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Polls tighten in key swing states as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump enter final two weeks of campaign
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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are still virtually tied in the seven key battleground states according to the latest Washington Post/Schar School poll. Harris has a narrow lead in the Blue Wall state of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, as well as in Georgia. Trump is ahead in Arizona and North Carolina, while they are tied in Nevada.
The former president spent Sunday working the fry cooker at a branch of McDonald’s – the latest bizarre moment in a campaign that has increasingly become a tour of personal vendettas and aimless grudges, despite his aides’ best efforts to keep him on track.
The Republican presidential nominee has become obsessed with the fact that his Democratic opponent worked in one of its restaurants when she was a student.
CBS News has meanwhile hit back at the former president over his repeated false claims that its show 60 Minutes edited its recent interview with Harris to make her answers appear more favorable.
In a statement, the show insisted its episodes are cut to be “clear, accurate and on point” and never “deceitful”.
Harris meanwhile spent the weekend celebrating her 60th birthday while Trump raised eyebrows with a crude anecdote about golfer Arnold Palmer’s manhood.
Trump serves disturbing message through McDonald’s drive-thru window about whether he’ll accept election result
CNN host gets into awkward argument with top Republican about Trump’s bizarre Arnold Palmer comment
‘But don’t call them weird’: Trump raises eyebrows after crude 12-minute anecdote about Arnold Palmer’s manhood
Trump boosts a hard-right Christian worldview that paints the election as 'spiritual warfare'
New Washington Post/Schar poll shows tight race in swing states
The latest Washington Post/Schar School poll of likely swing state voters shows Kamala Harris narrowly winning the key blue wall states and Georgia, and Donald Trump taking Arizona and North Carolina, with a tie between the two in Nevada.
Pennsylvania: Harris 49 Trump 47
Wisconsin: Harris 50 Trump 47
Michigan: Harris 49 Trump 47
Nevada: Harris 48 Trump 48
Arizona: Trump 49 Harris 46
North Carolina: Trump 50 Harris 47
Georgia: Harris 51 Trump 47
Harris is turning to video games and sports betting to win male voters
Kamala Harris is placing ads on video game and sports betting sites in an effort to win back the male vote – often referred to as the “bro” vote – from Donald Trump.
Harris is placing ads on DraftKings, a sports betting company, and Yahoo Sports, NBC News reports.
Her campaign is now the first to advertise on DraftKings, the outlet added. She will also place ads on video game sites IGN and Fandom.
Some of these ads will be 30-second spots featuring celebrities such as NBA legend Magic Johnson and actor Ben Stiller.
Katie Hawkinson has more.
Harris is turning to video games and sports betting to try and win back male voters
Trump is generally leading among male voters in national polls
Trump door-knocking efforts could be over-reported in two key states
Door-knocking data from the Elon Musk-backed America PAC in two key swing states could be fraudulent, a new report reveals.
About 24 percent of door-knocks in Arizona and 25 percent of door-knocks in Nevada over the last week by the PAC were flagged under “unusual survey logs” on the Campaign Sidekick canvassing app, which could potentially mean they are fraudulent, The Guardian reports.
Here’s more from Katie Hawkinson.
Trump door-knocking efforts by Musk-backed PAC could be false in two key states
Trump’s campaign outsourced the bulk of its ground effort to PACs this cycle, according to the new report
Joni Mitchell launches three-word attack on Trump during rare live performance
The legendary singer-songwriter, 80, performed at the Hollywood Bowl over the weekend and, at one point, told her audience: “‘F*** Donald Trump… I wish I could vote… I’m a Canadian. I’m one of those lousy immigrants.”
Roisin O’Connor reports.
Joni Mitchell launches three-word attack on Trump during rare live performance
Legendary Canadian artist performed two sold-out concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles over the weekend
Gold price hits record high ahead of tight US presidential election
The price of gold has hit another record high as investors turn to the safe haven asset amid a tightening US presidential race and intensifying conflict in the Middle East.
Howard Mustoe reports.
Gold price hits record high ahead of tight US presidential election
The precious metal is seen as a safe haven asset for investors in times of strife
Trump and Musk’s sudden bond suggests ‘other things going on behind scenes,’ warns Newsom
California Governor Gavin Newsom appeared on MSNBC’s Inside with Jen Psaki on Sunday and said of the Silicon Valley tycoon: “I have known Elon for over 20, 25 years. One of America’s great entrepreneurs and innovators, but this is not the person I knew even two years ago.
“And with respect to Elon, I just don’t have the confidence that there’s other things that he’s not up to behind the scenes – not just what he is expressing quite publicly.”
Here’s more from James Liddell.
Trump and Musk’s sudden bond suggests ‘things going on behind scenes,’ warns Newsom
California governor voiced concerns about Musk ‘sucking up’ to Trump after the tech billionaire announced plans to hand out $1m per day to voters
Exclusive: Palmer’s daughter says Trump’s vulgar ramblings were ‘an unfortunate way to remember my dad’
Justin Rohrlich has been speaking to Peggy Palmer about the Republican nominee’s grotesque remarks concerning her late father.
Arnold Palmer’s daughter says Trump’s speech was ‘unfortunate way to remember my dad’
EXCLUSIVE: “There are other things about my dad that would be better to focus on,” Peggy Palmer told The Independent.
Josh Shapiro calls on cops to look into Musk’s $1m giveaways in Pennsylvania
The swing state’s governor, who almost became Harris’s running mate, has said Elon’s free money offer is “deeply concerning” and should be looked into by law enforcement.
Andrea Cavalier has more.
Josh Shapiro calls on cops to look at Musk’s $1 million giveaways in Pennsylvania
Elon Musk announced a plan to give away $1 million to those who sign his PAC petition backing the Constitution
SNL mocks Harris’s Fox News interview and Trump’s dance-a-thon town hall
Alec Baldwin returned to Saturday Night Live – this time as Bret Baier, not Trump – to send up the latter’s hostile interview with the Democrat last week.
Katie Hawkinson was watching.
SNL mocks Trump’s dance-a-thon town hall and Harris’s Fox News interview
Alec Baldwin starred as Fox News’s Bret Baier in this week’s Cold Open sketch
Harris: Trump’s conduct ‘demeans the office’ of president
Speaking to the Reverend Al Sharpton yesterday, the Democrat was asked about her rival calling her a “s*** vice president” the night before, to which she had this to say:
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