Kamala Harris
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.
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".
Could a US port strike be the ‘October surprise’ that trips up Kamala Harris?
Politicians in the United States have long discussed the "October surprise," which could upend the presidential election in its final stretch. With 45,000 dock workers on strike in dozens of ports across the United States, such a moment may have arrived. The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) union's decision to walk off the job on Tuesday risks economic instability only weeks before the November 5 election.
After debate, shocking new poll indicates Trump-Kamala race shift
According to recent polling following the presidential debate, Vice President Kamala Harris now leads Donald Trump by five points among registered voters. The two candidates faced up for the first time on Tuesday in an ABC News debate in Philadelphia, where they argued for more than an hour and a half about abortion, the economy, and foreign policy. Harris won the debate and appeared to be more presidential, while Trump was deemed the most confrontational.
As presidential contenders debate on TV, Kamala Harris says ‘Putin would devour you for lunch’
The highly anticipated event occurred less than two months before election day and may be the only opportunity for voters to see the contenders face off. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris battled on abortion, the economy, and illegal immigration in their first - and likely only - debate before the US election. Ms. Harris' attacks appeared to get under her opponent's skin at times, suggesting that people left his rallies out of "boredom" and that Russian President Vladimir Putin "would eat him for lunch."
Who won the Harris-Trump presidential debate?
On Tuesday night, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris faced off in their first presidential debate in Philadelphia. They may have shaken hands, but they were not a good match. In a furious 90 minutes, Harris repeatedly shook the former president with personal accusations that pushed him off script and elevated the stakes in this highly anticipated duel.