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Trump talks about reporters being shot, says he shouldn't have left WH

Donald Trump gave a profane and conspiracy-laden speech two days before the presidential election, talking about reporters being shot and suggesting he shouldn't have left the White House after his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden. In remarks Sunday that bore no resemblance to his standard speech in the campaign's closing stretch, the former president repeatedly cast doubt on the integrity of the vote and resurrected old grievances about being prosecuted after trying to overturn his defeat four years ago. Trump intensified his verbal attacks against a grossly incompetent national leadership and the American media, steering his Pennsylvania rally at one point on to the topic of violence against members of the press. The GOP nominee for the White House noted the ballistic glass placed in front of him at events after a gunman's assassination attempt in July at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and Trump talked about places where he saw openings in that protection. I have this piece of ..

Joe Biden suggests he'd like to smack 'macho guys' during final campaign

President Joe Biden returned to his birthplace in Pennsylvania, making a final campaign stop Saturday for Vice President Kamala Harris and again let loose offering the kind of unfiltered political sentiments that have become fairly common in recent weeks. Biden slammed Harris' rival, former Republican President Donald Trump, and his supporters on policy issues during a speech in Scranton, but then suggested that he'd hit back literally on faux macho guys. There's one more thing Trump and his Republican friends want to do. They want to have a giant tax cut for the wealthy, Biden told the local chapter of the carpenters union. Then, apparently referencing people backing Trump, he added, Now, I know some of you guys are tempted to think it's macho guys. I tell you what, man, when I was in Scranton, we used to have a little trouble going down the plot once in a while," Biden continued. These are the kind of guys you'd like to smack in the ass. During a rally later Saturday night in

Trump pits Americans against one another, US deserves better: Kamala Harris

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pits Americans against one another, his Democratic rival and Vice President Kamala Harris alleged Friday and asserted her pledge to pursue common sense solutions and to be a president for all Americans. "America deserves better than what Donald Trump is offering. America deserves a president who understands our role and responsibility to our people and to the rest of the world to be a model," she said. Campaigning in the presidential elections entered the last few days with both Harris and Trump making closing arguments before voters in the key swing states. "As you have heard me say many a times, my pledge to the American people is to pursue common sense solutions, to listen to those, even those who disagree with me, to listen to experts, and to be a president for all Americans, Harris told reporters in Wisconsin. "Donald Trump's closing argument is very different. He pits Americans against one another. He spends full time having ...

Harris blasts Trump's promise to 'protect women' against their will

Speaking at a rally, Donald Trump said, 'I am going to do it, regardless of whether the women approve or not. I am going to protect them (women)'

Musk's social media posts have a sudden boost since July, new study reveals

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's social media posts have had a sudden boost' since July, new research reveals

US presidential election: What Trump's victory would mean for the world

US election: what a Trump victory would mean for the rest of the world

Challenge of Musk's $ 1mn a day voter sweepstakes moves to federal court

A Pennsylvania prosecutor's effort to shut down Elon Musk's $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes moved to federal court on Thursday after a state judge let both sides debate their grievances in a hearing skipped by the world's richest man. Judge Angelo Foglietta agreed that Musk, as a named defendant in the lawsuit filed by Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner, should have attended the hearing in person, but he declined to immediately sanction the tech mogul. Musk's lawyer, Matthew Haverstick, said he's a busy man who could not simply materialize in the courtroom hours after the hearing was scheduled. Krasner's team challenged the notion that the founder of SpaceX could not make it Philadelphia, prompting a quick retort from the judge. Counsel, he's not going to get in a rocket ship and land on the building, Foglietta replied. The huge giveaways to registered voters come from Musk's political organization, which aims to boost Donald Trump's presidential campaign. After his law

60 mn cast early votes in US; Harris, Trump in tight contest in Georgia, NC

According to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS, the presidential race is heating up in Georgia and North Carolina, with the latest polls showing a neck-and-neck contest between Harris and Trump

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and the billions of ways to influence an election

Jeff Bezos, the reigning swashbuckler of the internet age until Musk came along, was playing a cooler game, content to let Musk take the headlines and the risk

RBI well-equipped to deal with any volatility post US elections: Report

The Reserve Bank of India would be able to tap its large foreign exchange reserves to defend the domestic currency in the event of global market volatility and an outflow of foreign funds

US election anxieties push gold prices towards its best month in seven

Opinion polls are too close to call a winner between Republican former U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris, you are fired, says Donald Trump at Wisconsin rally

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump held competing rallies in Wisconsin as they tried to outperform each other in the key battleground state, five days ahead of the US election day. The latest CNN polls showed that Democratic nominee Harris has a narrow advantage in Michigan and Wisconsin, while she and Republican candidate Trump remain tied in Pennsylvania. In Michigan, Harris holds a lead over Trump by 48 per cent to 43 per cent among likely voters, according to the findings Harris also leads Trump in Wisconsin, where 51 per cent support her to 45 per cent for Trump, but the race is tied in Pennsylvania with both having 48 per cent support. As the race for the White House remained razor-tight, Trump mounted a sharp attack on Harris while using President Joe Biden's comments that appeared to call Trump's supporters "garbage". Dressed in a garbage vest, Trump arrived at the venue of the recent rally in Wisconsin's Green Bay area in a dump truck and ...

RBI helps rupee outperform peers in month marred by US election anxiety

The rupee was at 84.0825 to the US dollar, little changed from Thursday and week-on-week. Indian financial markets are shut on Friday

New law makes easy duelling presidential transitions possible in US

There will be 77 days between Election Day and inauguration, a period in which the president-elect may ready his or her administration to take over power from President Joe Biden. Long built on tradition and bipartisanship, the presidential transition exploded into a point of political contention four years ago, after then-President Donald Trump made baseless claims to dispute his loss and his administration delayed kicking off the transition process for weeks. This year, a new law is meant to start the transition sooner, no matter who wins. But, if neither major party candidate concedes after Election Day, the updated rules allow both sides to get additional government funding and logistical support to begin working toward transitioning to power. That could lead to both Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump potentially assembling duelling, governments-in-waiting for weeks. Rules can only take you so far, and ultimately you need to have the players in the system working to shared .

US election system proving secure, but human nature is a vulnerability

Hacking a local election system in the United States wouldn't be easy, and secretly altering votes on a scale massive enough to change the outcome of the presidential race would be impossible, election officials have said, thanks to decentralised systems, paper records for nearly all ballots, exhaustive reviews, legal due process and decades of work by American election officials, volunteers and citizens. But foreign actors and domestic extremist groups looking to meddle in next week's election can target a much weaker link: voters' perceptions and emotions. Those intent on undermining confidence in US democracy don't have to change any votes if they can convince enough Americans not to trust the outcome. It's a possible scenario particularly concerning to intelligence analysts and officials tasked with protecting America's election: An adversary tries to hack a state or local election system and then releases a document perhaps a fake one or even material that is publicly available

US' Europe allies face tough times, whoever wins presidential election

The United States' European allies are bracing for an America that's less interested in them no matter who wins the presidential election - and for old traumas and new problems if Donald Trump returns to the White House. The election comes more than 2 1/2 years into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in which Washington has made the single biggest contribution to Kyiv's defence. There are question marks over whether that would continue under Trump, and how committed he would be to NATO allies in general. A win by Vice President Kamala Harris could be expected to bring a continuation of current policy, though with Republican opposition and growing war fatigue among the US public there are concerns in Europe that support would wane. Trump's appetite for imposing tariffs on US partners also is causing worry in a Europe already struggling with sluggish economic growth. But it's not just the possibility of a second Trump presidency that has the continent anxious about tougher times

Donald Trump boards garbage truck to draw attention to Biden's remark

Donald Trump walked down the steps of the Boeing 757 that bears his name, walked across a rain-soaked tarmac and, after twice missing the handle, climbed into the passenger seat of a white garbage truck that also carried his name. The former president, once a reality TV star known for his showmanship, wanted to draw attention to a remark made a day earlier by his successor, Democratic President Joe Biden, that suggested Trump's supporters were garbage. Trump has used the remark as a cudgel against his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris. How do you like my garbage truck? Trump said, wearing an orange and yellow safety vest over his white dress shirt and red tie. This is in honour of Kamala and Joe Biden. Trump and other Republicans were facing pushback of their own for comments by a comedian at a weekend Trump rally who disparaged Puerto Rico as a floating island of garbage. Trump then seized on a comment Biden made on a late Wednesday call that "The only garbage I see ..

Americans anxious, frustrated about presidential campaign, shows poll

Most Americans are feeling a lot of emotions heading into Election Day, but excitement is not one of them. A new poll from The AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that about 7 in 10 Americans report feeling anxious or frustrated about the 2024 presidential campaign, and a similar share say they're interested. Only about one-third say they feel excited. There's a broad feeling of uncertainty hanging over the 2024 presidential contest during the last week of the campaign. The race is competitive nationally and in key swing states, according to recent polls, with neither Democrat Kamala Harris nor Republican Donald Trump showing a measurable advantage. At the same time, the candidates have offered closing arguments that are in stark contrast with each other, with Harris arguing that Trump is obsessed with revenge and his own personal needs, while Trump referred to Harris at a rally on Sunday night as a trainwreck who has destroyed everything in her path. Some groups are

US elections: Polls indicate tightly contested race between Harris, Trump

Two recent major polls have revealed a tightly contested race in the upcoming American presidential elections between Vice President Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party and her Republican rival Donald Trump. As of Wednesday, nearly 60 million people had already voted either by mail-in-vote or in-person early votes, five days ahead of the general elections scheduled for November 5. Simultaneous voting and campaigning are a unique aspect of American democracy. A Fox Poll released on Wednesday revealed that Trump is ahead of Harris in two battleground States, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, by just one percentage point, while there is a tie between the two in Michigan. The three other battleground States this time are Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and Wisconsin. A CNN poll put the two nominees tied at 48 per cent in Pennsylvania, while Harris is ahead of Trump by six points in Wisconsin and by five points in Michigan. CBS News polls said Trump and Harris are tied at 49 per cent in ...

Donald Trump's threat to Biden's industrial policy hangs over Asian firms

The former President has criticised the Inflation Reduction Act as a scam and the CHIPS and Science Act as a bad deal