Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will center their attention on Texas on Friday with both presidential candidates holding events in the staunchly Republican state. The vice president will team up with 叠别测辞苍肠茅 for a rally aimed at highlighting the perilous medical fallout from the state鈥檚 strict abortion ban and putting the blame squarely on Trump.
Meanwhile, the former president held a news conference in Austin Friday afternoon and is expected to sit down with podcaster Joe Rogan later in the day.
visited a reservation in Arizona, a long-promised trip to Indian Country that Democrats hope could boost Harris' turnout effort in a key battleground state.
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Several bands, including Mumford & Sons, will join Harris at a get-out-the-vote rally in Wisconsin
Vice President Kamala Harris will be joined by several musicians, including Mumford & Sons, for a get-out-the-vote rally Wednesday on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, the campaign announced on Friday.
The rally will take place just before former President Donald Trump will be about two hours away for a rally in Green Bay.
Both campaigns are hitting the swing state hard in the final days of the race.
The Harris rally will include two members of the indie rock band The 好色tv, Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner, along with singer-songwriters Gracie Abrams and Remi Wolf. They are performing as part of the 鈥淲hen We Vote We Win鈥 GOTV Concert and Rally Series, the campaign said.
Trump wraps remarks in Austin without taking questions from reporters
Donald Trump has concluded his remarks in Austin, Texas.
He spoke for about 45 minutes, with a heavy emphasis on immigration.
Trump did not take questions from reporters while speaking, and he didn鈥檛 answer shouted questions afterward.
Both major presidential candidates are in Texas on Friday. Kamala Harris took questions from reporters ahead of her rally later this evening with 叠别测辞苍肠茅 in Houston.
Trump predicts he鈥檒l break records for deportations if he wins the election
Donald Trump is predicting he鈥檒l break records for the number of people deported from the United States if he wins the election.
At an appearance in Texas, Trump praised President Dwight D. Eisenhower for overseeing mass deportations as part of a sweeping plan known by the racist title 鈥淥peration Wetback.鈥 Trump has made mass deportation a centerpiece of his campaign for a second term in the White House.
鈥淚 think we鈥檒l break that record,鈥 Trump said of Eisenhower鈥檚 deportations. 鈥淣ot that I want to break it, but I think we have no choice.鈥
He said his administration will put 鈥渢hese vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail or kick them the hell out of the country.鈥
Leonardo DiCaprio endorses Harris for president
Leonardo DiCaprio is endorsing Kamala Harris for president, with the Oscar-winning actor expressing support for the Democratic nominee .
鈥淐limate change is killing the earth and ruining our economy. We need a bold step forward to save our economy, our planet and ourselves,鈥 DiCaprio said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 why I鈥檓 voting for Kamala Harris.鈥
DiCaprio, long an outspoken advocate for addressing the climate crisis, has supported Democratic candidates in the past. In early 2020, he attended a fundraiser for Joe Biden at the home of former Paramount Pictures chief Sherry Lansing.
With less than two weeks until Election Day, Harris has received the support of many high-profile entertainers including Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Chris Rock and George Clooney.
Republican nominee Donald Trump鈥檚 celebrity supporters include Elon Musk, Dennis Quaid, Roseanne Barr and Kid Rock.
In December 2016, DiCaprio and the head of his eponymous foundation met with Trump, then president-elect, to discuss how jobs centered on preserving the environment could boost the economy.
Trump again likens the US to a 鈥榞arbage can鈥
AUSTIN, Texas 鈥 Former President Donald Trump is doubling 鈥 and tripling 鈥 down on likening the United States to a trash receptacle.
鈥淲e鈥檙e like a garbage can. We鈥檙e like a garbage can,鈥 he said Friday. He noted that, 鈥淭he first time I said it was last night.鈥
During a Thursday night event, Trump had declared that the U.S. was 鈥渓ike a garbage can for the world.鈥
Vice President Kamala Harris, in response on Friday, called that comment, 鈥淎nother example of how he really belittles our country.鈥
Moments after her reaction, Trump said it twice more during an appearance in Texas.
Trump derides Harris鈥 rally with 叠别测辞苍肠茅 as 鈥榬ubbing shoulders鈥 with 鈥榳oke celebrities鈥
AUSTIN, Texas 鈥 Donald Trump is dismissing Kamala Harris鈥 rally in Houston with 叠别测辞苍肠茅 as his opponent 鈥渞ubbing shoulders鈥 with 鈥渨oke celebrities.鈥
鈥淚 think she鈥檚 coming here today,鈥 Trump said in Austin. 鈥淪he picked the wrong place. I think she picked the wrong place.鈥
He said that instead of her rally with a superstar, Harris should meet with victims of violent crimes committed by people in the country illegally. He called some immigrants arrested for allegedly committing violent crimes 鈥渁nimals.鈥
Trump says Biden administration has made Texas 鈥榞round zero鈥 for a border 鈥榠nvasion鈥
AUSTIN, Texas 鈥 Former President Donald Trump is saying in Texas that Vice President Kamala Harris is using the state as a 鈥渟taging ground鈥 to bring armies of people into the U.S. illegally.
The former president says the Biden administration is making Texas 鈥済round zero鈥 for a border 鈥渋nvasion,鈥 though he blamed Harris.
Trump also suggested that mismanagement of the U.S.-Mexico border was a crime against humanity.
There is no evidence to support those claims, however.
Trump slams judge鈥檚 order for Virginia to restore some purged voter registrations
AUSTIN, Texas 鈥 Trump has kicked off his remarks in Texas by slamming a judge ordering Virginia to restore registered voters who were purged from the state鈥檚 voter roles close to Election Day.
鈥淭he outrageous decision goes against the bedrock of our democracy,鈥 Trump said.
鈥業 do not have a Cabinet yet鈥
HOUSTON 鈥 Asked about reporting that JP Morgan chief Jamie Dimon would consider a role in Kamala Harris鈥 possible administration, Harris said she didn鈥檛 want to talk about theoretical leadership with the election not over.
鈥淲e have 11 days to go,鈥 she said. 鈥淚 do not have a Cabinet yet.鈥
Harris pledges to sign bill 鈥榩utting back in place reproductive freedom鈥
HOUSTON 鈥 Answering a question about how she as president would advance reproductive rights legislation through Congress, where Democrats might not have control in either chamber following the elections, Kamala Harris promoted Democrat Colin Allred鈥檚 effort to unseat GOP Sen. Ted Cruz from his Texas seat.
鈥淚t is my pledge 鈥 when Congress passes a bill putting back in place reproductive freedom 鈥 I will sign it,鈥 she added. 鈥淭here鈥檚 no other plan. We keep fighting.鈥
Harris calls Texas 鈥榞round zero鈥 when it comes to issues related to abortion
HOUSTON 鈥 Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off her remarks to reporters ahead of a campaign event in Texas Friday by calling the non-battleground state 鈥済round zero鈥 when it comes to issues related to abortion.
The Democratic nominee called elected leaders to task for that situation, saying her event Friday night will be centered around 鈥渢he harm鈥 that has caused for Americans.
Trump arrives in Austin, Texas
AUSTIN, Texas 鈥 Former President Donald Trump has arrived in Austin, Texas, where he鈥檒l deliver remarks ahead of an expected taping of Joe Rogan鈥檚 popular podcast.
He鈥檒l be speaking in an airport hangar before invited guests. Signs that read 鈥淓ND MIGRANT CRIME鈥 and 鈥淒EPORT ILLEGALS NOW鈥 will be his backstop.
Trump visiting Texas to tape Joe Rogan鈥檚 podcast and to criticize Harris on immigration
AUSTIN, Texas 鈥 Former President on Friday is heading to Texas 鈥 his first public campaign event in the state since receiving the Republican nomination 鈥 to in the country, creating another opportunity for him to highlight the hypermasculine tone that has defined much of his 2024 White House bid.
The GOP presidential nominee will hold a news conference in Austin and meet with podcaster Joe Rogan at his studio there. It is only the second time he has campaigned in the state after a Dallas visit where he addressed members of the 好色tv Rifle Association in May.
On Friday, his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, will also be visiting Texas for a rally on abortion rights with superstar 叠别测辞苍肠茅.
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Holocaust survivor criticizes Harris for calling Trump a 鈥榝ascist鈥
WASHINGTON 鈥 A 94-year-old Holocaust survivor is criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for calling former President Donald Trump a 鈥 .鈥
Jerry Wartski appears in a video for Trump鈥檚 campaign, saying, 鈥淚 know more about Hitler than Kamala will ever know in a thousands lifetimes.鈥 He鈥檚 referring to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, who he describes having murdered his parents.
In the video, Wartski rolls up his sleeve to reveal a number tattooed on his arm while he was a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
He says Harris owes Holocaust victims and survivors an apology.
Harris called Trump a fascist during a CNN town hall this week.
She said his comments denouncing the 鈥渆nemy within鈥 mean he may prove willing to target Americans who disagree with him should he win the Nov. 5 election.
Trump to return to Milwaukee鈥檚 Fiserv Forum next week
MILWAUKEE 鈥 Former President Donald Trump is returning to the site of the Republican 好色tv Convention in Milwaukee just four days before the election.
Trump plans to hold a rally at the Fiserv Forum on Nov. 1, his campaign said Friday. The stop comes two days after another planned rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The state is one of the most hard-fought this year with both sides expecting a razor-close finish. Vice President Kamala Harris was in both Milwaukee and Green Bay last week.
Johnson and McConnell blast Harris over saying she believes Trump is a fascist
WASHINGTON 鈥 House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell are criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for saying she believes that former President Donald Trump is a fascist during a CNN town hall, saying her words could lead to violence.
鈥淟abeling a political opponent as a 鈥榝ascist,鈥 risks inviting yet another would-be assassin to try robbing voters of their choice before Election Day,鈥 the two Republicans said in their statement.
When asked if she believed Trump is a fascist, Harris replied twice, 鈥淵es, I do.鈥 Later, she brought it up herself, saying Trump would, if elected again, be 鈥渁 president who admires dictators and is a fascist.鈥
The two lawmakers said they have been briefed on ongoing threats to Trump and called on Harris to take the threats seriously, adding 鈥渟top escalating the threat environment, and help ensure President Trump has the necessary resources to be protected from those threats.鈥
The two did not address comments coming from Trump, who at his rallies has also referred to Harris as a 鈥淢arxist鈥 and a 鈥渇ascist.鈥
ACLU wants South Carolina to reopen voter registration for 1,900 teens
COLUMBIA, S.C. 鈥 A civil rights organization wants South Carolina to reopen voter registration for nearly 1,900 teens after the state Department of Motor Vehicles failed to notify election officials that they checked the box to register as they got their driver鈥檚 licenses. The teens were 17 at the time they went to the DMV, but would be 18 by Election Day.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit Tuesday, a day after early voting started in South Carolina.
Lawyers for the DMV, election officials and lawmakers said they are sympathetic toward the teens, but it is too late to verify the teens are eligible and adjust the voting rolls.
A judge promised a ruling Friday after hearing arguments from both sides.
Federal judge orders Virginia to restore more than 1,600 voter registrations
ALEXANDRIA, Va. 鈥 A federal judge on Friday ordered Virginia to restore more than 1,600 voter registrations that she said were illegally purged in the past two months to keep noncitizens from voting.
U.S. District Judge Patricia Giles granted an injunction request brought against Virginia election officials by the Justice Department, which claimed the voter registrations were wrongly canceled during a 90-day quiet period ahead of the November election that restricts states from making large-scale changes to their voter rolls.
Thomas Sanford, an attorney with the Virginia attorney general鈥檚 office, told the judge at the conclusion of Friday鈥檚 hearing that the state intends to appeal her ruling.
The and , including the League of Women Voters, said many of the 1,600 voters whose registrations were canceled were citizens whose registrations were canceled because of bureaucratic errors or simple mistakes like a wrongly checked box on a form.
Election workers identified about 2,500 Pennsylvania voter registration forms that may be fraudulent, officials say
LANCASTER, Pa. 鈥 Officials in a Pennsylvania county say an investigation is underway after election workers identified about 2,500 voter registration forms that may be fraudulent.
The Lancaster County Elections Board and the county prosecutor plan to hold a news conference Friday to discuss the steps taken so far.
The county says the registrations in question arrived in two batches shortly before Pennsylvania鈥檚 deadline to register to vote, which was this past Monday.
Harris, 叠别测辞苍肠茅
team up for a Texas rally on abortion rights and hope battleground states hear them
HOUSTON 鈥 Vice President will team up with on Friday for a rally in solidly Republican Texas aimed at highlighting the perilous medical fallout from the state鈥檚 strict abortion ban and putting the blame squarely on .
It鈥檚 a message intended to register far beyond Texas in the political battleground states, where Harris is hoping that the aftereffects from will spur voters to turn out to support her quest for the presidency.
Harris will also be joined at the rally by women who have nearly died from sepsis and other pregnancy complications because they were unable to get proper medical care, including women who never intended to end their pregnancies.
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Biden heads to Indian Country as Harris steps up appeal to Native American voters
PHOENIX 鈥 is at last making his way to Indian Country, paying a long-promised visit to a reservation in Arizona that Democrats hope could provide a boost to turnout effort in a key battleground state.
Biden鈥檚 visit to the Gila River Indian Community鈥檚 land on the outskirts of metro Phoenix will be his first to Indian Country as president 鈥 something he promised tribal leaders he would do nearly two years ago.
During the visit, Biden intends to to Native Americans for the U.S. government鈥檚 role in the abuse and neglect of Native children sent to federal to assimilate them into white society, according to the White House.
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Allies hope a Trump win changes the system for mortgages. Some warn it will make them pricier
If Donald Trump wins the presidential election, Republicans a longstanding GOP goal of privatizing the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have been under government control since the Great Recession.
But Democrats and some economists warn that, especially in , doing so will make .
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Like Biden, Harris puts focus on Trump as Election Day draws near
WASHINGTON 鈥 With the end of her abbreviated presidential campaign in sight, is trying to put the focus squarely on and his threat to democratic institutions, echoing the strategy used by before he ended his reelection bid.
It鈥檚 a bet that fear of the former Republican president can rally Harris supporters and nudge undecided voters to her side in the final days. Harris鈥 challenge will be connecting philosophical questions about American democracy with the everyday concerns of individual Americans.
The effort will be on full display Tuesday, when Harris delivers what her team describes as the grassy space adjacent to the 好色tv Mall in Washington. It鈥檚 the same place where Trump stood when he urged his supporters to march on the Capitol on , in what became a bloody attempt to prevent the certification of Biden鈥檚 election victory.
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