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Russia, Iran may fuel violent post-election protests in US: Intel officials

Russia and Iran may try to encourage violent protests in the US after next month's election, senior intelligence officials warned Tuesday, citing two recent examples of foreign intelligence agencies seeking to sow discord ahead of the vote. The officials, with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said both countries could support violent protests either by covertly organizing events themselves or by encouraging participation in those planned by domestic groups. The aim, the officials said, would be to increase division, cast doubt on election results and complicate the transfer of presidential power. In January, Russian military intelligence tried to recruit an American to organize protests in the US, according to a declassified national intelligence memo released publicly Tuesday. The American was probably unwitting and did not know he was in contact with Russian agents, the memo said. The US first accused the Iranian government of covertly supporting protests again

Ready if Trump tries to declare early win, not worried about sexism: Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday that her team is prepared to challenge Donald Trump if he tries to prematurely declare victory in the 2024 election but she's first focused on beating the Republican nominee. Harris spoke to NBC News just two weeks before Election Day, as part of a media blitz meant to deliver her closing argument before as many persuadable voters as possible. She said she was not concerned about the role sexism could play in the election, as she stands to be the first woman elected to the White House, and again defended President Joe Biden's fitness for office. Harris said the Democrats have the resources and the expertise should Trump try to subvert the election. This is a person, Donald Trump, who tried to undo the a free and fair election, who still denies the will of the people, who incited a violent mob to attack the United States Capitol and some 140 law enforcement officers were attacked. Some were killed. This is a very serious matter, she ...

Trump calls Harris 'lazy,' invokes racist trope against Black people

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday called his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris lazy," criticizing the vice president with a word long used to demean Black people in racist terms. Who the hell takes off when you have 14 days left, Trump said at a campaign event in Doral, Florida, aimed at courting Latino voters. She's lazy. She's lazy as hell. Harris was spending Tuesday in meetings in Washington, D.C., and was scheduled to sit for recorded interviews with Telemundo and NBC to air Tuesday evening. It was the first day in more than two weeks that the Democratic nominee had no public events scheduled after a run of more than 14 consecutive days of travel to political events in pivotal states, including a three-state run on Monday, starting in Pennsylvania, continuing to Michigan and ending in Wisconsin. Trump has often characterized Harris as weak and challenged her mental competence, as he did again Tuesday, referring to her as slow and as someone with a low ...

Republicans voting early, breaking records; over 17 mn ballots cast so far

With former President Donald Trump's encouragement, Republicans are voting early again, flocking to the polls for in-person voting ahead of Election Day and helping push the national number above 17 million. The early turnout is breaking records in swing states such as Georgia and North Carolina. The GOP hopes this surge of early votes will fix a mechanical problem that some in the party blame for costing it the 2020 presidential election and key races in 2022. Campaigns usually want their voters to cast ballots ahead of Election Day so they can focus their resources on getting more marginal supporters to the polls at the last minute. Republicans excelled at that before Trump turned against early in-person and mail voting in 2020, as he spun wild conspiracies about the process and convinced his supporters to wait until Election Day to cast their ballots. But the party is again pushing its voters to cast their ballots early, and the former president is largely encouraging the change.

Russia behind viral disinformation targeting Tim Walz: US official

Groups in Russia created and helped spread viral disinformation targeting Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, a senior US intelligence official said on Tuesday. The content, which includes baseless accusations about the Minnesota governor's time as a teacher, contains several indications that it was manipulated, said the official with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Analysts identified clues that linked the content to Russian disinformation operations, said the official, who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity under rules set by the office of the director. Digital researchers had already linked the video to Russia, but Tuesday's announcement is the first time federal authorities have confirmed the connection. The disinformation targeting Walz is consistent with Russian disinformation seeking to undermine the Democratic campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris and Walz, her running mate. Russia also has spread disinformation aimed at ..

Harris, Trump intensify campaigns with two weeks remaining to election day

As the election draws closer, Harris has been sharpening her attacks on Trump's fitness for office, often calling him "unstable" or "unhinged" and questioning his temperament

US election: Indian American Republicans slam Harris on policy issues

Three Indian American Republican leaders -- Bobby Jindal, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy -- have slammed Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running for president on the Democratic ticket, over her allegedly flawed immigration, economic and foreign policies. Former Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal in a video, which is being run as an advertisement on social media, has claimed that Harris' Medicare plan will give 12 million illegal immigrants "gold-plated" healthcare. "It will flood the US with more illegal immigrants," Jindal said in a video released by America First Policy Institute, a political action committee. "Don't let your families and friends fall for the lies." Jindal, 53, was the Louisiana Governor from 2008 to 2016. In 2016 he unsuccessfully tried his luck in the Republican presidential race. After keeping a low profile and initially being on the other side of the Trump campaign, Jindal is now back in action supporting former president Bobby Jindal on his policies. Besi

McDonald's agreed to Donald Trump event but says it isn't endorsing him

McDonald's Corp. agreed to host former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania store over the weekend but said it isn't endorsing a candidate in the US presidential race. Trump staffed the fry station at a McDonald's in suburban Philadelphia on Sunday before answering questions through the drive-thru window. The restaurant was closed to the public for the Republican nominee's visit. In a message to employees obtained Monday by The Associated Press, McDonald's said the owner-operator of the location, Derek Giacomantonio reached out after he learned of Trump's desire to visit a Pennsylvania restaurant. McDonald's agreed to the event. "Upon learning of the former president's request, we approached it through the lens of one of our core values: we open our doors to everyone, the company said. McDonald's does not endorse candidates for elected office and that remains true in this race for the next president. We are not red or blue we are golden." The Chicago burger giant said franchis

Harris raises $633 million in 3rd quarter but spends heavily in final push

Kamala Harris' campaign and affiliated Democratic groups raised about USD 633 million for the quarter, which ended last month, pushing their total to over USD 1 billion while maintaining a large financial advantage over Republican candidate Donald Trump in the presidential election's final sprint. The vice president's campaign, the Democratic National Committee and state parties raised more than USD 359 million in September alone. Harris' campaign raised about USD 222 million in September. Harris' team alone spent more than it took in last month, paying out about USD 270 million to help boost a large advertising push, as it works to reach voters on the radio, television, online, billboards and other avenues. The Harris campaign and affiliated committees entered October with USD 346 million on hand, according to federal filings. The Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee and affiliated groups previously reported raising USD 160 million in September up from the USD 130 ...

Most voters split on whether Trump or Harris can fix weak US economy: Poll

Voters remain largely divided over whether they prefer Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris to handle key economic issues, although Harris earns slightly better marks on elements such as taxes for the middle class, according to a new poll. A majority of registered voters in the survey by The Associated Press-NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research describe the economy as poor. About 7 in 10 say the nation is going in the wrong direction. But the findings reaffirm that Trump has lost what had been an advantage on the economy, which many voters say is the most important issue this election season above abortion, immigration, crime and foreign affairs. Do I trust Trump on the economy? No. I trust that he'll give tax cuts to his buddies like Elon Musk, said poll respondent Janice Tosto, a 59-year-old Philadelphia woman and self-described independent. An AP-NORC poll conducted in September found neither Harris nor Trump had a clear advantage on handling the economy and jobs

Trump's McDonald's moment: Fries, fanfare, and a missed wage discussion

At a McDonald's event, Donald Trump promoted an unsubstantiated claim that Kamala Harris didn't work there during college

US elections 2024: Pennsylvania emerges as must-win for both Harris, Trump

Pennsylvania, the state that played a vital role in the US War of Independence, has emerged as the ground zero for the 2024 presidential elections. Political experts feel that Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump are headed for a cliffhanger in the state. One needs 270 electoral college votes to win the presidential race and each of the 50 states in the US has a different number of electoral college votes. Pennsylvania has 19 while California, a Democratic bastion, has 54 electoral college votes, followed by Texas -- a Republican stronghold -- 40. Given the political support in each state, experts have already figured out the number of electoral college votes going to a candidate based on past voting patterns, except for the seven battleground states. These seven states are Nevada, which has six electoral college votes, Arizona (11), Wisconsin (10), Michigan (15), Pennsylvania (19), Georgia (16) and North Carolina (16). With the fast-changing ...

Harris campaign spends $270 mn in Sept, surpassing Trump's outlay of $78 mn

The campaigns are racing the final stretch of an extremely tight presidential contest, with many polls showing the two candidates neck-and-neck

Indian Americans hesitant to vote for Harris: Democratic community leader

Senior Indian American leader Swadesh Chatterjee has said the community is hesitant to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in the November 5 election as she has not developed a base among them in her previous roles as Senator or the Attorney General of California. A Padma Bhushan awardee of 2001, the Democratic community has created the "Indian Americans for Harris" group and has been campaigning for her not only in the state of North Carolina, where he is based, but is also organising support for the vice president in other battleground states. While accepting that the community is hesitant to vote for her overwhelmingly because they do not know her well, Chatterjee said that Harris, as the Attorney General of California, did not build up an Indian American base and was not a part of any community meetings or any of their events as a Senator. "She did not have that kind of base though she is of Indian origin," he told PTI in an interview. Chatterjee said his observation on the .

Trump hands out fries in Pennsylvania, Harris visits Georgia churches

Both candidates were scrambling for votes in the most competitive states, with Harris

West's failure in Ukraine: Selling out Kyiv would be a shameful betrayal

Fewer American weapons are available for shipment to Kyiv, and the eyes of Western governments are focused overwhelmingly on Israel and Iran

Prez Biden slowly losing Africa; Harris or Trump unlikely to fare better

Whenever the US gets kicked out of a country, moreover, it not only leaves an opening for Russia but also becomes less effective at fighting terrorists in the region

India-American releases music video to rally support for Harris-Walz

An Indian American Democratic fundraiser on Thursday released a new digital video titled "I WILL VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS-TIM WALZ" to rally the South Asian voters in key battleground states. The Bollywood-inspired video, set to the instrumental version from movie Animal based on one of A.R. Rahman's iconic song "Dil Hai Chhota Sa, Chhoti Si Asha" from the movie Roja, is aimed at connecting with the South Asian communities across Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, and North Carolina. This is the moment for us to unite and show our support for Kamala Harris, said Ajay Bhutoria, National Finance Committee member for the Kamala Harris presidential campaign. He also announced plans to release additional Bollywood-inspired videos as part of ongoing efforts to boost voter turnout for Harris and her running mate Tim Walz. The choice is clear between Kamala Harris' vision for a better future and Trump's divisiveness. Thousands of South Asian volunteers are organizi

TikTok allowed disinformation in political ads despite ban: Global Witness

Just weeks before the U.S. presidential election, TikTok approved advertisements that contained election disinformation even though it has a ban on political ads, according to a report published Thursday by the nonprofit Global Witness. The technology and environmental watchdog group submitted ads that it designed to test how well systems at social media companies work in detecting different types of election misinformation. The group, which did a similar investigation two years ago, did find that the companies especially Facebook have improved their content-moderation systems since then. But it called out TikTok for approving four of the eight ads submitted for review that contained falsehoods about the election. That's despite the platform's ban on all political ads in place since 2019. The ads never appeared on TikTok because Global Witness pulled them before they went online. Four ads were incorrectly approved during the first stage of moderation, but did not run on our ...

Governors rally for Kamala Harris amid concerns over 'blue wall' states

The Democratic governors of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin this week embarked on a swiftly organized bus tour, rolling through the autumn landscape to press the urgency of the case for Vice President Kamala Harris in must-win states where some Democrats worry that she's struggling. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers all descended on Flint Thursday afternoon, joined by the chairman of the national Democratic Party, Jaime Harrison. In a joint interview with The Associated Press, all three acknowledged the enormity of the stakes but dismissed any suggestion that their effort reflected anything other than the need to have all hands engaged in the fight. All three of us know what it's like to compete and win really tough, close races, said Shapiro. So I think the more we can get out there and not only thank volunteers for being here today, we can also maybe calm some nerves too. Despite these reassurances, some Michigan ...