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US elections: Latest poll shows neck-to-neck contest between Trump, Harris

According to the CNN poll, in Arizona, Harris has 48% support among likely voters, while Trump has 47%. In Nevada, Trump leads slightly with 48%, compared to 47% for Harris

Eyeing US election, China considers over $1.4 trillion in extra debt

The spending plans suggest that Beijing has switched into a higher stimulus gear to prop up the economy although it's still not the 2008-like bazooka that some investors have been calling for

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Donald Trump's victory in US elections would slow global growth: Temasek

Sipahimalani said that while a Harris win would be beneficial for emerging markets, the opposite is likely under a Trump victory

US elections: Musk wants $2 trn cut from federal budget. It'd be difficult

His target exceeds the amount Congress spends annually on govt agency operations, including defence. It would likely require making significant cuts to popular entitlement programmes

Washington Post withheld endorsement to fight credibility gap: Bezos

Bezos also said the Post's action was unrelated to former President Donald Trump's meeting with executives from Blue Origin, another of his businesses, on the day of the announcement

Washington Post loses over 200K subscriptions following non-endorsement

More than 200,000 people have cancelled subscriptions to The Washington Post since the newspaper announced its decision last week not to endorse a candidate for president, a published report said Monday. NPR reported the figure, citing two people at the paper with knowledge of internal matters. The reported loss of subscriptions of that magnitude would be a blow to a news outlet that is already facing financial headwinds. The Post had more than 2.5 million subscribers last year, the bulk of them digital, making it third behind The New York Times and Wall Street Journal in circulation. A Post spokeswoman, Olivia Peterson, would not comment on the report when contacted by The Associated Press. The Post's editorial staff had reportedly prepared an endorsement of Democrat Kamala Harris before announcing instead Friday that it would leave it up for readers to make up their own minds. The timing, less than two weeks before Election Day, led critics to question whether Post owner and Amaz

Philadelphia DA sues Elon Musk's America PAC over $1 million giveaway

The district attorney of Philadelphia has filed a lawsuit to halt Elon Musk 's USD 1 million giveaways as part of his political organisation's effort boosting Donald Trump 's presidential campaign. The suit by Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner is the first legal action to be brought over the America PAC's sweepstakes offering USD 1 million every day until November 5 to a person in a battleground state who has signed a petition supporting the Constitution. Krasner's office said the lawsuit, coming just over a week before Election Day, doesn't preclude potential criminal action. The Philadelphia District Attorney is charged with protecting the public from public nuisances and unfair trade practices, including illegal lotteries. The DA is also charged with protecting the public from interference with the integrity of elections, Krasner's office said in a statement published on its website. A spokesperson for the billionaire tech mogul's America PAC, emailed for comment on the

Republicans ask SC to block counting of provisional ballots in Pennsylvania

Republicans have asked the US Supreme Court for an emergency order in Pennsylvania that could result in thousands of votes not being counted in this year's election in the battleground state. Just over a week before the election, the court is being asked to step into a dispute over provisional ballots cast by Pennsylvania voters whose mail ballots are rejected for not following technical procedures in state law. The state's high court ruled 4-3 that elections officials must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots were voided because they arrived without mandatory secrecy envelopes. The election fight arrived at the Supreme Court the same day Virginia sought the justices' intervention in a dispute over purging voter registrations. Four years ago, the high court weighed in on pandemic-inspired changes in voting rules in several states, including Pennsylvania. In their high-court filing, state and national Republicans asked for an order putting the state court

Harris focused on results, being as inclusive as possible, says official

Vice President Kamala Harris is focused on being as inclusive as possible and on practical results, a top Indian American adviser to President Joe Biden said on Monday, observing that she is a tremendous leader. She is focused on practical results and being as inclusive as possible, Neera Tanden, Domestic Policy Advisor to the US President told PTI in an interview. Tanden, a close aide of the president, has known Harris, who is now the Democratic presidential candidate since she was the Attorney General of California and the two interact quite frequently. We have talked about ensuring that we're engaging Indian American leaders in the White House, that we are hearing from them about their concerns, the community's concerns. Also, she's very practical, though, when she's talking about small businesses and economic development. She wants to know how it's going to impact real families throughout the country, Tanden said. But I will also tell you that I have talked with her about what

US elections 2024: Fires at ballot drop boxes being probed, say officials

Steve Bernd, a spokesperson for the FBI's Seattle office, said the federal officials are examining these incidents along with the help of state and local law enforcement

Joe Biden casts 2024 Presidential election ballot near his Delaware home

President Joe Biden has cast an early ballot in the 2024 general election. It's a bittersweet moment for Biden, who decided to end his reelection campaign in July because of growing concerns about his health and Democrats' worries about his chances of defeating former President Donald Trump. Biden voted on Monday at the state of Delaware Department of Elections, not far from his home outside Wilmington, Delaware at an early voting site, where voters were lined up down the street to cast ballots. Biden chatted with voters as he waited in line to cast his ballot, and helped push an older woman in a wheelchair who ahead of him. The president waited in line for about 40 minutes before he cast his ballot. He handed his identification to the election worker, who had him sign a form and announced: Joseph Biden now voting. As the president cast his ballot behind a black drape, some first-time voters were announced and the room erupted in cheers for them. For all but a few years since 1970

US election: Why did LA Times, Washington Post skip candidate endorsement?

Editors at both legacy media outlets have resigned following the billionaire owner's decision to shun endorsing any candidate in this presidential election

US elections: Musk says he can cut $2 trillion from Budget at Trump rally

Trump has said he would ask Musk, the world's richest person and a major donor to the Republican nominee's campaign, to head up an effort to cut government spending

Trump's lawyers urge court to uphold dismissal of classified documents case

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have urged a federal appeals court to uphold the dismissal of the classified documents case against him, saying a judge was correct in ruling that the prosecutor who brought the charges was illegally appointed. The case charging Trump with hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida had long been seen as legally perilous for the Republicans' White House nominee, but US District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed it in July after concluding that special counsel Jack Smith's appointment to the job was unlawful. The ruling brought an abrupt halt to the case, ensuring there would be no trial before the November presidential election. Another case brought by Smith, this one charging Trump with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election, was delayed by a Supreme Court opinion conferring broad immunity on former presidents. Smith's team has appealed the documents decision, calling the ruling by Cannon, who was nominated

BS Decoded: How the US elects its President

As the United States gears up for its next presidential election on November 5, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

China plays nice with US partners ahead of possible Donald Trump return

From proclaiming a desired "fresh start" with Japan to a detente with India, Chinese officials have sought to dial down diplomatic friction days ahead of the US presidential election.

Trump admired generals like Hitler, claims former chief of staff Kelly

Donald Trump's longest-serving chief of staff is warning that the Republican presidential nominee meets the definition of a fascist and that while in office, Trump suggested that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler did some good things". The comments from John Kelly, the retired Marine general who worked for Trump in the White House from 2017 to 2019, came in interviews with both The New York Times and The Atlantic. They build on a a growing series of warnings from former top Trump officials as the election enters its final weeks. Kelly has long been critical of Trump and previously accused him of calling veterans killed in combat suckers and losers. Still, his new warnings came just two weeks before Election Day, as Trump seeks a second term vowing to dramatically expand his use of the military at home and suggesting he would use force to go after Americans he considers enemies from within. He commented more than once that, You know, Hitler did some good things, too,' Kelly recalled to The ..

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UK PM Starmer downplays Labour workers backing Harris in US election

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday sought to downplay Labour Party workers heading to the US to campaign for Kamala Harris in the US presidential race after her opponent Donald Trump accused the UK's governing party of "blatant foreign interference". The row was triggered by a now-deleted social media post by Labour's head of operations, Sofia Patel, calling on party colleagues to join her group on a campaign tour to the battleground states in the American election on November 5. The post triggered a backlash from the Republicans in America. However, under US law foreign nationals can legally volunteer in an election campaign in an unpaid capacity. The Labour Party has volunteers. [they] have gone over pretty much every election, said Starmer who is en route to the Pacific island country of Samoa for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). "They're doing it in their spare time. They're doing it as volunteers. They're staying I think with other volunteers