With just over two weeks to go before the 2024 presidential election and the race in a dead heat, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are hitting the campaign trail in strategic battleground states.
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Harris got a big round of applause when she said the government shouldn鈥檛 be telling women what to do with their bodies
Harris was asked a question from an audience member about maternal mortality in the U.S. She said the U.S. needs to do better and that abortion rights are one piece of better healthcare for women.
Republican Liz Cheney, who鈥檚 campaigning with Harris, said she thinks there are many 鈥減ro-life people who have watched what is going on in our states since the Dobbs decision and have watched state legislatures put in place laws that are resulting in women not getting the care they need.鈥
Donald Trump has concluded his news conference in the Asheville area
Asked by a reporter how likely he felt he was to win North Carolina, the Republican nominee turned to the line of supporters behind him.
鈥淟et me ask you, do you think I鈥檒l win North Carolina?鈥 he asked.
鈥淗e鈥檒l win,鈥 responded one of the people behind him.
Donald Trump is picking an argument with North Carolina鈥檚 Democratic governor
Visiting the Asheville area Monday, Trump alleged that Gov. Roy Cooper had not done a good job responding to Hurricane Helene.
Cooper held a briefing earlier on Monday where he asked Trump to 鈥渘ot share lies or misinformation鈥 about the disaster response.
Harris is asked about how she鈥檇 make it easier for the 鈥榮andwich鈥 generation
The first question for Harris during a moderated conversation with Republican Liz Cheney was about how she鈥檇 help make it easier for people in the 鈥渟andwich鈥 generation, who are caring for their parents and also their small kids.
The voter, Alexandra Miller, has a 7-year-old and a 72-year-old mother who she also cares for, and she teared up explaining it to the Democratic nominee. She says it鈥檚 impossibly hard and expensive.
Harris says 鈥渢his issue for me is a matter of dignity.鈥 She says she will restructure so Medicare covers the cost in-home healthcare for older people, so there would be assistance.
Harris often says it鈥檚 time to 鈥榯urn the page,鈥 and she was asked what that looks like
She鈥檚 campaigning with Republican Liz Cheney and talking to a group of voters in suburban Pennsylvania. She says Donald Trump鈥檚 vitriolic rhetoric has dominated American discourse for too long.
She says it鈥檚 been used 鈥渋n a way that has been using the power of the presidency to demean and divide us.鈥
She says Americans are exhausted by Trump鈥檚 rhetoric and ready for a return to caring about neighbors.
Trump鈥檚 photo opportunity at a Pennsylvania McDonald鈥檚 resonated with at least one supporter in North Carolina
Republican U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards noted he also owns McDonald鈥檚 franchises and that Trump had learned to make French fries a day earlier.
He presented Trump with what he called a 鈥淔rench fry certification pin.鈥 Trump held up the pin affixed to a piece of paper.
Donald Trump is hearing from supporters who were involved in the response to Hurricane Helene in and around Asheville
Mike Stewart, owner of Pine View Buildings, thanked the Republican nominee for visiting the region and offered to pray for him.
Putting a hand on Trump鈥檚 shoulder, Stewart prayed to God, 鈥淚 ask that you anoint Donald Trump.鈥
Republican Liz Cheney says she鈥檚 staunchly conservative 鈥 and that鈥檚 why she鈥檚 supporting Democrat Kamala Harris
Cheney is campaigning with Harris in battleground states Monday. She says the most conservative value of all is to be 鈥渇aithful to the Constitution.鈥 And she believes Harris will be, and more importantly, Republican Donald Trump will not be.
Cheney says Trump鈥檚 actions after the violent Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol show he doesn鈥檛 take the U.S. Constitution seriously.
The women were talking in a conversation moderated by a GOP strategist. They began their day in Pennsylvania. The women spoke to a crowd of voters, sitting in front of signs that read: 鈥淐ountry over Party.鈥
Donald Trump has arrived in Asheville, North Carolina, to see the damage caused by Hurricane Helene
He visited a part of Asheville heavily damaged by the hurricane. There were huge piles of debris near where he stopped, with abandoned cars and many buildings smashed or knocked off their foundations.
Trump again criticized the federal government for what he said was not a good enough job helping people recover. He said that if elected president, he would stand with the region until 鈥渢he communities are fully rebuilt.鈥
Walz responded to Donald Trump鈥檚 McDonald鈥檚 stop
Walz said on 鈥淭he View鈥 that his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris 鈥渁ctually worked at McDonalds. She didn鈥檛 go and pander, and disrespect McDonald鈥檚 workers, by standing there in your red tie: Take a picture.鈥
Trump visited a Pennsylvania McDonalds on Sunday, gleefully working the fry station and answering questions from reporters in the drive thru.
Walz was also asked on 鈥淭he View鈥 to name one nice thing about Trump, but demurred. He offered only that one positive is, 鈥淗e will not be president again.鈥
Walz was asked about his past misstatements and said it was important to be precise about his words
But he said that wasn鈥檛 the same as Republican former President Donald Trump鈥檚 constant, deliberate misstatements.
鈥淚 do think it鈥檚 important that we鈥檙e careful about how we speak,鈥 Walz said of making previously misleading statements, that he later had to correct. Those included talking about his service in the 好色tv Guard and past travel to China.
鈥淏ut I think the public sees,鈥 Walz added, 鈥淛ust the massive amount of misinformation that gets out there,鈥 driven by Trump.
After Harris struggled on 鈥楾he View鈥 to come up with differences between her possible administration and Biden鈥檚, Walz was ready
Walz was asked about how the Democratic ticket would bring change after Election Day.
He pointed to Harris proposing expanding Medicare funding so that it covers home-care costs for the 鈥渟andwich generation,鈥 or Americans caring for aging parents and children at the same time.
鈥淚 think she鈥檚 really leaning into these issues that impact people first,鈥 Walz said, 鈥淭hose are pretty big differences.鈥
Vice President Kamala Harris鈥 running mate, Tim Walz, is appearing on ABC鈥檚 鈥楾he View鈥
Walz, also the governor of Minnesota, is on the same set weeks after Harris herself made a View appearance. She was asked then about what she鈥檇 do different in the White House than what鈥檚 been done by President Joe Biden, but failed to name major changes.
Walz said of one of his unofficial campaign slogans, 鈥淢ind your own damn business,鈥 is a good way to live, making Americans better neighbors.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said he鈥檚 asking Trump to 鈥榥ot share lies or misinformation鈥 when he visits Asheville on Monday
Western North Carolina will recover, Gov. Cooper said at a storm recovery effort briefing Monday in Asheville, but they 鈥渄on鈥檛 need the election process to hurt recovery efforts.鈥
Cooper said a bipartisan bill that he signed increases opportunities to vote, giving county boards and voters more flexibility, but disinformation and misinformation that hurts the people they鈥檙e trying to help 鈥渘eeds to stop.鈥
Many storm survivors lost everything and they want help and truth, he said.
鈥淲e should work together to give them both,鈥 Cooper said. 鈥淪torm recovery cannot be partisan. To truly help people, we must check party politics at the door and get this job done.鈥
Arnold Palmer鈥檚 daughter reacts to Donald Trump鈥檚 references to her father
One of the late golf legend daughters calls references to her father鈥檚 genitalia 鈥渁 poor choice of approaches鈥 to honoring his memory, adding that she wasn鈥檛 upset by the remarks.
鈥淭here鈥檚 nothing much to say. I鈥檓 not really upset,鈥 Peg Palmer Wears, 68, told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday. 鈥淚 think it was a poor choice of approaches to remembering my father, but what are you going to do?鈥
On Saturday in Latrobe, Pennsylvania 鈥 the city where Palmer was born in 1929 and learned to golf from his father 鈥 Trump in the campaign鈥檚 closing weeks with a detailed, 12-minute story about Palmer that included an anecdote about what Palmer looked like in the showers.
鈥淲hen he took the showers with other pros, they came out of there. They said, 鈥極h my God. That鈥檚 unbelievable,鈥欌 Trump said with a laugh. 鈥淚 had to say. We have women that are highly sophisticated here, but they used to look at Arnold as a man.鈥
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US Supreme Court rejects an appeal from former Trump attorney Michael Cohen
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, who was trying to hold Trump liable for his jailing that he said was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir.
The justices did not explain their reasoning in the brief, routine order.
Cohen had asked the high court to revive a lawsuit filed after his early release from prison during the coronavirus pandemic was quickly reversed. Authorities said he wouldn鈥檛 accept some conditions of his release, but Cohen said he鈥檇 only asked if he could speak to the media about his memoir. He sued Trump, then-Attorney General William Barr and prison officials.
Cohen served time after pleading guilty to tax evasion and campaign finance charges in 2018. He said Trump directed him to arrange the payment of hush money to a porn actor to fend off damage to his 2016 presidential bid. Trump has denied wrongdoing.
First lady Jill Biden says it was 鈥榯he right call鈥 for President Joe Biden to end his reelection campaign
She made the comments with ABC鈥檚 鈥淕ood Morning America鈥 about . The interview aired Monday morning.
Asked by Deborah Roberts if it would be tough to leave the White House, Biden said 鈥渨e鈥檙e starting a new chapter of our lives, a new journey.鈥
Roberts asked if her husband made the correct decision to stop his bid for another four years.
鈥淚t was the right call, yes,鈥 the first lady said.
Harris鈥 campaign maintains a large financial advantage over Trump鈥檚
Kamala Harris鈥 campaign and affiliated Democratic groups raised about $633 million for the quarter, which ended last month, pushing their total to over $1 billion and maintaining a large financial advantage over Republican candidate in the election鈥檚 final sprint.
The vice president鈥檚 campaign, the and state parties raised more than $359 million in September alone.
But Harris鈥 campaign is spending heavily too. It raised about $222 million on its own in September, only to pay out about $270 million over the same period 鈥 helping to boost a large advertising push.
The Harris campaign and affiliated committees entered October with $346 million on hand, according to .
Trump鈥檚 campaign, the Republican 好色tv Committee and affiliated groups raising $160 million in September. By October, they had $283 million in the bank.
How does abortion translate? Ballot measures are a challenge for interpreters
are on the ballots in 10 states after over how to describe their impact on 鈥 and that鈥檚 just in English.
In 388 places across the U.S. where English isn鈥檛 the primary language among communities of voters, the federal requires that all elections information be made available in each community鈥檚 native language.
Such translations are meant to help non-native English speakers understand what they鈥檙e voting for. But vague or technical terms can be challenging, even more so when it comes to Indigenous languages that have only limited written dictionaries.
For example, there鈥檚 no single word for abortion in the native language of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe in Colorado鈥檚 Montezuma County. New York鈥檚 referendum doesn鈥檛 even 鈥渁bortion,鈥 making it all the more challenging to convey intent, advocates complain. And how exactly should in the Florida and Nevada measures be explained in the oral traditions of the Seminole and Shoshone tribes?
The Navajo and Hopi tribes get more material translated than most, and they have more than .
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Most voters think the economy is poor, but split on whether Trump or Harris can fix it: AP-NORC poll
Voters remain largely divided over whether they prefer Republican or Democrat to handle key economic issues, although Harris earns slightly better marks on elements such as taxes for the middle class, according to a new poll.
A majority of registered voters in the survey by describe the economy as poor. About 7 in 10 say the nation is going in the wrong direction.
But the findings reaffirm that Trump has lost what had been , which many voters say is the most important issue this election season above abortion, immigration, crime and foreign affairs.
鈥淒o I trust Trump on the economy? No. I trust that he鈥檒l give tax cuts to his buddies like Elon Musk,鈥 said poll respondent Janice Tosto, a 59-year-old Philadelphia woman and self-described independent.
found neither Harris nor Trump had a clear advantage on handling 鈥渢he economy and jobs.鈥 But this poll asked more specific questions about whether voters trusted Trump or Harris to do a better job handling the cost of housing, jobs and unemployment, taxes on the middle class, the cost of groceries and gas, and tariffs.
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Trump takes questions at a barbershop in the Bronx
Donald Trump went to a barbershop in the Bronx section of New York for a segment with commentator Lawrence Jones that aired Monday on 鈥淔ox & Friends.鈥
He took questions from clients at the business about immigration, energy and taxes. The barbers wore a black shirt with the phrase 鈥淢ake Barbers Great Again.鈥
One of the clients asked Trump if, once he generated enough revenue with some of his proposals, it would be possible to eliminate federal taxes.
鈥淭here is a way. There is a way,鈥 Trump said, adding that in the 1890s, people did not have to pay income taxes.
The business owner, who leases the building, told him his main challenge was paying for his energy bill, which had shot up from $2,100 to $15,000 in the last seven months.
鈥淲hat?鈥 Trump said. 鈥淗ow many heads can you take care of? That鈥檚 a lot.鈥
Trump asked how much average hair cuts cost and how much they had gone up. He was told they had gone up from a range between $12 and $15 to between $30 and $40.
Toward the end of the visit, Trump told the men 鈥測ou guys are the same as me. It鈥檚 the same stuff. We were born the same way.鈥
Some Jewish voters in presidential swing states reconsider their longtime devotion to Democrats
For Rona Kaufman, the signs are everywhere that more Jews feel abandoned by the Democratic Party and may vote for Republican .
It鈥檚 in her Facebook feed. It鈥檚 in the discomfort she observed during a question-and-answer at a recent Democratic Party campaign event in Pittsburgh. It鈥檚 in her own family.
鈥淭he family that is my generation and older generations, I don鈥檛 think anybody is voting for Harris, and we鈥檝e never voted Republican, ever,鈥 Kaufman, 49, said, referring to Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. 鈥淢y sister has a Trump sign outside her house, and that is a huge shift.鈥
How big a shift? Surveys continue to find that most Jewish voters still support the Democratic ticket, and Kaufman acknowledges that she鈥檚 an exception.
Still, any shift could have enormous implications in , where tens of thousands of votes decided the past two presidential elections. Many Jewish voters say the 2024 presidential election is like no other in memory, coming amid the growing fallout from Hamas鈥 on Israelis last year.
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