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Kamala Harris seeks to cap child care costs at 7% for working families

It's sadly the state of affairs in our country that working people often have to decide to either be able to work or be able to have child care, Harris said

US elections: Swing state TV viewership surged for Trump-Harris debate

Arizona and Wisconsin registered the biggest jumps in viewers at 41 per cent each. Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania also posted larger increases than the US average

Will meet PM Modi next week during his US visit: Trump ahead of elections

Modi will be in the US this weekend, where he is slated to attend the Quad Leaders Summit in Wilmington, Delaware that is being hosted by President Joe Biden

FBI probes suspicious packages sent to election officials in dozen states

The FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service on Tuesday were investigating the origin of suspicious packages that have been sent to or received by elections officials in more than a dozen states, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or that any of the packages contained hazardous material. The latest packages were sent to elections officials in Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, and Rhode Island. Mississippi authorities reported a package was delivered there on Monday, and the Connecticut Secretary of State's office on Tuesday also said the FBI alerted them of a suspicious package that was intercepted. The FBI is collecting the letters, some of which contained "an unknown substance," spokesperson Kristen Setera of the agency's Boston office said in a statement. "We are also working with our partners to determine how many letters were sent, the individual or individuals responsible for the letters, and the motive behind the letters," she said. "As this i

Florida will launch probe into Trump's apparent assassination bid: Guv

Florida law enforcement will launch a state-level criminal probe of the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, Gov Ron DeSantis said Tuesday. DeSantis told reporters that the suspect is believed to have committed state law violations." DeSantis' announcement comes a day after Ryan Routh was charged with federal firearms crimes. Routh did not fire any shots, never had Trump in his line of sight and sped away after an agent who spotted him shot in his direction, officials said. He was arrested in a neighboring county.

US elections: Trump tries to regain spotlight after 2nd assassination bid

By portraying Trump as a fighter and survivor, his campaign hopes to capture Americans' fractured attention and lay the blame for yet another assassination attempt on Harris and Democrats

Trump blames Biden and Harris' rhetoric towards him despite his own history

Donald Trump claimed without evidence Monday that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' comments that he is a threat to democracy had inspired the latest apparent attempt on his life, despite his own long history of inflammatory campaign rhetoric and advocacy for jailing or prosecuting his political enemies. With the election now just 50 days away and early ballots already being mailed out in some places, this year's presidential campaign was among the most turbulent in American history even before Sunday's apparent assassination attempt. Trump was safe after the incident in Florida and praised the Secret Service for protecting him but didn't shy away from blaming his opponents. Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country and they are the ones that are destroying the country both from the inside and out, Trump said in comments to Fox News Digital. The Republican former president's statements are a sharp departure fr

Musk deletes post about Harris and Biden assassination after criticism

Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said no one is even trying to assassinate President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump while he was playing golf. Musk, who has nearly 200 million followers on the social media site he bought for $44 billion in 2022, has increasingly embraced conservative ideologies in recent years and endorsed Trump for president. While he has removed posts in the past, Musk has also kept up and even doubled down on other such inflammatory comments. Last week, he made a joke about impregnating Taylor Swift after the singer posted an endorsement for Harris. Early Monday, after taking down the post about the apparent Trump assassination, the 53-year-old billionaire wrote on the platform: Well, one lesson I've learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn't mean it's going to be all that hilarious as a post on .

Judge rejects former Trump aide Meadows' bid to move Arizona election case

A judge has rejected a bid by Mark Meadows, chief of staff to former President Donald Trump, to move his charges in Arizona's fake elector case to federal court, marking the second time he has failed in trying to get his charges out of state court. In a decision Monday, US District Judge John Tuchi said Meadows missed a deadline for asking for his charges to be moved to federal court and failed to show that the allegations against him related to his official duties as chief of staff to the president. Meadows faces charges in Arizona and Georgia in what authorities allege was an illegal scheme to overturn the 2020 election results in Trump's favour. He had unsuccessfully tried to move charges in the Georgia case last year. While not a fake elector in Arizona, prosecutors said Meadows worked with other Trump campaign members to submit names of fake electors from Arizona and other states to Congress in a bid to keep Trump in office despite his November 2020 defeat. Meadows has pleaded

'No one trying to kill Kamala': Elon Musk reacts to Donald Trump episode

Elon Musk was criticised on Monday for questioning why no one targets Biden or Harris after Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt while golfing in Florida

Rifle poking from bushes: How Donald Trump escaped latest assassination bid

Former US president Donald Trump survived a suspected second assassination attempt on Sunday while golfing in Florida. The suspect, Ryan Routh, has been arrested

Before gay marriage was popular, Harris was supporting equal rights for all

Two decades ago, when a Democratic presidential nominee wouldn't dream of endorsing gay marriage, a newly elected district attorney named Kamala Harris was performing one of the first same-sex unions in the United States. It was the so-called Winter of Love in San Francisco. The mayor at the time, Gavin Newsom, had directed the county clerk to approve gay marriages even though there was no law on the books recognising them. His act of rebellion prompted a bipartisan political backlash, but Harris had no hesitation. You could tell she was so overwhelmed and had so much joy about performing this ceremony," said Brad Witherspoon, whose marriage to Raymond Cobane was officiated by Harris on Valentine's Day 2004. The moment represents a stark difference between Harris and all previous Democratic presidential nominees, who didn't begin their political careers as gay marriage supporters. Four years after the Winter of Love, the issue was still off the table during the party's primary. And

Harris promotes her resume rather than race as she courts Black voters

While President Joe Biden was hosting a celebration of Black excellence at the White House with lawmakers, advocates and celebrities this past week, Kamala Harris was instead headed off to Pennsylvania. The nation's first Black vice president talked with Pennsylvania voters about supporting small businesses, building more housing and expanding the child tax credit. She said the country needs a president of the United States who works for all the American people. What she did not do was spend time talking about her race or gender or the prospect that she would be the nation's first Black and South Asian woman to be president if she defeated Republican Donald Trump. As Harris courts voters, she embodies her identity as a woman of colour rather than making it an overt part of her pitch, choosing instead to emphasize her policies and resume. She will be making her case to minority voters in a number of key settings in the coming days. She is scheduled to speak on Saturday night at a ..

Trump calls Laura Loomer free spirit after her racist remark against Harris

Donald Trump has defended his ties with Laura Loomer, who has drawn fire from some of his Republican allies for embracing conspiracy theories and making racist comments, including against Kamala Harris. Laura has been a supporter of mine. Just like a lot of people are supporters, and she's been a supporter of mine. She speaks very positively of the campaign," Trump, the former president, said on Friday at a news conference in Southern California. He was responding to a question from a reporter about his allies expressing concern about his close relationship with Loomer in recent days. I don't control Laura. Laura she's a free spirit. Well, I don't know. I mean, look, I can't tell Laura what to do, Trump said. She is a strong person, she's got strong opinions, and I don't know what she said, but that's not up to me, he added. Several of Loomer's posts on social media this week came under fire, including one where she nodded to a conspiracy theory about the 9/11 attacks. "23 years

Will end all taxes on overtime pay if elected president, says Donald Trump

At a campaign event this month with union workers, Harris accused Trump of "blocking" overtime from millions of workers during his 2017-2021 presidency

Money flows on US election bets after judge clears way, but appeal looms

People began betting on which political party would win control of Congress in the November elections within minutes of a judge's ruling Thursday allowing the bets the only ones to be legally approved by a US jurisdiction. New York startup company Kalshi began taking what amounts to bets on the outcome of the November congressional elections after a judge refused to block them from doing so. The ruling enabled the company, at least temporarily, to offer prediction contracts essentially yes-or-no bets on which party will win control of the Senate and the House in November. The company and its lawyer did not respond to messages seeking comment, and it was not clear whether they intend to offer bets beyond the ones posted Thursday for congressional races, including potentially taking bets on the presidential race. It also was not immediately clear whether sports books or online casinos would seek to offer similar political bets in light of the ruling. Prices on Kalshi's so-called

Tighter security planned for US election certification after Capitol attack

Trump lost the 2020 election to Democratic President Joe Biden but falsely claimed victory. For weeks after his loss, he urged Congress not to certify the election result

While Trump touts his debate performance, allies and advisers lament it

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a prominent Trump ally, was one of the few party leaders to publicly say Trump's performance was poor

Trump wouldn't say whether he'd veto national ban as abortion is top issue

Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined to say during this week's debate if he would veto a national abortion ban if he were elected again a question that has lingered as the Republican nominee has shifted his stances on the crucial election issue. In Tuesday's debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump said he would not sign a federal abortion ban, insisting that a ban would not pass Congress anyway. But he refused twice to say if he would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk. Trump's running mate, Sen. JD Vance, a Republican from Ohio, said in an interview with NBC News last month that the former president would veto a ban. In response to moderators prompting him about Vance's statement, Trump said: I didn't discuss it with JD, in all fairness. And I don't mind if he has a certain view, but I don't think he was speaking for me. The exchange comes as voters and advocates across the spectrum wait for Trump to clarify his fluctuating stances on abortion, and

Israel would cease to exist if Kamala Harris became president: Trump

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused his Democratic rival Kamala Harris of hating Israel and said if she became president, the Jewish state would not exist "within two years from now". Trump's comments came during a bitter televised debate with Harris on Tuesday in Pennsylvania. He asserted that the Israel-Hamas war would have never started if he had been president. She wouldn't even meet with Netanyahu when he went to Congress to make a very important speech. She refused to be there because she was at a sorority party of hers She hates Israel," Trump, 78, said. "If she is president I believe Israel will not exist within two years from now, he claimed. I've been pretty good at predictions, but I hope I'm wrong on that one," the former president said. At the same time, in her own way, she hates the Arab population, because the whole place is going to get blown up: Arabs, Jewish people, Israel. Israel will be gone, Trump said during the debate hosted by ...