Trump raves about Elvis at New York rally as new poll shows Harris leading in two key swing states: Live
Donald Trump indulges narcissism at Long Island event while latest survey places Kamala Harris comfortably ahead in Pennsylvania and Michigan and narrowly in front in Wisconsin
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Donald Trump delivered his latest rally in Uniondale on Long Island, New York, on Wednesday, pledging to “bring back religion” to thank God for saving his life, suggesting he was a bigger star than Elvis Presley, joking that he has not read his wife Melania Trump’s new memoir and asking New Yorkers to vote for him by saying: “What the hell do you have to lose?”
The Republican nominee also pledged to visit Springfield, Ohio, after he and running mate JD Vance spread a bogus story about Haitian immigrants stealing and eating residents’ pets, inspiring a spate of bomb threats.
Before Trump’s event began, local police were forced to shut down false claims that a car filled with explosives had been found close to the Nassau Coliseum where the candidate was speaking.
Meanwhile, a fresh poll from Quinnipiac University has placed his Democratic rival Kamala Harris ahead in two key swing states – Pennsylvania and Michigan – and more narrowly ahead in another, Wisconsin.
Elsewhere, Trump has accused Harris of colluding with Iran to spy on his campaign after the FBI revealed Tehran-backed hackers had attempted to pass stolen material onto the Democratic ticket.
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A Kremlin-aligned group, dubbed Storm-1516 in the report, created a fake San Francisco-area website in August to publish a video featuring a paid actor talking about the alleged incident.
In the video, a young Black woman claimed she “cannot remain silent anymore.”
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Kentucky rape survivor hits out at Trump for overturning Roe in powerful new Harris ad
Kentucky rape survivor Hadley Duvall narrates a new ad for the Harris campaign in which she severely criticizes former President Donald Trump for the overturning of Roe v Wade.
During his term in the White House, Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices who voted for the overturning of the landmark 1973 ruling which made abortion a constitutionally protected right. It was overturned in the summer of 2022.
In the ad, Duvall speaks about how she was abused by her stepfather from the age of five, and how he impregnated her at the age of 12 before Roe was overturned.
Duvall said this meant she “had options.”
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JD Vance makes the press part of his show as he doubles down on his attacks on migrants in North Carolina
Adirty secret about Senator JD Vance that probably would not endear him to the MAGA faithful is that on Capitol Hill, Donald Trump’s running mate is fairly friendly to reporters of all stripes.
The bestselling author is more than comfortable talking to the press and frequently lets reporters ride the elevator with him on his way to votes. Indeed, he’s shown himself willing to go on the Sunday shows to defend his Trump and his lie about pets being eaten by Haitian migrants.
But on the campaign trail as Trump’s top surrogate, the Ohio senator does something different. During his rally at Union Station in Raleigh, North Carolina, a crucial swing state, Vance dinged his boss’s opponent Kamala Harris for only doing two sitdown interviews since she became the Democratic nominee for president.
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Iranian hackers sent Biden campaign stolen Trump materials in unsolicited emails, FBI says
This summer, Iranian hackers sent materials stolen from the Trump campaign to people associated with the Biden campaign as well as media outlets, according to U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
“Iranian malicious cyber actors in late June and early July sent unsolicited emails to individuals then associated with President Biden’s campaign that contained an excerpt taken from stolen, non-public material from former President Trump’s campaign as text in the emails,” according to a joint statement from the FBI, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), obtained by The Hill.
“There is currently no information indicating those recipients replied,” the agencies added.
FBI says Biden campaign unwittingly received stolen Trump materials from Iran hackers
Intelligence agencies said they had ‘no information’ indicating Biden allies repled to hackers
In photos: Trump speaks on Long Island
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