Trump secretly sent Putin Covid tests in 2020; Harris takes narrow lead over Trump in new poll: Live
Kamala Harris continues media blitz as Donald Trump’s campaign pushes back on new book’s allegations about relationship with Putin
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Donald Trump sent Vladimir Putin Covid-19 test kits at the height of the pandemic, according to a new book by veteran Watergate journalist Bob Woodward. The former president also spoke with the Russian leader as many as seven times after leaving the White House, it alleges.
The Trump campaign has called the stories “made up” and Woodward “demented and deranged” and a “sleazebag”.
Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with the co-hosts of ABC’s The View on Tuesday morning to discuss the campaign and her proposal for Medicare to cover at-home care for seniors.
The Democrat nominee is undertaking a media blitz, having appeared on CBS’s 60 Minutes on Monday on which she was pressed on her economic plan, US support for Ukraine and Israel, and her experiences as a gun owner.
Harris also appeared on Howard Stern’s radio show for a lengthy, wide-ranging interview and later is a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Her running mate Tim Walz was also grilled on 60 Minutes and made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show.
Trump will appear on Ben Shapiro’s show today.
Donald Trump’s ‘shifting’ excuses for refusing to sit down with 60 Minutes revealed
Kamala Harris reveals what kind of gun she has in 60 Minutes interview
Michael Moore - who correctly called the 2016 election result - says ‘Trump is toast’
Trump says Israel has ‘to get smart’ and back him and whines they don’t support him
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Hurricane Milton: Biden urges Floridians to ‘evacuate now, now, now’
President Joe Biden warned Florida residents to heed evacuation orders and avoid being trapped as Hurricane Milton approaches the state, calling the storm potentially the worst to hit the Sunshine State in more than 100 years.
“If you’re under evacuation or orders, you should evacuate now, now, now. You should have already evacuated. It’s a matter of life and death,” he said while addressing reporters in the White House after receiving a briefing on preparations for the storm.
Andrew Feinberg reports.
Biden urges Floridians to ‘evacuate now, now, now’ ahead of Hurricane Milton
“If you’re under evacuation or orders, you should evacuate now, now, now,” Biden said
Trump attacks ‘NOTHINGNESS’ Fox News (again): ‘What’s the purpose in watching?'
Donald Trump has hit out at Fox News for showing two sides to an argument during their daytime news programming.
Here’s what the former president wrote on Truth Social:
The problem with FoxNews is that every time they put on someone who is positive and touting all of the good things I have done for the Country, they always feel it necessary to follow up with a really negative voice, often people who are storytellers and willing to outright lie. The daytime anchors are no match for these lunatics, and they get away with absolute murder. The net result is NOTHINGNESS, so what’s the purpose in watching?
What have learned today about Kamala Harris?
Chris Megerian, White House reporter for the AP, has put together a list of things that Americans might have learned about their vice president today.
Melania and Trump met while he was on a date with another woman, memoir says
The night Donald Trump met his future wife Melania at a club in New York City, he was on a date with a different woman, the former First Lady has revealed.
In her self-titled memoir Melania recounted that in September 1998, a then-52-year-old Trump introduced himself to her, then 28, at the infamous Kit Kat Klub during Fashion Week.
Melania said Trump was with “an attractive blonde woman” but his eyes were “filled with curiosity and interest” after spotting his future wife in the VIP section.
Ariana Baio has the story.
Trump was on a date with another woman on the night he met Melania, memoir reveals
Former First Lady praises her husband and refuses to pass judgment on his relationships with other women
Trump to join Ben Shapiro show today
Donald Trump will join Ben Shapiro’s show today to discuss what he really thinks about Kamala Harris’s 60 Minutes interview, why he’s retiring one of his most famous nicknames, and why peace through strength is the only successful foreign policy.
Insiders from the Trump and Harris campaigns get candid about their election fears: ‘Nothing persuades anyone anymore’
Andrew Feinberg writes:
In 27 days, Americans will go to the polls. Yet it remains unclear whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump has the edge in a byzantine electoral system that will determine the next American president.
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report’s most recent poll of the swing states shows Harris with a two-point lead over Trump in Arizona; Trump two points ahead in Georgia; and Harris with three, one, and two-point leads in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, respectively.
The Democratic candidate also has a single-point advantage in Nevada and is tied with Trump in North Carolina, a state that no Democrat has carried since Barack Obama’s first presidential run in 2008.
All of those contested states are showing Harris well within the polling margin for error — in essence, a statistical tie everywhere. That makes the race to the 270 electoral college votes each candidate needs to claim victory an extremely difficult one to call.
Over the last week, The Independent reached out to insiders with both the Trump and Harris campaigns to get a sense of where each campaign feels that they stand.
Continue reading...
‘Nothing persuades anyone anymore’: Trump and Harris insiders get candid
One says this election features ‘the most staggering issue I’ve seen in my entire 50-year career in American politics’. Another thinks North Carolina will decide everything. Andrew Feinberg speaks to strategists about what they actually believe will happen in the next month — the good, the bad and the ugly
Melania’s book is 182 pages... with nearly 15 percent being glossy photos
Melania Trump has had a front-row seat for some of the most tumultuous years in modern US political history, having been First Lady during the time of a global pandemic, chaos behind the scenes in the Oval Office and the January 6 storming of the US Capitol.
She told all those stories, or didn’t, in under 200 words.
Mike Bedigan has the story.
Melania’s book is 182 pages... with nearly 15 percent being glossy photos
Melania: A Memoir was officially released on Tuesday and carries a $40 price tag
Howard Stern: Harris calls Trump ‘unserious man’ but another term in office ‘hugely serious'
Stern blasts Trump for the “I hate Taylor Swift” social media post after the pop star endorsed Harris.
“How can we have that kind of mentality... because she disagrees with his politics... he *hates* her?” Stern says.
Harris responds: “Donald Trump is an unserious man. And the consequences of him becoming President again are hugely serious.”
ICYMI: Biden postpones trip to Germany and Angola
President Joe Biden is postponing a planned trip to Germany and Angola to remain at the White House to monitor Hurricane Milton, which is bearing down on Florida’s Gulf Coast, the White House announced on Tuesday.
Biden postpones trip to Germany and Angola because of Hurricane Milton
President Joe Biden is postponing a planned trip to Germany and Angola to remain at the White House to monitor Hurricane Milton, which is bearing down on Florida’s Gulf Coast
Biden says Hurricane Milton “could be one of the worst storms in 100 years in Florida” and “if you're under evacuation orders, you should evacuate now!"
Howard Stern: Harris lauds Walz, calls Liz Cheney ‘remarkable’
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