Harris and Trump deadlocked in new 2024 presidential election poll as Manchin pulls support: Live updates

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are essentially tied among likely voters according to a new CNN poll, with the Democrat leading by a one per cent margin.

A new Quinnipiac University poll, meanwhile, shows the same neck-and-neck result, only with Trump ahead by one per cent.

Other projections have shown Harris leading by a larger margin. The latest Reuters poll has Harris up six points nationally.

Amid the tightening race, Harris has told Wisconsin Public Radio that she is in favor of axing the Senate filibuster in order to codify abortion protections that were previously guaranteed under Roe v Wade. The stance may have cost Harris the support of Senator Joe Machin.

Meanwhile, Trump has vowed to take jobs from other countries if he wins the presidency in November through a program of tariff hikes and tax incentives that he believes will encourage foreign companies to relocate production to the US.

The Republican presidential nominee was speaking at a rally in Savannah, Georgia, on Tuesday as part of a week of swing state events.

Key Points

• Judge grants Jack Smith’s request to file brief including alleged Trump election subversion evidence

• Trump vows to ‘take other countries’ jobs’

• Harris says she is in favor of eliminating Senate filibuster for Roe

• Vance claims Ohio residents can’t ‘speak their truth’ as he continues to push debunked pet-eating story

• New poll: Trump and Harris neck-and-neck nationally among likely voters

• Harris extends lead over Trump nationwide in latest Reuters poll

Jennifer Lawrence explains why she is endorsing Harris

05:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Oscar-winning actor Jennifer Lawrence has explained to People why she is endorsing Kamala Harris for president: “Abortion is literally on the ballot.”

Per the magazine:

“I’m voting for Kamala Harris because I think she’s an amazing candidate and I know that she will do whatever she can to protect reproductive rights,” says the Oscar-winning actress, 34, urging others to do the same. “That’s the most important thing, is to not let somebody into the White House who is going to ban abortion.”

Ahead of the national election, the self-described feminist is producing two to-be-released documentary films that exemplify those political values: Bread and Roses, which follows three women living under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, and Zurawski v Texas, about abortion care supporters who in 2023 sued the state of Texas.

In UN speech, Biden speaks of dropping out the election and warns of Middle East war

04:00 , Oliver O’Connell

President Joe Biden has warned world leaders of the dangers of an expanded war in the Middle East during his final appearance before the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The president, who will leave office in January, delivered what is most likely the final major foreign policy address of his half-century in public life on Tuesday. Just two months ago, he shocked the world by becoming the first American chief executive in a half-century to forgo seeking re-election to a second term.

Andrew Feinberg reports.

Biden warns of Middle East war and details why he dropped out presidential race

Violent crime dropped in 2023 — despite Trump insisting it soared

03:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Violent crime rates dropped in the United States in 2023, despite Trump claiming that they “through the roof”, according to data in a new FBI report.

Donald Trump’s claim that in the US: “Our crime rate is going up, while crime statistics all over the world are going down”, has now been debunked as false by official FBI data recorded for over 14 million criminal offenses in 2023.

By estimation, violent crime declined by 3 per cent in 2023 compared to the previous year while murders and non-negligent manslaughter crimes decreased by nearly 12 per cent.

Madeline Sherratt looked at the figures.

Violent crime dropped in 2023 — despite Trump insisting it was ‘through the roof’

Watch: New Lincoln Project ad targets Silicon Valley bosses backing Trump

02:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Vance claims Ohio residents can’t ‘speak their truth’ as he continues to push debunked pet-eating story

02:00 , Oliver O’Connell

JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, has suggested that the people of Springfield, Ohio, have been prevented from speaking “their truth” after a rumor about the town’s Haitian immigrants was repeatedly and thoroughly debunked.

Haitian immigrants in the town have been baselessly accused of stealing domestic pets, including dogs and cats, and eating them.

Vance has continued to push the claim even after town officials issued denials, and former President Donald Trump aggressively repeated the allegations from the ABC News debate stage on September 10.

The Ohio senator lambasted the media for “debunking” the story during a campaign stop in North Carolina on Monday.

Gustaf Kilander reports.

Vance is still pushing Haitian pet-eating story claiming residents are being silenced

Crowd at Trump rally chanted ‘Send them back!’

01:30 , Oliver O’Connell

More now on the scenes from Trump’s Pennsylvania rally last night.

The crowd at Trump’s rally chanted, “Send them back!” as the former president peddled more baseless claims about immigration.

Trump told the Indiana crowd Vice President Kamala Harris has “illegally flown in more than half a million migrants” – a statistic he did not back up with evidence – thereby “changing the character of small towns and villages all over our country and changing them forever.”

He also returned yet again to the debunked conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants are eating people’s pets in Springfield, Ohio, spread over recent weeks at least in part by him and running mate JD Vance.

Myriam Page reports.

Trump’s crowd chants ‘Send them back,’ claims immigrants ‘destroyed’ London and Paris

Trump ‘under pressure’ to do another debate

01:00 , Rhian Lubin

Trump is under pressure from Republicans to debate Harris again, according to reports.

Following the debate on September 10, Republicans are encouraging Trump to face off against Harris again given how tight the race is.

Steve Cortes, a former adviser to Trump, told The Hill: ““We’re in a very tight race. I like where President Trump stands. However, I think any of us who do polling, who read polling carefully realize that this race is super, super tight and in that environment, I don’t think we should skip an opportunity to speak in front of a super large audience of Americans.”

Harris has already accepted a CNN invite for another round with Trump on October 23, but the former president said it is “too late” to have another debate.

Can Harris beat Trump? Latest poll updates

Wednesday 25 September 2024 00:40 , Oliver O’Connell

With just six weeks to go until election day, the candidates are preparing for an intense final stretch of the campaign.

The needle is ready to swing either way. So, how will Harris and Trump fare in November?

The Independent’s data correspondent Alicja Hagopian has the latest.

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates from the 2024 election

‘Be a patriot’: State Republican party chairs endorse Kamala Harris for president

Wednesday 25 September 2024 00:20 , Oliver O’Connell

Three former chairs of the Maine Republican Party have “enthusiastically” endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in the race against former President Donald Trump, joining hundreds of Republicans and former GOP administration officials in backing the Democratic nominee.

Robert Monks, Ken Cole and Ted O’Meara made the announcement in an op-ed for the Bangor Daily News.

Gustaf Kilander reports.

State Republican party chairs endorse Kamala Harris for president: ‘Be a patriot’

Watch: Trump claims he will be ‘protector’ of women

Wednesday 25 September 2024 00:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Trump slams Jimmy Fallon’s ‘dying’ Tonight Show amid late night show cutbacks

Tuesday 24 September 2024 23:40 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump has once again hit out at “unfunny” late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert, claiming that their talk shows are “all dying.”

The former president, 78, made the disparaging remarks at his latest Pennsylvania rally on Monday (September 23).

Inga Parkel reports.

Trump slams Jimmy Fallon’s ‘dying’ Tonight Show amid late night show cutbacks

Everyone is being dishonest about the filibuster — including Kamala Harris

Tuesday 24 September 2024 23:20 , Oliver O’Connell

Eric Garcia writes:

During her speech at the Democratic National Convention some weeks ago, Vice President Kamala Harris imparted some wisdom from her later mother Shyamala Gopalan Harris. “Never do anything half-assed,” she said, insisting: “That is a direct quote.”

But on Tuesday, she seemed to betray that virtue when she told Wisconsin Public Radio that she would support eliminating the filibuster to restore abortion rights enshrined in Roe v Wade. To be clear, that would mean getting rid of the filibuster only in the case of reproductive access — and not for other issues.

Continue reading…

Everyone is being dishonest about the filibuster — including Kamala Harris

Prosecutors: Capitol rioter mistakenly released from prison

Tuesday 24 September 2024 23:00 , AP

The federal Bureau of Prisons mistakenly released an Iowa man from custody before he finished serving his 30-month sentence for storming the Senate chamber during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, Justice Department prosecutors said in a court filing this week.

Leo Christopher Kelly of Cedar Rapids was freed last Thursday after an appeals court agreed to throw out one of his convictions stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

Continue reading…

Capitol rioter mistakenly released from prison after appeals court ruling, prosecutors say

Giuliani forced to pay firm that probed his finances in tossed bankruptcy case

Tuesday 24 September 2024 22:40 , Oliver O’Connell

Cash-strapped former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani must still pay roughly $300,000 to a firm hired to investigate his finances, a bankruptcy judge ordered Tuesday, despite Giuliani’s request to reduce that amount by nearly $80,000.

More than a month after his Chapter 11 bankruptcy case was officially dismissed, a dispute between Giuliani and Global Data Risk (GDR), a firm hired by Giuliani’s creditors to investigate his finances, has still plagued the case. The dismissal order requires the former mayor to pay the firm’s expenses — but he objected to the amount the firm says it is owed.

Kelly Rissman has been following the case.

Rudy Giuliani forced to pay nearly $300k to firm that probed his finances

Haitian rights group calls for Trump and Vance to be arrested over bogus ‘pet-eating’ slurs

Tuesday 24 September 2024 22:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump and JD Vance should be arrested for spreading baseless claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets and neighborhood animals in an Ohio town, according to an affidavit filed by a Haitian advocacy organization.

The complaint from the Haitian Bridge Alliance, filed Tuesday in Clark County Municipal Court, accuses the pair of working together to “knowingly spread a false and dangerous narrative.”

Josh Marcus has the details.

Haitian group calls for Trump and Vance to be arrested over bogus ‘pet-eating’ slurs

‘Are you trying to lose’: Haley skewers GOP candidate questioning why women over 50 care about abortion

Tuesday 24 September 2024 22:20 , Oliver O’Connell

Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley gave some biting feedback to a GOP Senate candidate who questioned why women voters over the age of 50 care about the issue of abortion, suggesting it would cause him to lose support.

Bernie Moreno, a candidate in Ohio who made headlines with a shiny Trump endorsement, told a group of voters during a town hall last week that “a lot of suburban women” are “single-issue voters” on abortion.

Ariana Baio has the story.

Nikki Haley skewers GOP candidate questioning why women over 50 care about abortion

Trump says eggs are $5 under Kamala – and claims salmon was $4.99 when he was president

Tuesday 24 September 2024 22:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Former President Donald Trump shared an infographic on Truth Social claiming that various items are more expensive with Kamala Harris as vice president than they were during Trump’s time in the White House.

“The cost of Kamala” infographic alleges, without sharing any sources, that a cup of coffee is $9.99 “under Kamala” but was $6.99 “under Trump.”

Gustaf Kilander reports.

Trump says eggs are $5 under Kamala and claims salmon was $4.99 when he was president

Trump is all over the place on ‘stupid’ early voting

Tuesday 24 September 2024 21:40 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump can’t make up his mind on early voting.

Both in and out of office, Trump attacked mail-in and other forms of early voting as suspect, illegal, and unreliable. At the same time, with polls showing him trailing Kamala Harris, Trump and his party have occasionally urged voters to take advantage of early voting.

That ambivalence continued on Monday night, when Trump spoke to a crowd in Indiana, Pennsylvania.

Josh Marcus reports.

Trump is all over the place on ‘stupid’ early voting

Watch: Harris campaign hits out at ‘Trump Tax’

Tuesday 24 September 2024 21:20 , Oliver O’Connell

Trump campaign docs leaked again as reporter claims he got sent internal message weeks after Iran’s hack

Tuesday 24 September 2024 21:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is still being hacked, a reporter speculated after revealing an unknown individual – “Robert” – sent him stolen internal emails, a recent internal letter and dossiers of the potential vice presidential picks.

Weeks after US officials and the Trump campaign confirmed it was hacked and some of its internal communications had been sent to several news outlets, a new report says more internal Trump campaign documents have been stolen as recently as last week. The US intelligence community blamed Iran for a previous Trump campaign hack.

Judd Legum, a journalist who authors the political newsletter Popular Information, revealed on Tuesday an individual who only identified themself as “Robert” sent him internal Trump emails exchanged between top advisors between October 2023 and August 2024.

Ariana Baio has the full story.

Trump campaign docs leaked again weeks after Iran’s hack

Second gentleman stops by Whataburger with Beto O’Rourke on swing through Texas

Tuesday 24 September 2024 20:55 , Oliver O’Connell

Trump flubs name of Charlottesville, Virginia, during speech in Georgia

Tuesday 24 September 2024 20:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump flubbed the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, while going off script during a speech on Tuesday otherwise focused on economic policy, slamming Vice President Kamala Harris for lying about “Charlottestown.”

The former president was talking about imposing tariffs and other steps he’d take to bolster U.S. manufacturing in Savannah, Georgia, when he veered off topic. He began arguing that he won the recent debate with Harris, despite GOP claims the moderators were against him.

“She didn’t say anything except lies, like bloodbath, like Charlottestown,” Trump said.

He didn’t acknowledge the error, but quickly added that he was “finishing this topic. Because they’ll say, ‘Oh, he fell into a trap” — when in fact, he’d already made a conspicuous mistake.

Trump was trying to refer to the deadly 2017 violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, between white supremacists and anti-racist protesters. Trump has faced years of criticism from Harris and other top Democrats when he blamed “both sides” for what occurred.

You can watch that moment here:

Project 2025 architect accused of telling colleagues he killed pit bull with shovel, report says

Tuesday 24 September 2024 20:40 , Oliver O’Connell

The head of the Heritage Foundation, the conservative group behind Project 2025, allegedly told colleagues decades ago that he killed a neighbor’s dog with a shovel, according to a report.

Former colleagues recalled to The Guardian that Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, told them that he had killed his neighbor’s pit bull around 2004 because the dog’s barking was bothering his family.

Kelly Rissman has the story.

Project 2025 architect allegedly told colleagues he killed dog with shovel: report

Watch: McConnell explains why Trump’s tariff plan is bad for American consumers

Tuesday 24 September 2024 20:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Biden to visit Germany and Angola

Tuesday 24 September 2024 20:26 , Oliver O’Connell

President Joe Biden will visit Germany and Angola next month, the White House announced in a statement on Tuesday.

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president will travel to Germany and Angola from October 10 to 15.

In Germany, President Biden will meet with German leaders to “further strengthen the close bond the United States and Germany share as Allies and friends and coordinate on shared priorities”.

Biden “will reinforce the US and German commitment to democracy and countering antisemitism and hatred, strengthen the enduring people-to-people ties between our countries, and advance cooperation on economics, trade, and technology”.

Further, the president will express his appreciation to Germany for supporting Ukraine’s defense against Russian aggression, hosting US service members, and contributing to the security of the entire NATO Alliance.

On October 13-15, Biden will travel to Luanda, Angola, where he will meet with President João Lourenço of Angola to discuss increased collaboration on shared priorities.

These include bolstering the economic partnership between the two countries to keep companies competitive and protect workers; celebrating a signature project of the G7’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI), which advances a joint vision for Africa’s first trans-continental open-access rail network that starts in Lobito and ultimately will connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean; strengthening democracy and civic engagement; intensifying action on climate security and the clean energy transition; and enhancing peace and security.

The White House says the president’s visit to Luanda celebrates the evolution of the relationship between the two countries, underscores the US’s continued commitment to African partners, and demonstrates how collaborating to solve shared challenges delivers.

Trump shares OnlyFans model’s conspiracy story about Harris rallies

Tuesday 24 September 2024 20:20 , Oliver O’Connell

Former President Donald Trump shared a baseless claim pushed by an OnlyFans model that people are being paid to attend Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign rallies.

Trump shared a TikTok video by Samantha Gangewere on Truth Social on Monday.

Gustaf Kilander reports.

Trump shares OnlyFans model’s conspiracy story about Harris rallies

BREAKING: Judge grants Jack Smith’s request to file brief including alleged Trump election subversion evidence

Tuesday 24 September 2024 20:06 , Oliver O’Connell

Judge Tanya Chutkan has granted Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request to file a “comprehensive brief” of up to 180 pages in Donald Trump’s election interference case that will include a “substantial number of exhibits”.

The brief is to defend the government’s superseding indictment as being compliant with the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling.

Judge Chutkan’s ruling allows Smith to submit evidence of the former president’s alleged crimes relating to election interference and January 6, before the election.

Latest poll updates: Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?

Tuesday 24 September 2024 20:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Alicja Hagopian looks at the latest poll numbers…

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates from the 2024 election

Tuesday 24 September 2024 19:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump demands NBC bring back Johnny Carson – who died in 2005

Outside a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, young people in MAGA hats say they’re scared for their future

Tuesday 24 September 2024 19:40 , Oliver O’Connell

Richard Hall writes:

It was a college town, so the crowd was bound to be younger than usual. But the sheer amount of fresh-faced college and high school-age youths at Donald Trump’s rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania on Monday evening was something to behold.

They lined up for hours in MAGA hats of all colors; many of them wore T-shirts with Trump’s most famous image on the front — his fist in the air and the American flag billowing in the background in the seconds after the first attempt on his life a few weeks ago.

What could bring out so many young people to see a former president, I asked, as I waited in a line that extended to the parking lot?

Continue reading…

Outside a Trump rally, young people in MAGA hats say they’re scared for the future

Harris extends lead over Trump nationwide in latest Reuters poll

Tuesday 24 September 2024 19:28 , Oliver O’Connell

Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 47% to 40% in the race to win the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, as she appeared to blunt Trump’s edge on the economy and jobs, a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Tuesday found.

Harris had a six percentage point lead based on unrounded figures – which showed her with support from 46.61% of registered voters while Trump was backed by 40.48%, according to the three-day poll that closed on Monday. The Democrat’s lead was slightly higher than her five-point advantage over Trump in a Sept 11-12 Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Asked which candidate had the better approach on the “economy, unemployment and jobs,” some 43% of voters in the poll picked Trump and 41% selected Harris. Trump’s two-point advantage on the topic compares to his three-point lead in an August Reuters/Ipsos poll and an 11 point lead over Harris in late July shortly after she launched her campaign.

While national surveys including Reuters/Ipsos polls give important signals on the views of the electorate, the state-by-state results of the Electoral College determine the winner, with seven battleground states likely to be decisive.

The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll surveyed 1,029 U.S. adults online, nationwide, including 871 registered voters. Among these, 785 were considered the most likely to turn out on Election Day. Among these likely voters, Harris led 50% to 44%, though similar to her lead among all registered voters, her advantage was only five points when using unrounded figures.

Vance hedges when asked about Mark Robinson after porn scandal: ‘Allegations aren’t necessarily reality’

Tuesday 24 September 2024 19:20 , Oliver O’Connell

JD Vance struggled to answer coherently when asked about Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor in North Carolina who is at the center of damning claims.

Robinson was the subject of a report by CNN’s KFile unit last week which alleges he has an extensive history of comments made on a porn site called “Nude Africa” under an email address and username both known to be linked to him.

The comments, which touched on a wide range of topics, were outrageous and shocking — in one, he reportedly referred to himself as a “Black Nazi.” Robinson claims he did not write the comments and denies the allegations.

When Vance was asked about it on the campaign trail, he struggled to give a straight answer on whether he believed Robinson.

Rhian Lubin has the story.

JD Vance hedges when asked about Mark Robinson after porn scandal

New poll: Trump and Harris neck-and-neck nationally among likely voters

Tuesday 24 September 2024 19:19 , Oliver O’Connell

With 41 days until Election Day, the presidential race remains too close to call as former President Donald Trump receives 48 per cent support among likely voters, Vice President Kamala Harris receives 47 per cent support, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver each receive 1 per cent support, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll of likely voters released today.

In the previous poll, released on August 29, following the Democratic National Convention, the presidential race was also too close to call, with Harris receiving 49 per cent support, Trump receiving 47 per cent support, and Stein and Oliver each getting 1 per cent support.

In today’s poll, Republicans 93-6 per cent back Trump, while Democrats 94-5 per cent back Harris. Among independents, 47 per cent back Trump, 44 per cent back Harris, 3 per cent back Stein, and 2 per cent back Oliver.

In a hypothetical two-way race between Harris and Trump, Trump receives 48 per cent support and Harris receives 48 per cent support.

Seventy per cent of likely voters supporting Harris say they are very enthusiastic about supporting her, compared to 75 per cent in August.

Seventy-one per cent of likely voters supporting Trump say they are very enthusiastic about supporting him, compared to 68 per cent in August.

Watch: As Wall Street hits record highs for 3 days in a row, Trump predicts 1929-style depression if he doesn’t win

Tuesday 24 September 2024 19:10 , Oliver O’Connell

Trump endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ author put on leave from school choice group over ‘gay porn past’

Tuesday 24 September 2024 19:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Anti-LGBT+ author and activist Corey DeAngelis has been placed on leave from the conservative group the American Federation for Children following allegations that he appeared in gay adult films.

The organization removed a page outlining his work with the group. The federation said that DeAngelis had been placed on leave while the claim that he appeared in videos as “Seth Rose” on the adult film site GayHoopla was investigated, according to LGBTQ Nation. The videos seem to have been posted around 2014, the outlet noted.

Gustaf Kilander reports.

Anti-LGBTQ+ author put on leave from school choice group for alleged gay porn past

Trump attacks Harris over trip to southern border

Tuesday 24 September 2024 18:54 , Oliver O’Connell

With Kamala Harris scheduled to visit Arizona on Friday during a swing through western states, there are reports seized upon by Donald Trump that the vice president will be visiting the southern border.

The former president mentioned the trip (which has not officially been announced by the Harris campaign) during remarks in Savannah this lunchtime, but had already posted on Truth Social:

After almost four years, Border Czar Kamala Harris has decided, for political reasons, that it’s time for her to go to our broken Southern Border. What a disgrace that she waited so long, allowing millions of people to enter our Country from prisons, mental institutions, and criminal cells all over the World, not just South America, many of those coming are terrorists, and at a level never seen before! She’s trying to con the public like she did a good job at the Border when, in fact, she has destroyed the very fabric of our Nation allowing 21 Million people in from places unknown….

….When Kamala is seen at the Border on Friday, she will pass Hundreds of Miles of Wall that was built by TRUMP, and it is Wall that WORKS! When she speaks, be advised that this woman has allowed more than 21 million people into our Country, totally unvetted, and from places unknown. They are now creating criminal havoc all throughout the Country. Every State is a Border State! When she speaks, I hope everybody remembers that she has caused our cities, towns, and Country itself, tremendous damage, and only I can fix it!

Senator Joe Manchin says he won’t endorse Harris over call to end filibuster

Tuesday 24 September 2024 18:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Senator Joe Manchin, a staunch defender of the filibuster, tells CNN’s Manu Raju that he will not endorse Kamala Harris now over her call to end the filibuster to codify Roe v Wade.

“Shame on her,” Manchin said today in the Capitol.

“She knows the filibuster is the Holy Grail of democracy. It’s the only thing that keeps us talking and working together. If she gets rid of that, then this would be the House on steroids.”

Given her stance, Manchin said he wouldn’t back Harris for president.

“That ain’t going to happen,” he said. “I think that basically can destroy our country and my country is more important to me than any one person or any one person’s ideology… I think it’s the most horrible thing.”

Trump wants to cut corporate tax to 15% — with a catch

Tuesday 24 September 2024 18:45 , Oliver O’Connell

In his speech today in Savannah, Georgia, Donald Trump says he wants to cut the corporate tax rate to 15 per cent but only for businesses that manufacture their products in the US. It is currently at 21 per cent.

He also made a bit of a gaffe:

Ignoring First Amendment, Trump says those who criticize the Supreme Court should be tossed in jail

Tuesday 24 September 2024 18:40 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump scolded those who critique the Supreme Court at a rally on Monday, saying people should be jailed for “the way they talk about our judges and our justices” – despite the First Amendment allowing people to criticize the government.

The former president, who has invoked his First Amendment right to launch a bevy of attacks against federal and state judges, suggested it should be “illegal” to rebuke judicial decisions or try and advocate in favor of a certain decision.

Ariana Baio has the story.

Trump ignores First Amendment, says critics of Supreme Court should be jailed

Watch: Trump says ‘tariff’ the word, ‘is beautiful’

Tuesday 24 September 2024 18:30 , Oliver O’Connell