Trump and Harris neck-and-neck in pre-debate poll as George W Bush reveals endorsement decision: Live

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are neck and neck in a new New York Times/Siena College poll ahead of Tuesday’s debate showdown.

The former president is a single point ahead of the vice president in the poll – 48 to 47 percent. The survey was conducted between September 3 and 6.

Meanwhile, former president George W Bush has revealed his decision not to endorse anyone ahead of the 2024 election.

Bush’s office said on Saturday that neither he nor former First Lady Laura Bush would endorse a candidate or publicly share how they would vote, according to NBC News.

“President Bush retired from presidential politics years ago,” his office said.

Meanwhile, Trump rallied supporters in Mosinee, Wisconsin on Saturday, in his first visit to the deep-red, mostly rural part of the important swing state.

The former president made a new attack against Harris, suggesting expanding the 25th Amendment to include the possibility of removing a vice president for shielding any health issues of a president from public view. Trump has been openly bitter about President Joe Biden’s decision to exit the 2024 race.

Key Points

• Trump biographer believes he is ‘hyper-aware’ that he is mentally slipping

• Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

• Meet the man who pretends to be Trump for Kamala Harris’s debate prep

• Second Trump term more worrying due to ‘dangerous’ foreign policy – ex-diplomat

• George W Bush won’t be making 2024 presidential endorsement

Harris and Walz set for ‘New Way Forward’ swing state tour after ABC debate

00:00 , Andrew Feinberg

Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will follow up on Harris’s Tuesday face-off against Donald Trump by embarking on a whirlwind tour of swing states in hopes of seizing momentum off her debate performance this week.

The Harris-Walz campaign says the vice president and her running-mate will criss-cross the country following Tuesday night’s debate to make appearances in each individual media market in every single swing state over a four-day period next week.

The candidates’ spouses, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz, will also make a series of appearances in support of the campaign in the coming days.

Harris and Walz set for ‘New Way Forward’ swing state tour after ABC debate

Kimberly Guilfoyle forced to ask audience to clap as awkward speech falls flat

23:30 , Gustaf Kilander

Kimberly Guilfoyle eventually had to ask her audience at the Florida Republican Party annual dinner to clap for her as her awkward speech fell flat in front of an audience of allies.

It was a moment reminiscent of Jeb Bush’s “please clap” moment during the 2016 campaign.

Guilfoyle, the fiancé of Donald Trump Jr, was speaking at the dinner in Hollywood, Florida when she shared her hope that Democrats would lose seats in Congress and be forced to give up control of the White House.

Kimberly Guilfoyle forced to ask audience to clap as awkward speech falls flat

New Mexico governor to campaign for Harris in Virginia ahead of debate

23:00 , Gustaf Kilander

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham will campaign for the Harris-Walz team in Northern Virginia on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s debate.

There she will hold “fireside chats” to “highlight the stark contrast between Vice President Harris’ vision for a New Way Forward and Trump’s Project 2025 agenda,” the Harris campaign said in an advisory.

Lujan Grisham will take part in a Women for Harris event to speak about abortion rights and a Latinos con Harris-Walz event where she’ll “highlight how Trump’s Project 2025 would make life harder and more expensive for Latino families in Virginia and across the country,” the campaign added.

Harris says she’s ‘ready’ for debate

22:32 , Andrew Feinberg

The vice president, wearing all black, a hat, and a scarf, and the Second Gentleman, wearing a Harris/Walz sweatshirt, walked past reporters as part of what took on the feel of an impromptu procession, preceded by and followed by aides and security personnel both on foot and in vehicles.

At first, she did not answer questions about how she would respond to Trump at their upcoming debate and said “thank you” in the reporters’ direction.

The Independent asked if she is ready for the debate. The vice president turned, made a thumbs-up gesture up and replied: “Ready!”

Warnock responds to JD Vance’s comments on Georgia shooting: Guns make us all ‘sitting ducks’

22:30 , John Bowden

One of Georgia’s senators has responded to Republican vice presidential contender JD Vance after he referred to school shootings as a regrettable “fact of life” in modern society.

Raphael Warnock, who won a six-year term in 2022 after defeating a Republican challenger to secure his first full term in office, appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday after a shooting in his state claimed the lives of two students and two teachers at a high school. Nine others were injured.

He was asked about the comments by Vance, which ignited a media firestorm and were seized upon by Kamala Harris’s campaign as the latest sign of Republicans’ refusal to address such horrific attacks in American schools. The Ohio senator, speaking at a rally in Arizona, lamented, “I don’t like that this is a fact of life” after the shooting took place last week.

Warnock responds to JD Vance’s shooting comments: Guns make us all ‘sitting ducks’

Liz Cheney torches Nikki Haley over support for Donald Trump

22:00 , John Bowden

Liz Cheney is ready to force a reckoning for those Republicans who have come around to support Donald Trump for what she says are purely political reasons.

Anti-Trump Republicans including Cheney have become increasingly vocal in the past few months as Kamala Harris has ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket; emboldened by the new vigor her party has found in her wake. Trump, now running for the presidency for a third time, is poised to either pull off a massive political comeback or suffer his second defeat in as many presidential election cycles — to say nothing of the defeats his hand-picked candidates suffered in 2022’s midterms.

His enemies on the right, despite his dominating victory in the Republican primary earlier this year, still smell blood in the water and are now looking to Harris to deal an electoral deathblow this November.

Liz Cheney torches Nikki Haley over support for Donald Trump

NC gov says if Harris wins his state, she wins the White House

21:30 , Gustaf Kilander

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, who was in the race to be Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate before asking that he not be considered, told CBS’s Face the Nation that if Harris wins his state, she’ll win the White House.

The last time a Democrat won the Tar Heel state was in 2008, when Barack Obama won it for the Democrats for the first time since Jimmy Carter ran in 1976.

Cooper told CBS that if Harris wins North Carolina, “she is the next president of the United States.”

“It’s close here in North Carolina. It always is,” he added. “This was Biden-Harris’s closest loss in 2020, only 1.3%. So the fact that Kamala Harris, as Vice President of the United States, has been to North Carolina 17 times shows that she cares about our state.”

“She’s got a plan to lower costs for North Carolinians, particularly in this childcare arena, drug pricing. We’re excited about the economic plan that she has … and I think North Carolinians will respond to it,” the governor said.

“When we continue to get this information out to the American public, and to people here in North Carolina, that Kamala Harris has an economic plan that’s going to help lower the cost for everyday people, that’s going to help families thrive, that is going to protect women’s reproductive freedom. I think at the end of the day, that’s going to be what works here,” he added.

Harris campaign touts Republican support

21:00 , Gustaf Kilander

The Harris campaign noted in a press release on Sunday the amount of support from Republicans the vice president has received, such as from former Vice President Dick Cheney, his daughter, former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, her former January 6 Select Committee colleague Adam Kinzinger, former Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan, former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, and former Mike Pence advisor Olivia Troye.

They added that Harris has the support of more than 230 alumni of George W Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney.

“As hundreds of Republican leaders have already realized, Vice President Harris is offering a New Way Forward for all Americans who reject Donald Trump’s threats to our freedom and his dangerous Project 2025 agenda,” the campaign said. “Between now and Election Day, Team Harris-Walz will continue making the case to conservative, independent, and moderate voters that they have the choice to put their country and democracy first and leave Donald Trump’s toxic chaos and division behind.”

‘The Republicans have nominated someone who is depraved,’ Cheney says

20:30 , Gustaf Kilander

Harris and Trump ‘neck and neck’ heading into crucial debate, says new poll

20:00 , Graeme Massie

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are running neck and neck ahead of this week’s high-stakes presidential debate, according to a new poll.

The vice president and her Republican rival are separated by just one point days before they take the debate stage in Pittsburgh, the poll by The New York Times/Siena College found.

The poll was taken between September 3 and September 6 and found 47 percent of likely voters backing Harris. Meanwhile, 48 percent of likely voters backed Trump in the poll.

Tuesday night’s ABC News debate will be the first for Harris but the second for Trump after he took on Joe Biden in June.

Harris and Trump ‘neck and neck’ heading into crucial debate, says new poll

VIDEO: Harris campaign unveils ‘New Way Forward’ ad ahead of debate with Trump

19:30 , Reann Philogene

The Gossip Girl-like dynamics of the Supreme Court

19:00 , Ariana Baio

There is perhaps no branch of government that fosters secrecy or harbors sneaky resentment to a degree even Gossip Girl herself would be astonished with, than the Supreme Court.

The highest court in the land has purposefully cast an opaque fog over its internal workings for decades, but in this past term, it was clear from their opinions that there was drama behind the scenes.

At the center of that is Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

If the court itself is Gossip Girl then Barrett is season two Jenny Humphrey. That’s to say, she’s breaking ranks with her OG squad and finding her own voice – although with less goth eyeliner.

The Gossip Girl-like dynamics of the Supreme Court

Cheney explains why she backs Harris

18:44 , Gustaf Kilander

Harris turns to her favorite foods in effort to show a more private side and connect with voters

18:30 , AP

One of the biggest challenges for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in the final stretch of the campaign is introducing herself to voters before her Republican rival, Donald Trump, has a chance to define her.

Until her sudden election to the top of the Democratic ticket this summer, Harris was still a somewhat unknown figure in national politics, driven in part by her aversion to opening up and embracing the spotlight. And since she’s become the nominee, Republicans have criticized Harris for not doing many interviews or giving enough specifics on her policy plans.

But the vice president is sharing personal details about her childhood, cooking and food to show her more private side.

Harris turns to her favorite foods in effort to connect with voters

Trump says his plan to expel millions of immigrants will be a ‘bloody story’

18:00 , Graig Graziosi

Donald Trump has issued yet another ominous warning about his potential second term in the Oval Office, this time promising a “bloody story” for the millions of immigrants he intends to deport.

He made the comments at a campaign rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin on Saturday, echoing the broader Republican National Committee’s 2024 platform. The GOP’s plans for America after a Trump victory include aggressive immigration enforcement and mass deportations.

That’s when Trump alluded to the blood.

“And ya know getting them out will be a bloody story,” Trump said. “[Undocumented immigrants] should have never been allowed to come into our country. Nobody checked them.”

Trump says his plan to expel millions of immigrants will be a ‘bloody story’

George W Bush won’t be making 2024 presidential endorsement

17:30 , Graeme Massie

Former president George W Bush will not make a presidential endorsement in the 2024 race for the White House, according to his office.

The 43rd president will not join his former vice president Dick Cheney, who said last week that he would vote for Democrat Kamala Harris over Republican Donald Trump.

Cheney’s daughter, leading Trump critic Liz Cheney, has also called on fellow conservatives to vote for Harris in November.

Harris and running mate Tim Walz have courted Republicans who refuse to vote for Trump, with Harris saying in a CNN interview that she would consider appointing a Republican to her cabinet.

George W Bush won’t be making 2024 presidential endorsement

Elton John says Trump’s ‘Little Rocket Man’ nickname for Kim Jong-un was ‘brilliant’

16:31 , Graig Graziosi

Elton John has weighed in on Donald Trump’s “Little Rocket Man” nickname for North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, calling it “brilliant”.

He also encouraged Americans to “make the right decision” in November’s election.

Speaking to Variety at the Toronto International Film Festival, John admitted “I laughed, I thought that was brilliant,” when he heard about Trump’s name for Kim, which the former US president began calling the North Korean leader in 2017.

John then went on to explain his relationship with Trump, adding: “I just thought, ‘Good on you, Donald.’ … Donald’s always been a fan of mine, and he’s been to my concerts many, many times. So, I mean, I’ve always been friendly toward him, and I thank him for his support. When he did that, I just thought it was hilarious. It made me laugh.”

Elton John says Trump’s ‘Little Rocket Man’ nickname for Kim Jong-un was ‘brilliant’

Meet the man who pretends to be Trump for Kamala Harris’s debate prep

16:15 , Graig Graziosi

A man who described Donald Trump as a “malevolent George Costanza” and a “malfunctioning appliance” is helping Kamala Harris prepare for her first debate with the former president.

Philippe Reines, a former deputy assistant secretary of state and senior advisor to Hillary Clinton, is the stand-in for Trump in mock debates ahead of the real thing on September 10.

This is the second time he has played the role after acting as Trump in Clinton’s own preparations in September 2016, and he takes the job seriously.

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Meet the man who pretends to be Trump for Kamala Harris’s debate prep

Second Trump term more worrying due to ‘dangerous’ foreign policy – ex-diplomat

16:00 , Graig Graziosi

A former British ambassador to the US said he worries “more about a Trump second term than his first term” as the former president’s foreign policy is “dangerous”.

Speaking on Sky News’ Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, Lord Kim Darroch said he thought the UK Government would find it “difficult” to deal with Donald Trump and that Tuesday’s debate between the two presidential candidates could be “pivotal” for the election.

Lord Darroch told the programme he thought Kamala Harris had given a “mixed performance” at previous events and while Mr Trump was “not actually a great debater”, he had a “very forceful presence”.

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Second Trump term more worrying due to ‘dangerous’ foreign policy – ex-diplomat

Former GOP Congresswoman says she’s voting Democrat for first time in her life in 2024

15:37 , Graig Graziosi

Former Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney said that 2024 is the first time she’ll ever vote as a Democrat.

Cheney recently endorsed Harris, citing the “dangers” posed by a second Donald Trump term. She also announced that her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, would also be voting for Harris.

When she spoke with ABC News earlier this week, she revealed that not only was she not voting Republican, but that her vote for Harris would mark the first time she had ever voted for a Democrat.

“It tells you, I think, the stakes in this election,” she said. “Donald Trump presents a challenge and a threat fundamentally to the republic.”

‘She needs to let Trump be Trump’: Inside Kamala Harris’s unconventional debate prep

14:00 , Andrew Feinberg

Less than three months ago, a disastrous debate performance by President Joe Biden put Kamala Harris on a collision course with Donald Trump.

Now at the top of the Democratic ticket, Harris’s first public face-off with Trump on the ABC debate stage in Philadelphia is just days away. Right now, she is hunkered down in Pittsburgh for intensive preparations with a close circle of aides and confidantes who are getting her ready for her best — and perhaps only — chance to convince Americans that she, and not the former president, should spend the next four years in the White House.

According to NOTUS, the vice president will be participating in sessions led by Paul Weiss partner Karen Dunn, the Washington super-lawyer who masterminded then-Senator Harris’s prep for her 2020 debate against her predecessor, Mike Pence. Harris will also reportedly be coached by her veteran policy adviser Rohini Kosoglu, as well as Democratic National Convention mastermind and longtime operative Minyon Moore; domestic policy aide Brian Nelson; campaign chief-of-staff Sheila Nix; veteran adviser Sean Clegg; and Cedric Richmond, the former Louisiana congressman who is a co-chair of her campaign.

‘She needs to let Trump be Trump’: Inside Kamala Harris’s unconventional debate prep

Jimmy Carter ‘talking about politics again’ since Kamala Harris became Democratic nominee

13:00 , Gustaf Kilander

Former President Jimmy Carter is “talking about politics again” following the ascension of Vice President Kamala Harris to the top of the Democratic ticket.

“After my grandmother passed, he had a pretty long low period when he wasn’t really engaging much at all,” his eldest grandchild Jason Carter told The Washington Post. “But now he’s talking about politics again.”

Two members of the Carter family told the paper that after the death of his wife, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, in November last year, his health has worsened. He has been in hospice for 18 months.

Jimmy Carter ‘talking about politics again’ since Kamala Harris became nominee

Supreme Court Justice Alito says he got $900 concert tickets from German princess

12:00 , Lindsay Whitehurst

Justice Samuel Alito reported Friday that he accepted $900 worth of concert tickets from a German princess, but disclosed no trips paid for by other people, according to a new financial disclosure form.

The required annual filing, for which Alito has often sought an extension, doesn’t include details of the event tickets gifted by socialite Gloria von Thurn und Taxis of Germany. Alito didn’t report any outside income from teaching or book contracts.

The financial disclosures filed by Supreme Court justices come against the backdrop of a heightened focus on ethics at the high court amid criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices. The other eight justices filed their forms in June; Alito received an extension.

Supreme Court Justice Alito says he got $900 concert tickets from German princess

Why the mediocre jobs numbers might be a good thing for Kamala Harris

11:00 , Eric Garcia

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest jobs numbers, which showed that the US economy added 142,000 jobs. That is higher than the 99,000 jobs that ADP predicted, but still lower than most expectations.

The number may not seem that relevant, especially given that President Joe Biden is no longer running for re-election and most people blamed Biden for the bad economy. But it still means something.

Vice President Harris has sought to separate herself from Biden’s economic policies somewhat. In New Hampshire this week, she announced that she would support a 28 percent tax on capital gains for people earning a million dollars or more, which is about 10 points lower than Biden’s proposed 39.6 capital gains tax increase.

Why the mediocre jobs numbers might be a good thing for Kamala Harris

E Jean Carroll’s lawyer says ‘all options on the table’ after Trump attacks her again in rambling remarks

10:00 , Alex Woodward

As he detailed sexual assault allegations against him in two defamation cases he lost, Donald Trump said he was “very disappointed” in his legal team while half a dozen of his attorneys surrounded him in the lobby of Trump Tower on Friday.

Trump attended brief oral arguments in a federal appeals court hearing in Manhattan on Friday morning, where attorneys argued to reverse a $5 million defamation verdict against the former president, who a jury found liable for sexually abusing the writer E Jean Carroll in a department store in the 1990s.

Trump insists that he has never met Carroll and has labeled her a liar, claims that landed him a second defamation lawsuit, which he lost earlier this year. A separate jury awarded Carroll more than $83 million.

E Jean Carroll’s lawyer says ‘all options on the table’ after Trump’s latest attacks

Starmer will travel to Washington for second Biden meeting

09:00 , David Lynch

The Prime Minister will make his second visit to the USA since coming to office a matter of months ago, according to the White House.

Sir Keir Starmer is due to visit Washington DC and meet with President Joe Biden on September 13.

The meeting will be the second of its kind between the leaders since Sir Keir came to office in July, and comes just two months before Americans go to the polls for the presidential election.

Their first White House bilateral took place as Sir Keir attended the Nato summit just days after Labour won the election.

Starmer will travel to Washington for second Biden meeting

A surge of Black women and young people registering to vote in Pennsylvania spells trouble for Trump

08:00 , Richard Hall, Alicja Hagopian

New voter registrations surged among Black women and young people in Pennsylvania when Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president, according to newly released data.

In the week that Joe Biden announced he would not run for re-election, new registrations increased by 262 percent among Black women under 30 compared to the same week in 2020.

Registrations among Black voters increased by 110 percent, and among voters under 30 years old by 59 percent, also compared to the same week in 2020.

All of those demographic groups lean heavily towards voting for Democrats.

Pennsylvania sees surge in Black women and young people registering to vote

‘They don’t know him like I do:’ Trump’s disability advocate nephew details his ‘cruel’ streak

07:00 , Sheila Flynn

A lot of unexpected things have happened in the life of Fred Trump.

The son of Donald J’s handsome late older brother, Fred was disinherited of the family fortune by a technicality in his grandfather’s will. He and his wife, after a normal pregnancy and birth, discovered their third child suffered from severe rare disabilities requiring 24/7 care.

Then Fred watched his uncle become president. And that same uncle, while in office and standing in the White House, suggested disabled Americans like Fred’s son – his own great-nephew, William – should perhaps be left to “just die,” the 61-year-old author claims.

Trump’s disability advocate nephew details his ‘cruel’ streak

Vance insists John McCain wouldn’t have supported Harris if he saw the US-Mexico border

06:00 , Josh Marcus

The late Republican senator for Arizona, John McCain, wouldn’t have supported Kamala Harris if he saw the state of the US-Mexico border, according to GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance during a Phoenix campaign stop this week.

“Look, one of the things I love about Donald Trump, and I never knew John McCain, but I suspect that one of the things that I would have loved about John McCain is that they didn’t let their personal grievances get in the way of serving the country,” Vance said on Thursday.

“OK, so John McCain, I’m sure, disagreed with Donald Trump on a whole host of issues. And, yes, Donald Trump disagreed with John McCain on a whole host of issues. I do not believe for a second that if John McCain were alive today, and he sees what’s going on at the American southern border, that he would support Kamala Harris and all the destruction she’s wrought.”

Vance insists John McCain wouldn’t have supported Harris if he saw the border

Crypto No! Allies worry about Trump family’s ventures into digital currency

05:00 , Kelly Rissman

Months after Donald Trump and his eldest sons were found liable for civil fraud associated with a family business, the Trumps have sparked new concerns with a growing family venture — cryptocurrency.

The Republican presidential candidate has embraced a newfound love for cryptocurrency — he owns more than $1 million in digital currency — and sons, Don Jr and Eric, are considering forming a crypto startup called World Liberty Financial. But that plan has concerned Trump’s allies in the cryptosphere.

The X accounts of Trump’s youngest daughter, Tiffany Trump, and Lara Trump, Eric’s wife who co-chairs the Republican National Committee, were hacked earlier this week, with posts directing users to fake links for the project, according to World Liberty Financial.

Crypto No! Allies worry about Trump family’s ventures into digital currency

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

04:00 , Alicja Hagopian

It is now less than two months until Vice President Kamala Harris will go head-to-head with Donald Trump as Americans cast their votes in the 2024 election, after she replaced President Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket in July.

Fresh polls suggest that Harris may be sweeping up elusive independent voters; though races in the swing states are still too close to call, with Harris and Trump neck and neck in Pennsylvania.

So how will Harris actually fare against Trump in November?

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

Trump vows ‘long term prison sentences’ for people he falsely claims ‘CHEATED’ in the 2020 election

03:42 , Kelly Rissman

Donald Trump promised to prosecute those who “cheated” during the 2020 election as he intends to keep a close eye on the November race, the Republican nominee said in a late night rant.

The former president vowed in a post shared to X on Saturday night to seek political retribution “when” he retakes the White House for Democrats who, Trump baselessly claimed, committed “rampant cheating and Skullduggery” during the 2020 election.

Despite Trump’s insistence and his team’s legal challenges to the election results across the country, no court has supported these fraud claims.

“CEASE & DESIST,” the former president wrote. “WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long term prison sentences so that this Depravity of Justice does not happen again.”

Trump vows ‘long term prison sentences’ for those who ‘cheated’ in 2020 election

‘She needs to let Trump be Trump’: Inside Kamala Harris’s unconventional debate prep

03:00 , Andrew Feinberg

Less than three months ago, a disastrous debate performance by President Joe Biden put Kamala Harris on a collision course with Donald Trump.

Now at the top of the Democratic ticket, Harris’s first public face-off with Trump on the ABC debate stage in Philadelphia is just days away. Right now, she is hunkered down in Pittsburgh for intensive preparations with a close circle of aides and confidantes who are getting her ready for her best — and perhaps only — chance to convince Americans that she, and not the former president, should spend the next four years in the White House.

According to NOTUS, the vice president will be participating in sessions led by Paul, Weiss partner Karen Dunn, the Washington super-lawyer who masterminded then-Senator Harris’s prep for her 2020 debate against her predecessor, Mike Pence. Harris will also reportedly be coached by her veteran policy adviser Rohini Kosoglu, as well as Democratic National Convention mastermind and longtime operative Minyon Moore; domestic policy aide Brian Nelson; campaign chief-of-staff Sheila Nix; veteran adviser Sean Clegg; and Cedric Richmond, the former Louisiana congressman who is a co-chair of her campaign.

‘She needs to let Trump be Trump’: Inside Kamala Harris’s unconventional debate prep

Walz touts his record supporting LGBTQ+ rights in difficult times at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual dinner

02:34 , Eric Garcia

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz addressed the Human Rights Campaign, the largest pro-LGBTQ+ rights group in the country, about his first run for Congress in 2006 in a Republican district when he was asked about whether he supported civil unions for gay couples.

“I said, ‘sure, if that’s your thing,’” Walz told crowd at the group’s annual dinner on Saturday evening. “But I said, my marriage, my wife, Gwen is the most important thing in my life. I love her deeply. Why would I stop anybody else from marrying the person they love? That makes no sense.”

At the time, many Democrats had run away from supporting same-sex marriage and had a tenuous relationship with gay rights at best. Two years before, George W Bush had won re-election by supporting a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Shortly after, Walz won his race in 2006 and people praised him for winning despite supporting abortion rights and same-sex marriage.

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Walz touts his record supporting LGBTQ+ rights in difficult times

Stakeholder in Trump’s Truth Social parent company wins court ruling over share transfer

02:00 , Randall Chase

A federal judge in Delaware has ruled in favor of a firm seeking assurance that it will be able to sell its minority stake in the parent company of former president Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform.

The judge on Friday granted summary judgment to Florida-based United Atlantic Ventures LLC in a lawsuit filed against Minnesota-based Odyssey Transfer and Trust Co., a business that handles securities transfers among registered shareholders.

UAV is owned by Andrew Litinsky and Wesley Moss, former contestants on Trump’s TV show, “The Apprentice” who also helped facilitate a merger that took Trump Media public in March.

Stakeholder in Trump’s Truth Social parent company wins court ruling over share transfer

South Park creators have delayed the new season because of Donald Trump

01:00 , Jacob Stolworthy

The creators of South Park have made a vow about Donald Trump, who has inadvertently caused the delay of new episodes.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone have taken aim at Trump over the past 10 years, but were forced to take their foot off the gas in 2020 when they said it’s too hard to satirise the Republican presidential nominee, who was president from 2016 to 2020, as his administration is already too funny.

With Trump back in the news in a big way thanks to the forthcoming US election, which will take place in November, you would think that South Park would be prepping some jokes aimed at Trump.

South Park creators have delayed the new season because of Donald Trump

Jimmy Carter ‘talking about politics again’ since Kamala Harris became Democratic nominee

Sunday 8 September 2024 00:00 , Gustaf Kilander

Former President Jimmy Carter is “talking about politics again” following the ascension of Vice President Kamala Harris to the top of the Democratic ticket.

“After my grandmother passed, he had a pretty long low period when he wasn’t really engaging much at all,” his eldest grandchild Jason Carter told The Washington Post. “But now he’s talking about politics again.”

Two members of the Carter family told the paper that after the death of his wife, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, in November last year, his health has worsened. He has been in hospice for 18 months.

Jimmy Carter ‘talking about politics again’ since Kamala Harris became nominee

Trump tries to manage expectations for Tuesday’s debate by predicting media will say he was humiliated

Saturday 7 September 2024 23:30 , Graig Graziosi

Donald Trump wants his supporters to know that even if he loses his upcoming debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, he really won.

During a rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin on Saturday, Trump prepped his base, telling them that even if he does well in his debate with Harris, he’ll still be blasted by the media.

“If I destroy her in the debate, they’ll say Trump suffered a humiliating debate tonight,” he told a crowd of MAGA faithful on Saturday.

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Trump says media will give Harris debate win even if he ‘destroys’ her

Supreme Court Justice Alito says he got $900 concert tickets from German princess

Saturday 7 September 2024 23:00 , Lindsay Whitehurst

Justice Samuel Alito reported Friday that he accepted $900 worth of concert tickets from a German princess, but disclosed no trips paid for by other people, according to a new financial disclosure form.

The required annual filing, for which Alito has often sought an extension, doesn’t include details of the event tickets gifted by socialite Gloria von Thurn und Taxis of Germany. Alito didn’t report any outside income from teaching or book contracts.

The financial disclosures filed by Supreme Court justices come against the backdrop of a heightened focus on ethics at the high court amid criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices. The other eight justices filed their forms in June; Alito received an extension.

Supreme Court Justice Alito says he got $900 concert tickets from German princess

Trump biographer believes he is ‘hyper-aware’ that he is mentally slipping

Saturday 7 September 2024 22:52 , Kelly Rissman

Donald Trump, now the oldest candidate to run for president, is facing intense scrutiny over his age and mental sharpness — and his biographer thinks Trump is “hyper-aware” that he is cognitively slipping and trying to make up for it with “convoluted explanations,” according to a report.

President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race after a fumbled debate performance that had voters questioning his mental acuity. Now Trump is facing similar questions and is trying to provide explanations for his frequent mentions of Hannibal Lecter, garbled words, incomplete thoughts, conflating the names of prominent figures, and his penchant for rambling.

But the explanations caused one Trump biographer to believe the GOP nominee knows full well that he is losing his mental footing.

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‘Desperate’ Trump is ‘hyper-aware’ that he is slipping mentally, his biographer says

Why the mediocre jobs numbers might be a good thing for Kamala Harris

Saturday 7 September 2024 22:00 , Eric Garcia

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest jobs numbers, which showed that the US economy added 142,000 jobs. That is higher than the 99,000 jobs that ADP predicted, but still lower than most expectations.

The number may not seem that relevant, especially given that President Joe Biden is no longer running for re-election and most people blamed Biden for the bad economy. But it still means something.

Vice President Harris has sought to separate herself from Biden’s economic policies somewhat. In New Hampshire this week, she announced that she would support a 28 percent tax on capital gains for people earning a million dollars or more, which is about 10 points lower than Biden’s proposed 39.6 capital gains tax increase.

Why the mediocre jobs numbers might be a good thing for Kamala Harris

E Jean Carroll’s lawyer says ‘all options on the table’ after Trump attacks her again in rambling remarks

Saturday 7 September 2024 21:00 , Alex Woodward

As he detailed sexual assault allegations against him in two defamation cases he lost, Donald Trump said he was “very disappointed” in his legal team while half a dozen of his attorneys surrounded him in the lobby of Trump Tower on Friday.

Trump attended brief oral arguments in a federal appeals court hearing in Manhattan on Friday morning, where attorneys argued to reverse a $5 million defamation verdict against the former president, who a jury found liable for sexually abusing the writer E Jean Carroll in a department store in the 1990s.

Trump insists that he has never met Carroll and has labeled her a liar, claims that landed him a second defamation lawsuit, which he lost earlier this year. A separate jury awarded Carroll more than $83 million.

E Jean Carroll’s lawyer says ‘all options on the table’ after Trump’s latest attacks

Trump threatening the EU with more tariffs for not taking US cars and agriculture products

Saturday 7 September 2024 21:00 , Gustaf Kilander

Trump threatened the EU with more tariffs for not taking American cars and agriculture products.

“The European Union … is one of the most egregious. They don’t take our cars, they don’t take our farm products, and we have a $300 billion trade deficit with them,” he claimed. “They’re going to have to pay a price now, because we’ve been supporting them for a long time, and it’s no longer sustainable. So I’m a tariff president, I’m not a tax increase president, because we’re going to lower your taxes when I’m back in the White House.”

The last time Trump put tariffs on the EU, it retaliated with tariffs on goods from red states like Harley-Davidson and Jack Daniels, threatening their share prices.

Trump bizarrely claims children are subject to ‘brutal’ operations

Saturday 7 September 2024 20:52 , Gustaf Kilander

Trump yet again brings up Hannibal Lecter

Saturday 7 September 2024 20:40 , Gustaf Kilander

Trump says RFK Jr will be part of ‘panel’ to look at chronic health problems

Saturday 7 September 2024 20:23 , Gustaf Kilander

Trump said on Saturday afternoon that Robert F Kennedy Jr, an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, would be a part of a “panel of top experts” to look into chronic health problems.

Trump says he wants to modify 25th Amendment

Saturday 7 September 2024 20:19 , Gustaf Kilander

Trump said in Wisconsin that he wants to modify the 25th Amendment to remove a vice president if they engage “in a conspiracy to cover up the incapacity of the president.”

Trump calls Elon Musk ‘Leon’

Saturday 7 September 2024 20:03 , Gustaf Kilander

Trump tells Jewish Republicans that Israel will be ‘gone’ if Harris wins in November

Saturday 7 September 2024 20:00 , Josh Marcus

Donald Trump has claimed Israel will be “gone” if Kamala Harris wins the election, during a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas.

“If they win, Israel is gone. Just remember that. If they win, Israel is gone,” Trump told the crowd via live video feed on Thursday. “You can forget about Israel, that’s what’s going to happen. So they have to get out on Nov. 5 and they have to vote for Trump. If they don’t, I think it’s going to be a very terrible situation.”

He also claimed Jews who vote for Democrats need to have their “head examined” and wondered: “How do they exist?” He also claimed if Harris becomes president, “you’re not going to have an Israel…Israel will no longer exist.”

Trump tells Jewish Republicans that Israel will be ‘gone’ if Harris wins in November

Trump says military generals who like him are ‘not going woke’

Saturday 7 September 2024 19:54 , Gustaf Kilander

Trump said that the military generals who like him are “not going woke.”

“They’re not going woke. You could put them in a room for two years and scream woke crap to them, and they’d walk out and they wouldn’t be changed. They’re not going woke,” he said.

Trump addresses New York trial sentencing

Saturday 7 September 2024 19:40 , Gustaf Kilander

Trump claimed that there’s “no case” against him after he was convicted on 34 counts in his New York trial.

Trump ‘offended’ at Putin’s Harris endorsement

Saturday 7 September 2024 19:36 , Gustaf Kilander

Trump said he was offended by Russian President Vladimir Putin endorsing Kamala Harris this week.

“I don’t know what it is with poor Russia … Russia would have never happened if I were president, attacking Ukraine would have never happened. I knew Putin. I knew him well,” he said. “And you know, he endorsed, I don’t know if you saw the other day, he endorsed Kamala. He endorsed Kamala. I was very offended by that. I wonder why he endorsed Kamala. Now, he’s a chess player.”

Putin cites Harris’s ‘infectious laugh’ in mocking endorsement for president

Trump begins rally by slamming ‘their lying, cheating, thieving, hoaxing, and plotting’

Saturday 7 September 2024 19:29 , Gustaf Kilander

Trump took the stage in Wisconsin on Saturday telling his supporters: “With your vote this election, their lying, cheating, thieving, hoaxing, and plotting will come to an end.”

DNC mocks JD Vance and Trump with banners over college football games

Saturday 7 September 2024 19:10 , Gustaf Kilander

The Democratic National Committee is flying banners over three college football games in swing states this week linking Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance to Project 2025.

Michigan and Ohio State are rivals but won’t play each other until November 30.

In Ann Arbor, Michigan, the banner stated: “JD Vance <3 Ohio State + Project 2025.”

In Pennsylvania, it said: “Penn St: Beat Trump, Sack Project 2025.”

In Wisconsin, it was set to state: “Jump Around! Beat Trump + Project 2025.”

Starmer will travel to Washington for second Biden meeting

Saturday 7 September 2024 19:00 , David Lynch

The Prime Minister will make his second visit to the USA since coming to office a matter of months ago, according to the White House.

Sir Keir Starmer is due to visit Washington DC and meet with President Joe Biden on September 13.

The meeting will be the second of its kind between the leaders since Sir Keir came to office in July, and comes just two months before Americans go to the polls for the presidential election.

Their first White House bilateral took place as Sir Keir attended the Nato summit just days after Labour won the election.

Starmer will travel to Washington for second Biden meeting

Live: Donald Trump holds a rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin

Saturday 7 September 2024 18:31 , Reann Philogene

A surge of Black women and young people registering to vote in Pennsylvania spells trouble for Trump

Saturday 7 September 2024 18:00 , Richard Hall, Alicja Hagopian

New voter registrations surged among Black women and young people in Pennsylvania when Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president, according to newly released data.

In the week that Joe Biden announced he would not run for re-election, new registrations increased by 262 percent among Black women under 30 compared to the same week in 2020.

Registrations among Black voters increased by 110 percent, and among voters under 30 years old by 59 percent, also compared to the same week in 2020.

All of those demographic groups lean heavily towards voting for Democrats.

Pennsylvania sees surge in Black women and young people registering to vote

‘They don’t know him like I do:’ Trump’s disability advocate nephew details his ‘cruel’ streak

Saturday 7 September 2024 17:00 , Sheila Flynn

A lot of unexpected things have happened in the life of Fred Trump.

The son of Donald J’s handsome late older brother, Fred was disinherited of the family fortune by a technicality in his grandfather’s will. He and his wife, after a normal pregnancy and birth, discovered their third child suffered from severe rare disabilities requiring 24/7 care.

Then Fred watched his uncle become president. And that same uncle, while in office and standing in the White House, suggested disabled Americans like Fred’s son – his own great-nephew, William – should perhaps be left to “just die,” the 61-year-old author claims.

Trump’s disability advocate nephew details his ‘cruel’ streak

Vance insists John McCain wouldn’t have supported Harris if he saw the US-Mexico border

Saturday 7 September 2024 16:00 , Josh Marcus

The late Republican senator for Arizona, John McCain, wouldn’t have supported Kamala Harris if he saw the state of the US-Mexico border, according to GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance during a Phoenix campaign stop this week.

“Look, one of the things I love about Donald Trump, and I never knew John McCain, but I suspect that one of the things that I would have loved about John McCain is that they didn’t let their personal grievances get in the way of serving the country,” Vance said on Thursday.

“OK, so John McCain, I’m sure, disagreed with Donald Trump on a whole host of issues. And, yes, Donald Trump disagreed with John McCain on a whole host of issues. I do not believe for a second that if John McCain were alive today, and he sees what’s going on at the American southern border, that he would support Kamala Harris and all the destruction she’s wrought.”

Vance insists John McCain wouldn’t have supported Harris if he saw the border