Harris Vs Trump Live: New Poll Shows Kamala Harris Leads Donald Trump In Three Crucial Battleground States
Donald Trump gets worked up over question about crowd sizes during Mar-a-Lago press conference
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Vice President Kamala Harris told pro-Palestine protesters at a rally in Arizona that “now is the time” to get a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza.
“So let me say I have been clear. Now is the time to get a cease-fire deal and get the hostage deal done. Now is the time and the President and I are working around the clock every day to get that cease-fire deal done and bring the hostages home. So, I respect your voices,” she said on Friday night.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump attended a rally in Bozeman, Montana, after his plane was diverted to Billings because of a mechanical issue as he flew to the state.
During the Friday night event he falsely claimed Harris would not debate him, before admitting they would face off on ABC in September.
Harris has surged to a five-point lead over Donald Trump in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, putting her at 42 percent to the Republican’s 37 percent nationally with less than three months to go to November’s presidential election.
1723321849Iran is using fake news sites to influence 2024 electionGroups connected to the Iranian government are ramping up their efforts to interfere with voters’ decision-making in the 2024 presidential election by targeting far-left and far-right individuals with fake news websites, a new report from Microsoft Threat Analysis Center claims.
Among those fake news websites is a left-leaning one called Nio Thinker, launched in October 2023, that appealed to potential liberal voters by concentrating on the Israel-Hamas war and mocking former president Donald Trump.
A right-leaning one called Savannah Time has published content associated with conservative hot-button issues like gender-reassignment surgery and other LGBT+ issues, the report says.
Ariana Baio has more details below.
Oliver O’Connell10 August 2024 21:30
1723320732Crowds lining up to see Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in VegasOliver O’Connell10 August 2024 21:12
1723320049In depth: How Elon Musk is disrupting US elections to boost TrumpThe 2024 presidential cycle is the first since Musk bought X, formerly Twitter. Under his ownership, the fact checkers are gone, AI-generated content is feeding false election information to millions of users, and Musk himself is responsible for misleading posts that have been viewed more than 1 billion times.
The world’s wealthiest man not only controls a platform where he can boost Donald Trump’s campaign, he also helped launch a Trump-supporting political action committee to spend and raise unlimited dollars to get him elected — a uniquely powerful combination that election analysts, civil rights groups and state prosecutors are closely watching.
Alex Woodward reports.
Oliver O’Connell10 August 2024 21:00
1723318783Trump will do town halls if Harris doesn’t agree to Fox News and NBC debates, report saysDonald Trump still intends to be in front of TV cameras even if Kamala Harris dismisses his pleas for two other presidential debates, The New York Post reports, citing a campaign official.
If the vice president will not attend debates suggested by the former president, the officials said: “We’ll do town halls.”
Harris has agreed to a debate on September 10 hosted by ABC News that was previously arranged to be between Trump and President Joe Biden before he dropped out of the race.
Trump appeared to back out of the debate after Harris took over the campaign and was then this week confirmed as the party’s nominee.
Instead, the former president said he wanted to debate on the friendlier turf of Fox News on September 4. Harris declined to do so.
During a rambling, lie-filled press conference on Thursday at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said he has now accepted the ABC News invitation and again touted the Fox News debate before saying that he was also asking for a September 25 debate on NBC (which appeared to have not been fully agreed to by anyone except him).
In remarks to reporters, Harris left open the door to the NBC debate or another date after the ABC News event.
Oliver O’Connell10 August 2024 20:39
1723318249JD Vance reveals 30-pound weight lossVance, who was announced as Donald Trump’s running mate at the Republican National Convention last month, attributed the weight loss to eating better, running and hitting the gym. He denied taking any weight loss medication.
Gustaf Kilander has the story.
Oliver O’Connell10 August 2024 20:30
1723316449Walz’s campaign tries to walk back 2018 comments about using weapons ‘in war’Tim Walz “misspoke” in a 2018 video where the Minnesota governor linked his stance on gun regulations to handling weapons “in war,” according to the Harris campaign, as Republicans continue to allege Walz has been exaggerating his military record.
Earlier this week, the Kamala Harris campaign shared a video of Walz talking about why he supports background checks, public health research and other Democratic priorities around gun legislation.
In the clip, Walz described his nearly quarter-century serving in the Army National Guard and said, “We can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is the only place where those weapons are at.”
Josh Marcus has the story.
Oliver O’Connell10 August 2024 20:00
1723314606Harris could make history as the first president to work at McDonald’sThe next president of the United States could be a former McDonald’s employee.
More than 13 percent of Americans, or roughly 41 million people, have worked at a McDonald’s restaurant at some point in their lives. That includes Kamala Harris, who worked at a restaurant for a summer while she was in college.
Harris mentioned her brief stint on the fryer when she joined the picket line with fast food workers in Las Vegas in 2019 and during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show in April.
Alex Woodward looks at the significance of the vice president’s former summer job for the campaign.
Oliver O’Connell10 August 2024 19:30
1723313749Bidens enjoy day at beach
President Joe Biden, granddaughter Naomi and first lady Jill Biden sit under umbrellas at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware (REUTERS)President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden and their granddaughter Naomi Biden are enjoying an afternoon at the beach in Delaware.
Oliver O’Connell10 August 2024 19:15
1723312849Trump bizarrely claims nobody knows his Democratic rival’s last nameThe reclusive former president emerged from hiding at his Palm Beach, Florida, estate and flew — with a slight mechanical interruption — to a rally in Bozeman, Montana, in support of Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, who is looking to unseat Democratic Senator Jon Tester.
On stage, Trump reeled through his standard list of grievances and disparaging remarks about America, adding some new material for the crowd.
Read on…
Oliver O’Connell10 August 2024 19:00
1723311949Watch: Moment Trump polls Montana crowd about attack line on Biden — who is no longer running…Should someone tell him? 🤔
Oliver O’Connell10 August 2024 18:45
