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October 24, 2024 9:44 AM

Nearly 25 million votes already cast as Harris, Trump hit battleground states

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris told a town hall in Pennsylvania on Wednesday her administration would be different from that of President Joe Biden's, as Republican Donald Trump campaigned in Georgia, another battleground state. Harris's attempt to distance herself from Biden comes as several polls show the president is a drag on her candidacy and that voters are eager for a new direction with less than two weeks to go until the Nov. 5 election. Harris has mostly brushed off q...

October 22, 2024 12:40 PM

With two weeks to Election Day, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump intensify campaign efforts

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican rival, Donald Trump, delivered radically different messages on the U.S. campaign trail on Monday as they sought to win over undecided voters in the two weeks before Election Day. Vice President Harris, campaigning alongside Republican former lawmaker Liz Cheney, attempted to convince conservative, suburban women in three Midwestern battleground states that former President Trump was a threat to abortion rights, national secur...

October 21, 2024 2:51 PM

Latin America braces for US election impact on trade, tariffs

Latin America is anxiously counting the days to Nov. 5, when U.S. voters will choose between relative continuity under Vice President Kamala Harris or a return to policies that triggered volatility in the region's largest markets and economies under former president Donald Trump. Trade and tariffs, as well as monetary policy's effect on global interest rates, are likely the largest avenues for the election to jolt the U.S.'s neighboring region. Washington's economic war with China could particu...

October 18, 2024 10:44 AM

Democrats, Republicans battle over election rules in Harris-Trump contest

The U.S. presidential contest between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump features an array of legal battles over how the votes are cast and counted that are likely to last beyond Election Day on Nov. 5. Here are some of the most significant voting-related disputes that are playing out in the seven competitive swing states that are likely to determine the outcome of the election. Together they control 94 of the 270 Electoral College votes a candidate needs to win: ARIZONA, 11 El...

October 16, 2024 1:17 PM

U.S. elections: Georgia reports record turnout as early voting begins in battleground state

Voters in Georgia turned out in record numbers as the battleground state opened early voting for the Nov. 5 presidential election between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, state officials said on Tuesday. At least 252,000 voters had cast ballots at early-voting sites as of 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT), nearly double the 136,000 who participated in the first day of early voting in the 2020 election, said Gabriel Sterling, Georgia's No. 2 election official. "Spectacular turnout," ...

October 14, 2024 8:51 AM

Man arrested near Trump rally in California with loaded firearm, charged with illegal possession

A Nevada man was arrested near former President Donald Trump's rally in California's Coachella on Saturday after deputies recovered a loaded firearm and high-capacity magazine in his vehicle, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said on Sunday. The suspect, identified as Vem Miller, was intercepted by police at a checkpoint about a half-mile from an entrance to the rally, police said. "We probably stopped another assassination attempt," Riverside county sheriff, Chad Bianco, said, adding t...

October 5, 2024 5:39 PM

US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories

In the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Helene in the United States this week, a new storm emerged on social media - false rumors about how disaster funds have been used, and even claims that officials control the weather. Local and national government officials say they are trying to combat the rumors, including one spread by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. One of the more far-fetched rumors is that Helene was an engineered storm to allow corporations to mine regional lith...

October 4, 2024 5:07 PM

Trump’s already harsh rhetoric on migrants is turning darker as Election Day nears

Donald Trump’s campaign billed the event at a Michigan manufacturing plant as an address by the Republican presidential candidate on the local economy. Residents of the battleground state, aides noted in advance, were being hit hard by inflation. But with rolls of insulated building materials as a backdrop and workers in the audience, Trump spent the first 25 minutes of the speech on Sept. 27 railing about border security and migrants streaming into the country. His words grew increasingly gr...

September 18, 2024 10:22 AM

Trump to meet with Prime Minister Modi in US next week

Former US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his upcoming visit to the United States next week. Trump, who is campaigning for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, made the announcement while addressing supporters in Michigan. “He happens to be coming to meet me next week,” Trump said, describing PM Modi as a "fantastic" leader. He praised several world leaders, adding, “These people are the sharpest. They’re ...

September 17, 2024 9:20 AM

US: Donald Trump blames Biden, Harris’ ‘rhetoric’ for assassination bid

Former US President Donald Trump has launched a fiery attack on US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' for their 'rhetoric'. The Republican presidential candidate claimed that the suspected gunman 'acted' on 'highly inflammatory language' of Democrats. It was, notably, the second assassination bid against the former US President since July. The suspected gunman, Ryan Wesley Routh, possessed an AK-47-style rifle pointing through the chain-link fence out towards the green, a go-...