Donald Trump spent one of the final Sundays of the election cycle working the fry cooker at a Pennsylvania branch of McDonald’s – the latest bizarre moment in a campaign that has increasingly become a tour of personal vendettas and aimless grudges, despite his aides’ best efforts to keep him on track.
The Republican presidential nominee is known for his love of the fast-food franchise but has become obsessed with the fact that his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris worked in one of its restaurants when she was a student, a detail he griped about during his stunt appearance in Lower Southampton.
CBS News has meanwhile hit back at the former president over his repeated false claims that its show 60 Minutes edited its recent interview with Harris to make her answers appear more favorable.
In a statement, the show insisted its episodes are cut to be “clear, accurate and on point” and never “deceitful” and reiterated its offer to Trump to sit down for his own Q&A after he backed out of an initial agreement to appear.
Harris meanwhile spent the weekend celebrating her 60th birthday while Trump raised eyebrows with a bizarre anecdote about golfer Arnold Palmer’s manhood.
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Donald Trump serves up disturbing message with fries at Pennsylvania McDonald’s
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CBS News finally hits back at Trump’s false 60 Minutes claims
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Trump raises eyebrows with crude anecdote about late golfer Arnold Palmer’s manhood
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Elon Musk offers voters $1m to sign PAC petition. Can that be legal?
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Can Harris beat Trump? Latest poll updates
CBS News finally hits back at Trump’s false 60 Minutes claims
09:25 , Joe Sommerlad
The broadcaster has at last come back at the former president over his repeated false claims that its show 60 Minutes edited its recent interview with Kamala Harris to make her answers appear more favorable.
In a statement issued to another CBS program, Face the Nation, on Sunday morning, the network declared: “Former president Donald Trump is accusing 60 Minutes of deceitful editing of our October 7 interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. That is false.
“When we edit any interview, whether a politician, an athlete, or movie star, we strive to be clear, accurate and on point.
“The portion of her answer on 60 Minutes was more succinct, which allows time for other subjects in a wide ranging 21-minute-long segment.”
It also reiterated its offer to Trump to sit down for his own Q&A after he backed out of an initial agreement to appear.
“Our long-standing invitation to former president Trump remains open.
“If he would like to discuss the issues facing the nation and the Harris interview, we would be happy to have him on 60 Minutes.”
Here’s Io Dodds on Trump’s shifting excuses for ducking out of that session.
Donald Trump’s ‘shifting’ excuses for refusing to sit down with 60 Minutes revealed
Watch: Trump attempts to troll Kamala Harris with McDonald’s stunt
09:05 , Joe Sommerlad
Here’s our video report on the Republican’s surreal Sunday gig.
Donald Trump tries to troll Kama Harris by serving up fries at McDonald’s
Donald Trump serves up disturbing message with fries at Pennsylvania McDonald’s
08:45 , Joe Sommerlad
Good morning!
Donald Trump spent one of the final Sundays of the election cycle working the fry cooker at a Pennsylvania branch of McDonald’s – the latest bizarre moment in a campaign that has increasingly become a tour of personal vendettas and aimless grudges, despite his aides’ best efforts to keep him on track.
The Republican presidential nominee is known for his love of the fast-food franchise but has become obsessed with the fact that his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris worked in one of its restaurants when she was a student, a detail he griped about during his stunt appearance in Lower Southampton.
The roughly hour-long photo opp closed down the branch in question entirely.
During the visit, Trump had an apron tied behind his back by a McDonald’s cashier before he recieved a short demonstration on how to work the fry station before sticking his head through the drive-thru window.
The former president proceeded to hand out a number of orders, chatting to supporters who were picking up their meals.
But as he took a question from a reporter through the window, Trump again resorted to baseless suggestions that the upcoming presidential election could be tainted by fraud, a charge he and running mate JD Vance have repeated about the 2020 vote.
“Will you accept the results of the election?” the journalist asked.
“Yeah, sure, if it’s a fair election,” came the ominious answer.
Here’s more on an odd afternoon from John Bowden.
Trump serves disturbing message through McDonald’s drive-thru window
ICYMI: Lizzo joins Kamala Harris in Michigan as election looms
08:00 , Andrea Cavallier
Can Harris beat Trump? Latest poll updates
07:00 , Andrea Cavallier
Vice President Kamala Harris will go head-to-head with Donald Trump in less than three weeks as Americans cast their votes in the 2024 election.
The race has only become tighter, with Harris just one point ahead of Trump in a new poll. The outcome of the election is anyone’s game.
See the latest poll results:
Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates from the 2024 election
Musk offers voters $1 million to sign PAC petition. Can that be legal?
06:00 , Andrea Cavallier
Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla and Space X and owner of X who’s gone all-in on Republican Donald Trump’s candidacy for the White House, has already committed at least $70 million to help the former president.
Now he’s pledging to give away $1 million to voters for signing his political action committee’s petition backing the Constitution.
But is it legal?
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Musk offers voters $1 million to sign PAC petition backing the Constitution. Can that be legal?
Josh Shapiro calls on cops to look into Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaways in Pennsylvania
04:00 , Andrea Cavallier
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Sunday that Elon Musk’s plans to give $1 million to registered voters who sign his super PAC’s petition is “deeply concerning” and should be looked into by law enforcement.
“I think there are real questions with how he is spending money in this race, how the dark money is flowing, not just into Pennsylvania, but apparently now into the pockets of Pennsylvanians,” Shapiro said in an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker on Meet the Press. “That is deeply concerning.”
“I think it’s something that law enforcement could take a look at,” he added. “I’m not the attorney general anymore of Pennsylvania. I’m the governor, but it does raise some serious questions.”
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Josh Shapiro calls on cops to look at Musk’s $1 million giveaways in Pennsylvania
03:30 , Andrew Georgeson
Trump has been mocked online after appearing to call anchor Sage Steele, “Pagie” at the start of his town hall on Sunday afternoon.
Elon Musk and Marjorie Taylor Greene risk Dominion’s wrath
03:00 , John Bowden
More than a year after the company reached a record-breaking settlement with Fox News over similar claims, Elon Musk promoted a debunked conspiracy theory that suggested Dominion Voting Systems had manipulated the outcome of the 2020 election.
The Twitter CEO — who has been joined by Marjorie Taylor Greene in making false assertions about the company in recent days — could be risking a legal fight with the company that successfully forced Fox News into a multimillion-dollar settlement after the 2020 election.
Read more from Alex Woodward:
Elon Musk and Marjorie Taylor Greene revive voting machine conspiracy theories
02:30 , Andrew Georgeson
Trump’s busy day continues as he watches the Steelers take on the New York Jets in Pittsburg.
GOP Senate candidate has long claimed he was shot in Afghanistan. People are now questioning his story
02:00 , John Bowden
A key Senate race in Montana has long been viewed as Republicans’ best chance to unseat a Democratic incumbent this year. But a last-minute scandal may be brewing, as the Republican candidate in the race is now being accused of lying about being wounded in combat.
Matthew Brown has more:
GOP Senate candidate has claimed he was shot at war. People are questioning his story
Tim Walz collects $2 million in Boston
01:45 , Andrea Cavallier
Tim Walz collected $2.4 million for Kamala Harris’s joint fundraising committee in Boston on Sunday.
“We don’t stop in here to treat you like an ATM. What we understand is that the folks here can help,” Walz told the crowd.
“We need to win the ‘Blue Wall’ states. We need to be able to be down in Georgia. We need to be across this country. And the help you give us opens up 50 offices across Michigan.”
CNN host gets into awkward argument with top Republican about Trump’s bizarre Arnold Palmer comment
01:00 , John Bowden
CNN anchor Jake Tapper got into an awkward argument with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson about the odd comments that Donald Trump made about former professional golfer Arnold Palmer during a rally on Saturday.
With just days to go before the election on 7 November, Trump used a campaign rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Palmer’s birthplace to speak for 12 minutes about Palmer’s manhood.
Watch Johnson attempt to explain that moment on CNN:
CNN host argues with top Republican about Trump’s bizarre Arnold Palmer comment
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Covid vaccines may be responsible for ‘all time high’ cancer rates
Monday 21 October 2024 00:00 , John Bowden
Far-right Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said COVID-19 vaccines should be investigated in light of “all time high” in cancer rates, despite it being a debunked claim.
Greene’s latest suggestion that “we must investigate” COVID-19 vaccines to find answers for cancer rates is not based on any legitimate evidence, as COVID-19 vaccines have never been shown to cause cancer.
Read more from Katie Hawkinson:
MTG says Covid vaccines may be responsible for ‘all time high’ cancer rates
Trump serves disturbing message through McDonald’s drive-thru window about whether he’ll accept election result
Sunday 20 October 2024 23:00 , John Bowden
Donald Trump’s McDonald’s visit was served with a dash of his favorite topic: election denialism.
The former president created a kind of strange spectacle on Sunday as he stoked fears about election fraud while wearing an apron through the restaurant’s drive-thru window. The scene that played out in the Feasterville neighborhood of the Lower Southampton Township, where the former president and his campaign took over a McDonald’s franchise restaurant owned by one of his supporters.
Trump serves disturbing message through McDonald’s drive-thru window
Trump town hall begins in Lancaster
Sunday 20 October 2024 22:31 , John Bowden
Donald Trump’s town hall event is now live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where supporters were lined up for hours to see him speak. Kamala Harris, his opponent, is in Georgia today campaigning as well.
Watch Trump’s event here:
Arnold Palmer’s daughter says Trump’s vulgar ramblings were ‘an unfortunate way to remember my dad’
Sunday 20 October 2024 21:19 , John Bowden
In this exclusive interview with golf legend Arnold Palmer’s daughter, Peggy Palmer gives her thoughts on the bizarre aside Donald Trump made at a rally on Saturday where the GOP presidential candidate seemingly made an off-color remarks about her father’s genitals.
Read more from Justin Rohrlich:
Arnold Palmer’s daughter says Trump’s speech was ‘unfortunate way to remember my dad’
Trump says Haley will likely campaign with him
Sunday 20 October 2024 21:04 , John Bowden
Months after Nikki Haley came out against Donald Trump winning a second term in office and calling him an “unfit” candidate, Nikki Haley is set to join her former opponent on the campaign trail.
Her deployment comes as Trump is facing an eleventh-hour hemmorhaging of his support among women, and faces the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff essentially calling him an authoritarian.
Trump told reporters on Sunday that Haley would likely join him at an event in the coming days.
Trump due at town hall do-over
Sunday 20 October 2024 20:18 , John Bowden
Donald Trump is set to make another campaign appearance Sunday in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as he tries to win back the swing state’s more rural areas and drive turnout ahead of November 5.
His appearance is set to be another “town hall”-style event, akin to the one last week where the former president danced onstage for nearly 40 minutes while avoiding questions from the audience, following a number of people experiencing heat-related emergiencies.
Trump makes fry cook debut at McDonalds
Sunday 20 October 2024 19:37 , John Bowden
Donald Trump put on an apron, worked the fryer and even spoke to reporters through the drive-thru window of a Lower Southampton, Pennsylvania-area McDonalds on Sunday in what is likely to go down as the strangest campaign stop of the 2024 cycle.
In his remarks to reporters during the campaign stop at various points, he attacked his opponent Kamala Harris for her description of the job as difficult; Harris worked at a McDonalds when she was younger, something the Trump campaign previously tried to claim was fake before pivoting to a staged display of how easy the job supposedly is.
Not pictured: any actual customers, well known for being the factor that determines how difficult a drive-thru restaurant can be.
Churchgoers sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Harris in Georgia
Sunday 20 October 2024 17:32 , John Bowden
Kamala Harris didn’t take a day off the campaign trail for her 60th birthday on Sunday, and made a morning campaign appearance at New Birth Baptist Church in Georgia.
The gathering was advertised by the 10,000-member megachurch, which hosted Harris in the venue which seats 7,500 on Sunday. It’s part of her effort to moblize the Black church — a core part of African-American life in the deep south — to push her over the top in Georgia, a key swing state won by the Biden-Harris ticket in 2020 as part of their defeat of Donald Trump that year.
During her remarks, churchgoers began singing “Happy Birthday” to Harris, who responded that it was “her great joy” to spend her birthday with members of the Black church.
Kamala Harris turns 60 today
Sunday 20 October 2024 16:33 , John Bowden
Just a few months after the Democratic nominee for president was forced out of the race due to broadening concerns about his age and mental faculties, Kamala Harris, his vice president, has turned 60.
Harris’s milestone comes as her campaign is on the final stretch of a bid to put her in the Oval Office. Just a couple weeks remain before Election Day.
The vice president’s age, once an afterthought, is now one of her key advantages as she faces a Republican who would be the oldest to ever serve when he left office in 2029 were he to win another term in the White House.
Messages came in from her current and former running mates as Harris prepared to hit the campaign trail again in the coming days.
“Happy Birthday to my dear friend, partner, and a remarkable leader – Kamala Harris,” wrote President Joe Biden in a short statement posted to Twitter.
“Happy Birthday, @KamalaHarris! Thank you for bringing compassion, decency, and joy to our politics. I’m honored to be in this fight with you, and I couldn’t be prouder to call you my friend,” added Tim Walz.
Trump to work fry cooker at McDonald’s on Sunday
Sunday 20 October 2024 15:45 , John Bowden
Donald Trump is set to make a campaign stop at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Sunday.
But instead of chowing down on his 2,400-calorie order of choice – two Big Macs, two Fillet-O-Fish, and a chocolate milkshake – the GOP presidential nominee is expected to “work the fry cooker” in a Philadelphia branch.
It all comes after he made a very odd, sexually charged comment about famed golfer Arnold Palmer this weekend.
James Liddell has more:
Trump to work the fryer at McDonald’s after branding Harris’s summer job ‘fake’
ICYMI: Trump raises eyebrows after crude 12-minute anecdote about Arnold Palmer’s manhood
Sunday 20 October 2024 15:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Donald Trump shared a 12-minute anecdote about golfer Arnold Palmer at a Pennsylvania rally, prompting derision on social media after he made an off-color comment.
Trump was speaking in Latrobe, Palmer’s birthplace, on Saturday evening when the 12-minute tangent began. The former president began by praising Palmer’s career and describing his previous conversations with him.“There were a few golfers that you could say may be slightly better, a few, not many,” he said. “But there was nobody that had his magic.”
But the former president’s anecdote quickly devolved as he discussed some intimate details about the golfing icon.
Read more:
Trump raises eyebrows after crude 12-minute anecdote about Arnold Palmer manhood
Americans are addicted to gambling on the election because it’s finally legal, sort of
Sunday 20 October 2024 14:00 , Josh Marcus
People can’t get enough of betting on the 2024 presidential election, and thanks to a recent legal ruling, it’s easier than ever for Americans to vote with their wallet.
On Polymarket, one of the top online exchanges, people have already spent over $1.2 bn betting on the US presidential election. That includes two mystery individuals betting millions on a Trump win.
Betting market odds are suddenly on the lips of US broadcasters and campaign spin doctors, quoted like polls and watched like the weather.
Read more:
Americans are addicted to gambling on the election because it’s finally legal, kinda
ICYMI: Man who questioned Trump on pet-eating lies during Univision town hall admits he is now voting for Harris
Sunday 20 October 2024 13:00 , Katie Hawkinson
The man who questioned Donald Trump’s pet-eating lies during the Republican nominee’s recent Univision town hall has now revealed he’s voting for Democrat Kamala Harris.
José Saralegui, a registered Republican, asked Trump this week if he truly believes his own false claim that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating pets.
Read on:
Man who questioned Trump on pet-eating lies during town hall says he is voting Harris
ICYMI: Lizzo joins Kamala Harris in Michigan as election looms
Sunday 20 October 2024 12:00 , Katie Hawkinson
ICYMI: Donald Trump calls Kamala Harris ‘s***’
Sunday 20 October 2024 11:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Donald Trump called Kamala Harris a “s***” vice president while rallying in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on Saturday night.
“You have to tell Kamala Harris that you’ve had enough, that you just can’t take it anymore,” Trump said. “We can’t stand you. You’re a s*** vice president. The worst vice president, Kamala, you’re fired.”
Watch: Obama mocks Trump at Arizona rally
Sunday 20 October 2024 10:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Harris is turning to video games and sports betting to try and win back some of the ‘bro’ vote from Trump
Sunday 20 October 2024 09:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Kamala Harris is placing ads on video game and sports betting sites in an effort to win back the male vote – often referred to as the “bro” vote – from Donald Trump.
Harris is placing ads on DraftKings, a sports betting company, and Yahoo Sports, NBC News reports. Her campaign is now the first to advertise on DraftKings, the outlet added. She will also place ads on video game sites IGN and Fandom.
Some of these ads will be 30-second spots featuring celebrities such as NBA legend Magic Johnson and actor Ben Stiller.
Read more:
Harris is turning to video games and sports betting to try and win back male voters
Trump outsourced door-knocking campaigns in two key states to Musk-backed PAC. Up to 25 percent may have never happened
Sunday 20 October 2024 08:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Door-knocking data from the Elon Musk-backed America PAC in two key swing states could be fraudulent, a new report reveals.
About 24% of door-knocks in Arizona and 25% of door-knocks in Nevada over the last week by the PAC were flagged under “unusual survey logs” on the Campaign Sidekick canvassing app, which could potentially mean they are fraudulent, The Guardian reports.
Trump is leading Harris by just 2 points in Arizona, while the vice president is ahead one point in Nevada, according to the latest Emerson College poll.
Read more:
Trump door-knocking efforts by Musk-backed PAC could be false in two key states
Video: Kamala Harris questions Trump’s ability to be president if he’s exhausted by campaign
Sunday 20 October 2024 07:00
Watch: Trump shares endorsement from WWE wrestlers The Undertaker and Kane
Sunday 20 October 2024 06:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates
Sunday 20 October 2024 05:01 , Alicja Hagopian
Vice President Kamala Harris will go head-to-head with Donald Trump in less than three weeks as Americans cast their votes in the 2024 election.
The race has only become tighter, with Harris just one point ahead of Trump in a new poll. The outcome of the election is anyone’s game.
While Trump appears to have leveled the playing field in multiple swing states, the Senate races are now a stress point for the Republican Party, with key candidates trailing Democrats in the polls.
So how will Harris and Trump fare in November?
Read on:
Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates from the 2024 election
Arnold Palmer’s daughter once said her dad would ‘cringe’ at Donald Trump
Sunday 20 October 2024 04:30 , Katie Hawkinson
Arnold Palmer’s daughter once said the iconic golfer would “cringe” at former president Donald Trump.
“One moment stands out in my mind,” Palmer’s daughter, Peg, told a writer who worked on the golfer’s biography. “My dad and I were at home in Latrobe. He died in September, so this was before the election. The television was on. Trump was talking. And my dad made a sound of disgust — like ‘uck’ or ‘ugg’ — like he couldn’t believe the arrogance and crudeness of this man who was the nominee of the political party that he believed in.”
“Then he said, ‘He’s not as smart as we thought he was,’ “ and walked out of the room. What would my dad think of Donald Trump today? I think he’d cringe.”
Today, Trump told a 12-minute anecdote about the golfer in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he was born.
Trump at one point made an off-color comment about Palmer, prompting derision on social media.
“He took showers with the other pros,” Trump said of Palmer on Saturday. “They came out of there they said, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable.’”
Hulk Hogan claims Trump will win in a ‘landslide’
Sunday 20 October 2024 04:01 , Katie Hawkinson
Wrestler Hulk Hogan, who appeared in support of Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention this summer, appeared on Fox News to say the former president will win in a “landslide.”
“I don’t believe the polls, it’s going to be a landslide,” Hogan said. “You know, ‘too big to rig’ is the theme.”
Obama slams Trump for calling himself ‘father of IVF’
Sunday 20 October 2024 03:48 , Katie Hawkinson
Former president Barack Obama mocked Donald Trump for calling himself the “father of IVF” at a recent campaign event.
“He called himself the father of IVF,” Obama said at a rally for Kamala Harris in Las Vegas. “I have no idea what that means, and neither do you.”
“You would be worried if your Grandpa started acting like this,” he added. “You‘d like, call up your brother, your cousin, saying, ‘Have you seen grandpa lately? What are we going to do?’ But this is coming from somebody who wants unchecked power…with the nuclear codes and all that.”
Obama takes the stage in Las Vegas
Sunday 20 October 2024 03:40 , Katie Hawkinson
Former president Barack Obama is speaking at a high school in Las Vegas in support of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
He started off his speech by reminding audience members to bend their knees and drink water, alluding to the rally attendees who passed out at recent rallies by both Harris and Donald Trump.
“it’s kind of, it’s kind of hot in here, so I want everybody to bend their knees a little bit… If you got a little water, take a sip,” Obama said.
“I don’t want anybody falling out. You’ll be okay, but it’s embarrassing,” he continued as the crowd laughed.
Barack Obama set to speak in Las Vegas
Sunday 20 October 2024 03:04 , Katie Hawkinson
Former president Barack Obama will take the stage at Kamala Harris rally in Las Vegas within the hour.
Follow along for live updates from The Independent.
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Covid vaccines may be responsible for ‘all time high’ cancer rates
Sunday 20 October 2024 02:39 , Katie Hawkinson
Far-right Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said COVID-19 vaccines should be investigated in light of “all time high” in cancer rates, despite it being a debunked claim.
Read more
‘But don’t call them weird’: Trump raises eyebrows after crude 12-minute anecdote about Arnold Palmer’s manhood
Sunday 20 October 2024 02:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Donald Trump shared a 12-minute anecdote about golfer Arnold Palmer at a Pennsylvania rally, prompting derision on social media after he made an off-color comment.
Trump was speaking in Latrobe, Palmer’s birthplace, on Saturday evening when the 12-minute tangent began. The former president began by praising Palmer’s career and describing his previous conversations with him.“There were a few golfers that you could say may be slightly better, a few, not many,” he said. “But there was nobody that had his magic.”
But the former president’s anecdote quickly devolved as he discussed some intimate details about the golfing icon.
Read more:
Trump raises eyebrows after crude 12-minute anecdote about Arnold Palmer manhood
Democrats are spending a whopping 73% more than Republican rivals this election season
Sunday 20 October 2024 01:30 , Justin Rohrlich
Democrats have outspent Republicans on election advertising by 73 percent in the last 20 days, with a specific increase in messaging that emphasizes Vice-President Kamala Harris’s character while casting doubt on Donald Trump’s mental capacity and fitness for office.
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Democrats are spending a whopping 73% more than GOP rivals this election season
Watch: Magic Johnson stars in ad for Kamala Harris to be played on sports and video game websites
Sunday 20 October 2024 01:00 , Katie Hawkinson
Trump outsourced door-knocking campaigns in two key states to Musk-backed PAC. Up to 25 percent may have never happened
Sunday 20 October 2024 00:30 , Katie Hawkinson
Door-knocking data from the Elon Musk-backed America PAC in two key swing states could be fraudulent, a new report reveals.
About 24% of door-knocks in Arizona and 25% of door-knocks in Nevada over the last week by the PAC were flagged under “unusual survey logs” on the Campaign Sidekick canvassing app, which could potentially mean they are fraudulent, The Guardian reports.
Trump is leading Harris by just 2 points in Arizona, while the vice president is ahead one point in Nevada, according to the latest Emerson College poll.
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In pictures: Harris rallies with Usher in Atlanta
Sunday 20 October 2024 00:23 , Katie Hawkinson
