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Trump Takes Detour From Battleground States

He claims he could win New Mexico if election is fair

(Newser) - Donald Trump is traveling to New Mexico and Virginia in the campaign's final days, taking a detour from the seven battleground states to spend time in places where Republican presidential candidates have not won in decades. The former president campaigned in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Thursday and is scheduled...

Musk: 'Temporary Hardship' Under Trump Spending Plans
Musk: 'Temporary Hardship'
Under Trump Spending Plans
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Musk: 'Temporary Hardship' Under Trump Spending Plans

He says he'll find $2 trillion to cut from federal spending

(Newser) - Elon Musk is set to lead a " government efficiency commission " if Donald Trump wins the election—and the world's richest man admits that there will be some "temporary hardship" under Trump's plans. Asked about cutting the nation's debt at a telephone town hall Friday,...

In Response to 'Garbage' Comment, Trump Rides in Garbage Truck

He claims Biden's remark 'blows deplorables out of the water'

(Newser) - Donald Trump made the most of President Biden's controversial "garbage" comment , going so far as to don an orange safety vest and ride in an actual garbage truck Wednesday during a campaign appearance in Green Bay, Wisconsin. "How do you like my garbage truck? This truck is...

After Biden's 'Garbage' Remark, a Debate About an Apostrophe

White House says president was not calling Trump supporters 'garbage'

(Newser) - Kamala Harris made the closing argument for her campaign on Tuesday night—and might be wishing President Biden hadn't done the same. Shortly before Harris spoke from the Ellipse outside the White House, Biden joined a virtual Harris campaign call with Voto Latino and made reference to comedian Tony...

Trump: 'Nobody's Fault' We Didn't Vet Comedian

Former president says he has 'nothing to do' with Tony Hinchcliffe, while Jon Stewart defends him

(Newser) - Former President Trump says he doesn't know Tony Hinchcliffe and doesn't know who booked him for the MAGA rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, but admits he "probably shouldn't have been there." The comedian caused an uproar with jokes widely described as racist. In...

Harris Readies 'Closing Argument' at Key Locale

She speaks Tuesday night from the Ellipse, where Trump spoke before Capitol riot

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris is making the "closing argument" for her presidential campaign Tuesday from the same site where Donald Trump spoke before the Capitol riot in 2021, and the choice is no accident. "It's a place that certainly we believe helps crystallize the choice in this...

Puerto Rico Joke Reverberates in Crucial Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico Joke Reverberates
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Puerto Rico Joke Reverberates in Crucial Pennsylvania

State has a large population of Puerto Ricans, and the issue is big topic of discussion

(Newser) - Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's joke comparing Puerto Rico to an "island of garbage" has given Donald Trump roughly a half-million problems in the swing state of Pennsylvania. That, reports Politico , is the number of Puerto Ricans who live in the state, where the election is expected to be decided...

Weird Reality of 2024: Both Sides Confident of Victory

Allies of both Trump and Harris optimistic about next Tuesday's vote

(Newser) - Well, somebody's wrong. The coin-toss nature of the 2024 election is demonstrated in two competing narratives in major news outlets on Tuesday.
  • For Trump: Axios reports that Donald Trump allies in the world of MAGA "appear supremely confident" that he will win re-election. The piece includes a tweeted
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Trump Gets a Key Ally Back From Prison

Steve Bannon is released after serving 4 months for contempt of Congress

(Newser) - Steve Bannon is a free man again, just in time to help with a final election push. The Donald Trump ally was released from prison early Tuesday after serving four months for contempt of Congress amid its investigation of the Capitol riot, reports CNN . "I'm not broken, I'...

GOP Loses on Mail Ballots Before Nevada Supreme Court

Votes without visible postmark can be counted until Nov. 8

(Newser) - The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Monday that mail-in ballots with smudged, indecipherable, or missing postmarks can be counted for up to three days after polls close on Election Day. The state's highest court rejected a bid by state and national Republicans, Donald Trump's presidential campaign, and a voter,...

Who Is Tony Hinchcliffe? Joke Puts Comedian in the Spotlight
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Comedian Unapologetic About Puerto Rico Joke

Tony Hinchcliffe says critics have no sense of humor after controversial line at Trump event

(Newser) - Have you heard the one about Puerto Rico? Anyone paying even slight attention to the news over the last 24 hours has probably caught wind of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's joke Sunday at Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally:
  • The joke: "I don't know if you guys
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Kamala Harris Challenges Trump to Cognitive Test

Vice president is making his age a larger part of her closing message

(Newser) - Donald Trump has been taking shots at Kamala Harris' intelligence on the campaign trail, and the vice president tells CBS News she'd be happy to take a cognitive test—and "would challenge him to take the same one." In the interview, Harris says Trump is "increasingly...

Trump Campaign: We Didn't Like the Puerto Rico Joke

And more from Sunday's Madison Square Garden event

(Newser) - A comedian's speech at Donald Trump's Sunday night rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City was being widely described as racist by media outlets. As the Hill reports, Tony Hinchcliffe, whose stage name is Kill Tony, at one point said:
  • "I don't know if
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Melania Trump Surprises Attendees at Trump's NYC Rally

Former first lady makes her first speech of this election cycle

(Newser) - Melania Trump made her first rally speech of this election cycle Sunday night at her husband's Madison Square Garden event. The Hill calls it an "exceedingly rare" appearance by the former first lady, and notes that Donald Trump's campaign did not list his wife among the speakers...

Other Newspapers Have Made Presidential Endorsements

Boston Globe goes with Harris, New York Post picks Trump

(Newser) - While the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post have decided to sit this one out , other major publications have made endorsements in the presidential election. Here's a sampling, per the Hill . Donald Trump has been endorsed by:
  • The Washington Times : "There will be single-issue activists who bemoan
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Russia Made Fake Video of Man Destroying Trump Ballots: US

Intelligence agencies warn of more misinformation efforts before election

(Newser) - A viral video appearing to show mail-in ballots being destroyed in a Pennsylvania suburb is a Russian hoax, US intelligence officials say. The deception is part of Russia's campaign to help Donald Trump's presidential campaign, a senior official told USA Today . The video shows a stack of sealed...

In Michigan, Trump Returns to Detroit Insults

Republican nominee also attacks the media, including Anderson Cooper

(Newser) - Donald Trump returned to Michigan on Saturday, as well as to his insults of its largest city. "Detroit makes us a developing nation," he said in Novi, a suburb about 30 miles away, the Washington Post reports. Trump had knocked the Motor City earlier this month in a...

Trump to Netanyahu: 'Do What You Have to Do'

After latest strikes on Iran, Biden says he hopes this is it

(Newser) - In a phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump backed his military's attacks on Hamas and Hezbollah—telling the prime minister, "Do what you have to do." Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham was on a call this month with the two, the Washington Post reports. "He didn'...

Highlights of Trump's Joe Rogan Interview

Former president talked with podcast host for about 3 hours

(Newser) - Two hours and 58 minutes. That's how long Joe Rogan's latest podcast ran, with a very special (and talkative) guest: Donald Trump, who chatted at length on The Joe Rogan Experience on Friday—so long that his own rally in Traverse City, Michigan, later that evening was "...

China Tried to Hack Phones of Trump, Vance: US Officials

Harris campaign devices also reportedly were attacked

(Newser) - Chinese operatives have tried to hack phones used by Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, as well as people connected to the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats, US officials said Friday. Investigators are working to learn what data the hackers might have accessed,...

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