Trump insists he and Vance are not weird but ‘solid rocks’ as Harris proposes ‘billionaire minimum tax’: Live

Donald Trump sat for an hour-long, town hall with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Wednesday, bashing Democratic rival Kamala Harris at every turn, less than a week before they go face-to-face at a debate.

Trump slammed Harris’s record at the border, and promised the “largest deportation” in US history if he is elected. He also took aim at her economic policy, warning that the country would wind up in a “1929-style depression” if she wins in November.

Trump also boasted about members of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s extended family sharing a photo wearing T-shirts in support of Trump.

The town hall was held in the battleground state of Pennsylvania — one of a few states both campaigns are laser-focused on winning.

A CNN poll found Harris leading in Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia and Nevada, while Trump leads in Arizona, and the two are tied in Pennsylvania.

Earlier in the day, at a campaign stop in North Hampton, New Hampshire, Harris unveiled more of her economic agenda — promising a tax relief for small businesses. The vice president argued that setting a “billionaire minimum tax” would make the tax code more fair to small businesses by making larger corporations pay a “fair share.”

Key Points

• Poll: Trump, Harris in stalemate across three swing states

• Biden and Harris to mark 9/11 anniversary together in New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania

• US accuses Russia of using state media to ‘interfere and influence’ elections

• Harris proposes a ‘billionaire minimum tax’. Trump wants a new tax on all sales

• Trump’s push to move hush money criminal case to federal court fails

Trump lays in on ABC News days before his debate against Harris

02:55 , Kelly Rissman

The former president then assailed ABC News, which will host the debate in six days between Trump and Kamala Harris.

“The most dishonest network. The meanest, the nastiest. But that’s what I was presented with,” Trump said.

He accused the network of giving the “softest” interview to President Biden.

Trump warned of a ‘1929-style depression’ if Harris is elected

02:52 , Kelly Rissman

About 45 mintues into the town hall, Trump discussed Harris’ economic policies.

“I gave you the biggest tax cuts in the history of our country,” he claimed, warning what he believed would happen if Harris reversed his tax cuts.

“This country will end up in a depression if she becomes president, like 1929. She has no idea what the hell she’s doing,” he said.

Trump then took a jab at Harris’ father, Donald Harris, calling the Stanford professor a “Marxist teacher of economics”

Trump offers gloomy world view during town hall

02:39 , Kelly Rissman

“She wants to be politically correct,” Trump said about Harris. “We can’t be politically correct anymore.”

He once again claimed that “October 7 would have never happened” if he had been the commander in chief at the time. “The whole world was a safe place” when he was president, he added.

“The world is blowing up. And when you look at Ukraine and you look at Russia, we are potentially getting ready…we’re heading into World War III territory,” Trump continued.

Mosquito interrupts Trump’s town hall

02:31 , Kelly Rissman

In the middle of groaning about President Joe Biden’s exit from the 2024 race, Trump got distracted — by a mosquito.

Don’t believe it? Watch it for yourself.

Trump clarifies he wants to win New Hampshire after a leaked email suggested his campaign is “pulling back” from the state

02:25 , Kelly Rissman

The former president tried to reclaim his campaign’s focus on New Hampshire.

”We really wanna win New Hampshire,” Trump said.

His comment comes one day after an email was leaked suggesting that the Trump campaign doesn’t believe the state is “winnable.”

A former Republican party vice chair in Massachusetts, sent an email to volunteers stating that the campaign “no longer thinks New Hampshire is winnable and is pulling back from state,” the Boston Globe first reported.

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Trump campaign ‘no longer thinks New Hampshire is winnable,’ volunteer email claims

Trump takes a jab at Tim Walz

02:16 , Kelly Rissman

Earlier today, eight relatives of the Democratic vice presidential nominee posed for a photo wearing “Walz’s for Trump” shirts, and standing in front of a “Trump 2024” flag that also reads: “Take America back.”

On Wednesday evening, the former president noted this.

“His brother endorsed me — and his whole family!” Trump said.

Speaking about Tim Walz, Trump said: “There is something weird with that guy. JD is not weird.”

Trump offers familiar claims about the border

02:13 , Kelly Rissman

“We did great in 2016. We did much better in 2020, we got millions of more votes. But there has never been enthusiasm like we have now,” Trump said after the audience burst out into a “USA!” chant.

The former president almost instantly turned to the border, an area for which he typically criticizes the Biden-Harris administration. Trump repeated familiar claims about migrants, alleging that they are coming into the country from prisons, mental institutions, and “very bad places.” He added that they are “destroying our country.”

“We have to do the largest deportation” in the history of the US, he added.

Trump appears on Fox News town hall

02:05 , Kelly Rissman

At 9pm, Donald Trump joined Sean Hannity in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for a town hall.

Hannity described Kamala Harris’ popularity as a “long-lived honey moon phase.”

Harris hopes to win on vibes, the anchor said, before adding: “The vibes haven’t been the same since Donald Trump left office.”

The crowd cheered and applauded as Trump walked in. The former president often stopping to glance up at the crowd and join in with claps of his own.

Ex-cop has Jan 6 sentence shortened following landmark ruling — might it help Trump?

01:50 , Oliver O’Connell

A former police officer who was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in the January 6 Capitol riot has had his sentence lessened after a Supreme Court ruling restricting the use of a federal obstruction charge.

The case could influence the outcome of other January 6 proceedings, including against former President Donald Trump.

Gustaf Kilander explains.

Ex-cop has Jan. 6 sentence shortened – and it could benefit Trump

Latest poll updates: Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?

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Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates from the 2024 election

Harris proposes a ‘billionaire minimum tax’. Trump wants a new tax on all sales

01:10 , Oliver O’Connell

Vice President Kamala Harris is rolling out an economic plan that looks to capitalize on America’s penchant for entrepreneurship with an ambitious proposal for small business tax breaks and incentives.

Andrew Feinberg reports.

Harris pitches a ‘billionaire minimum tax’ while Trump goes the other way

Nothing will change after the Georgia school shooting, no matter what Biden says

Thursday 5 September 2024 00:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Eric Garcia writes:

President Joe Biden, who authored the 1994 ban on assault weapons that expired in 2004, once again tried to appeal to Republicans’ better angels.

“After decades of inaction, Republicans in Congress must finally say ‘enough is enough’ and work with Democrats to pass common-sense gun safety legislation,” he said in a statement not long after Wednesday’s shooting.

But nobody should be under any delusions that anything will fundamentally change when it comes to guns in the United States, at least for the near future.

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Nothing will change after the Georgia school shooting, whatever Biden says

Trump thanks Brittany Mahomes for ‘strongly defending’ him amid Instagram controversy

Thursday 5 September 2024 00:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Former US president Donald Trump has praised Brittany Mahomes for “defending” him online amid controversy surrounding her apparent support for his 2024 presidential election campaign.

In a post shared to his Truth Social account on September 4, the Republican presidential nominee gave a shout-out to the wife of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. “I want to thank beautiful Brittany Mahomes for so strongly defending me, and the fact that MAGA is the greatest and most powerful Political Movement in the History of our now Failing Country,” Trump wrote.

Meredith Clark reports.

Donald Trump thanks Brittany Mahomes for ‘strongly defending’ him amid controversy

US accuses Russian state media of enlisting right-wing influencers to meddle in election

Thursday 5 September 2024 00:10 , Oliver O’Connell

Alex Woodward reports:

Two Russian nationals who work for Russian state-controlled media outlet RT — Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva — were also charged with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Prosecutors allege they relied on a Tennessee-based company and contracted with US-based social media influencers to target specific demographics and regions as part of a calculated effort to subvert the election.

That company — TENET Media, which is not mentioned by name in the indictment — includes a constellation of well-known right-wing influencers, including Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson, among others.

RT employees helped publish nearly 2,000 English-language videos on TikTok, Instagram, X and YouTube, where they have racked up 16 million views, according to prosecutors.

The companies and influencers “never disclosed to the influencers or their millions of dollars its ties to RT or the Russian government,” and instead claimed they used a “private investor” who was in fact a “fictitious persona,” according to Garland.

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Kanye deletes Fuentes tweets after controversial Mar-a-Lago dinner

ICYMI: Trump admits he lost 2020 election ‘by a whisker’

Wednesday 4 September 2024 23:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Days after he claimed he had “every right” to interfere with the 2020 presidential election results, Donald Trump admits that he “lost by a whisker.”

During a 45-minute interview with popular podcaster Lex Fridman, the former president revived his false claims that the election “was a fraud” but conceded that he did in fact lose.

No, really. He said it.

Here’s Alex Woodward’s report:

Trump admits he lost 2020 election ‘by a whisker’ during Lex Fridman podcast

And here is right-wing, anti-semite, white supremacist live-streamer Nick Fuentes having quite the meltdown about the comment, going as far as to say about Trump regarding Stop the Steal and January 6: “You deserve to be charged.”

Ouch.

Some Republican leaders think Trump is bad for the party’s future — and secretly want him to lose

Wednesday 4 September 2024 23:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Some Republicans are secretly rooting for Donald Trump to lose the election in November for the sake of their party, according to reports.

Some of the GOP – including long-standing members who are publicly enthusiastic about a second Trump presidency – are secretly hoping the White House will go to his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, according to Politico.

Last week, conservative commentator Erick Erickson said on X that many Republicans are rooting for a Harris presidency with a GOP-controlled Senate in order to save their party.

“The damage Trump is doing to himself is playing out in private conversations like this: ‘We have a really good shot at taking the Senate,’” Erickson wrote on X.

Katie Hawkinson reports.

Some GOP leaders think Trump is bad for the party’s future — and want him to lose

Watch: Liz Cheney endorses Kamala Harris

Wednesday 4 September 2024 23:20 , Oliver O’Connell

Speaking at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, former Republican rep Liz Cheney said she would be voting for Kamala Harris in this November’s election.

Watch the moment here:

Trump Media’s stock price falls to all-time low

Wednesday 4 September 2024 23:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Stock in Donald Trump’s media company hit its lowest level on Wednesday since being publically listed earlier this year.

Trump Media, the parent company of Trump’s Truth Social Network, was trading at $16.98 at closing on Wednesday, down more than 78 percent from the stock’s March high of $79.38 per share.

The slump means that Donald Trump, the company’s largest shareholder, has seen his personal, roughly 60 percent stake decline in value from $6bn to $2bn during that time.

Josh Marcus reports.

Trump’s Truth Social parent company stock price falls to all-time low

Trump accused of deliberately choosing ‘sundown’ towns with racist histories for his rallies

Wednesday 4 September 2024 23:10 , Oliver O’Connell

During a campaign stop at the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office in Howell, Michigan, Donald Trump suggested that deputies there should be deployed to the majority-Black city of Detroit.

“I’d love to have them working there during the election,” he told the group on August 20, standing in front of law enforcement officials and squad cars.

A week later, Trump held a “town hall” in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The next day, he rallied in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He will speak in the town of Mosinee, Wisconsin, on September 7.

These relatively small cities — spread across midwestern swing states and far from dense metropolitan areas — all have one thing in common: They are former “sundown” towns, where threats of Jim Crow-era violence enforced racial segregation.

Alex Woodward reports.

Trump accused of deliberately rallying in ‘sundown’ towns with racist histories

Harris proposes a ‘billionaire minimum tax’. Trump wants a new tax on all sales

Wednesday 4 September 2024 22:44 , Oliver O’Connell

Kamala Harris is rolling out an economic plan that looks to capitalize on America’s penchant for entrepreneurship with an ambitious proposal for small business tax breaks and incentives.

Andrew Feinberg reports on the vice president’s remarks in New Hampshire today.

Harris pitches a ‘billionaire minimum tax’ while Trump goes the other way

US mulls a peacekeeping operation for Haiti

Wednesday 4 September 2024 22:30 , AP

The US is mulling a UN peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a Kenya-led mission deployed to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country, a top US diplomat said Wednesday.

Brian A. Nichols, US assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs, spoke hours after The Miami Herald reported that the administration of US President Joe Biden is considering the possibility of a traditional UN peacekeeping operation given the limited funding and equipment available to the current mission.

“A (peacekeeping operation) is one of the ways we could accomplish that,” Nichols told reporters. “But we are looking at multiple ways.”

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The US mulls a peacekeeping operation for Haiti to secure money and equipment to fight gangs

Tim Walz’s family member share image supporting Trump

Wednesday 4 September 2024 22:10 , Oliver O’Connell

Members of Tim Walz’s extended family have shared a photo wearing T-shirts in support of former president Donald Trump.

The image of the eight relatives shows them wearing grammatically incorrect “Walz’s for Trump” shirts, and standing in front of a “Trump 2024” flag that also reads: “Take America back.”

Gustaf Kilander has the story.

Tim Walz’s family shares image supporting Trump for president

Harris giving radio interview to be broadcast on Friday

Wednesday 4 September 2024 22:03 , Oliver O’Connell

Per the White House:

Vice President Harris is participating in a taped radio interview with Rickey Smiley, host of the Rickey Smiley Morning Show. The interview will air Friday morning.

Dwindling support among women has Republicans concerned for 2024 election

Wednesday 4 September 2024 21:50 , Oliver O’Connell

With just 61 days until election day, Republican strategists are likely keeping a close eye on gender polling as Vice President Kamala Harris continues to enjoy support from a majority of women while former president Donald Trump struggles to hold onto women supporters.

Post-Democratic National Convention, Harris has managed to increase the percentage of women supporting her by three points, according to polling from Reuters/Ipsos.

Ariana Baio and Alicja Hagopian report.

GOP’s dwindling support among women has Republicans concerned for the election

Biden and Harris to mark 9/11 anniversary together in New York

Wednesday 4 September 2024 21:30 , Oliver O’Connell

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will mark the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks by visiting Ground Zero in New York, the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, the White House confirmed on Wednesday.

“You will see the president and vice president next week together as they mourn the thousands of lives that were lost on that day and also the first responders who obviously put their lives on the line to protect Americans on that day,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.

The New York Times reports that former president Donald Trump is also considering a visit to the site of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.

On the preceding evening, he and Harris will have faced off in their first presidential debate in Philadelphia.

The anniversary marks the day when hijackers flew planes into the Pentagon in Virginia and both towers of the World Trade Center, with a fourth plane crashing into a field in Pennsylvania.

Last year Biden marked the anniversary in Alaska as he was returning from a trip to Asia. First Lady Jill Biden attended the Pentagon ceremony and Harris visited the September 11 Memorial Museum in at the former site of the Twin Towers.

Trump calls shooter ‘sick and deranged monster’ in remarks on Georgia shooting

Wednesday 4 September 2024 21:12 , Oliver O’Connell

Following this morning’s shooting at a high school in Winder, Georgia, that left four dead, Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social:

Our hearts are with the victims and loved ones of those affected by the tragic event in Winder, GA.These cherished children were taken from us far too soon by a sick and deranged monster.

Watch: Trump warns of stock market crash for fifth year in a row

Wednesday 4 September 2024 21:10 , Oliver O’Connell

Barron Trump’s choice of New York college revealed

Wednesday 4 September 2024 21:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron attended the first day of classes at New York University, ending the speculation over where the political scion will go to college this fall.

Barron was seen leaving his father’s Trump Tower skyscraper in Midtown on Wednesday and heading towards campus, looking collegiate in a white polo and black slacks and traveling with a security detail, according to photos captured by The New York Post.

Josh Marcus has the full story.

Barron Trump’s choice of New York college revealed as he’s seen arriving on first day

Fox New host Laura Ingraham probes Vance’s best prop: his beard

Wednesday 4 September 2024 20:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Trump campaign raised $130m in August

Wednesday 4 September 2024 20:39 , Oliver O’Connell

The Trump-Vance campaign says it has exceeded internal benchmarks with its latest figures for grassroots donations in August.

With $130m raised over the month, the campaign says “a stunning 98 percent of this month’s donations were under $200” with an average donation of $56.

The campaign ended August with $295m cash on hand.

Brian Hughes, Trump campaign senior advisor, said: “With Republicans united and a growing number of Independents and disaffected Democrats crossing partisan lines, the Trump-Vance campaign has momentum for the final stretch of the race. These fundraising numbers from August are a reflection of that movement and will propel President Trump’s America First movement back to the White House so we can undo the terrible failures of Harris and Biden.”

Full story: US accuses Russia of using state media to spread disinformation and ‘interfere and influence’ elections

Wednesday 4 September 2024 20:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Federal law enforcement agencies have seized 32 Russian-backed websites that prosecutors say were designed to sow disinformation and discord ahead of 2024 elections and boost Donald Trump’s campaign.

Separately, two employees of Russia’s state-controlled media network RT have been criminally charged with allegedly launching a $10 million propaganda scheme that enlisted popular right-wing social media influencers.

The allegations revealed in warrants and unsealed indictments are evidence of Russia’s attempts to “engage in a covert campaign to interfere and influence the outcome of our country’s elections,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in remarks on Wednesday.

Alex Woodward has the full story.

US accuses Russia of using state media to ‘interfere and influence’ elections

Watch: AG Garland comments on threats to election workers ahead of November

Wednesday 4 September 2024 20:25 , Oliver O’Connell

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump accused by locals of ‘taking what is ours’ over Albania resort project

Wednesday 4 September 2024 20:20 , Oliver O’Connell

Local residents in Albania are accusing Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump of attempting to take land away from them for two luxury resort projects.

The daughter and son-in-law of former President Donald Trump are looking to invest almost $1bn in the area. Kushner previously announced his plans to build a hotel and a number of beach villas on a part of land that has been farmed by an Albanian family for generations but which was seized from them after the end of the Communist regime in 1991, according to The New York Times.

Gustaf Kilander has the story.

Locals accuse Jared and Ivanka of ‘taking what is ours’ for resort project in Albania

Watch: Harris addresses Georgia school shooting ahead of New Hampshire rally remarks

Wednesday 4 September 2024 20:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Vice President Kamala Harris

As Harris and Walz hit the campaign trail, Trump spends afternoon posting video messages

Wednesday 4 September 2024 20:08 , Oliver O’Connell

With Kamala Harris and Tim Walz out on the campaign trail, you might be wondering what Donald Trump is doing.

At 5.30pm he will pre-tape a one-hour town hall in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with Sean Hannity of Fox News which will be broadcast at 9pm this evening. Nothing captures the spontaneity of being asked questions by a pre-vetted audience than taping it almost four hours in advance.

To kill time until then, the former president has been busily posting videos to his Truth Social account. By 3pm he was up to nine videos and a TikTok.

First up, he complained about the workings of the justice system, claiming the Justice Department had violated its own policy by “going after” him in the 60 days leading up to the first votes being cast on September 6. The DOJ began prosecuting Trump in 2023.

He then lashed out at “Comrade Harris” over the border, before accusing the vice president of running away from her record, including this odd line: “Why did you change all 14 of your major policy ideas just for the purpose of an election. And we know one thing, she’ll never do it, because she’s a… Marxist, and Marxists don’t believe in the Trump philosophy. Not gonna happen. We’re not gonna let her win.”

In the next video, he called her a Communist. If you’re wondering what the difference is, it’s that Marxism is a philosophy, while communism is a system of government based on Marxist principles.

Trump, who complains about everything from dishwashers to airports to crowd sizes, began his next video with a tiny little bit of projection, saying: “COMRADE KAMALA HARRIS DOES NOTHING BUT COMPLAIN…”

Hitting his stride (these were all recorded back to back as evidenced by the knot of his tie), Trump did a quick lap of election issues, ranging from the economy, inflation, the border, “respect for our nation”, and preventing the Third World War and a 1929 recession.

In the two final shortest videos, he espoused “TRUMP CASH vs KAMALA CRASH!” and reminded viewers of his tax proposals for social security and tips.

News you can use: How to stop getting all those campaign texts

Wednesday 4 September 2024 20:00 , Oliver O’Connell

With another election season comes patriotism, heightened tensions, an in-your-face news cycle and of course, a tirade of political text messages.

“It’s Joe. We’re in this race together. With so much at stake this November, can you rush a donation to the campaign now?”

“From Trump: VICTORY IS OUR ULTIMATE REVENGE! Be the FIRST PERSON to read my Super Tuesday victory memo.”

“We missed our August goal! We’re upgrading you to a 10x MATCH. CHIP IN NOW.”

It seems like now, more than ever, political campaigns are using mass text message operations to ask potential voters for support, money, and questionnaire answers. It’s a daily occurrence that some people cannot escape.

Ariana Baio explains what your options are.

How to stop getting all those campaign texts once and for all

Watch: Walz says Trump and GOP ‘rooting against America’

Wednesday 4 September 2024 19:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Watch LIVE: Kamala Harris sets out small business plans

Wednesday 4 September 2024 19:41 , Oliver O’Connell

Watch: Kamala Harris departs to set out small business plans at New Hampshire rally

Boebert’s Democratic rival accuses her of disrespecting veterans and ‘melting down’ on debate stage

Wednesday 4 September 2024 19:40 , Oliver O’Connell

Republican congresswoman Lauren Boebert has been accused of disrespecting veterans and “melting down” during a heated debate with her Democratic rival.

The Colorado lawmaker went head to head with Democratic challenger Trisha Calvarese on the debate stage at Ravenna Golf Club in Littleton, Colorado, on Tuesday with the pair clashing over the economy, social security, and veterans.

Rhian Lubin has the story.

Lauren Boebert’s rival accuses her of disrespecting veterans and debate ‘melt down’

Watch: AG Garland addresses Kremlin-led scheme to influence the US election

Wednesday 4 September 2024 19:22 , Oliver O’Connell

Trump commuted this cop killer’s life sentence. He’s now been convicted of attacking his wife

Wednesday 4 September 2024 19:20 , Oliver O’Connell

A convicted murderer whose life sentence was commuted by Donald Trump on the last day of his presidency has recently been convicted of attacking his wife.

Jaime Davidson was serving a life sentence in a New York jail for his role in a 1990 robbery that led to the death of Wallie Howard Jr., an undercover police officer. Davidson, while not present, planned the robbery that targeted one of his rival drug dealers. Trump, in the final 24 hours of his presidency, commuted Davidson’s sentence.

Katie Hawkinson reports on what happened next.

Trump commuted this cop killer’s life sentence. He’s now been convicted of battery

Watch: Tim Walz has sly dig at JD Vance over infamous donut debacle

Wednesday 4 September 2024 19:10 , Oliver O’Connell

DOJ seizes 32 internet domains used by Russian government entities to interfere in 2024 election

Wednesday 4 September 2024 19:02 , Oliver O’Connell

The Justice Department has announced the ongoing seizure of 32 internet domains used in Russian government-directed foreign malign influence campaigns colloquially referred to as “Doppelganger,” in violation of US money laundering and criminal trademark laws.

As alleged in an unsealed affidavit, the Russian companies Social Design Agency (SDA), Structura National Technology (Structura), and ANO Dialog, operating under the direction and control of the Russian Presidential Administration, and in particular First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Vladilenovich Kiriyenko, used these domains, among others, to covertly spread Russian government propaganda with the aim of reducing international support for Ukraine, bolstering pro-Russian policies and interests, and influencing voters in US and foreign elections, including the 2024 Presidential Election.

“The Justice Department is seizing 32 internet domains that the Russian government and Russian government-sponsored actors have used to engage in a covert campaign to interfere in and influence the outcome of our country’s elections,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland.

“As alleged in our court filings, President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, including Sergei Kiriyenko, directed Russian public relations companies to promote disinformation and state-sponsored narratives as part of a campaign to influence the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. An internal planning document created by the Kremlin states that a goal of the campaign is to secure Russia’s preferred outcome in the election. The sites we are seizing today were filled with Russian government propaganda that had been created by the Kremlin to reduce international support for Ukraine, bolster pro-Russian policies and interests, and influence voters in the United States and other countries. Our actions today make clear that the Justice Department will be aggressive in countering and disrupting attempts by the Russian government, or any other malign actor, to interfere in our elections and undermine our democracy.”

Garland announces case over interference in 2024 election by employees of Russian media outlet RT

Wednesday 4 September 2024 18:56 , Oliver O’Connell

Attorney General Merrick Garland has laid out the Department of Justice’s case against Russian entities who have sought to interfere with the 2024 elections. This includes broadcaster RT.

“The Justice Department has charged two employees of RT, a Russian state-controlled media outlet, in a $10 million scheme to create and distribute content to US audiences with hidden Russian government messaging,” said Garland. “The Justice Department will not tolerate attempts by an authoritarian regime to exploit our country’s free exchange of ideas in order to covertly further its own propaganda efforts, and our investigation into this matter remains ongoing.”

“Our approach to combating foreign malign influence is actor-driven, exposing the hidden hand of adversaries pulling strings of influence from behind the curtain,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. “As alleged in today’s indictment, Russian state broadcaster RT and its employees, including the charged defendants, co-opted online commentators by funneling them nearly $10 million to pump pro-Russia propaganda and disinformation across social media to US audiences. The Department will not tolerate foreign efforts to illegally manipulate American public opinion by sowing discord and division.”

An indictment charging Russian nationals Kostiantyn Kalashnikov, 31, also known as Kostya, and Elena Afanasyeva, 27, also known as Lena, with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and conspiracy to commit money laundering was unsealed today in the Southern District of New York.

Kalashnikov and Afanasyeva are at large.

IN FOCUS: Elon Musk is wrong – high-status males shouldn’t be in charge of anything

Wednesday 4 September 2024 18:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Eleanor Mills writes:

Surprise, surprise. Elon Musk, the self-proclaimed ultimate alpha and sometimes the world’s richest man (I’m sure he can’t stand it when his stock price dips and he isn’t, poor thing) has declared that “only high-status men” and “alpha divergent” or “aneurotypical” people should be in charge of the world.

I’m sure there are better-qualified people than myself to discuss the point he (albeit clumsily) makes about those with neurodivergent thinking. However, as for his belief that high-status men should be in charge of the world, well, having been surrounded by them keeping the seats of power warm from the boardroom and beyond, for most of my life, I am definitely qualified to pass judgement on that.

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Elon Musk is wrong – high-status males shouldn’t be in charge of anything

Wednesday 4 September 2024 18:40 , Oliver O’Connell

Ex-Trump adviser demands Fox News stop using Harris’s first name because it ‘personalizes her’

Wednesday 4 September 2024 18:35 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump’s former adviser has urged Fox News pundits to “cut the Kamala c**p” and stop referring to the vice president by her first name because it “personalizes her.”

Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser to Trump when he was in office, went on a three-minute rant about “Kamala” while appearing on Steve Bannon’s War Room on Tuesday.

Navarro warned Fox News and Newsmax hosts that in referring to Harris by her first name, they “personalize her” and it is not doing Trump any favors in the presidential campaign.

Rhian Lubin has the story.

Peter Navarro tells Fox News to stop using Harris first name as it ‘personalizes her’

Trump aide opens up on former president’s ‘untraditional’ debate prep

Wednesday 4 September 2024 18:20 , James Liddell

Barron Trump, 18, spotted on first day at New York University

Wednesday 4 September 2024 18:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump’s youngest son has officially kicked off his college life and was spotted arriving at his first day at New York University.

The 18-year-old was swarmed by Secret Service personnel as he stepped out of a black SUV at the downtown Manhattan Campus on Wednesday morning.

Barron sported a smart long-sleeved white polo along with a pair of black trousers and matching black and white trainers, as per photographs obtained by the New York Post.

A source told the Post that he first made a visit to the dean’s office before heading to class – although it isn’t clear what subject he’ll be reading.

Watch LIVE: Tim Walz campaigns in Pennsylvania

Wednesday 4 September 2024 17:49 , Oliver O’Connell

Watch live: Tim Walz campaigns in Pennsylvania as Donald Trump visits same state

Watch: Trump touts ‘virtually impossible’ ability to have ‘no one leave’ his 90 min speeches

Wednesday 4 September 2024 17:40 , James Liddell

Trump praises pro-soccer player Brittany Mahomes for defending him

Wednesday 4 September 2024 17:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump has praised pro-soccer player Brittany Mahomes for defending him online after liking one of his Instagram posts from August 13 that outlined the Republican platform.

Mahomes, wife of the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, was called out by other Instagram users, some criticizing her for seemingly supporting Trump’s 13-point proposal, others saying her actions could negatively impact her friendship with Taylor Swift, the Grammy-winning artist who supported Joe Biden in 2020.

Amid the blunt backlash, Brittany issued a statement, slamming all the adults who had it in their hearts to send hate.

“I mean honestly, to be a hater as an adult you have to have some deep-rooted issues you refuse to heal from childhood,” she wrote on her Instagram story on August 23. “There’s no reason your brain is fully developed and you hate to see others doing well.”

While Mahomes has not endorsed a candidate in the 2024 election, Trump took to Truth Social and wrote this morning:

I want to thank beautiful Brittany Mahomes for so strongly defending me, and the fact that MAGA is the greatest and most powerful Political Movement in the History of our now Failing Country. With Crime and Illegal Immigration totally out of control, INFLATION Ravaging all Americans, and a World that is laughing at the stupidity of our hapless “leaders,” it is nice to see someone who loves our Country, and wants to save it from DOOM. What a great couple – See you both at the Super Bowl!

RFK Jr says Harris ‘can’t put together an English sentence’

Wednesday 4 September 2024 17:20 , James Liddell

Robert F Kennedy Jr tore into Kamala Harris’s orating abilities, claiming that she can’t “put together an English sentence”.

“I don’t think that Vice President Harris is a worthy president of this country,” RFK Jr told NewsNation host Chris Cuomo on Tuesday.

“I think we need to have a president who can give an interview, who can articulate a vision, who can put together an English sentence, who can articulate her and defend her policies and her record and who can engage in a debate with, and regular debates unscripted appearances, president or vice president.”

Watch LIVE: Kamala Harris sets out small business plans at New Hampshire rally

Wednesday 4 September 2024 17:14 , Oliver O’Connell

Watch live: Kamala Harris sets out small business plans at New Hampshire rally

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

Wednesday 4 September 2024 17:10 , James Liddell

Vice President Kamala Harris is making a bid for the White House with running mate Tim Walz after replacing President Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket months before Election Day.

Fresh polls suggest that the Harris-Trump gender divide is growing, and the rural-urban-suburban split is staying strong.

Data correspondent Alicja Hagopian has analysed the numbers below.

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates from the 2024 election

Just in: Biden to accuse Russia of election interference

Wednesday 4 September 2024 16:58 , James Liddell

The Biden administration is due to accuse Russia of attempting to influence the 2024 election through propaganda being pumped out from state-run media, it will announce on Wednesday.

It is expected that the US will denounce the Kremlin’s alleged covert campaign with Russian news outlet RT being a key focus of the announcement, sources told CNN. It marks Biden’s second attempt to curtail RT’s supposed influence over the electorate since July.

Propaganda is being spread through both American and non-American voice, according to the sources.

Attorney General Merrick Garland will host a Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force meeting on Wednesday afternoon, which will including the likes of FBI Director Christopher Wray.

RNC chair and Fox Business host both gush over Harris’s small business tax initiative

Wednesday 4 September 2024 16:40 , James Liddell

Kamala Harris is set to announce a new fiscal policy benefitting small business owners at a New Hampshire rally today – and it’s got the Republican National Committee chair’s seal of approval.

Kamala Harris is back on the campaign trail in the Portsmouth area and is expected to propose an expansion of tax incentives for small businesses from $5,000 to $50,000 – with the goal of 25 million new small business applications to be submitted during her first term.

And RNC chair Michael Whateley and Fox Business host Stuart Varney admitted that it was a “good idea”.

Watch the exchange below:

Walz to deliver keynote at LGBTQ+ equality event

Wednesday 4 September 2024 16:20 , James Liddell

Tim Walz will deliver a keynote speech in front of the US’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization this weekend.

The Democratic vice presidential candidate will make remarks at the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner at the Walter E Washington Convention Center in Washington DC on Saturday.

Walz is looking to build upon the Biden administration’s legacy of championing LGBTQ+ communities across the nation.

The Minnesota Governor will first tour Pennsylvania on Wednesday and Thursday in his first solo campaign trip of the commonwealth since stepping on the Democratic ticket.

Laura Ingraham reassures JD Vance he’s actually a ‘really funny’ person

Wednesday 4 September 2024 16:01 , James Liddell

Fox News host Laura Ingraham reassured JD Vance that she thinks he’s actually a “really funny” person as the Republican VP candidate continues to field the “weird” label and defend his series of controversial comments about women.

Speaking to the Ohio senator on Tuesday, the conservative journalist touched on the poll gap between the Republican and Democratic party tickets, specifically with women voters.

“I guess they do these polls and they say, ‘oh, your favourability isn’t as high as Tim Walz’s,’ there’s a gender gap for your ticket compared to Harris and Walz,” she said.

Read Myriam Page’s full piece below.

Fox News’ Laura Ingraham reassures JD Vance he’s actually a ‘really funny’ person

Trump lawyers file appeal after judge refused to move hush money case to federal court

Wednesday 4 September 2024 15:40 , James Liddell

Donald Trump’s lawyers have filed an appeal after being denied a bid to move the former president’s New York criminal case from state to federal court.

Trump’s legal team, led by attorney Todd Blanche, appealed to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, according to a notice filed Tuesday night.

It comes after District Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected Trump’s latest long-shot request earlier in the day to move his hush money case to the Southern District of New York on Tuesday.

Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels in May.

The Republican presidential nominee hoped to overturn the guilty verdict and postpone his sentencing, which will take place in New York on September 18.

Scarborough: Trump ‘flip flops’ over pro-life stance after striking ‘cynical deal’ with Christians

Wednesday 4 September 2024 15:20 , James Liddell

MSNBC’s Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough accused Donald Trump of “flip-flopping” over his abortion stance, after claiming former president “shifted to be pro-life” to gain the Christian vote.

After previously boasting of his role in Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, last week Trump told NBC News that he thinks Florida’s current law, which bans abortions after six weeks, is too short.

His statement angered one of his most loyal support bases: the evangelicals.

“You have Donald Trump flip-flopping, now saying he’s going to be a champion of women’s reproductive rights,” Scarborough said on Wednesday morning. You have him saying that he will vote against the six-week bill in Florida, the six-week ban in Florida. He, of course, keeps shifting, he keeps going back and forth.”

He added that the former president was a “pro-choice candidate, who transparently shifted to be pro-life” in order to attain the vote from devout Christians, which he branded as a “cynical brain”.

Kari Lake gets much-need cash injection from PAC

Wednesday 4 September 2024 15:00 , James Liddell

Kari Lake is receiving a huge financial boost as she views to defeat Democratic Representative Ruben Gallego in the Arizona Senate primaries in November.

Win It Back PAC will inject $12 million into buying adverts on Wednesday for a suite of TV commercials in English and Spanish in Phoenix and Tucson regions.

Lake’s total TV ad spend of $24.5 million is dwarfed by Gallego and his allies who are set to spend nearly $83 million on the airwaves.

The Hill’s analysis of 50 polls places the Democrat more than seven points ahead of his Republican rival; 49.3 per cent to 41.9 per cent.

Trump lashes out in wake of failing to move hush money case: ‘Remove the gag order’

Wednesday 4 September 2024 14:43 , James Liddell

Poll: Trump, Harris in stalemate across three swing states

Wednesday 4 September 2024 14:23 , James Liddell

Three swing states are still up for grabs as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump continue to battle to find favor with the electorate.

A new CNN poll of six of the seven swing states concluded that the Democratic presidential nominee is currently leading her Republican rival in four of the battlegrounds.

The survey said that Harris has a clear lead in Wisconsin (50 per cent to 44 percent) and Michigan (48 per cent to 43 per cent).

However, in Georgia and Nevada, the vice president is said to lead by just one point – 48 per cent to 47 per cent in each.

The pair are tied at 47 per cent all in Pennsylvania, while Trump leads in Arizona 49 per cent to Harris’s 44 per cent, as per CNN’s poll.

‘RFK Jr must remain in Michigan ballot,’ judge says

Wednesday 4 September 2024 14:21 , James Liddell

Robert F Kennedy Jr must stay on Michigan’s ballot, a state judge ruled on Tuesday.

RFK Jr revealed last month that he would be culling his independent campaign, instead endorsing Donald Trump’s election bid.

He announced that he was trying to take his name off the ticket across swing states over fears he could draw votes away from the former president.

After previously being rejected in his effort to withdraw his name from the battleground state of Michigan, RFK Jr filed a lawsuit against Democrat Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Friday.

Now, he has again been denied permission to remove his name from the state’s ballot.

Poll: Trump trails behind Harris among Gen Z voters

Wednesday 4 September 2024 14:07 , James Liddell

Half of Gen Z voters say they’ll vote for Kamala Harris, according to a new poll of under 30-year-olds.

A new survey commissioned by NBC News and SurveyMonkey surveyed people born between 1997 and 2012 (12 to 27-year-olds) on which way they’ll likely vote ahead of Americans flooding to the ballots come November 5.

It found that 50 per cent of responders would vote for Democrat, while just 33 per cent would vote for the Republicans – as Harris clinches a 17 point lead with the younger demographic.

Ten per cent say that would note vote, whole six per cent have said that they’d choose someone other than the two main presidential candidates.

Jan 6 fundraiser at Trump NJ golf club ‘postponed’ – indefinitely

Wednesday 4 September 2024 14:00 , James Liddell

The ‘J6 Awards Gala’ which was scheduled to take place at Trump’s National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey on Thursday has been postponed – indefinitely.

The fundraising event for defendants of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol was due to be hosted by Stand in the Gap, a not-for-profit offering support to those entangled in the uprising.

“The funds raised will provide much-needed assistance to the January 6th defendants who continue to face significant challenges,” the group’s website reads.

The event was initially delayed in August, after event organizer LJ Fino told Fox Business that there were “scheduling conflicts of invited guest speakers”.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was lined up on the speaking roster. Trump was invited; he is yet to formally accept.

New ad from George Conway’s ‘Psycho PAC’ looks to trigger Trump

Wednesday 4 September 2024 13:39 , James Liddell

The political action committee founded by conservative lawyer George Conway is directly targeting Donald Trump with a new advertisement that will air in locations where the ex-president has homes in hopes that seeing the commercial will set off an emotional reaction.

Conway’s “Psycho PAC” is making a six-figure purchase of airtime in Palm Beach, Florida and Bedminister, New Jersey media markets — locations where Trump spends most of his time — as well as markets in South Carolina, Florida and Texas, where Trump allies Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are based.

Andrew Feinberg writes.

George Conway’s ‘Psycho PAC’ looks to trigger Trump by airing new ad near his homes

Trump relatives hacked with crooks pushing crypto scam

Wednesday 4 September 2024 13:20 , James Liddell

Donald Trumps daughter-in-law, Lara, and daughter, Tiffany, had their X accounts breached by hackers who pushed a crypto currency scam.

Both posts on Tuesday referenced World Liberty Financial, a real Trump family cryptocurrency project that hasn’t formally launched. Self-styled “crypto president” Trump announced its prospective launch in a video last week.

“ALERT: Lara’s and Tiffany Trump’s X accounts have been hacked. Do NOT click on any links or purchase any tokens shared from their profiles,” the official World Liberty Financial account @worldlibertyfi broadcast on X.

Trump’s son Eric was quick to declare the posts touting the fake family crypto venture as a “scam” on his own X.

The posts were subsequently deleted and accounts locked down “within minutes,” Eric added.

Trump says Michigan’s auto industry will come ‘roaring back’ despite UAW labelling him ‘scab’

Wednesday 4 September 2024 12:58 , James Liddell

Donald Trump has declared that Michigan’s automotive industry will come “roaring back,” despite the state’s largest auto workers union labelling him a “scab” and endorsing Kamala Harris.

Shawn Fain, the United Autoworkers President, sported a red shirt adorned with “Trump is a scab. Vote Harris” during a speech at the Democratic National Convention last month. The union is also running a campaign to “defeat Donald Trump”.

Trump, however, isn’t giving up in his attempt to garner support form the near-million member-strong union.

“With me as your President, Michigan, THE AUTO MAKING BUSINESS WILL COME ROARING BACK!,” he wrote on Truth Social Wednesday morning.

Jimmy Kimmel roasts Trump’s ‘huge mistake’: picking JD Vance

Wednesday 4 September 2024 12:38 , James Liddell

Jimmy Kimmel had a hell of a job on Tuesday night, as he had two months worth of political mayhem to catch up on in his return to the late night comedy show.

One of his biggest takeaways from the summer of presidential campaigns was what he called Donald Trump’s “huge mistake”: picking JD Vance as his running mate.

“There are a lot of things Trump isn’t good at, one of the thing’s he’s especially not good at is picking running mates,” Kimmel quipped.

Myriam Page takes you through Kimmel’s remarks.

Jimmy Kimmel roasts Trump’s ‘huge mistake’ in picking JD Vance in late show return

Watch: White House shuts down ‘insane’ and ‘ridiculous’ notion Harris puts on fake accents

Wednesday 4 September 2024 12:15 , James Liddell

White House Press Secretary shut down an “insane” probe from a Fox News reporter who claimed that Kamala Harris puts on a fake Southern accent.

The former president has been accused by some right-leaning political pundits of speaking with a Southern twang during her Detroit, Michigan, campaign rally on Monday.

“Since when does the vice president have what sounds like a Southern accent,” Peter Doocy asked during a press conference on Tuesday.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Jean-Pierre retorted before noting she wouldn’t entertain a conversation surrounding Harris’s alleged Labor Day Southern drawl.

“Just hearing [the question] sounds ridiculous,” she added. “It’s just insane”.

Watch the exchange below:

Schedule: Where are Trump-Vance, Harris-Walz today?

Wednesday 4 September 2024 11:53 , James Liddell

Vice President Kamala Harris will be moving away from the Midwestern and Sunbelt battleground states today, traveling to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to unveil her new small business tax plan.

Her running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will visit Lancaster this morning before heading to Pittsburgh this afternoon as part of a two-day campaign swing through Pennsylvania.

Former president Donald Trump will attend a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, town hall alongside Fox News host and friend Sean Hannity at approximately 5.30pm ET this evening.

His VP pick Ohio Senator JD Vance won’t be back on the campaign trail until Thursday, where he will deliver remarks in Phoenix, Arizona.

Poll: Most swing state Republicans and Democrats oppose criminalizing abortion

Wednesday 4 September 2024 11:33 , James Liddell

With the future of abortion rights resting on November ballots, polling shows that clear majorities of both Republican and Democratic voters in six swing states reject the idea that the government should be criminalizing abortion care, and overwhelmingly want their elected officials to protect access to birth control.

The results of a new survey, from University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation, show that most Americans in swing states — including up to 93 percent of Democrats and up to 70 percent of Republicans — do not want most abortion care to be criminalized.

Alex Woodward and Alicja Hagopian take a deep dive into the stats.

Most swing state Republicans and Democrats oppose criminalizing abortion, poll finds

Trump ‘laziest’ campaigner in presidential history, O’Donnell says

Wednesday 4 September 2024 11:11 , James Liddell

MSNBC anchor Lawrence O’Donnell attacked Donald Trump and his vice president pick JD Vance for “doing nothing” on Labor Day.

“With only 64 days in the campaign, candidates are usually campaigning very hard,” O’Donnell began on Tuesday’s episode of The Last Word.

“But not Donald Trump; the laziest campaigner in modern history.”

O’Donnell took a swipe at Trump and his running mate JD Vance for not hitting the campaign trail on Labor Day, declaring them as “anti-labor,” a stark contrast to Kamala Harris’s Labor Day blitz.

The vice president herself attended two rallies (one with Joe Biden), while a fleet of surrogates – including her VP pick Tim Walz, his wife Gwen and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff – were sent on her behalf to make remarks at seasonal events across swing states.

Trump to attend Pennsylvania town hall chaired by Fox News host Sean Hannity today

Wednesday 4 September 2024 10:50 , James Liddell

Donald Trump will attend a Pennsylvania town hall alongside Fox News host and friend Sean Hannity today.

The pair will take the New Holland Arena stage in Harrisburg at approximately 5.30 ET on Wednesday for an hour-long discussion surrounding Trump’s policies, his debate against Kamala Harris next week and issues impacting the nation.

In the last town hall appearance with one another in Iowa in December, Trump declared that he’d by a dictator on “day one” if elected.

Trump declared his “love” for Hannity before being quizzed on what he meant about being a day-one dictator.

“We’re closing the border and we’re drilling, drilling, drilling. After that, I’m not a dictator,” he said.

GOP anti-Trump group splurge on billboards in swing states

Wednesday 4 September 2024 10:27 , James Liddell

A group of anti-Trump Republicans splurged $11 million on a billboard campaign across key swing states on Tuesday.

Republican Voters Against Trump began targeting voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona with a 30 second advert across 79 billboards.

The adverts feature former Trump supports who say they switched allegiance to support Vice President Harris in November.

“We help elevate the voices of these disaffected Republicans and build a permission structure for many other traditional GOP voters to reject Donald Trump and his MAGA movement, even if it means voting for Democrats with whom they might have policy differences,” the groups executive Sarah Longwell told The Hill.

Jesse Watters attacks Harris’s accent: ‘She sounds like Fani Willis’

Wednesday 4 September 2024 10:05 , James Liddell

Harris to unveil small business tax plan in New Hampshire today — day after team Trump ‘pulls out’ from Granite State

Wednesday 4 September 2024 09:40 , James Liddell

Kamala Harris is expected to focus on her fiscal policy during a campaign stop in New Hampshire today.

The vice president is due to unveil her new small business tax plan in the Portsmouth area, across the Piscataqua River from Maine.

She is vying to expand tax incentives from $5,000 to $50,000 for small business start up expenses, and hopes to see 25 million new small business applications made over her first term.

It comes a day after an email leak from a top Donald Trump campaign volunteer claiming that the former president’s campaign “no longer thinks New Hampshire is winnable” and is “pulling back” from the Granite State, according to the The Boston Globe.

Watch: Michael Cohen reacts to Trump being rejected move of hush money case to federal court

Wednesday 4 September 2024 09:21 , James Liddell

McCain’s son slams Trump’s Arlington cemetery visit

Wednesday 4 September 2024 09:00 , Oliver O’Connell

The youngest son of the late Arizona Senator John McCain has blasted former President Donald Trump’s recent controversial visit to Arlington National Cemetery.

Jimmy McCain told CNN that the visit was a “violation” and that he changed his voter registration from independent to Democratic, now planning to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November.

Gustaf Kilander has the story.

John McCain’s son slams Trump’s Arlington cemetery visit

Harris’s handshake with BBQ joint worker has sticky twist

Wednesday 4 September 2024 08:45 , James Liddell

Vance once endorsed conservative family agenda from Project 2025 authors

Wednesday 4 September 2024 08:30 , Oliver O’Connell

JD Vance, the right-wing Ohio Senator and Donald Trump’s running mate, once called a collection of essays from conservative individuals that touted anti-abortion, pro-heterosexuality, anti-affordable housing and pro-restrictive sexual freedom ideals “admirable.”

In 2017, Vance wrote the introduction to a 106-page index published by The Heritage Foundation that advocated for conservative views that are noticeably reflected in its better-known document Project 2025.

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Vance once endorsed conservative family agenda from Project 2025 authors

Former Republican PA senator blasts both presidential hopefuls

Wednesday 4 September 2024 07:30 , Oliver O’Connell

A former conservative senator from Pennsylvania, a key swing state in the upcoming election, has announced he will not vote for Kamala Harris or Donald Trump this November.

Ex-Senator Pat Toomey, a Republican who represented Pennsylvania for over a decade, told CNBC that he will not vote for either candidate this year despite having backed Trump in the last two elections.

Katie Hawkinson has the story.

Former Republican PA senator blasts both presidential candidates

Harris has raised so much for her presidential campaign that she’s giving some away

Wednesday 4 September 2024 06:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign has raised more than half-a-billion dollars since the start of late July, and she’s now giving some of the haul away to other Democrats.

The vice president’s camp raised $540m in just over a month as she continues to gain momentum following the departure of President Joe Biden from the ticket and his endorsement of her on July 21.

Control of Congress will decide if Harris will be able to enact her agenda if she wins in November, and while the presidential race between her and former President Donald Trump remains close, so too do a number of down-ballot races for the Senate and the House.

The Harris campaign and the Democratic National Committee are now sending almost $25 million to campaigns on the congressional and state levels. They said it’s “the largest transfer ever in a presidential cycle.”

Gustaf Kilander has the story.

Kamala Harris has raised so much for her campaign that she’s giving some away

Stocks tank as economic slow down fears mount

Wednesday 4 September 2024 04:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Wall Street took a dive on Tuesday, particularly for chip-selling tech companies, as investors watched the major markets tumble.

The S&P 500 was down more than 2 percent and the NASDAQ Composite was down more than 3 percent – or 577 points – in a wide-ranging selloff suggesting a lack of confidence in AI and chip manufacturing heading into September. Overall, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.5 percent, or 626 points, to close the. It ended day trading at 40,936.93.

Tuesday’s drop was the largest for the big three markets since early August, according to Yahoo Finance.

Graig Graziosi reports.

Stocks tank as economic slow down fears mount and tech companies disappoint

Trump is comparing his tapping of JD Vance to iconic football coach Vince Lombardi

Wednesday 4 September 2024 03:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump has reportedly compared himself to legendary NFL coach Vince Lombardi with his tapping of JD Vance as his running mate, despite ongoing and frequent criticism of the Ohio Senator.

The former president has bragged to those close to him that his eye for talent is equal to that of the Hall of Fame coach, who is widely considered to be one of the greatest of all time, sources told The New York Times.

Mike Bedigan has the story.

Trump is comparing his tapping of JD Vance to iconic football coach Vince Lombardi

There’s a big problem for Trump’s IVF plans

Wednesday 4 September 2024 02:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Here’s the latest from The Independent’s Washington bureau chief Eric Garcia:

The big problem for Trump’s IVF plans

Has Trump finally admitted he lost the 2020 election?

Wednesday 4 September 2024 02:00 , Josh Marcus

Days after he claimed he had “every right” to interfere with the 2020 presidential election results, Donald Trump admits that he “lost by a whisker.”

During a 45-minute interview with popular podcaster Lex Fridman, the former president revived his false claims that the election “was a fraud” but conceded that he did in fact lose.

Trump’s false and inflated claims about elections, which span more than a decade, have fuelled his 2024 ambitions; spurious legal challenges to results; and legislation and Republican-led rule changes that have tried to do what he failed to in court.

Alex Woodward reports.

Trump admits he lost 2020 election ‘by a whisker’ during Lex Fridman podcast

Trump’s push to move hush money case to federal court fails once again

Wednesday 4 September 2024 01:52 , Josh Marcus

A federal judge has once again rejected Donald Trump’s attempts to move his hush money case out of a Manhattan courtroom, a last-ditch effort to overturn his conviction and avoid sentencing after a jury found him guilty on 34 felony counts this spring.

Trump will be sentenced by New York Justice Juan Merchan on September 18.

The former president’s lawyers had argued in court filings that the case and evidence against him should be tossed out under the Supreme Court’s “immunity” ruling, which determined that presidents are absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for their “official” acts in office.

Alex Woodward has the story.

Trump’s push to move hush money case to federal court fails – again

As scramble for funding continues, these are the seats Republicans fear they won’t be able to contest

Wednesday 4 September 2024 01:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Republicans are growing increasingly concerned about their ability to contest a number of races as the money gap between the GOP and the Democrats widens.

Last month, the leader of the largest Super PAC supporting the House Republicans, Dan Conston, the president of the Congressional Leadership Fund, told donors that he needed $35 million more to take on the Democrats, according to Politico.

Similarly, the campaign chair for the Senate Republicans, Steve Daines, said, “The left-wing billionaires are massively outspending us. That’s what’s keeping me up at night” during his speech at the Republican National Convention.

Gustaf Kilander reports.

The seats Republicans fear they can’t contest as scramble for funding continues

McCain’s son slams Trump’s Arlington cemetery visit

Wednesday 4 September 2024 00:30 , Oliver O’Connell

The youngest son of the late Arizona Senator John McCain has blasted former President Donald Trump’s recent controversial visit to Arlington National Cemetery.

Jimmy McCain told CNN that the visit was a “violation” and that he changed his voter registration from independent to Democratic, now planning to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November.

Gustaf Kilander has the story.

John McCain’s son slams Trump’s Arlington cemetery visit

How Georgia’s pro-Trump election board could help him steal an election

Tuesday 3 September 2024 23:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Alex Woodward writes:

At a rally in Georgia days before a crucial vote at the state’s election board, Donald Trump praised three of the board’s five members as “pit bulls fighting for victory.”

“I don’t know if you’ve heard, but the Georgia State Election Board is in a very positive way,” Trump said in Atlanta on August 3. “They’re on fire. They’re doing a great job.”

Those members — Rick Jeffares, Janelle King and Janice Johnston — ultimately voted for sweeping rule changes to how counties can certify election rules in a state that the former president lost by narrow margins in 2020, and where he is now criminally charged for his attempts to reverse that loss.

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How Georgia’s pro-Trump election board could help him steal an election