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Kamala Harris poked fun at an answer to a debate question given by Donald Trump while speaking at an awards dinner in Washington on Saturday night.
“We actually have a plan for health care. Not just concepts of a plan,” the vice president told attendees at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix Awards to raucous laughter.
Harris was introduced by President Joe Biden who received a lifetime achievement award and gave a brief rundown of his accomplishments on behalf and alongside the Black community.
Speaking glowingly of Harris, he said: “I will be proud to stand on the steps of the Capitol and watch her being sworn in as president of the United States of America.”
Outrage continues following Trump’s claim during Tuesday’s likely-only presidential debate that the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio (who are there legally, and at the town’s invitation), were stealing and eating domestic pets
While the city officials and the governor have denied this is happening, Trump’s running mate, Ohio senator JD Vance has further stoked tensions by reposting an unverified video as alleged evidence.
Footage of what appears to be the Proud Boys on a main thoroughfare has surfaced and bomb threats have been called into hospitals, schools, and offices.
Key Points
- Watch: Harris takes jab at Trump’s ‘concept’ of a health care plan
- Trump’s rhetoric has Haitians in Springfield in a full-blown ‘panic’
- Walz hails ‘fellow cat owner Taylor Swift’ as he quotes ‘Tortured Poets’ song
- Can Kamala Harris win Pennsylvania? Just ask the mayor of Scranton
- Harris pressures Trump to return to debate stage: ‘We owe it to the voters’
- Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates
Watch: Walz says Trump spent debate time ‘whining, crying’, Harris ‘talked about you’
Oliver O'Connell15 September 2024 09:15 1726384500US denies involvement in plot to to overthrow Maduro as three Americans arrested in Venezuela
The State Department has said any claims of US involvement in a plot to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro were “categorically false” after the arrests of three Americans, two Spanish citizens, and a Czech citizen on Saturday.
According to the Venezuelan government, the group was detained on suspicion of plotting to destabilize the country through “violent actions”, adding that hundreds of weapons had been seized.
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US denies involvement in plot against Maduro as 3 Americans detained in Venezuela
The three Americans were detained alongside Spanish and Czech citizens with 400 US rifles seized, interior minister claims
Oliver O'Connell15 September 2024 08:15 1726380900Watch: Trump fails to denounce bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio
Oliver O'Connell15 September 2024 07:15 1726377300In depth: Trump’s ties to ‘toxic’ far-right activist Laura Loomer are causing a MAGA civil war. But they go way back
Laura Loomer, a notorious far-right conspiracy theorist long known for her outrageous comments, has regularly been seen close to Donald Trump in recent weeks – sparking anger among some of his most prominent supporters.
Online, she has been attacking his 2024 Democratic rival Kamala Harris with racial slurs — and upsetting several prominent MAGA supporters in the process.
Offline, Loomer flew to Pennsylvania with the former president ahead of his debate. Trump also let her accompany him to events to mark the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks – a surprising decision given her 9/11 conspiracy theories.
Now Trump supporters like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lindsey Graham – hardly strangers to controversy themselves – are sounding the alarm that Loomer’s influence could end up costing the Republican Party dearly.
Kelly Rissman reports.
Trump’s ties to ‘toxic’ far-right activist Laura Loomer are causing a MAGA civil war
Trump allies in Congress have warned that the former president’s close ties to the far-right provocateur so close to the election could backfire, writes Kelly Rissman
Oliver O'Connell15 September 2024 06:15 1726373700Feature: Can Kamala Harris win Pennsylvania? Just ask the mayor of Scranton
When Paige Cognetti first ran to become mayor of Scranton, she was told she couldn’t win because she did not have an Irish last name. She also had to overcome the fact that no woman had held the position in the city’s history.
Her victory in a special election in 2019, and again two years later, was seen by many as a sign of shifting tides.
Richard Hall reports from Scranton.
Can Kamala Harris win Pennsylvania? Just ask the mayor of Scranton
Kamala Harris campaigns near Joe Biden’s hometown on Friday, as some question whether she can repeat the president’s success here, Richard Hall reports from Scranton.
Oliver O'Connell15 September 2024 05:15 1726371929Trump gives evasive answer on why far-right activist Laura Loomer has joined his entourage
When Donald Trump was asked about the concerns voiced by his Republican colleagues regarding his recent associations with far-right activist Laura Loomer, the former president stumbled to provide a concrete answer, instead calling her a “supporter” five times.
Kelly Rissman reports.
Trump gives evasive answer on why Laura Loomer has joined his entourage
Former president dodges giving a succinct answer and describes Loomer simply as a ‘supporter’ multiple times
Oliver O'Connell15 September 2024 04:45 1726371008Walz hails ‘fellow cat owner Taylor Swift’ as he quotes ‘Tortured Poets’ song
“Coach” Tim Walz took a moment during a fired-up speech in Superior, Wisconsin, to give a shout-out to the Harris-Walz campaign’s most high-profile supporter — and reference a song off her Tortured Poets Department album.
Kamala Harris’s vice presidential running mate, accompanied by his wife Gwen, was in full pep-talk oratorical flow on Saturday afternoon when he decided to share some advice with the men in the crowd.
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Walz hails ‘fellow cat owner Taylor Swift’ as he quotes ‘Tortured Poets’ song
Vice presidential nominee mentioned pop star while paying tribute to ‘smart women’ helping campaign to beat Trump
Oliver O'Connell15 September 2024 04:30 1726370129Scathing Secret Service probe details haphazard securing of Butler rally
A scathing report from the Secret Service details failures by agents in the hours leading up to the shooting of Donald Trump -including breakdowns in communication and haphazard securing of the site.
The findings are part of a Secret Service probe into the July 13 shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The shooting wounded Trump in the ear. It also left one spectator dead and two more hurt.
Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to climb onto the roof of a building only a few hundred yards away and fire at Trump with an AR-style rifle. Crooks was shot dead by snipers, but not before wounding the Republican nominee for president.
Alex Lang reports.
Secret Service probe details haphazard securing of Butler rally
Congressional leaders were briefed on the investigation into the Trump rally shooting earlier this week
Oliver O'Connell15 September 2024 04:15 1726368329
Trump tells people to call him ‘Mr Border President’ as he holds rally in Las Vegas
Donald Trump told voters he should only be addressed as “Mr Border President” as he held a rally in Las Vegas. Trump also strongly criticized Vice President Kamala Harris, frequently referring to her as “Comrade Kamala Harris” at the rally on Friday (13 September) Trump said: “This border crisis is 20 times worse than it was in 2016. But I’ll get it solved fast and we’ll get back to making our country strong again. “I only want to be addressed as Mr Border President.”
Oliver O'Connell15 September 2024 03:45 1726366529IN FOCUS: Days after his debate drubbing by Harris, Donald Trump is still flailing
Andrew Feinberg writes:
Days after a debate that he hoped would restore his 2024 election lead over Vice President Kamala Harris, former president Donald Trump has found himself digging deeper and deeper into a hole of his own making.
He is trailing Harris in fundraising, in most polls taken following their face-off in Philadelphia on Tuesday, and now in the poll-of-polls averages that political forecasters look to when making their predictions of who will win the November presidential election.
Perhaps most importantly, he is beginning to fall behind Harris in nearly all of the key states where voters will, under America’s byzantine electoral system, determine who shall serve atop the country’s executive branch for the next four years.
It’s a stunning and quick reversal of fortune for the former president, who has spent most of the time since he announced his third presidential campaign leading in those same polls.
Despite the candidate’s messaging troubles, the Trump campaign still believes they are ahead.
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Days after his debate drubbing by Harris, Donald Trump is still flailing
The Trump campaign still believes they are ahead, despite all evidence to the contrary. But Donald Trump has never let truth get in the way of a good story, writes Andrew Feinberg
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