Robert F. Kennedy Jr. chooses Nicole Shanahan as his running mate for his independent White House bid
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. chooses Nicole Shanahan as his running mate for his independent White House bid.
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The TelegraphKamala Harris suffers poll blow ahead of critical Trump debate
Kamala Harris has suffered a fall in the polls for the first time since becoming her party’s presidential candidate.
- The Independent
Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates
Here’s what the latest polls say about the 2024 presidential election, from The Independent’s data correspondent
- The Independent
Kimberly Guilfoyle forced to ask audience to clap as awkward speech falls flat
‘We are ready, we are willing, and we are able to spark a new era of American exceptionalism,’ Donald Trump Jr’s fiancée says to sparse applause
- HuffPost
Tim Walz Stings GOP With Blunt 'Fact Of Life' After JD Vance's School Shooting Remarks
The Minnesota governor knocked right-wing book ban efforts before using Vance's words against him.
- Associated Press
What the Trump-Clinton debates might tell us about Tuesday's match with Harris
It was Hillary Clinton on the debate stage. As Trump and Harris prepare to debate for the first — and potentially only — time Tuesday, his three meetings with Clinton in 2016 illustrate the challenges facing both candidates in what is again shaping up to be an extremely close election. Harris will face a skilled and experienced debater who excels at rattling his rivals with a barrage of insults and interruptions, while projecting unflappable confidence and conviction.
- The Hill
Cooper: Harris ‘is the next president of the United States’ if she wins North Carolina
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) said on Sunday that if Vice President Harris wins North Carolina in the general election this November, she “is the next president of the United States.” Cooper told CBS News’s Margaret Brennan that he was confident Harris could win over voters in North Carolina and praised the vice president…
- HuffPost
Ex-GOP Lawmaker Blows The Whistle On Trump's 'Very Vile' Plan To Beat Kamala Harris
Former Rep. David Jolly said Trump "has no ground to gain," leaving him with just one strategy.
- The Independent
Trump’s psychologist niece says he’s ‘dementing’ in wake of ‘gibberish’ answer on childcare question
‘We deserve to be told that there’s a maniac on the loose,’ Mary Trump writes as she lambasts the media
- Associated Press
Venezuelan opposition still hopes to unseat Maduro despite their candidate's exile
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado tried to reassure supporters Monday that her coalition still hopes to gain control of the presidency despite the departure into exile of their candidate Edmundo González Urrutia. Machado's group maintains that it has evidence that González won the July 28 presidential election by a wide margin against Venezuela's authoritarian incumbent president, Nicolás Maduro, despite his claim to have won. Machado told an online meeting Monday of opposition leaders, reporters and others that her group still hopes to see Maduro leave office in January, even if for voters those hopes seem increasingly tenuous since González’s decision to flee into exile to Spain over the weekend.
- The Hill
Haley says she has not been asked to join Trump campaign
Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said in a Sunday interview she has not been asked to join the Trump campaign on the trail. “You have endorsed Donald Trump. You spoke at the convention, but are you going to campaign for him?” CBS’s Margaret Brennan asked Haley on “Face the Nation.” “You know, he knows…
- The Hill
Trump decries using lift to appear taller during debates: ‘A form of cheating’
Former President Trump posted online saying no props or lifts will be used in the upcoming debate to make one candidate appear taller, calling it cheating. “No boxes or artificial lifts will be allowed to stand on during my upcoming debate with Comrade Kamala Harris. We had this out previously with former NYC Mayor Michael…
- HuffPost
Nikki Haley Dismisses Misogyny In Support Of Trump
She argued that her focus as a voter is on Trump's policies, not writer E. Jean Carroll's sexual assault case against him or his general "communication."
- The Telegraph
What is the electoral college and how does it work?
In 2016 Donald Trump lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton but became president as a result of his winning a majority in the Electoral College.
- CNN
Trump threatens prosecution of 2024 election officials if he wins presidency
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would seek the prosecution and “long term prison sentences” of election officials and political operatives who “CHEATED” during the 2024 election if he again wins the presidency in November.
- The Independent
Trump tries to manage expectations for Tuesday’s debate by predicting media will say he was humiliated
Former president has already complained that ABC, the networking hosting the debate, is the ‘worst network in terms of fairness’
- The Guardian
Cleverly or Tugendhat would make best PM, poll on Tory leadership candidates shows
Conservative MPs ratings trail behind Starmer’s as second round of voting for contest to come on Tuesday
- AFP News
Trump, Harris tied on eve of televised presidential debate
The US presidential race remains neck-and-neck according to polls released Sunday, two days before Kamala Harris and Donald Trump hold their first -- and potentially only -- televised debate."It will take almost superhuman focus and discipline to deal with Donald Trump in a debate," Harris supporter and current transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg told CNN. The Harris campaign announced it would "barnstorm battleground states" after the debate, beginning in North Carolina, then Pennsylvania.
- The Independent
George W Bush reveals his decision on 2024 endorsement after Cheney snubbed Trump
The 43rd president will not join his former vice president Dick Cheney, who said last week that he would vote for Democrat Kamala Harris
- The Telegraph
Three things that could win or lose the most important US presidential debate in years
Donald Trump will face off against Kamala Harris in a presidential debate that marks one of the centrepieces of a fraught and close election.
- France 24
The '13 keys': How one historian has predicted almost every recent US election
Historian Allan Lichtman, who has an almost perfect record in predicting US election results, has said that Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris will win the November poll. The American University professor has correctly predicted the results of all but one US presidential election since 1984. Forget the polls, ditch the data and stop sending journalists to swing-state diners to interview undecided voters: historian Allan Lichtman already knows who is going to win the US