Kamala Harris is leading Donald Trump by four points in the latest Economist/YouGov poll, 49-45 percent, and appears to have pulled ahead with suburban voters according to a new Reuters/Ipsos survey — though one data analyst says the former president’s odds of winning have inexplicably surged.
Meanwhile, Trump has rejected Fox News’s offer to host a final presidential debate between him and his Democratic rival, having also spurned CNN’s invitation to a second contest.
“THERE WILL BE NO REMATCH,” the Republican said on Truth Social. “SO THERE IS NOTHING TO DEBATE.”
Trump was widely felt to have lost their first match-up in Philadelphia a month ago, cutting an absurd figure as he ranted baselessly about Haitian immigrants eating domestic pets in Springfield, Ohio.
On Wednesday, the Republican rallied in Joe Biden’s home state of Pennsylvania, using his time to repeat favorite false claims, call Harris “dumb”, and attack The View host Whoopi Goldberg as “demented” and “dirty and disgusting”.
Exclusive polling for The Independent has meanwhile indicated that Republicans are tiring of Trump and prefer his running mate, JD Vance, although they consider Democrat Tim Walz more presidential than this rival.
Key Points
- Harris overtakes Trump among suburban voters, latest polling shows
- Donald Trump rejects Fox News debate offer: ‘There will be no rematch’
- Trump launches personal attacks against women at Pennsylvania rallies
- Kamala Harris passes $1bn in fundraising since entering the race in July
- Joe Biden calls Trump ‘un-American’ over hurricane relief lies
Harris leading Trump by four points in latest poll
17:26
Oliver O'Connell
Kamala Harris is leading Donald Trump by four points among likely voters, according to an Economist/YouGov poll released today.
The vice president leads with 49% to Trump’s 45%, while four percent of voters are unsure, one percent support Jill Stein, and one percent support other candidates.
Harris also leads Trump by three percentage points among registered voters — 47% support the vice president while 44% plan to cast a ballot for the former president.
However, five percent of registered voters were still unsure of their choice, while one percent said they will vote for Jill Stein, one percent said they would not vote, and another one percent supported other candidates.
Watch: Trump tells Florida ‘we will come back stronger’ after Hurricane Milton
17:20
Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump has posted a video message to the people of Florida following Hurricane Milton.
[Note the big edit at the one-minute mark — who made this? CBS?]
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) October 10, 2024
Ohioans know Trump’s claims about immigrants are false — but they still plan to vote for him
17:10
Oliver O'Connell
Most voters in Ohio do not believe Donald Trump’s racist falsehood that Haitian immigrants are “eating the pets” of Springfield.
But the Republican presidential candidate is still leading Vice President Kamala Harris by roughly six percentage points in the state, maintaining his lead from his 2016 and 2020 victories, according to polling from The Washington Post.
Alex Woodward looks at the latest polling.
Trump campaign revels in positive Pennsylvania rally coverage; Harris camp responds
17:00
Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump’s senior campaign advisor Chris LaCivita celebrated positive media coverage in several local Pennsylvania newspapers this morning following the former president’s two rallies in the state on Wednesday in Scranton and Reading.
“Won’t see this in the national rags... PA papers this morning,” he tweeted. [Does he not know there was a major hurricane overnight?]
Won’t see this in the national rags…PA papers this morning pic.twitter.com/2F1j3BlTJD
— Chris LaCivita (@LaCivitaC) October 10, 2024
The Kamala Harris campaign shot back with a video of a number of empty seats at one venue at which Trump spoke...
pic.twitter.com/lSYIsQT429 https://t.co/K5LucCbkbe
— James Singer (@Jemsinger) October 10, 2024
Top election data analyst says Trump’s odds of winning have suddenly surged - but can’t explain why
16:50
Oliver O'Connell
A data scientist who constructed a model to predict who will win the 2024 presidential election says Donald Trump has surged ahead in the last week.
Dr Thomas Miller from Northwestern University runs a website called The Virtual Tout, where he posts daily electoral vote forecasts. He also maps these predictions onto a graph with a timeline of major events that could sway voters – such as the July 13 assassination attempt against Trump and the October 1 debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz.
Katie Hawkinson looks at his latest findings.
Trump continues to attack CBS as ‘threat to democracy'
16:35
Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump is not letting go of his wild accusations of bias against CBS News’s 60 Minutes after he refused to participate in the traditional October interview with the candidates and they went ahead and interviewed Kamala Harris.
The former president claims that editing decisions made by the network deliberately made Harris look better. Trump’s remarks are often edited down by networks for coherence — which is common practice in pre-recorded interviews.
In his latest Truth Social tirade, the former president said that CBS — and all broadcast networks — should lose their licenses and be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
In another try for a gold medal in the self-aggrandizement Olympics, Trump then claimed that 60 Minutes takes everything he says, realizes “how totally BRILLIANT it is” and then cuts it out.
He then branded the flagship current affairs show of the network that brought you NCIS, The Big Bang Theory, MASH, and... I Love Lucy, as a “THREAT TO DEMOCRACY!”
OK, then...
Here’s what he wrote in full:
60 Minutes is a major part of the News Organization of CBS, which has just created the Greatest Fraud in Broadcast History. CBS should lose its license, and it should be bid out to the Highest Bidder, as should all other Broadcast Licenses, because they are just as corrupt as CBS — and maybe even WORSE!
With me, 60 Minutes does the exact opposite! They take everything I say, realize how totally BRILLIANT it is, and take it out. So, with Kamala they add, with “TRUMP,” they delete. Like the Democrat Party, THEY ARE A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY!
Here’s an incident in which Trump had interview responses edited 11 times in two minutes:
Fox News appears to abruptly cut out Trump’s gaffes and confusion at least 11 times in less than two minutes pic.twitter.com/C0hx9nJ4eP
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 3, 2024
Matriarch of a dynasty Ethel Kennedy passes away
16:30
Oliver O'Connell
The Kennedy family has announced the passing of Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F Kennedy.
It is with our hearts full of love that we announce the passing of our mother, Ethel Kennedy. Please keep our mother in your hearts and prayers. pic.twitter.com/bdIQFsC0CS
— Kerry Kennedy (@KerryKennedyRFK) October 10, 2024
Despite personal heartbreak and tragedy in her life, Kennedy was well-known for her dedication to advancing the human rights of others.
Ariana Baio looks back on her life.
Harris supporter slams ‘sick’ pro-Trump PAC for ‘twisting’ snippet of her interview
16:25
Oliver O'Connell
The mother of a gun violence victim sat for an NBC News interview in July and now is slamming a pro-Donald Trump group for distorting her words to attack Kamala Harris in a new ad.
Kimberly Burrell, 53, was one of five Black voters from Philadelphia interviewed by the network this summer about the issues that matter most to them ahead of the election. Now, snippets of the lifelong Democrat appear in a conservative PAC’s ad slamming “Bidenomics.”
Kelly Rissman has the story.
Trump continues to threaten CBS as Harris campaign distances itself from editing accusations
16:05
Oliver O'Connell
Kamala Harris’s campaign has distanced itself from questions over her 60 Minutes interview after Donald Trump baselessly accused the network of committing a crime with its production of her interview.
Right-wing critics on social media posted side-by-side clips of her preview of her interview — in which Harris delivered a lengthy response to 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker on whether the US lacks influence over Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — next to the same segment in the final broadcast that aired October 7.
The Republican presidential candidate shared the clips on his Truth Social on Thursday, raging against what he called a “giant Fake News Scam” by the network.
Alex Woodward reports.
Don’t do this...
15:45
Oliver O'Connell
15:25
Reuters
Reuters/Ipsos surveys have shown voters consider the economy the No. 1 issue ahead of the election and in a poll conducted in October, 46% of voters said Trump was the better candidate for the economy, 8 points more than Harris’ 38%.
The polls have also shown Trump as the more trusted candidate on immigration and crime. Trump told supporters in August he was the candidate that would keep suburbs safe and ensure that migrants coming across the border illegally are kept “away from the suburbs.”
Trump has blamed the Biden administration for inflation that has hurt middle class Americans. Harris, meanwhile, has put considerable focus in her speeches on pledges to increase the size of the middle class. She also is more often picked in polls as the better candidate for protecting democracy and taking a stand against political extremism.
“Her focus on affordability has been highly effective in narrowing Trump’s advantage on inflation and the economy,” said David Wasserman, a political analyst at the Cook Political Report.
Wasserman said Harris appeared to be performing well among relatively affluent suburbanites who could be growing more optimistic about the economy, while her gains among middle-income voters could be due to her campaign’s regular pledges to help middle-class households.
But he noted that voter turnout in Democratic-leaning urban areas and Republican-leaning rural towns could also be critical in deciding the election.
Harris overtakes Trump among suburban voters, new poll shows
15:22
Reuters
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has erased Republican rival Donald Trump’s advantage in the vast middle of American society: suburban residents and middle-income households, an analysis of Reuters/Ipsos polling shows.
Since President Joe Biden ended his flagging reelection bid on July 21, Vice President Harris has pulled into the lead in both of these large demographic groups, reinvigorating Democrats’ prospects in the Nov. 5 election, though the race remains exceptionally close.
Suburbanites, who make up about half of the U.S. electorate and are as racially diverse as the nation at large, are a key prize. Biden beat Trump in suburban counties by about six percentage points in the 2020 presidential election.
Before Biden dropped out, Trump was leading him 43% to 40% among suburbanites in Reuters/Ipsos polls conducted in June and July, reflecting the Democrat’s struggle to energize supporters.
Harris began closing the gap when she launched her campaign in July and led Trump 47% to 41% among suburban voters in polling across September and October. That represents a nine-point swing in the Democrat’s favor, according to the analysis of six Reuters/Ipsos polls that included responses from over 6,000 registered voters.
During the same periods, Trump went from leading Biden 44% to 37% among voters in households that earn between $50,000 and $100,000 - roughly the middle third of the nation - to trail Harris 43% to 45%, also a nine-point swing away from Trump. The figures had margins of error of around 3 percentage points.
Trump carried this group 52%-47% in 2020, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of exit polls.
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2024 presidential election to be most expensive in history with $15.9bn spent
15:05
Joe Sommerlad
This year’s race for the White House is on track to be the most expensive in history, even as one of the two major candidates has essentially run one of the shortest campaigns in modern times.
A report from OpenSecrets published this week found that the two major-party presidential campaigns, their related super PACs and other aligned groups will (combined with third-party candidates and organizations) spend more than $15.9bn over the course of the 2024 election cycle, breaking the record set in 2020 of $15.1bn.
John Bowden reports.
Exclusive: Poll shows Republican voters are tired of Trump and much prefer JD Vance
14:45
Joe Sommerlad
Fresh polling for The Independent has indicated that Republicans are tiring of Trump and prefer his running mate, JD Vance, although they consider Democrat Tim Walz more presidential than this rival.
Alicja Hagopian takes a closer look.
Harris campaign trolls Trump with ‘scab’ banner over MLB playoff game
14:25
Joe Sommerlad
The VP isn’t giving up the battle to win Michigan even as polls show flagging enthusiasm among Democratic-leaning voters in the state.
As we saw earlier, the DNC is putting up billboards across the Detroit today to welcome Trump by pointing out his economic failings in office and the Harris campaign was out yesterday with a banner flown over the MLB American League playoff game in the same city dubbing her opponent an “anti-union scab”.
The banner flew over Comerica Park from 11am to 3pm, according to a campaign press release.
Michigan is a union-heavy state thanks in large part to the concentration of the US auto industry in Detroit and the surrounding areas.
But the state, part of the historic “Blue Wall”, voted for Trump in 2016 before returning to Joe Biden’s camp in 2020.
John Bowden has more.
Trump adviser calls federal hurricane safety update ‘propaganda’
14:05
Joe Sommerlad
A top adviser to Donald Trump has now accused Fox News of running “literal propaganda” for airing a Hurricane Milton safety update from the president and federal officials.
Chris LaCivita, a GOP strategist and adviser to the Trump campaign, posted a screenshot of the channel airing an update on the storm from Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Officials from FEMA, the Coast Guard, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service also attended the call.
“Fox News just as bad as every other ‘cable news’ network …running literally propaganda and Kamala Harris TV ads disguised as a news conference,” LaCivita wrote on X.
Yeesh.
Here’s more from Katie Hawkinson.
Kremlin says Trump sent Putin Covid equipment – despite his denial
13:45
Joe Sommerlad
This is what the Republican nominee had to say about the Russian president in Scranton yesterday.
Trump: She cannot be trusted and she is totally ill equipped to do the job of being president of the United States. Let me tell you, I know all of them. I know President XI, I know Putin, I know Kim Jong un of North Korea. pic.twitter.com/vqcxhQ2iNJ
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 9, 2024
He certainly does know Putin, according to Bob Woodward’s new book, which recounts “at least seven” private phone calls between them since he left the White House as well as Trump gifting the dictator a Covid testing machine early on in the pandemic, two accusations that were subsequently fiercely denied by his campaign.
Here’s Graig Graziosi on Trump getting called out for lying by the Kremlin, of all institutions.
Moment comedian laughs in Trump’s face when he claims ‘he’s basically a truthful person’
13:25
Joe Sommerlad
Here’s Rhian Lubin with more on the Republican nominee’s latest podcast appearance with comics Andrew Schulz and Akaash Singh, who just laughed when he claimed to be an honest broker.
Watch: The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper trolls Melania over her ‘ChatGPT’ memoir
13:05
Joe Sommerlad
Ooof, this is brutal.
Here’s more from Rhian Lubin on last night’s show.
Truth Social: Trump attacks ‘beta male’ Howard Stern over Harris interview
12:45
Joe Sommerlad
Rather suggesting Kamala’s media blitz tactic this week has touched a nerve, Trump has now gone after 60 Minutes, The View and his one-time foil Howard Stern for hosting her within the last two days – as well as Jimmy Kimmel for interviewing Tim Walz on Monday.
BETA MALE Howard Stern made a fool of himself on his low rated radio show when he “interviewed” Lyin’ Kamala Harris, and hit her with so many SOFTBALL questions that even she was embarrassed. He looked like a real fool, working so hard to make a totally incompetent and…
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) October 9, 2024
Only Stephen Colbert has escaped unscathed and must surely be next.
Although, having said that, his spokesman Steven Cheung did rebuke the VP for drinking a beer with him so perhaps that counts – he’s even outsourcing the abuse now, it seems.
Barack Obama stumping for Harris in Pittsburgh today
12:25
Joe Sommerlad
The 44th president begins his tour of battleground states on Thursday with a speech in the Pennsylvania city to champion the Vice President’s campaign.
We’ll bring you full coverage of his remarks as they happen.
Harris herself will meanwhile be taking part in a town hall event broadcast on the Spanish-language network Univision to make her case to Latino voters, Trump is in Detroit as we’ve seen and JD Vance is campaigning in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Trump laughs as comedian asks if he’s sure he wants abortion bans now that Barron is ‘unleashed in NYC’
12:05
Joe Sommerlad
The Republican nominee appeared on Andrew Schulz’s Flagrant with Akaash Singh comedy podcast yesterday and was hit with the uncomfortable question about his 18-year-old son, who started studying at New York University this fall.
“So tell me this,” Schulz asked Trump. “Tell me this situation. Okay. Barron is 18. He’s handsome, he’s tall, he’s rich.”
“He’s got the whole ballgame, this kid,” Trump interjected.
Schulz continued: “He’s unleashed in New York City. Are you sure you want to reverse Roe v Wade now? I mean, maybe give him a few years, you know?”
Trump didn’t answer the question but cracked a smile before launching into a defense of his role in overturning Roe v Wade.
Rhian Lubin has more.
Exclusive: Democrats to highlight Trump’s job loss record as ex-president addresses Detroit Economic Club
11:45
Joe Sommerlad
When Donald Trump arrives in Detroit to speak to the city’s famed economic club today, he’ll be greeted with reminders of the thousands of autoworkers whose jobs vanished from the Wolverine State during his time in the White House.
A new ad installation funded by the Democratic National Committee is placing billboards at 22 separate locations in and around the Motor City to warn Michiganders of the ex-president’s dismal record on protecting auto industry and union jobs.
Despite promises that Michigan would not lose a single auto manufacturing position on his watch, Trump’s presidency saw 280,000 jobs lost in the state from 2017 to the end of his term in 2021, with multiple auto plans closing their doors during that time.
Democrats want to remind voters of those facts with the billboards, which have two different designs.
Here’s Andrew Feinberg’s report.
Harris overtakes Trump among suburban voters, Reuters/Ipsos polling shows
11:27
Joe Sommerlad
Kamala has erased her Republican rival’s advantage in the vast middle of American society: suburban residents and middle-income households, an analysis of Reuters/Ipsos polling shows.
Since Joe Biden ended his flagging re-election bid on July 21, Vice President Harris has pulled into the lead in both of these large demographic groups, reinvigorating Democrats’ prospects in the November 5 election, though the race remains exceptionally close.
Suburbanites, who make up about half of the US electorate and are as racially-diverse as the nation at large, are a key prize.
Biden beat Trump in suburban counties by about six percentage points in the 2020 presidential election. Before he dropped out, Trump was leading him 43 percent to 40 percent among suburbanites in Reuters/Ipsos polls conducted in June and July, reflecting the Democrat’s struggle to energize supporters.
Harris began closing the gap when she launched her campaign in July and led Trump 47 percent to 41 percent among suburban voters in polling across September and October.
That represents a nine-point swing in the Democrat’s favor, according to the analysis of six Reuters/Ipsos polls that included responses from over 6,000 registered voters.
Joe Biden calls Trump ‘un-American’ over hurricane relief lies
11:05
Joe Sommerlad
The President launched an angry attack on his White House predecessor yesterday over his insistence the federal government has not helped the people of Georgia and North Carolina since Helene struck late last month, offering a contemptuous “c’mon” when it was put to him that it might be worth trying to reason with Trump on the issue directly.
Reporter; Why do you think trump is spreading misinformation?
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 9, 2024
Biden: I don't know. I simply don't know. I used the phrase more than I ever used in my whole career, unAmerican. What are they taking about pic.twitter.com/dLg4dTzyVG
Reporter: Have you considered calling Trump and telling him to stop?
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 9, 2024
Biden: pic.twitter.com/0FKKPzeNfT
He also rebuked Georgia GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene as “beyond ridiculous” for claiming on X that “they” can control the weather, a distracting absurdity with Hurricane Milton now bearing down.
Biden: Marjorie Taylor Greene is now saying the federal government is literally controlling the weather. We are controlling the weather. It is beyond ridiculous. It is so stupid. It's got to stop. pic.twitter.com/yyGCaLmVcZ
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 9, 2024
Kamala Harris passes $1bn in fundraising since entering the race in July
10:45
Joe Sommerlad
Fresh off a media blitz that included stops on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The View, the Harris campaign is reportedly heading into the final stretch of the 2024 election with another show of force: it has reportedly raised over $1bn since the Vice President entered the race, likely the fastest a campaign has ever hit ten figures.
In the less than three months since Harris declared her candidacy, she’s raised an estimated $147m more than Trump has raised this entire year.
Here’s our report from Josh Marcus.
Trump in Reading: Candidate lies about hurricane relief, forced sex changes in schools and ending the Ukraine war
10:25
Joe Sommerlad
Later on Wednesday, the Republican was back out there repeating some of his favourite recent falsehoods about the federal response to Helene, non-existent forced gender-reassignment surgery in schools and the invasion of Ukraine – utterly indifferent to the truth or the consequences of his disingenuous rhetoric for other people.
Trump on Hurricane Helene: She didn’t send anything or anyone at all, days passed, no help as men, women, and children drowned. North Carolina has 8 military bases. Fort Bragg. They changed the name. We won two wars from Fort Bragg pic.twitter.com/2zHn3UjFKa
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 10, 2024
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 10, 2024
Trump: I will end the war with Ukraine when I am president elect. I won’t even wait to get into office. pic.twitter.com/8KiOkD9Axh
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 10, 2024
Perhaps more significantly, Trump also hinted at the prospect of Cabinet positions within his possible future administration for Robert F Kennedy Jr and Vivek Ramaswamy, a very troubling prospect indeed.
Trump: We will make America healthy again. You knew I was going to do that? -- You know who is going to do that? Rfk Jr.. He has some good ideas. pic.twitter.com/4exnuxnoUT
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 10, 2024
Trump on Ramaswamy: We’re going to bring him in.. Somebody said, who is going to be secretary of state? I said, do me a favor. Let's win first. He will be a part of something that will be really big. pic.twitter.com/SLEn9GnnKj
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 10, 2024
Trump in Scranton: Defending ‘the weave’ and raving about tariffs and windmills
10:05
Joe Sommerlad
Here’s what else the Republican presidential nominee had to offer to the good folk of Pennsylvania, beginning with his appearance in Biden’s old hometown.
Trump: I have a great memory. I can talk about hundreds of things at one time.. I can do things that people can't do. pic.twitter.com/SW99b1POTz
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 9, 2024
HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TARIFFS WORK! https://t.co/s2AItye3YH
— Decoding Fox News (@DecodingFoxNews) October 9, 2024
Trump: The windmills aren't wind. There's no wind tonight. You can't watch, darling. We're not going to be watching tonight. Maybe we'll catch him another time. These people are crazy. pic.twitter.com/NHmAAEf2h1
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 9, 2024
Trump launches personal attacks against women at Pennsylvania rallies
09:45
Joe Sommerlad
The Republican rallied in Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton and in Reading, Pennsylvania, yesterday using his time in the pivotal swing state to lash out at a number of female enemies, calling Harris “dumb”, mocking Senator Elizabeth Warren and attacking The View host Whoopi Goldberg as “demented” and “dirty and disgusting”.
Trump: I think the other one asking the question is dumber than Kamala. She's a dummy. I watched her over the years. That is one dumb woman. She's a dummy. pic.twitter.com/iTdYlEETbv
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 9, 2024
Trump: The people of Pennsylvania have to tell Kamala Harris.. we think you're a horrible person. We think you're a liar and we hate. Right? We think you're a liar. We think you're not a smart person, and we're tired of having stupid people run our country. pic.twitter.com/9Szxj5a3NV
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 9, 2024
Trump: That means essentially that I have more Indian blood in me than she has. I have none. I’d like to have some pic.twitter.com/FWZ3aGcWnf
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 10, 2024
Trump: I have hired Whoopi to work for me as a comedian Her mouth was so foul, every word out of her mouth was like the F word. I was with a group of nice people. We had to leave. She was so filthy, dirty, disgusting. Oh, what a loser she is pic.twitter.com/Zv1pGXXmXA
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 10, 2024
Incredibly, he then denied having a problem with women or attracting female support, claiming: “I think [women] like me anyway. I think it’s all bulls***. They make it up.”
Trump: The women are going to like Trump. I think they like me anyway. I think it's all bullshit. pic.twitter.com/h1uqQqrIJQ
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 10, 2024
Here’s Ariana Baio on Trump’s latest sexist tirades.
Trump rejects Fox News debate offer: ‘There will be no rematch’
09:25
Joe Sommerlad
Donald Trump has rejected Fox News’s offer to host a final presidential debate between him and Democratic rival Kamala Harris, having also spurned CNN’s invitation to a second contest.
Fox had offered to host a rematch between the two White House contenders on either October 24 and 27 while CNN had separately invited them to a face-off in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 23, which Harris had accepted.
“THERE WILL BE NO REMATCH,” the Republican said on Truth Social. “SO THERE IS NOTHING TO DEBATE.”
Trump was widely felt to have lost their first match-up in Philadelphia a month ago, cutting an absurd figure as he ranted baselessly about Haitian immigrants eating domestic pets in Springfield, Ohio – an exchange that went viral.
Hurricane Milton drives tornado within 15 miles of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate
09:00
Joe Sommerlad
After the powerful storm made landfall near Sarasota, Florida, a few hours ago, it set in motion an outbreak of tornados inland.
One of those was spotted just southwest of the city of Wellington, which has a population of 66,000 and lies just 15 miles from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club estate in Palm Beach.
A video of the whirlwind posted to social media has been authenticated by the National Weather Service’s office in Miami, which warned: “ONGOING TORNADO heading toward populated areas. SEEK SHELTER NOW!”
There have been no reports of injuries or property damage as yet.
ONGOING TORNADO heading toward populated areas (Loxahatchee Groves and the Acreage)
— NWS Miami (@NWSMiami) October 9, 2024
SEEK SHELTER NOW! https://t.co/hS9GOuBwlH
ICYMI: Biden condemns Trump’s ‘onslaught of lies’ about hurricane relief efforts
08:40
Oliver O'Connell
President Joe Biden on Wednesday slammed his predecessor for leading a massive campaign of misinformation and disinformation that is hampering efforts to help Americans harmed by Hurricane Helene and protect them from the damage that is sure to be wrought by Hurricane Milton when it hits Florida later this week.
Speaking during a briefing alongside administration officials at the White House, Biden said he has been in “constant contact” with governors from all of the states affected by Milton and Helene — Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia — and stressed that the governors have been ”very thankful and appreciative of the help the federal government is providing.”
Andrew Feinberg filed this report from the White House.
Trump calls ‘The View' hosts ‘dumb women’ and ‘degenerates’
08:10
Oliver O'Connell
Former President <