Trump and Harris polls tighten with days to go as former president sues CBS News for $10bn: 2024 election live updates

“On Thursday, Georgia voters exceeded 50% statewide turnout among active voters, with 3,653,333 Georgians having cast ballots, 3,426,851 of those voting early,” says a press release from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office.

Taking to the stage 40 minutes late after an extended playlist of his Broadway favorites, Donald Trump begins his rally: “Five days!… We’re doing great in Nevada.”

“I’d like to start with a very simple question: are you better off now than you were four years ago?”

The crowd responds loudly: “No!”

After accusing Kamala Harris of lying every time she gets on stage, Trump then says: “I feel like I’m the father of IVF.”

Per the White House:

This afternoon, President Biden called DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison, DCCC Chairwoman Suzan DelBene, and DGA Chair Laura Kelly to discuss the state of races across the country. The President also called North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein to wish him luck in his gubernatorial race.

Madonna has revealed who she’s voting for in the 2024 US presidential election.

The pop superstar, 66, took to Instagram on Thursday (October 31) to share her endorsement just days before the election. In her post, the “Like a Virgin” singer shared snaps from her recent trip to Paris, France. However, Madonna explained that she promptly returned home to cast her vote for president.

“Paris was so FUN! It was hard to leave, but I had to come home to V.O.T.E,” she captioned her post, along with two American flag emojis.

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Commenting on Donald Trump’s statement on Wednesday night that he would be a protector of women whether they like it or not, Kamala Harris told Yamiche Alcindor of NBC News: “Well, I'll just speak on behalf of myself, but also the Americans that I speak with every day around our country, regardless of their gender, which is the majority of Americans, believe that women are intelligent enough and should have and be respected for their agency to make decisions for themselves about what is in their best interest, and not have their government, and certainly not Donald Trump telling them what to do.

“And his latest comment is just the most recent in a series of examples that we have seen from him, in his words and deeds, about he de- how he devalues the ability of women to have the choice and the freedom to make decisions about their own body.”

Speaking to Yamiche Alcindor of NBC News, Kamala Harris was asked about her day one priorities for executive action.

Harris replied: “Well, my first priority, which will be probably the package of bills, is about bringing down the cost of living. So it’s about housing, it’s about child care, it’s about what we need to do to deal with grocery prices. So it’s not one, it’s a package that is with one singular purpose, bringing down the cost of living.”

The last full week of the 2024 campaign is finally, mercifully, almost over.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are neck-and-neck in national polling, as they’ve been for months. In more than a half-dozen swing states, the margins separating the candidates are very close — and either candidate could clearly pull ahead by Monday.

There are signs, however, of which way this thing may be going. Harris is closing, by any honest account, with a show of strength. Her thousands-strong crowd on the Ellipse on Wednesday, not to mention the thousands more turned away for lack of space, was a shot directly across the bow of Trump, whose own crowd began abandoning him once again last week in Michigan. The former president kept his supporters waiting for hours while he talked to Joe Rogan.

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