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Judge Tanya Chutkan has unsealed Special Counsel Jack Smith’s 165-page redacted motion on presidential immunity concerning the 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump.
The document is expected to include the fullest account and evidence of what happened in the lead-up to the 2020 election and the attempt to subvert the result as if it were an opening statement to a jury. Smith argues that Trump’s actions were not covered by presidential immunity.
With just a month to go before the election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump remain deadlocked in the key battleground states according to new polling by The Cook Political Report.
The vice president leads Trump in Michigan by three percentage points, and she also leads by one or two points in Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and they are tied in North Carolina.
Trump leads in Georgia by two percentage points but is also losing his polling lead on key issues — inflation and immigration.
Vice presidential rivals JD Vance and Tim Walz met for their first and probably final debate last night, with the Republican appearing more confident, polished, and prepared than his Democratic counterpart, who nevertheless landed some important blows.
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New polling shows Harris leading or tied with Trump in six battleground states
A new Cook Political Report Swing State Project Survey conducted by BSG and GS Strategy Group of 2,941 voters between September 19-25, shows Vice President Kamala Harris leading or tied with former President Donald Trump in all but one of the seven battleground states.
Overall, she holds a narrow lead of 49 per cent to 48 per cent in a head-to-head race. August polling by the group had Harris leading 48 per cent to 47 per cent.
Harris has a lead within the margin of error in Arizona (+2), Michigan (+3), Nevada (+1), Pennsylvania (+1), and Wisconsin (+2). Trump is ahead 49 per cent to 47 per cent in Georgia, and the two candidates are tied at 49 per cent in North Carolina.
‘Nostradamus’ pollster reveals who won VP debate
Allan Lichtman, the pollster dubbed the “Nostradamus of presidential predictions”, has delivered his verdict on last night’s vice presidential debate.
Speaking on a YouTube livestream, the 77-year-old described JD Vance as “very personable” and “slick” but concluded Tim Walz “finally found his voice” on a key issue, which then tipped the debate in the Democrat’s favor.
Rhian Lubin and Joe Sommerlad report.
‘Nostradamus’ pollster Allan Lichtman reveals who won VP debate
Allan Lichtman has correctly predicted the result of nine of out 10 presidential elections since 1984
Recap: Vance labels climate change as ‘weird science’ as he refuses to say it’s real
Here’s Rhian Lubin on the Republican struggling to sidestep a question about global warming mere days after Hurricane Helene but deadly destruction to the southeastern United States.
JD Vance labels climate change as ‘weird science’ as he refuses to say it’s real
His running mate Donald Trump sparked controversy this week by asserting climate change is ‘one of the greatest scams of all time’ one day before visiting Hurricane Helene-ravaged community
Recap: Walz admits he was a ‘knucklehead’ to misspeak about Tiananmen Square experience
Let’s take a look back at some of the key interludes from last night’s head-to-head.
First up, here’s Josh Marcus on the Democrat having to backtrack on his past comments about his stay in China in 1989.
Walz admits he was not in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square protests: ‘I misspoke’
Minnesota governor said he’s a ‘knucklehead’ who will ‘get caught up in the rhetoric’
Trump pulls out of 60 Minutes interview, four years after storming out of previous episode
Donald Trump pulled out of an election season interview with CBS News’s 60 Minutes that was set to air on Monday, with the Republican’s camp citing fact-checking provisions and a long-running dispute over the Hunter Biden laptop story as reasons why.
60 Minutes announced the cancellation over X.
“After initially accepting 60 Minutes’ request for an interview with Scott Pelley, former President Trump’s campaign has decided not to participate,” the show wrote in a statement.
The Trump campaign denied he was ever set to appear on the program, where Harris will also sit for an in-depth interview.
“There were initial discussions, but nothing was ever scheduled or locked in,” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung wrote on X.
“They also insisted on doing live fact checking, which is unprecedented.”
Josh Marcus has more on the no-show.
Trump pulls out of ‘60 Minutes’ interview, after storming out of 2020 episode
Decision marks latest in fiery relationship with flagship news program
Vance hit with Amy Adams jokes after boasting about bringing jobs back to America
The Republican’s attack on the Biden administration for allowing clean energy jobs to go to China yesterday, part of an attempt to pitch himself as a dynamic job creator, has invited a slew of derision online, with many film fans noting the sad lack of work coming the way of the award-winning Amy Adams since she starred in the Netflix adaptation of his memoir Hillbilly Elegy in 2020.
Greg Evans reports.
JD Vance hit with Amy Adams jokes after boasting about bringing jobs back to America
‘JD Vance talking about creating jobs? Amy Adams would like a word’
Jimmy Kimmel mocks ‘boring’ VP debate between Vance and Walz
Here’s James Liddell with the view from late-night.
Jimmy Kimmel mocks ‘boring’ VP debate between Vance and Walz
Kimmel compared Vance’s defense of Trump to the lawyers defending rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
What are the candidates up to on Wednesday?
The day after the night before, JD Vance will be “delivering remarks” in Auburn Hills and Marne, Michigan, today while Tim Walz will be undertaking a bus tour of Pennsylvania.
The Minnesota Governor had expected Kamala Harris to join him on that trip but, instead, she will be travelling to Georgia to visit communities devastated by Hurricane Helene in recent days.
Her replacement on the Walz bus ride will be none other than Senator John Fetterman.
President Joe Biden will also be visiting Helene victims in North Carolina, a state Harris is expected to visit too “in the coming days”.
And Trump?
He doesn’t appear to be doing anything today but does have a rally planned in Saginaw, Michigan, tomorrow, followed by a town hall event in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Friday and a return to Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, the scene of the first attempt on his life back on July 13.
Linsey Davis likens Walz’s debate performance to Biden implosion
MAGA social media is having a field day with this clip of Davis, one of ABC’s moderators in Philadelphia three weeks ago, trashing Tim Walz’s performance last night by comparing it to the night that ended the president’s pursuit of a second term on June 27.
Vance claims he never supported a national abortion ban. Here’s the truth
Since Trump’s running mate does not appear to enjoy being fact-checked, here’s Rhian Lubin and Alex Woodward to do precisely that.
JD Vance claims he never supported national abortion ban. Here’s the truth
JD Vance made a number of false claims about abortion during the vice presidential debate with Tim Walz
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