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US elections: Harris leads Trump in several battleground states, say polls

US Vice President Kamala Harris has taken the lead over her Republican presidential rival Donald Trump in several key battleground states like Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania, according to various polls released here. Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, enjoys a slight lead over former president Trump in Michigan, as per the latest poll released by UMass Lowell's Center for Public Opinion and YouGov. Harris is slightly leading 48 per cent to 43 per cent in the Great Lakes State against Trump, it said. "For a swing state, this margin is good news for the vice president's campaign," Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, UMass Lowell political science assistant professor and Center for Public Opinion associate director, said. If Trump wants to beat this margin, he has an uphill battle to fight in the Great Lakes State. "The Trump campaign," Castro Cornejo said, "has a negative favorability in Michigan that needs to be overcome if they want to remain competitive in the state." Harris .

Trump tells women 'I will be your protector' as GOP reaches out to voters

From former president Donald Trump to Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, male Republican candidates are struggling to speak to female voters, using language criticised as tone deaf and patronising as they try to win support from women and speak to issues important to them. On Monday night, Trump cast himself as a protector" of women, saying in battleground Pennsylvania that he will save them from fear and loneliness and they will no longer have to think about abortion. You will no longer be abandoned, lonely or scared. You will no longer be in danger. ... You will no longer have anxiety from all of the problems our country has today," Trump said. You will be protected, and I will be your protector." At a town hall event on Friday, Moreno bemoaned the fact that abortion has become the deciding issue for many suburban women, calling the notion a little crazy, by the way, but especially for women that are like past 50. I'm thinking to myself, I don't really think that's an issue for

US elections: Here's what polls show about Walz, Vance before VP debate

Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential candidate, is less popular among voters than his Democratic rival, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research. Both Vance and Walz entered the spotlight this summer as relative political unknowns. As both running mates prepare to address a huge audience in next week's vice-presidential debate, Democrats are more positive about Walz and Vice President Kamala Harris than Republicans are about Vance and former President Donald Trump. The findings of the new survey reinforce the challenge for the Republican presidential ticket as voting begins in more and more states. Vance is less well-liked than Walz The poll shows that negative feelings about Vance are considerably more widespread than positive opinions. About half of registered voters have a somewhat or very unfavourable view of Vance, up from about 4 in 10 in late July, while around one-quarter have a ...

After Donald Trump, Kamala Harris' campaign office targeted, police say

Kamala Harris' campaign office in Arizona, was shot on Monday, the police said. A probe was launched into the incident, which occurred days after Donald Trump was targeted while golfing in Florida

US intel warns Trump on 'real' assassination threat from Iran: Campaign

US intelligence agencies have briefed former president Donald Trump on the "real and specific" threat to his life allegedly from Iran to allegedly "sow chaos" in the country, according to his campaign. Two apparent assassination attempts have been made in the same number of months on the life of the 78-year-old Republican presidential candidate. President Trump was briefed earlier today by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence regarding real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him in an effort to destabilise and sow chaos in the United States, Steven Cheung, Trump's Campaign communications director said late Tuesday night. Intelligence officials have identified these "continued and coordinated" attacks heightened in the past few months, and law enforcement officials across all agencies are working to ensure Trump is protected and the November election is free from interference, Cheung said. On July 13, the first failed assassination attempt on Trump was made

US elections: Harris has bigger cognitive problems than Biden, claims Trump

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has claimed that his Democratic rival Kamala Harris has a "bigger cognitive problem" than President Joe Biden, who pulled out of the White House bid after a disastrous debate performance. Fears over 81-year-old Biden's age and mental state grew after the June 27 debate between him and Trump. Addressing an election rally in the battleground state of Georgia, Republican Party presidential candidate Trump said the world is "laughing" at 59-year-old Vice President Harris. You know what they're really laughing at? Kamala, because they can't believe that she's going to be president. They can't believe it," Trump, 78, said. "You talk about cognitive problems? She's got bigger cognitive problems than he (Biden) has, in my opinion, Trump alleged. This is how we're going to end the era of inflation and mayhem, misery. Under Kamala and Crooked Joe, we had such misery. Think about what we've been through with inflation, with the wars all over the

Harris leads Trump by 38 points among Asian American voters: Survey

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is leading by 38 points among Asian American voters against her Republican challenger Donald Trump, according to the results of a poll. The poll was conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, and its results were released on Tuesday. This is the first survey since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race in July and Vice President Harris became the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. According to the poll, Harris, 59, leads 78-year-old Trump by 38 percentage points among Asian American voters, expanding Biden's 15-point lead by 23 percentage points since spring. As many as 66 per cent of Asian American voters plan on voting for Harris, compared to 28 per cent who say they back former president Trump. Those who say they will support another candidate or are undecided account for six per cent. In the 2024 Asian American Voter Survey (AAVS), conducted in April-May, 46 per cent of Asian American voters backed Biden, and 31 pe

Trump praises Russia's record in argument to stop funding Ukraine's fight

Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Russia's military record in historical conflicts and derided US aid to Ukraine as he again insisted he would quickly end the war launched by Moscow's invasion if elected president. Speaking in Savannah, Georgia, Trump mocked President Joe Biden's frequent refrain that the US would back the Ukrainian armed forces until Kyiv wins the war. He raised two long ago conflicts to suggest Moscow would not lose the former Soviet Union's role in defeating Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in World War II in the 1940s, and French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's failed invasion of Russia more than a century earlier. Trump insisted that the US had to get out," though he did not specify how he would negotiate an ending to US involvement in the war. "Biden says, 'We will not leave until we win,' Trump said, lowering his voice to mimic the Democratic president. What happens if they win? That's what they do, is they fight wars. As somebody told me the other day, they beat Hitle

Son of suspect in Trump assassination bid arrested over child abuse: FBI

The son of the man suspected in the assassination attempt in Florida of former President Donald Trump has been arrested on federal charges of possessing child sexual abuse images. Oran Routh was arrested this week after authorities searched his Greensboro, North Carolina, home in connection with an investigation unrelated to child exploitation, an FBI official said in court papers. Investigators seized multiple electronic devices and found hundreds of files of child sexual abuse, according the court papers. He faces two charges of possessing and receiving child sexual abuse material. Oran Routh's father is Ryan Routh, who is accused in the assassination attempt of Trump at a golf course in Florida earlier this month. Ryan Routh has been charged with federal gun offenses but prosecutors have indicated much more serious attempted assassination charges were coming. There was no attorney listed for Oran Routh in court papers. Phone messages for Oran Routh and relatives listed in public

Several US states making late changes to election rules ahead of voting

In Georgia, election workers will have to hand count the number of ballots cast after voting is completed. In North Carolina, some students and university staff can use their digital IDs to vote. In Wisconsin, ballot drop boxes are newly legal again, although not every voting jurisdiction will use them. Across the country, including in some of the nation's presidential swing states, new or recently altered state laws are changing how Americans will vote, tally ballots, and administer and certify November's election. It can be a challenge to keep track of these 11th-hour changes, especially since state election processes already vary so widely. Even more changes are looming in some states, with Election Day on November 5 now just weeks away. Several states already have started sending out mail ballots, and in some states, voters have begun casting ballots in person. Last-minute changes to election rules whether from a state legislature, an election authority or a court can lead to

Trump threatens John Deere with 200% tariffs if production moves to Mexico

Earlier this year, John Deere announced that it was laying off hundreds of employees in the Midwest and increasing its production capacity in Mexico

'Man accused in assassination bid left note with intentions to kill Trump'

The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida left behind a note saying that he intended to kill the former president and kept in his car a handwritten list of dates and venues where Trump was to appear, the Justice Department said Monday. The new allegations were included in a detention memo filed ahead of a hearing Monday at which the Justice Department was expected to argue that 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh should remain locked up as the case moves forward. The details are meant to buttress prosecutors' assertions that Routh is a threat to public safety with a premeditated plan to kill Trump a plot officials say was thwarted by a Secret Service agent who spotted a rifle poking out of shrubbery on the West Palm Beach golf course where Trump was playing. The note was placed in a box dropped off months earlier at the home of an unidentified person who did not open it until after last Sunday's arrest. The box also contained ...

US elections: Trump, Harris to turbocharge economic pitches at events

Americans' angst over the economy has been a political liability for Harris - and President Joe Biden - that's souring voter perceptions of their administration's record

'India not abuser, Donald Trump's claims about import duties unfair': GTRI

Think tank GTRI has criticised Donald Trump's claim that India is an "abuser" of import tariffs, noting singling out high tariff items do not present the real trade picture

Climate, abortion, and gun control: Young women demand change in America

Young men have shown reluctance to embrace the liberal label, despite becoming more progressive on select issues, said a recent report

Microsoft prez warns of possible meddling in final 48 hours of US elections

Foreign actors already have been spreading manipulated videos and false posts to sow discord around the US presidential election

Donald Trump to meet PM Modi during US visit: What’s on agenda

PM Modi is scheduled to visit the US for the Quad Leaders Summit on September 21. Recently Trump mentioned that he would be meeting Modi during his visit. Watch the video to know what's on the agenda.

Secret Service again faces scrutiny after another gunman targets Trump

For the second time in more than two months, the Secret Service that protects the highest echelon of American leaders is under scrutiny - this time after a gunman hid in the shrubs along the fence of former President Donald Trump's golf course for 12 hours. The man didn't get a shot off, but critics question how he could be just several hundred yards away from Trump - especially after the Republican presidential candidate's security was beefed up after his near-death experience in July. Biden administration officials praised the agency's response, and former Secret Service agents say there are key differences between what unfolded Sunday and the security lapses at an outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a gunman climbed onto an unsecured roof nearby and opened fire, clipping Trump's ear and leaving a spectator dead. Authorities say Ryan Wesley Routh camped with food and a rifle just outside the 27-hole Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the ...

Donald Trump pledges tariffs, repeats false claims of Chinese automakers

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated false claims that Chinese automakers are putting up large factories in Mexico, vowing during a stop in the automaking state of Michigan to slap 200 per cent tariffs on any vehicles the unbuilt plants make and ship to the United States. Trump also claimed during an event in Flint that if Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris is elected in November, there will be no more auto industry in the US, because work building electric vehicles will go to China. That statement came even though automaking employment has grown since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, after dropping during Trump's first term. If I don't win, you will have no auto industry within two to three years," Trump said, calling any increases under Biden and Harris temporary. You will not have any manufacturing plants. China is going to take over all of them because of the electric car. He told the crowd he would make foreign automakers build factories in th

Trump holds first event since assassination bid; Harris does rare interview

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday made his first public appearance since Sunday's second apparent assassination attempt against him with an overflow crowd chanting God bless Trump! and Fight, Fight, Fight as US Secret Service agents surrounded the stage to protect the Republican presidential nominee. It's been a great experience, Trump said in an evening town hall in Flint, Michigan, about holding events with thousands of supporters. But he also went on to call running for president a dangerous business akin to car racing or bull riding. Only consequential presidents get shot at," he said. Earlier in the day, Vice President Kamala Harris struck a measured tone, even steering clear of mentioning Trump by name in an interview with Black journalists that starkly contrasted with the former president's own highly contentious appearance before the same group. The two candidates briefly put their differences aside in a phone call Trump described as very, very nice even as crowds bo