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The IndependentTrump asked New Yorkers ‘what have you got to lose’ by voting for him. The answers came thick and fast
‘With crime at record levels, with terrorists and criminals pouring in, and with inflation eating your hearts out, vote for Donald Trump,’ Republican nominee pleads
- The Independent
Trump claims audience ‘went crazy’ for him at his debate with Harris – but there was no audience
The former president often claims his crowd sizes are huge – even wildly asserting he drew in a bigger crowd than Martin Luther King Jr during the March on Washington – but this time, he appeared to go even further by claiming there was one at all
- The Independent
More than 100 former Republican officials back Harris over Trump in damning letter
Signatories include former cabinet secretaries, intelligence leaders, and members of Congress
- The Independent
Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates
Here’s what the latest polls say about the 2024 presidential election, from The Independent’s data correspondent
- Futurism
Data Scientist Predicts Kamala Harris Will Win By a "Landslide" in November
A data scientist who correctly predicted elections in 2020 and 2021 is back to throw his analytical hat in the ring — and he's betting that Kamala Harris is going to win big. As Fortune reports, Northwestern University's Thomas Miller shocked pundits and pollsters when
- The Independent
‘A devastating self-own’: How Project 2025 became Trump’s worst nightmare
Project 2025 was always Trump’s game. How did the ultra-conservatives who crafted it let everything spiral out of control so badly? John Bowden reports
- The Independent
Tim Walz is out to teach Trump a lesson as he trials election attack lines on the road
Comfortable in khakis and an open collar, Walz couldn’t be more different from JD Vance, the awkward man in a boxy suit and an overly long tie. Instead of talking about ‘threats to democracy’, Harris’s running-mate made a football analogy about January 6th — and it went down a storm. Andrew Feinberg reports
- HuffPost
Guess Who's Set To Play JD Vance In Tim Walz’s Debate Prep Sessions
They have a record of telling the truth on Fox News.
- The Daily Beast
Republicans Are in a Civil War Over Trump’s Weed Plan
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is fuming mad with state GOP lawmakers who he says aren’t doing enough to stop a ballot measure—supported by former president Donald Trump—that would legalize marijuana in the state, according to a report in Politico.State Republicans have kept mum on the issue, but the news outlet noted DeSantis recently started lashing out against his colleagues who, unlike him he says, aren’t fighting to stop possible legalization.“You say you’re all about these issues, and then when
- The Independent
Trump vows to restore Muslim ban saying he won’t take refugees from ‘infested countries’
‘I’m the one protecting you,’ he told Jewish Americans at the event
- The Hill
Support for Taylor Swift get-out-the-vote efforts falls after Super Bowl conspiracy theory
More than half of voters in a new survey say they support pop star Taylor Swift’s get-out-the-vote effort to push her fans to vote in this year’s election, but the number is down 15 points from February following a conspiracy theory surrounding the idea of a rigged Super Bowl. The newly released Monmouth University poll…
- HuffPost
GOP Group Director Bestows Worst Possible Honor On Donald Trump’s Campaign
Sarah Longwell, founder of Republican Voters Against Trump, spelled out how the former president’s 2024 run differs from his previous attempts, not in a good way.
- The Independent
‘Black Nazi’ and ‘perv’: Stunning report details NC Republican candidate’s posts about self on porn forum
Harris team wasted no time in tweeting about Trump’s warm relationship with Robinson
- The Telegraph
Kamala Harris tells Oprah any intruder to her home is ‘getting shot’
Kamala Harris has issued a warning to any potential home intruder, saying: “If somebody breaks in my house, they’re getting shot.”
- The Hill
Fetterman: Trump’s ‘special’ place in Pennsylvania ‘deepened’ after shooting
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he thinks former President Trump has a “special” place among Pennsylvania voters and it only deepened after a gunman opened fire at a Trump rally in the state in July. “Trump has created a special kind of a hold … and he’s remade the party and he has a special kind…
- The Daily Beast
Harris’ Interview-Dodging Is All Part of the Plan—Apparently
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is deliberately shutting out the press knowing it vexes reporters, sources close to the campaign told Axios.Journalists and press groups have lambasted the Harris-Walz campaign in recent weeks for restricting access and rarely making its candidates available, while the Republican ticket—especially vice presidential candidate JD Vance—has been much more open and accessible to media.Axios said the Harris team “believes limiting interactions with the press is
- HuffPost
Lady Gaga's Dad Endorses Trump On Fox, And You Won't Believe How He Describes Him
Her father's praise for Trump might make it tough for the singer to keep her poker face.
- HuffPost
Hillary Clinton Swipes At Donald Trump On 'The Tonight Show' Without ID'ing Him
“I wonder who you’re talking about," host Jimmy Fallon deadpanned to the former secretary of state.
- The Hill
Marist polls: Harris leads Trump in Michigan, Wisconsin, with tie in Pennsylvania
Vice President Kamala Harris is leading former President Donald Trump by 5 points in Michigan, is leading slightly in Wisconsin, and is tied in Pennsylvania, according to new Marist battleground state polls.
- The Hill
Emhoff blasts Huckabee Sanders’s dig at Harris for not having biological children
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff slammed Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s (R) dig at Vice President Harris for not having biological children. “Somehow because Cole and Ella [Emhoff] aren’t Kamala’s quote-unquote biological children, that she doesn’t have anything in her life to keep her humble,” Emhoff said on Wednesday during a campaign event in Brooklyn, N.Y. …