Kamala Harris will bring out an A-list cast in Atlanta tonight, with Bruce Springsteen, Samuel L Jackson and Tyler Perry all set to feature, before Beyonce joins her at a rally tomorrow. Meanwhile, Donald Trump targets two swing states with rallies in Arizona and Nevada.
Thursday 24 October 2024 19:34, UK
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Kamala Harris has just been speaking to the press in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania ahead of a rally later in Georgia.
The vice president criticised Donald Trump for not agreeing to a second debate with her, or a televised town hall event, like she did last night.
“Yet again, Trump not showing up,” she said.
“Clearly his staff has been saying he’s exhausted, and the sad part about that is he’s trying to be president of the United States – probably the toughest job in the world. And he’s exhausted.”
Ms Harris said American voters have “a choice” between Donald Trump “who will sit in the Oval Office stewing, plotting revenge, retribution, writing out his enemies list”, or her, who will be in the Oval Office “with a to-do list” for the American people.
The US has made progress in identifying foreign interference in its elections, but there is still much more work to be done, according to the White House.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan, speaking less than two weeks before the election, said: “We are not where we need to be, I acknowledge that.
“I think we’ve made progress on that, but there’s a long way to go to get to where we need to be.”
There have been suggestions that Russia has been trying to interfere to influence the election in Donald Trump’s favour, while Trump’s team accused the UK of “blatantly” trying to swing it in the direction of his opponent.
Approximately 20 ballots and other pieces of mail were damaged or destroyed after a US Postal Service mailbox in Phoenix, Arizona, was set on fire early this morning.
The mailbox was a drive-up collection box, according to Rob McDade, a spokesman for the Phoenix Fire Department.
The fire was extinguished and the area has since been reopened.
Mr McDade said authorities with the fire and police departments were investigating the incident and that the postal inspector took possession of the damaged mail.
It’s not clear what the motive was or who was behind it.
A top Democratic strategist has shared why he is certain that Kamala Harris will beat Donald Trump in the upcoming election.
James Carville, who has worked on several presidential campaigns, including Bill Clinton’s in 1992, made the bold prediction in a New York Times opinion piece – despite the polls having the candidates deadlocked.
“While I am not one to take part in the political prediction industry – recently ballooned by mysterious crypto investments gambling on a Donald Trump victory – today I am pulling my stool up to the political poker table to throw my chips all in: America, it will all be OK,” he wrote.
The Democrat cited three main reasons for his prediction:
“I refuse to believe that the same country that has time and again overcome its mistakes to bend its future toward justice will make the same mistake twice,” Mr Carville said.
“America overcame Mr Trump in 2020. I know that we know we are better than this.”
The US election is not all about who wins the most votes overall, it’s about who wins in the right places.
Both candidates are in “swing states” today in a bid to win over crucial voters.
Here is how the candidates are getting on in those crucial battlegrounds…
Experts worry that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and his supporters, will not accept the outcome if he is defeated in the 2024 US election.
Sky’s US correspondent James Matthews explains how this may happen…
Tonight sees Kamala Harris rally with Barack Obama for the very first time.
The former president has been out in support of Ms Harris at various rallies and events since she took over as the Democratic candidate, but has yet to appear alongside her.
The vice president is also slated to appear with Michelle Obama on Saturday in Michigan – one of seven swing states expected to decide the winner on 5 November.
The Obamas are among the strongest allies in Ms Harris’s broad coalition – which ranges from Democrat royalty in Bill and Hillary Clinton to lifelong Republican stalwarts Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz.
And, as we reported earlier, pop megastar Beyoncé will be the latest to appear alongside Ms Harris.
With the polls predicting a razor-tight election that will go to the wire, Ms Harris is looking to the Obamas and others to help get her over the line.
Donald Trump has said he will fire the federal prosecutor investigating whether he tried to overturn his 2020 election defeat if he is elected in November.
When asked during an interview whether he would pardon himself or fire special counsel Jack Smith, said: “It’s so easy. I would fire him within two seconds.”
“I don’t think they would impeach me if I fired Jack Smith,” he told conservative podcast host Hugh Hewitt.
Mr Smith is leading the federal criminal case accusing Mr Trump of election subversion in the 2020 vote that President Joe Biden won.
What does the overall picture look like?
Kamala Harris currently holds a slender lead over Donald Trump, according to the latest numbers…
If you’re wondering whether we can trust the polls, you can read Professor Will Jennings’s analysis here.
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