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Big oil gives Trump record donations, but not the $1bn he expected
Donald Trump has raised more money from the oil and gas industry than at any point during his previous presidential campaigns. A surge in fossil fuel funding occurred in the six months since he directly requested $1 billion from oil executives and then promised to repeal environmental regulations if elected. While the Republican nominee hasn't quite reached the $1 billion mark, he has earned $14.1 million from the oil and gas business through August 31, according to donation filings. This is more than he received from the sector over the same period of his presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020.
US tech mogul secretly funds global ‘race science’ network
A multinational network of "race science" activists working to influence public debate with discredited theories about race and eugenics has received secret funding from a multimillionaire US computer entrepreneur. Undercover filming has revealed the organization's existence, founded two years ago as the Human Diversity Foundation. Its members have used podcasts, videos, an online magazine, and research papers to spread a "dangerous ideology" regarding the claimed genetic superiority of specific ethnicities.
A US judge has blocked Georgia’s mandate to count votes by hand
A judge in Georgia has blocked an order that ballots in the November presidential election be tallied by hand. Judge Robert McBurney found that poll workers would not have received the training to manage millions of ballots and that the last-minute modification would have resulted in "administrative chaos." The hand count rule was approved by the pro-Trump majority on the Georgia election board last month, and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris applauded Tuesday's decision.
Harris attacks Trump in Pennsylvania as election heats up
US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris accused Republican rival Donald Trump of endangering democracy as the two held opposing rallies in Pennsylvania, a critical battleground state. On Monday evening, Harris spoke to his fans in Erie while Trump hosted a town hall in Oaks, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia. "A second term for Trump would be a major risk to America - and dangerous. "Donald Trump is increasingly unstable and unhinged," Harris told the audience, referring to previous remarks in which Trump warned that the United States faced an "enemy from within."
Pelosi claims she hasn’t spoken to Biden since pressing him to drop out
Nancy Pelosi has acknowledged that she has yet to speak with Joe Biden since her pivotal intervention in July. This intervention resulted in his decision to withdraw from the presidential campaign after a disastrously feeble performance in a debate against Trump. The former speaker of the House told the Guardian's Jonathan Freedland on the Politics Weekly America podcast that, while she still considers the president of the United States to be a great friend and longtime political ally, she felt a cold political calculation was required in light of the evidence of Biden's declining mental capacity.
Coachella rally shooter nabbed in new Trump assassination plot
Donald Trump appears to have faced yet another threat to his life when a man claiming false VIP credentials was apprehended after a shotgun, high-capacity magazine, and a loaded handgun were discovered in his truck during a rally over the weekend. Vem Miller, 49, was arrested after being stopped at a checkpoint near the former president's rally in Coachella, California, on Saturday. Local law police said the incident was 'possibly' a third assassination attempt after Trump was shot in the ear in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July and an armed suspect pointed a gun at him in West Palm Beach, Florida, in September.
Advocates call Trump and Republicans’ anti-trans ads ‘hate and chaos’
Donald Trump and the Republican Party are promoting "division, chaos, and hate" by spending tens of millions of dollars on advertising assaulting transgender people, according to advocates, as the right wing's anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric escalates. According to the New York Times, the GOP has spent more than $65 million on commercials attacking trans people, with the former president's most frequently aired ad hitting Kamala Harris for supporting gender-affirming care. Television commercials have also been running in competitive statewide races further down the ballot, including Ohio, Montana, and Wisconsin, with Republicans resorting to hyperbolic, far-right talking points that were ineffective in the 2022 midterm elections.
New book claims Trump has spoken to Putin seven times since leaving office
Former US President and current Republican contender Donald Trump has maintained regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to new, unconfirmed charges made by a well-known journalist. According to Bob Woodward, 81, Trump has called the Russian leader at least seven times since leaving the Oval Office in January 2021. According to Woodward's forthcoming book, War, one of the phone contacts occurred as recently as earlier this year. Trump reportedly requested that one of his advisers leave his office at his Mar-a-Lago resort so that he could speak with the Russian president.
First-time US voters face a high-stakes option
For millions of Americans, November 5 will be their first time voting for president in a US election. With polling data indicating a close race, first-time voters say they are under enormous pressure to pick between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris despite a sharp ideological split. Seven people from various political parties were interviewed about their first experience participating in a US election.
Kamala Harris is questioned by 60 Minutes about economic ideas and Netanyahu as a ‘ally’
During a wide-ranging interview that aired on Monday, Kamala Harris defended her economic policies, refused to name Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a close buddy, and stated that she would not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for peace negotiations unless Ukraine were also represented. With the presidential race between Harris and Donald Trump effectively deadlocked, Harris has launched an unusually aggressive media campaign that includes popular podcasts, talk radio, a battleground state town hall, daytime television, late-night shows, and a network sit-down on CBS's 60 Minutes prime-time election special.
Trump’s foul-mouthed migrant diatribe in private donation pitch
During a private fundraising dinner last summer, Donald Trump launched a foul-mouthed tirade against undocumented immigrants. He predicted this "could be the last election we ever have" if Kamala Harris wins. The Guardian received a 12-minute tape of the Republican presidential nominee's speech at a dinner on August 10 in Aspen, Colorado, where attendees were obliged to donate between $25,000 and $500,000 per pair. Trump spent most of his speech on border security and immigration, repeating xenophobic comments heard at his rallies. "Radical leftwing lunatics" want people to come in from prisons, mental institutions, and insane asylums, he claimed without evidence, adding that the US was harbouring "a record number of terrorists".
Prosecutors Accuse Trump of Criminal Acts in 2020 Election Overturn Efforts
Donald Trump “resorted to crimes” in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, according to prosecutors, who argue he should ...