Donald Trump has vowed to take jobs from other countries if he wins the presidency in November through a program of tariff hikes and tax incentives that he believes will encourage foreign companies to relocate production to the US.
The Republican presidential nominee was speaking at a rally in Savannah, Georgia, on Tuesday as part of a week of swing state events.
On Monday night he told a crowd in Pennsylvania that he would be a “protector” for women who “will no longer be thinking about abortion” if he is re-elected.
Also at the rally in the city of Indiana, chants of “send them back” broke out after the former president whipped up the crowd about immigration.
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris has told Wisconsin Public Radio that she is in favor of axing the Senate filibuster in order to codify abortion protections that were previously guaranteed under Roe v Wade.
The latest Reuters poll has Harris up six points nationally but a Quinnipiac University poll also released today has the candidates neck-and-neck among likely voters. A CNN poll also showed the pair locked in an exceedingly close race — with Harris 48 per cent to Trump’s 47 per cent.
Prosecutors: Capitol rioter mistakenly released from prison
The federal Bureau of Prisons mistakenly released an Iowa man from custody before he finished serving his 30-month sentence for storming the Senate chamber during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, Justice Department prosecutors said in a court filing this week.
Leo Christopher Kelly of Cedar Rapids was freed last Thursday after an appeals court agreed to throw out one of his convictions stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
AP24 September 2024 23:00
Giuliani forced to pay firm that probed his finances in tossed bankruptcy case
Cash-strapped former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani must still pay roughly $300,000 to a firm hired to investigate his finances, a bankruptcy judge ordered Tuesday, despite Giuliani’s request to reduce that amount by nearly $80,000.
More than a month after his Chapter 11 bankruptcy case was officially dismissed, a dispute between Giuliani and Global Data Risk (GDR), a firm hired by Giuliani’s creditors to investigate his finances, has still plagued the case. The dismissal order requires the former mayor to pay the firm’s expenses — but he objected to the amount the firm says it is owed.
Kelly Rissman has been following the case.
Oliver O’Connell24 September 2024 22:40
Haitian rights group calls for Trump and Vance to be arrested over bogus ‘pet-eating’ slurs
The complaint from the Haitian Bridge Alliance, filed Tuesday in Clark County Municipal Court, accuses the pair of working together to “knowingly spread a false and dangerous narrative.”
Josh Marcus has the details.
Oliver O’Connell24 September 2024 22:30
‘Are you trying to lose’: Haley skewers GOP candidate questioning why women over 50 care about abortion
Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley gave some biting feedback to a GOP Senate candidate who questioned why women voters over the age of 50 care about the issue of abortion, suggesting it would cause him to lose support.
Bernie Moreno, a candidate in Ohio who made headlines with a shiny Trump endorsement, told a group of voters during a town hall last week that “a lot of suburban women” are “single-issue voters” on abortion.
Ariana Baio has the story.
Oliver O’Connell24 September 2024 22:20
Trump says eggs are $5 under Kamala – and claims salmon was $4.99 when he was president
Oliver O’Connell24 September 2024 22:00
Trump is all over the place on ‘stupid’ early voting
That ambivalence continued on Monday night, when Trump spoke to a crowd in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
Oliver O’Connell24 September 2024 21:40
Trump campaign docs leaked again as reporter claims he got sent internal message weeks after Iran’s hack
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is still being hacked, a reporter speculated after revealing an unknown individual – “Robert” – sent him stolen internal emails, a recent internal letter and dossiers of the potential vice presidential picks.
Weeks after US officials and the Trump campaign confirmed it was hacked and some of its internal communications had been sent to several news outlets, a new report says more internal Trump campaign documents have been stolen as recently as last week. The US intelligence community blamed Iran for a previous Trump campaign hack.
Judd Legum, a journalist who authors the political newsletter Popular Information, revealed on Tuesday an individual who only identified themself as “Robert” sent him internal Trump emails exchanged between top advisors between October 2023 and August 2024.
Ariana Baio has the full story.
Oliver O’Connell24 September 2024 21:00
Second gentleman stops by Whataburger with Beto O’Rourke on swing through Texas
Oliver O’Connell24 September 2024 20:55
Trump flubs name of Charlottesville, Virginia, during speech in Georgia
Donald Trump flubbed the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, while going off script during a speech on Tuesday otherwise focused on economic policy, slamming Vice President Kamala Harris for lying about “Charlottestown.”
The former president was talking about imposing tariffs and other steps he’d take to bolster U.S. manufacturing in Savannah, Georgia, when he veered off topic. He began arguing that he won the recent debate with Harris, despite GOP claims the moderators were against him.
“She didn’t say anything except lies, like bloodbath, like Charlottestown,” Trump said.
He didn’t acknowledge the error, but quickly added that he was “finishing this topic. Because they’ll say, ‘Oh, he fell into a trap” — when in fact, he’d already made a conspicuous mistake.
Trump was trying to refer to the deadly 2017 violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, between white supremacists and anti-racist protesters. Trump has faced years of criticism from Harris and other top Democrats when he blamed “both sides” for what occurred.
You can watch that moment here:
Oliver O’Connell24 September 2024 20:50