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Vivek Ramaswamy seeks single-day nationwide voting, opposes early voting

Entrepreneur-turned-politician Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday opposed the provision of early voting and instead called for a single-day nationwide voting and making an identity card compulsory for voters' identification. I'll be honest with you. I don't love early voting. I never have. I believe we need single-day voting on Election Day as a national holiday with paper ballots and government-issued ID to match the voter file. That's what I believe. That's what Donald Trump believes, Ramaswamy said at an election rally in the battle ground state of Arizona that was addressed by Trump. Let me tell you something. You got to play by the rules we have in order to change the rules to what they should be. So I'm asking you, as Republicans, we may not like early voting. Get out there and do it anyway because we have an election to win and a country to save, he said. Our founding fathers, they made a sacrifice. There were 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence. What happened to them?

Voters trust Harris on key issues, but will that influence their vote?

If the presidential election hinged on abortion or climate change, Kamala Harris might be feeling pretty comfortable about her chances on November 5, based on the polls. The Democratic nominee is also competitive on economic issues against Republican Donald Trump. But Harris knows this is an extremely tight race and that it could well serve as a test of just how much policy matters to voters, and which policies ultimately matter the most. The vice president leads Trump on abortion, election integrity, climate change, taxes for the middle class and management of natural disasters, according to the latest survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs. She's essentially split with Trump on several specific economic issues such as jobs and the cost of groceries and gasoline. The two are basically even as well on crime and the situation in the Middle East. Trump has a slight advantage over Harris on tariffs, and a bigger edge on immigration. Despite Harris' advantage o

Harris, Trump shift to podcasts moving away from legacy media to campaign

Among the legacy news outlets that have come up empty in their efforts to interview Kamala Harris and Donald Trump during the general election campaign: NPR, The New York Times, PBS and The Washington Post. Yet Harris chose to meet with Alex Cooper for her Call Her Daddy podcast and talk a little Bay Area basketball with the fellows on All the Smoke. Trump rejected 60 Minutes, but has hung out with the bros on the Bussin' With the Boys and Flagrant. During this truncated campaign, some of the traditional giants of journalism are being pushed aside. The growing popularity of podcasts and their ability to help candidates in a tight race target a specific sliver of the electorate is a big reason why. There are certainly exceptions. Harris spoke to NBC News' Hallie Jackson on Tuesday and held a CNN town hall on Wednesday. But political columnist John Heilemann of Puck noticed what he called an ancient, dying beast railing against the diminishment of its status and stature in the new ...

Efforts by Russia, Iran, China to sway US voters may escalate: Microsoft

Foreign adversaries have shown continued determination to influence the US election - and there are signs their activity will intensify as Election Day nears, Microsoft said in a report on Wednesday. Russian operatives are doubling down on fake videos to smear Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, while Chinese-linked social media campaigns are maligning down-ballot candidates who are critical of China, the company's threat intelligence arm said on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Iranian actors who allegedly sent emails aimed at intimidating US voters in 2020 have been surveying election-related websites and major media outlets, raising concerns they could be preparing for another scheme this year, the tech giant said. The report serves as a warning building on others from US intelligence officials that as the nation enters this critical final stretch and begins counting ballots, the worst influence efforts may be yet to come. US officials say they remain confident that election ...

Donald Trump excludes Asian, European cars from vehicle tax-break plan

Trump has increased his focus on US automakers in recent weeks as he's sought to assuage voter concerns about domestic manufacturing jobs, repeatedly pledging to restore industries

IMF, WB meetings clouded by wars, slow economic growth, US election

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings are scheduled to draw more than 10,000 people from finance ministries, central banks and civil society groups

Immigrants fuel America's economy: Will elections value or endanger them

Few things say America like Janille and Tom Baker's ranch, with its grazing cattle, scrub brush-dotted desert and snow-capped mountains. If only they could get American citizens to work on it. The ranch in remote eastern Nevada produces around 10,000 tons of hay annually, and combines cowboy culture with a dash of Manifest Destiny. Rabbits, gophers and the occasional badger always outnumber humans and the nighttime sky is dark enough to count the stars. But the Bakers' business couldn't survive without an agricultural guest worker program that brings in Mexican immigrants for about nine months a year to help harvest crops in fields where temperatures frequently exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius). When people complain that foreign workers are taking their jobs, I roll my eyes, said Janille Baker, who manages the ranch's accounting. In any industry, everybody's trying to find help. So this anti-immigration stance doesn't really make sense to me. If everyone needs workers, h

Harris campaign spends $270 mn in Sept, surpassing Trump's outlay of $78 mn

The campaigns are racing the final stretch of an extremely tight presidential contest, with many polls showing the two candidates neck-and-neck

Trump hands out fries in Pennsylvania, Harris visits Georgia churches

Both candidates were scrambling for votes in the most competitive states, with Harris

Musk's election promise of $1 million daily giveaway sparks call for probe

The money is the latest example of Musk using his extraordinary wealth to influence the tightly contested presidential race

Trump kicks off Pennsylvania rally by talking in detail about Arnold Palmer

Donald Trump's campaign suggested he would begin previewing his closing argument Saturday night with Election Day barely two weeks away. But the former president kicked off his rally with a detailed story about Arnold Palmer, at one point even praising the late, legendary golfer's genitalia. Trump was campaigning in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where Palmer was born in 1929 and learned to golf from his father, who suffered from polio and was head pro and greenskeeper at the local country club. Politicians saluting Palmer in his hometown is nothing new. But Trump spent 12 full minutes doing so at the top of his speech and even suggested how much more fun the night would be if Palmer, who died in 2016, could join him on stage. Arnold Palmer was all man, and I say that in all due respect to women," Trump said. "This is a guy that was all man. Then he went even further. When he took the showers with other pros, they came out of there. They said, Oh my God. That's unbelievable,' Trump said w

Musk holds first solo event in support of Trump in Philadelphia suburbs

Elon Musk held his first solo event in support of Donald Trump for president on Thursday, encouraging voters in the Philadelphia suburbs to register to cast their ballots and vote early, though some attendees shouted back, Why? The America PAC event at Ridley High School's auditorium in Folsom featured the world's richest man speaking onstage in front of a large U.S. flag for roughly 15 minutes before taking questions from the crowd, many of whom wore Make America Great Again hats. The event was billed as a call to action to vote early in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania, where Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris are fiercely contesting the election. Some in the crowd questioned Musk's entreaties to vote early, reflecting the possibility that Republicans are still persuading their supporters to embrace early voting after Trump spent years demonizing the method. The crowd rose to its feet and took cellphone videos as Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla

Vance says 'no' when asked whether Donald Trump lost 2020 election

In the months since he became Donald Trump 's running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance has repeatedly deflected questions about whether the Republican presidential nominee lost the 2020 election, saying he was focused on the future. During a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, where Vance was asked by a reporter about his lack of straight answers so far, he was more declarative. What message do you think it sends to independent voters when you do not directly answer the question Did Donald Trump lose in 2020?' the reporter asked, eliciting boos from the crowd before Vance responded, saying he has answered the question a million times." No. I think there were serious problems in 2020, Vance said. So, did Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the words that I would use, OK? The answer was the most specific Vance has been on the subject, and a departure from the series of evasions he has offered about the election Trump continues to say without evidence was decided fraudulently in favor of .

Trump's reply similar to Harris when asked to say 3 nice things about her

Donald Trump on Wednesday was asked to name three virtues of his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris, a week after Harris was asked to do the same for the Republican nominee. His answer sounded a lot like hers. That's a very hard question," Trump said at the end of a town hall-style event hosted by Univision, the nation's largest Spanish-language network. That's the toughest question. The other ones are easy. Trump first said Harris had harmed our country horribly before complimenting what he said was her ability to survive. Then came the jab. Because she was out of the race, Trump said, referring to Harris' early departure from the 2020 Democratic presidential nominating campaign and her replacement this summer of President Joe Biden atop the 2024 ticket. And all of a sudden she's running for president. He also noted that she seems to have some pretty long-time friendships and that she seems to have a nice way about her. I like the way, you know, some of her statements, some of h

US has broken immigration system that needs to be repaired: Kamala Harris

The United States has a broken immigration system that needs to be repaired, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday in a rare interview with the Republican-leaning news channel during which she sparred with its popular host. The point is that we have a broken immigration system that needs to be repaired,' Harris told Fox News anchor Bret Baier in a rare sit-down with the news channel. So, your Homeland Security Secretary said that 85 per cent of apprehensions, Baier interjected. I'm not finished. We have an immigration system, Harris tried to continue with her answer. It's a rough estimate that 6 million people have been released into the country, the Fox News anchor interrupted again. And let me just finish. I'll get to the question. I promise you. I was beginning to answer, the vice president pleaded. When you came into office, your administration immediately reversed a number of Trump border policies. Most significantly, the policy that required illegal immigrants to b

Washington's climate law at risk as voters decide its fate in November

A ground-breaking law that forces companies in Washington state to reduce their carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for climate programmes could be repealed by voters this fall, less than two years after it took effect. The Climate Commitment Act, one of the most progressive climate policies ever passed by a state Legislature, is under fire from Conservatives, who say it has ramped up energy and gas costs in Washington, which currently has the third-highest gas prices in the nation. The law aims to slash emissions to almost half of 1990 levels by the year 2030. It requires businesses producing at least 25,000 metric tons (27,557 US tons) of carbon dioxide, or the equivalent in other greenhouse gases including methane, to pay for the right to do so by buying allowances. One allowance equals 1 metric ton (1.1 US tons) of greenhouse gas pollution and each year the number of allowances available for purchase drops, theoretically forcing companies to find ways to cut ...

Trump's protests aside, his agenda significantly overlaps with Project 2025

Donald Trump insists that Project 2025, a nearly 1,000-page blueprint for a hard-right turn in American government and society, does not reflect his priorities for a White House encore. I haven't read it. I don't want to read it purposefully, the Republican presidential nominee said September 10 on the debate stage. Yet from economics, immigration and education policy to civil rights and foreign affairs, there are common ideas and shared ideology between Project 2025 and Trump's outline for another term from his official Agenda 47 slate, the Republican platform he personally approved and his other statements. There are also differences: Project 2025, led by the Heritage Foundation and written by many conservatives who worked in or with Trump's administration, offers more particulars on some issues than the former president. Here's a look at how Trump's 2024 campaign and Project 2025 align and deviate: Key tax proposals could benefit the wealthy TRUMP: His tax policies lean broa

Kamala Harris baits Trump on his health records after releasing her own

Harris' line of attack followed the release of a detailed report by her physician that said 59-year-old Democratic nominee is in excellent health

Harris resumes campaigning, meets Black leaders in hurricane-hit N Carolina

Vice President Kamala Harris met Saturday with Black leaders in North Carolina and was to help volunteers prepare relief packages for hurricane victims as she resumed campaigning in the state, followed on Sunday by attending church and holding a campaign rally. The weekend trip is her second to the battleground state after it was struck by Hurricane Helene, with Harris stepping back into campaign mode in a place that Democrats see as a potential pick-up in November's election. North Carolina narrowly backed Republican Donald Trump in 2020. The Democratic presidential nominee went to North Carolina last week to survey the destruction caused by Helene and pledged assistance for its victims. She was to attend church Sunday as part of her campaign's Souls to the Polls effort in Greenville, a city of roughly 90,000 on the state's coastal plain. Before departing the Washington area, Harris told reporters accompanying her that she looked forward to talking with residents first and foremost

US inflation likely cooled again last month in sign of healthy economy

Donald Trump's contributions from small-dollar donors have plummeted since his last bid for the White House, presenting the former president with a financial challenge as he attempts to keep pace with Democrats' fundraising machine. Fewer than a third of the Republican's campaign contributions have come from donors who gave less than $200 - down from nearly half of all donations in his 2020 race, according to an analysis by The Associated Press and OpenSecrets, an organization that tracks political spending. The total collected from small donors has also declined, according to the analysis. Trump raised $98 million from such contributors through June, a 40% drop compared to the $165 million they contributed during a corresponding period in his previous presidential race. The dip has forced Trump to rely more on wealthy donors and groups backed by them, a shift that cuts into the populist message that first propelled him to the White House. The decline in donations could not come at