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In a brief press conference, Vice President Harris reminded voters that former President Trump had tried unsuccessfully to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, during his 2017-2021 presidency. Read more
Speaking near Green Bay, Wisconsin, Trump told the crowd that his advisers had urged him to stop using a well-worn rally line about his desire to protect women, saying they had called it “inappropriate.” Read more
A senior Harris campaign official said the campaign was monitoring voting around the country, working with state attorneys general, and tracking any reported problems ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election. Read more
At a hearing in Pennsylvania, Judge Angelo Foglietta said he would place the lawsuit on hold while a federal court considers whether to take up the case. Read more
Of the 283 misleading X posts that CCDH analyzed, 209, or 74% of the posts, did not show accurate notes to all X users correcting false and misleading claims about the elections, the report said. Read more
Contrary to Trump’s incendiary claim that fake ballots had been cast, there were no reports of actual ballots being among the two batches of documents. Read more
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According to a White House transcript, Biden said: “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter’s — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable.” Read more
Detractors show up every day at Honolulu Hale and Kapolei Hale to vote in person and to loudly complain about Hawaii’s mail-in ballot process, which voters overwhelmingly prefer. Read more
Trump did not comment on the vulgar and racist rhetoric used by speakers at his Sunday rally, where a comedian called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” and disparaged Black Americans, Jewish people, Palestinians and Latinos. Read more
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Trump to the bench in 2020, said in her ruling the attorneys for Ryan Wesley Routh did not present a valid basis for her to step aside. Read more
Harris said Trump “fans the fuel of hate and division, and that’s why people are exhausted with him.” Later, Trump rejected Harris’ contention that he is a fascist telling thousands at a rally in Atlanta: “I’m not a Nazi. I’m the opposite of a Nazi.” Read more
Musk has made these comments while talking about the two assassination attempts against Trump this year. Read more
Two separate blazes erupted today in Portland, Oregon, damaging three ballots, and Vancouver, Washington, destroying hundreds, officials said. Read more
The presidential campaign of Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Democrats, several prominent Puerto Rican celebrities and some congressional Republicans denounced the comments, which were widely panned as racist. Read more