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How Trump is laying the groundwork to possibly challenge the 2024 election results
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- There is roughly a month left to go in the 2024 presidential race, yet Donald Trump has been ramping up his rhetoric to possibly challenge the outcome.For months, he's accused Democrats of cheating, threatened to prosecute election workers and falsely claimed noncitizens are being allowed in the country to cast ballots.Trump's also now telling his supporters that if he loses in November, it will be the country's "last election" -- the latest dark comment in his increasingly bleak and dystopian campaign rhetoric.Asked for comment on his remarks, the Trump campaign's national press secretary Karoline Leavitt told ABC News: "President Trump has always stated we need free and fair elections, or we won't have a country."Here's a ... Read More
Harris goes after Trump’s false claims about FEMA’s storm response
ABC(NEW YORK) -- Vice President Kamala Harris went after Donald Trump for his false claims about FEMA in the wake of devastating storms in the Southeast during an appearance on ABC's "The View" on Tuesday."It's profound and it is the height of irresponsibility and, frankly, callousness," Harris said of Trump's claims. "Lives are literally at stake right now."Harris described personal stories she heard from those affected by Hurricane Helene and its aftermath after traveling to Georgia and North Carolina."People are losing their home with no hope of ever being able to reconstruct or return, and the idea that somebody would be playing political games for the sake of himself -- but this is so consistent about Donald Trump," she said. ... Read More
Trump falsely claims Biden used FEMA funds for migrants — something Trump did himself
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump has been spreading false claims about the Biden-Harris administrationâs response to Hurricane Helene, including the baseless claim that the administration is using Federal Emergency Management Agency money to house illegal migrants. Some of Trumpâs allies, including Elon Musk, have been amplifying those claims.Those claims are not true. But ironically, Trump attempted something similar to what he falsely claims the Biden/Harris administration is doing when he was president.Back in 2019, Trump used money from FEMAâs disaster fund for migrant programs at the southern border. In August 2019, the Trump administration told Congress it intended to shift $271 million in funding from DHS -- including $155 million from FEMAâs Disaster Relief Fund -- to ... Read More
Officials in North Carolina, Georgia say Helene will not derail voting in presidential election
SimpleImages/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Election officials in Georgia and North Carolina said Monday that voting from their states in the presidential election in November will not be derailed by the damage left by Hurricane Helene even as crews continue to search for victims.Though parts of the two states were devastated by the hurricane, election officials said they are working on plans to assure that every ballot cast for the Nov. 5 election will be counted.âWhat has been on everyoneâs mind is what will happen to elections,â Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said at a news conference Monday. âGood news: Absentee ballots are going out this week as scheduled, and early voting will start next Tuesday, on Oct. 15."Raffensperger said that ... Read More
Trump, Harris mark anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are both taking a break from campaigning in battleground states on Monday to memorialize the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.Harris, alongside second gentleman Doug Emhoff, marked the day by planting a pomegranate tree at the vice president's residence -- a symbol of hope and righteousness in Judaism. Trump visited Ohel Chabad-Lubavitch -- considered a sacred site amongst Hasidic Jews -- in Queens, New York, where he had an intimate private visit to the Ohel, the gravesite of the Rebbe at the Old Montefiore Cemetery, where he was seen shaking hands with Rabbis and mingling with ... Read More
Harris, pressed on how sheâd get economic plan through Congress, suggests there might be a path
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris indicated in a "60 Minutes" interview out Monday that she could get her economic policies through a Republican-controlled Congress, despite the potential for opposition from Republican lawmakers to her proposed tax breaks that drive up the federal deficit.In a clip of the interview released Monday, "60 Minutes" correspondent Bill Whitaker pressed Harris on how she would pay for the policies, which include tax breaks for small business owners, parents and first-time homebuyers."How are you going to get this through Congress?" Whitaker asked."You know, when you talk quietly with a lot of folks in Congress, they know exactly what I'm talking about because their constituents know exactly what I'm talking about; their constituents ... Read More
Kamala Harris slams Sarah Huckabee Sanders comments on Call Her Daddy podcast: ‘This is not the 1950âs’
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris, in an appearance on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, slammed Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders recently suggesting the presidential candidate isn't humble because she doesn't have biological children.Speaking to "Call Her Daddy" host Alex Cooper, who asked about Huckabee Sanders' remark, "My kids keep me humble. Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesnât have anything keeping her humble," Harris suggested the governor is caught in the past."I don't think she understands that there are a whole lot of women out here who, one, are not aspiring to be humble, two, a whole lot of women out here who have a lot of love in their life, family in their life, and children in their life," ... Read More
Walz tries to do cleanup on falsehoods in Fox News interview
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Gov. Tim Walz, in his first Sunday show appearance and only fourth national media interview thatâs aired since he was selected to be Vice President Kamala Harrisâ running mate, addressed the mounting pile of false statements that have surfaced since he joined the Democratic ticket in an interview on "Fox News Sunday."Foxâs Shannon Bream, asked the governor why he thought the American people should trust him amid the falsehoods -- about being in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre, about his military service, about he and his wife using in vitro fertilization when theyâd really used intrauterine insemination -- when he could be in the line of succession for commander in chief should Harris win ... Read More
Trump’s return to Butler marked by heightened security and reflective supporters
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(BUTLER, Pa.) -- Former President Donald Trump is set to return to the site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, for a rally marked by enhanced security measures around the fairground as supporters call Saturday's rally a healing moment.With security at the forefront of people's minds, officials have taken extra precautions to keep Trump and his supporters safe in the wake of enhanced threats. Semi-trailers have formed a perimeter around the fairgrounds so nobody outside can see in, a contrast to the summer's rally where spectators had a clear vantage point inside from outside the rally perimeter.Additionally, the unmanned building that Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to scale and get a clear shot at Trump is ... Read More
Harris dunks on Trump, Vance at Flint rally with an assist from Magic Johnson
Scott Olson/Getty Images(FLINT, Mich.) -- Vice President Kamala Harris dunked on former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, particularly on the auto industry at her rally Friday night, with an assist from NBA star and Michigan native, Magic Johnson."When it came to building the cars of the future, Donald Trump sat on the sidelines and let China dominate and then he talks down to American workers, saying 'we can't compete with Chinese workers,'" Harris said. "And make no mistake, Donald Trump is no friend of labor."Harris' attacks focused on what she said was her rival's unkept promises on manufacturing and putting Michigan auto jobs at risk something her campaign attacked Trump on the same topic in ... Read More
Parole program CHNV recipients will need to find alternative benefits, or leave the country: DHS
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration is saying those whose parole is expiring from the Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV) program will need to seek another immigration benefits and if they don't find one, depart the country.CHNV was implemented by the Biden administration with the intention to reduce irregular migration of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, and to allow qualifying individuals to lawfully enter the United States in a safe and orderly manner on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.The program was briefly paused for fraud concerns but has been reimplemented with better safeguards.These processes were set up as temporary in nature, a source told ABC News, to allow the beneficiaries to work ... Read More
Israelis broadly favor Trump over Harris on security and in vote preference: Poll
kolderal/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Israelis broadly pick former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris as better for Israel's security and in turn favor Trump for the U.S. presidency, albeit with sharp political divisions, a national survey by Langer Research Associates and PORI (Public Opinion Research Israel) finds.Fifty-eight percent of Israelis in the survey, conducted in September, said Trump would be better for Israel's security, vs. 20% for Harris. If they had a vote in the U.S. election, Israelis said they'd pick Trump over Harris by a similar 54%-24%, with the rest taking a pass.To a large degree, these attitudes follow the fault lines in Israeli politics. Among people who would support parties in the ruling coalition led by ... Read More
Where Harris, Trump stand on school choice, voucher programs
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Democrats and Republicans have proposed vastly different policies on education â and one key difference highlights a battle that has been happening on the ground in states across the country.Education Savings Accounts, or ESAs, and school vouchers have spurred debates at the local level for years.ESA programs allow families to divert a designated amount of per-student public school spending to pay for expenses for private schools, microschools and homeschooling -- including tuition, books, tutoring, transportation and more.School vouchers similarly use public funds to allow students to pay for tuition.Arizona passed the countryâs first ESA program in 2011, and at least eight other states have followed its lead: Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah and West ... Read More
Trump to head back to Butler — site of 1st assassination attempt — for weekend rally
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(BUTLER, Pa.) -- Former President Donald Trump is making his return to the site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, for a rally on Saturday -- a moment the campaign hopes will spur inspiration among his fervent supporters as they come together to honor the victims who died during the July shooting."I'm going back to Butler because I feel I have an obligation to go back to Butler. We never finished what we were supposed to do," Trump said earlier this week in an interview with NewsNation. "I said that day, when I was shot, I said, 'We're coming back. We're going to come back.' And I'm fulfilling a promise. I'm fulfilling, really, an obligation."Trump's rally ... Read More
What we know about the shooter
WASHINGTON (AP) â The man identified as the shooter in the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump was a 20-year-old from a Pittsburgh suburb not far from the campaign rally where one attendee was killed. Investigators were working Sunday to gather more information about Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, who they say opened fire at the rally before being killed by Secret Service days before Trump was to accept the Republican nomination for a third time. An FBI official said late Saturday that investigators had not yet determined a motive. Two spectators were critically injured, authorities said. Relatives of Crooks didnât immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press. His father, Matthew Crooks, told CNN late ... Read MorePrayers for Trump also pour in from political rivals
Prayers for the former president are also coming from his political opponents. âI am horrified by what happened at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania and relieved that former President Trump is safe. Political violence has no place in our country,â said Sen. Chuck Schumer in a statement. âWe should all condemn what happened today and I am hoping for the health of the former president and everyone else at the rally,â Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy posted on the social platform X. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a post on X that his âthoughts and prayers are with former President Trumpâ and expressed thanks âfor the decisive law enforcement response.â ... Read MoreTop of page
