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 testing machines 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.
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The View: Kamala Harris sits down with the hosts for live interview
Vice President Kamala Harris is being interviewed live on ABC’s The View.
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg introducing her as “the next president of the United States” to loud applause from the crowd.
After recounting the story of President Joe Biden calling her to inform her of his decision to drop out of the 2024 race, Harris is asked whether she would have done something differently than Biden during this administration.
She responds: “There is not a thing that comes to mind in terms of — and I’ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had an impact.”
Harris then lists the accomplishments of the administration including lowering the cost of insulin and increasing spending on infrastructure.
Trump campaign claims Woodward’s stories ‘made-up'
Steven Cheung, communications director for the Trump campaign told The Independent:
“None of these made up stories by Bob Woodward are true and are the work of a truly demented and deranged man who suffers from a debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Woodward is an angry, little man and is clearly upset because President Trump is successfully suing him because of the unauthorized publishing of recordings he made previously. President Trump gave him absolutely no access for this trash book that either belongs in the bargain bin of the fiction section of a discount bookstore or used as toilet tissue. Woodward is a total sleazebag who has lost it mentally, and he's slow, lethargic, incompetent and overall a boring person with no personality.”
Trump spoke with Putin at least seven times since leaving White House according to Bob Woodward
Donald Trump has reportedly spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin as many as seven times since leaving the White House.
A new book from journalist Bob Woodward includes extensive reporting about President Joe Biden’s “blunt, profanity-laced” behind-the-scenes responses to Putin’s war in Ukraine and Israel’s war in Gaza.
Woodward’s War — his fourth book since Trump won in 2016, excerpts of which were published by CNN — also contains previously unreported details about the former president’s relationship with the authoritarian leader, including a moment at Mar-a-Lago where he told a senior aide to leave the room so they could have a “private phone call.”
Alex Woodward reports.
Trump reportedly spoke with Putin at least seven times since leaving White House
Trump’s campaign denies journalist’s reporting and calls him an ‘angry, little man’ and a ‘sleazebag’
Jill Biden hits the swing state campaign trail
First Lady Dr Jill Biden will hit the campaign trail this week in support of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
She is scheduled to visit Yuma, Arizona, on Friday, October 11, and Phoenix the next day.
On Sunday Dr Biden will be in Northern Nevada before swinging through the Detroit suburbs and Madison, Wisconsin on Monday. On Tuesday she’ll be in Philadelphia, campaigning in the suburbs.
President Joe Biden was supposed to be on an international trip to Germany and Angola, but that has been postponed due to the impending landfall of Hurricane Milton in Florida.
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Biden postpones trip to Germany and Angola as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida
Statement from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on President Biden’s Travel to Germany and Angola:
Given the projected trajectory and strength of Hurricane Milton, President Biden is postponing his upcoming trip to Germany and Angola in order to oversee preparations for and the response to Hurricane Milton, in addition to the ongoing response to the impacts of Hurricane Helene across the Southeast.
Trump describes moment son Barron learned of rally shooting
Barron Trump learned about the assassination attempt on his father while playing tennis with his friends, the former president has said in a new interview.
Trump recalled his son’s reaction over the weekend while appearing on The Ingraham Angle on Fox News in an interview that aired last night.
“Barron was playing tennis with his friends, and somebody walked over and – ran over – and said, ‘Your father’s been shot. He’s been shot,’” Trump told the show.
“Barron – and Barron really likes his father a lot. And he came in ‘Mom, Mom, Mom, what happened?’ So, and then they saw me get up, and then they saw the fist pump.”
Michelle Del Rey has more.
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Melania reveals stance on transgender athletes in women’s sports
The former first lady starts out promisingly by saying “our differences create a more fascinating, creative, and innovative world” in her new memoir before rebuking groups that “attempt to impose their ideologies on everyone, deepening the divisions in our society”, without so much as a flicker of irony.
Melania Trump reveals stance on transgender athletes in women’s sports
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New Kamala ad features ex-Trump officials blasting his own hurricane relief efforts
This is excellent.
DNC erecting ‘Shame on Trump’ billboards across North Carolina to draw attention to hurricane of lies
To hold Trump accountable for his false claims that the federal government is not helping people in North Carolina, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has announced it putting out 17 billboards across the key swing state elevating a recent editorial attack on the Republican by The Charlotte Observer newspaper.
“In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Donald Trump wasted no time politicizing a tragedy to score political points, while spreading dangerous disinformation that risks discouraging those who need support from seeking it,” says DNC spokesperson Maddy Mundy.
“Showing up for families in need is a nonpartisan issue. The Biden-Harris administration is working day and night with officials on the ground – be they Republicans or Democrats – to support impacted communities and help them recover.
“North Carolinians deserve a leader who will fight for them, not capitalize off of their suffering for cheap political points. Once again, Donald Trump proves himself unfit to lead.”
This is the graphic they will be using:
And here’s FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell debunking his nonsense on the ground in the Tar Heel State for good measure:
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