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US Election 2024 highlights: ‘Kamala, you are fired’ says Trump at Wisconsin rally
In the November 5 presidential election, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, the current Vice President, will face Republican Donald Trump, a former President.
US Election 2024 highlights: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the Democratic and Republican contenders for the November 5 US presidential election, began a tour of swing states in the final week of campaigning. The two contenders are locked neck and neck, according to pre-poll surveys; most have put Harris marginally ahead of Trump. She was elevated as the Democrats’ presidential nominee after Biden decided not to seek re-election. His performance in the presidential debate with Trump was widely panned, leading to calls from within the party and its donors, to step aside....Read More
More than 57 million have already cast their ballots via early or mail-in voting, more than 35 percent of the total votes cast in the 2020 election. A new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 7 in 10 Americans are feeling anxious or frustrated about the 2024 presidential campaign.
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-American billionaire Elon Musk was ordered to attend a Thursday hearing in a prosecutor's lawsuit to block the billionaire's $1 million-a-day giveaway to registered swing state voters before the U.S. election on November 5.
-According to the US government, the number of US border patrol encounters with migrants crossing over from Mexico illegally fell to around 54,000 in September, from a peak of nearly 250,000 in December. Analysts suggest that many migrants fear harsher punishments for illegal entry and the risk of dying at the hands of human smugglers. Election campaign rhetoric over illegal immigration have added to their anxieties.
-A Chinese citizen studying at the University of Michigan was accused of voter fraud and perjury charges after allegedly casting a ballot in the 2024 US election. Local and federal officials are investigating whether this was an isolated incident or part of a broader attempt at election interference.
-Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and former California governor officially endorsed US Vice President Kamala Harris and vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz for the upcoming presidential election.
-Kamala Harris distanced herself from a recent remark by President Joe Biden, in which he referred to supporters of her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, as "garbage."
US Election 2024 live: Trump's promise to protect Hindu rights globally applauded by American Hindus
Hindu Americans have applauded Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump for promising to protect the human rights of Hindus across the world, including the US and Bangladesh and protect them from the "anti-religion agenda of the radical left."
US Election 2024 live: Biden, Harris' Diwali message for Indian-Americans
President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris led the festivities ahead of the US Presidential elections scheduled for November 5. Biden and Harris shared her Diwali wishes, acknowledging that people across the US and the world are lighting diyas to honour the triumph of good over evil.
US Election 2024 live: Harris blasts 'offensive' Trump for remarks on women
Kamala Harris on Thursday slammed Donald Trump for what she called "very offensive" remarks about women, putting abortion rights back in the spotlight as her rival hurled more insults and denigrated migrants during the election's final stretch. (AFP)
US Election 2024 live: Ukraine confident of continued US support after election
Ukraine is confident of continued U.S. support regardless of who wins next week's presidential election, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Thursday, citing what he called strong bipartisan support.
Earlier this month Donald Trump blamed President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for helping start the war with Russia, a comment that further suggests the Republican is likely to decrease U.S. support for Ukraine if he wins. (Reuters)
US Election 2024 live: Biden says Harris will cut her own path as president
President Joe Biden on Tuesday said Kamala Harris would “cut her own path” once she wins the 2024 election, allowing for more daylight between him and his vice president as she works to win over skeptical voters three weeks before Election Day.
“Kamala will take the country in her own direction, and that's one of the most important differences in this election,” he said. “Kamala's perspective on our problems will be fresh and new. Donald Trump's perspective old and failed and quite frankly, thoroughly totally dishonest.” (PTI)
US Election 2024 live: Trump vows to protect Hindu Americans
US Election 2024 live: Trump attacks Harris over Hitler comparison
Donald Trump has launched fresh attacks on Kamala Harris, accusing the vice president of using inappropriate terms to describe him. Blasting Harris, Trump declared that “this Tuesday is your chance” to make a decision. More details
US Election 2024 live: Judge declines to block Elon Musk $1 million voter giveaway
US Election 2024 live: Pennsylvania state judge Angelo Foglietta said on Thursday he would not immediately move forward with a lawsuit that seeks to stop Elon Musk's $1 million voter giveaway.
The judge said he would place the lawsuit on hold while a federal court considers whether to take up the case. Musk said in a filing that the lawsuit raises questions of free-speech rights and election interference that belong in federal court.
The billionaire entrepreneur, who had been ordered to attend the hearing, did not appear.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner sought to halt the giveaway less than a week before the tightly contested presidential election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Krasner, who championed progressive causes when running for district attorney, accuses Tesla CEO Musk and his political action committee America PAC of hatching an “illegal lottery scheme to influence voters”. (Reuters)
US Election 2024 live: Hispanic civil rights group sues Iowa's top election official
US Election 2024 live: The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa filed a legal challenge on behalf of four Hispanic voters in a federal court on Wednesday against Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate.
Four voters were flagged by the official as naturalised officials who might not be citizens. Pate's office provided the county's auditors a list of 2,022 people who told the Department of Transportation that they are not citizens but subsequently registered to vote or voted.
The lawsuit said the voters should not be challenged on such basis, as it discriminates against naturalized citizens. Treating these voters differently from others in violation of their constitutional right to equal protection, the lawsuit argues. (AP)
US Election 2024 live: Israeli settlers hope for sanctions relief is Trump
US Election 2024 live: Israel's settlers expressed hope for sanctions relief if Donald Trump wins the US presidential polls.
Israel Ganz, chairman of the main Yesha settler council who has close ties with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, described the sanctions as interference in Israel's legal system that would ultimately cause problems for the government.
"If Trump takes the election, there will be no sanctions. If Trump loses the election, we will in the state of Israel have a problem with sanctions that the government over here has to deal with," Ganz added. (Reuters)
US Election 2024 live: Trump dons garbage vest in Wisconsin rally
US Election 2024 live: Dressed in a garbage vest, Trump arrived at the venue of the rally in Wisconsin's Green Bay area in a dump truck and addressed several thousand of his supporters, arguing that Harris is not fit to become the President.
"My response to Joe and Kamala is very simple: You can't lead America if you don't love Americans, it's true. You can't be president if you hate the American people, which I believe they do, and Kamala Harris is not fit to be president of the United States," he said.
"How do you like my garbage truck? This truck is in honour of Kamala and Joe Biden. For Joe Biden to make that statement -- it's really a disgrace," he said.
