two men to be good friends.
She said she had dated Epstein for a few months.
The alleged groping – which has been vehemently denied by the Trump campaign – occurred in the late winter or early spring of 1993, Williams claims, when Epstein suggested during a walk they were on that he and Williams stop to visit Trump at Trump Tower.
Mike Bedigan has the story.
Trump warns of ‘Catholic persecution’ and talks up Netanyahu and Orban
10:10
Joe Sommerlad
Before joining Turning Point, Trump was taking part in a faith-based town hall in Zebulon, Georgia, yesterday, where he warned of sinister but non-existent anti-Catholic mobs and name-checked a few more of his favorite international “strongmen”.
Trump: "They say -- and I would agree with this 100 percent -- nobody has done what I've done for Israel." pic.twitter.com/rvdLLU8RiF
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 23, 2024
Trump brings up Viktor Orbán. Exactly one person in the audience whoops in approval. pic.twitter.com/ydEVlxLTbB
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 23, 2024
Trump claims he ‘stopped wars with France’ at Turning Point rally
09:50
Joe Sommerlad
The Republican was concentrating his energies on Georgia yesterday and was given a rousing introduction by Charlie Kirk and Tucker Carlson, the former claiming that God “hates” the Democratic Party and the latter glorying fascistically in the prospect of “Daddy” taking revenge on his enemies if he is elected.
Quite literally how fascists talk https://t.co/Qkc8lzQUx3
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 24, 2024
Tucker Carlson: "It is the party of weak men and unhappy women. One of which leads to the other, by the way. Where you find weak men you will inevitably find unhappy women. Sorry. And they make them on purpose." pic.twitter.com/Z7gNrtDI9B
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 23, 2024
Tucker Carlson basically endorses a coup attempt if Harris wins: "When they tell you they've won, no! You can look them straight in the face and say, 'I'm sorry. Dad's home. And he's pissed'" pic.twitter.com/fPyihLbGI7
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 23, 2024
When Trump himself took to the stage in Duluth, he absurdly claimed to have “stopped wars with France” before dishing up further nasty and nonsensical remarks about Harris, Tim Walz and the fictitious armed migrant population of Times Square.
Trump: "You have no idea what I did in the White House. I stopped wars with France."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2024
His brain then flits to Google and McDonald's. All of this in about 30 seconds. pic.twitter.com/yxgYlycUCM
Trump claims that migrants with military weapons are taking over Times Square in New York "but we have guys that want to confront them. And they're gonna be allowed to confront them. And we're gonna get them the hell out of here." pic.twitter.com/A7P5EiIOay
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2024
Trump on Walz: He’s really a sicko. Remember when he called JD Vance and I weird? We’re not weird. We’re very solid people. He’s a weird dude. He’s always pumping his heart pic.twitter.com/QM3CAHGHu4
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 24, 2024
Oh and here he is bashing Detroit again.
Trump: For 40 years, I’ve been hearing about Detroit is coming back. Never came back pic.twitter.com/d0HYjcNYOU
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 24, 2024
Harris hits out at ‘fascist’ Trump and defends policies at CNN town hall
09:30
Joe Sommerlad
Let’s recap yesterday’s campaigning, starting with the Democrat’s event in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, compered by Anderson Cooper.
She firmly agreed that Trump is indeed a fascist and launched several other pointed attacks on his authoritarian rhetoric as she took questions from an audience of undecided voters in the pivotal swing state.
ANDERSON COOPER: Do you believe Donald Trump is a fascist?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2024
KAMALA HARRIS: Yes I do. And I also believe that the people who know him best on this subject should be trusted pic.twitter.com/CgIvKmCkXU
Kamala Harris: "We've gotta work across the aisle. And it is my commitment to work with Democrats, with Republicans, with independents to deal with a number of issues." pic.twitter.com/8TCAbcI7FB
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2024
Asked about how she'll combat antisemitism, Harris eventually brings up John Kelly and what he said about Trump praising Nazi generals. pic.twitter.com/vbIAeotnXc
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2024
Kamala Harris: "The enemies within! He's talking about the American people. He's talking about journalists, judges, nonpartisan election officials ... he's gonna sit there unstable, unhinged, plotting his revenge, plotting his retribution" pic.twitter.com/m3k17XQpyN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2024
Here’s Andrew Feinberg’s report.
Trump takes narrow lead over Harris in new Wall Street Journal poll
09:10
Joe Sommerlad
This is all getting a bit tense.
The Republican is on 47 percent of the vote in the newspaper’s latest survey, with Harris two points behind on 45 percent.
“Voters have adopted a more positive view of his agenda and past performance and a more negative view of Kamala Harris,” it reports ominously.
Another poll, this one from Marist, places the candidates neck-and-neck in the Sunbelt swing states of Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina, the scene of much fierce campaigning by both sides in recent days.
In Arizona, Trump is one point ahead on 50 percent to 49 percent.
In North Carolina, he’s up two on 50 percent to 48 percent.
But in Georgia, the duo are tied on 49 percent apiece.
Here’s Alicja Hagopian on all the latest election polling.
Truth Social: Trump says Harris has ‘warped mind’ and ‘lowlife’ John Kelly ‘became jello’ in office
08:50
Joe Sommerlad
Here’s the Republican presidential nominee’s latest social media ravings, as he attempts to spin his own alleged praise for Adolf Hitler’s generals on Kamala Harris and launches a bizarre attack on his own former White House chief of staff John F Kelly, who is, he concedes, “tough but dumb” and says he is a “lowlife” who has betrayed him since leaving office.
Comrade Kamala Harris sees that she is losing, and losing badly, especially after stealing the Race from Crooked Joe Biden, so now she is increasingly raising her rhetoric, going so far as to call me Adolf Hitler, and anything else that comes to her warped mind. She is a Threat…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 24, 2024
Thank you for your support against a total degenerate named John Kelly, who made up a story out of pure Trump Derangement Syndrome Hatred! This guy had two qualities, which don’t work well together. He was tough and dumb. The problem is his toughness morphed into weakness,…
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) October 23, 2024
Everyone is talking about election betting markets — here’s the truth
08:00
Mike Bedigan
Betting markets have become a big search term when people are trying to determine the outcome of the close race between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump - but former government officials are warning people not to bet on betting markets’ accuracy.
In recent weeks, betting odds on the candidates from markets like Polymarket, Betfair, Kalshi, PredictIt and more have become a widely cited statistic. Especially, since Trump’s odds have surged.
Ariana Baio explains about why they are not what they seem and why some are worried about the public’s potential reliance on them.
ICYMI: Harris condemns reported Trump comment that he wants ‘kind of generals Hitler had’ - watch
07:01
Mike Bedigan
Donald Trump leads over Kamala Harris on US economy in new poll
06:02
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Donald Trump is leading over his Democratic rival Kamala Harris on the US economy in the US presidential election, according to a poll conducted by the Financial Times.
The poll found 44 per cent of registered voters said they trusted Mr Trump more to handle the economy versus 43 per cent for Ms Harris.
The poll found the former Republican president had a wider lead among voters on the question of which candidate would leave them better off financially.
About 45 per cent Mr Trump — a five-point improvement from the previous month — compared to 37 per cent for Ms Harris, per the FT poll.
EDITORIAL: Why Trump’s latest outburst should be seen for what it is – a phoney war against Labour
06:00
Mike Bedigan
Everyone knows there is no substance to the accusations. Everyone also knows that Labour is more politically aligned to Kamala Harris’s campaign, but Mr Trump’s politics – like his supporter, Nigel Farage’s – are one of childish indignation; and should be treated as such.
Continue reading...
Harris hits out at ‘fascist’ Trump and defends policies at CNN town hall
05:01
Mike Bedigan
With less than two weeks until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris went on offense against former president Donald Trump by warning Americans that her Republican opponent is an authoritarian who doesn’t care about the needs of ordinary people.
Harris spoke to voters in Pennsylvania as part of a CNN town hall that took the place of a presidential debate that Trump refused to attend.
Andrew Feinberg watched:
Watch: Kamala Harris makes casual weed comment in election stress conversation
04:30
Mike Bedigan
Trump attacks Harris’ ‘warped mind’ after Hitler comment backlash
04:00
Mike Bedigan
Noted oddsmaker JD Vance says Trump has a 60% chance to win the election
03:30
Mike Bedigan
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance — who you might have noticed doesn’t get mentioned at all by his running mate during campaign stops, in favour of Elon Musk — suggested that former President Donald Trump has a 60 percent chance of winning the November election during an appearance on a podcast - despite the Ohio senator having no background in oddsmaking.
Vance was a guest on the Tuesday episode of comedian Theo Von’s podcast This Past Weekend.
Gustaf Kilander has the story.
Kamala Harris to give closing election speech at spot where Trump riled up crowd before Jan 6 attack
03:10
Mike Bedigan
Vice President Kamala Harrisplans to give a major campaign speech this coming Tuesday at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., the park just outside the White House where Donald Trump in 2021 called on his supporters to march on Congress in the moments leading up to the January 6 insurrection.
Campaign officials said the speech, a week before election day, will serve as a “closing argument,” where Harris, a former prosecutor, will make her final case against Donald Trump before a “jury” of the American people.
Read more from Josh Marcus here:
Harris calls herself a ‘nerd’ as she describes her ‘weaknesses'
02:55
Mike Bedigan
Kamala Harris called herself “kind of a nerd” after she was asked what her weaknesses were during the CNN Town Hall.
“I may not be quick to have the answer as soon as you ask it about a specific policy issue sometimes because I'm going to want to research it, I'm going to want to s
