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Eric Garcia

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Kamala Harris is speaking to Oprah Winfrey on Thursday evening in Michigan for a major campaign fundraiser with people joining online as well as an in-studio audience.

The “Unite for America” live stream event started at 8pm ET.

Meanwhile, the latest AP/NORC poll shows Harris pulling ahead of Donald Trump as the candidate of whom voters have a more positive view.

Specifically, the vice president scores higher on where she is “tough enough to be president”, “would change the country for the better”, and “would fight for people like you”.

The former president meanwhile scores highest on “will say anything to win the election”.

Trump delivered his latest rally in Uniondale on Long Island, New York, on Wednesday, pledging to “bring back religion” to thank God for saving his life, and asking New Yorkers to vote for him by saying: “What the hell do you have to lose?”

The Republican nominee also pledged to visit Springfield, Ohio, after he and running mate JD Vance spread a bogus story about Haitian immigrants stealing and eating residents’ pets, inspiring a spate of bomb threats.

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Tim Walz is out to teach Trump a lesson as he trials election attack lines on the road

Andrew Feinberg writes:

Comfortable in khakis and an open collar, Walz couldn’t be more different from JD Vance, the awkward man in a boxy suit and an overly long tie. Instead of talking about ‘threats to democracy’, Harris’s running-mate made a football analogy about January 6th — and it went down a storm.

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I went on the road with Tim Walz as he trialed his new attack lines against Trump

Comfortable in khakis and an open collar, Walz couldn’t be more different from the awkward, suited JD Vance. Instead of talking about threats to democracy, Harris’s running mate made a football analogy about the January 6 riots – and it went down a storm, as Andrew Feinberg reports from North Carolina

Oliver O'Connell20 September 2024 00:50
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Trump hits out at former ally Howard Stern for ‘going woke’

Donald Trump has gone after Howard Stern for turning on the former president in recent years, something Trump has blamed on the radio show host becoming “woke.”

Trump appeared on the Fox News late-night show Gutfeld! on Wednesday evening where he was shown a clip of the radio host and several other celebrities lambasting the former president.

Gustaf Kilander has the story.

‘He’s changed’: Trump hits out at former ally Howard Stern for ‘going woke’

‘I hate the people who vote for him. I think they’re stupid,’ radio show host says

Oliver O'Connell20 September 2024 00:30
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Hunter Biden’s federeal firearms sentencing delayed until December

Hunter Biden will be sentenced on felony firearms charges in December after the judge agreed Thursday to a delay requested by the defense.

In June, President Joe Biden ‘s son was convicted in Delaware federal court of three felonies for purchasing a gun in 2018 when, prosecutors said, he lied on a federal form by claiming he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs.

He was initially scheduled to be sentenced on November 13, but the judge agreed to delay the hearing until December 4 after Hunter Biden’s lawyers said they needed more time to adequately prepare.

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Hunter Biden's sentencing on federal firearms charges delayed until December

Hunter Biden will be sentenced on felony firearms charges in December after the judge agreed to a delay requested by the defense

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As he claims Zyn is run by ‘humorless, left-wing drones’, Tucker Carlson starts his own nicotine-pouch brand

Former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson is launching his own nicotine pouch brand after claiming Zyn is run by “humorless, left-wing drones.”

Carlson plans to launch the brand, Alp, in November, he told The Wall Street Journal. This comes after he made a strange comment about Zyn back in October – and the company fired back.

Katie Hawkinson has the story.

Tucker Carlson starts nicotine-pouch brand as he claims ‘left-wing drones’ run Zyn

Right-wing pundit has also claimed that men ‘should not use’ Zyn

Oliver O'Connell19 September 2024 23:50
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Trump can start selling his nearly $2bn worth of shares in his media company... But will he?

Donald Trump is now free to start selling shares in Truth Social’s parent company, worth nearly $2 billion, but he seems poised to hold onto them.

The GOP nominee and other large shareholders in Trump Media & Tech Group were released at 4pm on Thursday from a lockup agreement that barred them from selling their stock for six months after it was offered. The agreement has been in place since March, when the company went public following a merger, so long as shares traded at $12 or above, Forbes reported.

Trump owns nearly 57 percent of all shares in the company, traded under the ticker DJT. His stake is worth roughly $1.7 billion.

Kelly Rissman reports.

Donald Trump can start selling his $2billion share of his media company. But will he?

Trump owns nearly 57 percent of all shares in Trump Media & Tech Group

Oliver O'Connell19 September 2024 23:30
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Lady Gaga’s father endorses ‘pure’ Donald Trump for president

Joe Germanotta, the father of Lady Gaga, endorsed Donald Trump for president during an appearance on Fox News on Thursday morning.

The Upper West Side restaurateur, who owns Joanne Trattoria, said Trump and Kamala Harris “are two vastly different people, one of them is pure, and he’s a patriot.”

“And the other ... is just going to say whatever she needs to say to get elected,” he added. “That’s basically what I hear.”

Gustaf Kilander has the story.

Lady Gaga’s father endorses ‘pure’ Donald Trump for president

Upper West Side restaurateur backs former president for re-election: ‘His policies are there. They’re on target for me anyway’

Oliver O'Connell19 September 2024 23:15
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Asked about second assassination attempt, Trump says: ‘I always say golf is a very dangerous game'

Donald Trump has joked that he would have used a three wood club to take out the suspected would-be assassin at his Florida golf course.

Just hours after hosting a rally in Uniondale, Long Island – which marked his first public appearance since the second attempt on his life on Sunday – the former president appeared on Fox News’ political satire talk show Gutfeld!

James Liddell reports.

Trump jokes he would have taken out would-be assassin with his three wood

‘I always say golf is a very dangerous game,’ Trump told Greg Gutfeld on Wednesday night

Oliver O'Connell19 September 2024 23:00
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‘Black Nazi’ and ‘perv’: Stunning report details NC Republican candidate’s posts about self on porn forum

North Carolina’s Republican candidate for governor, Mark Robinson, referred to himself as a “black Nazi” and said “slavery is good,” among other shocking remarks, on a porn forum, according to reporting from CNN’s KFile.

Earlier on Thursday, independent journalist Bryan Anderson had said that Robinson’s campaign was bearing down a negative story about to break. A few hours later, CNN’s KFile reported that he had an account on a porn site called “Nude Africa” where the anti-transgender conservative admitted that “I like watching tranny on girl porn!”

The social conservative, who has taken a stance against promiscuity in the past, wrote: “yeah, I’m a perv too,” and reportedly said on the same site when told that a celebrity had had an abortion: “I don’t care. I just wanna see the tape!”

Robinson denies the allegations and told CNN that the account they had found on the porn site was not his.

Eric Garcia and John Bowden report.

‘Black Nazi’ and ‘perv’: Republican candidate’s stunning posts about self on forum

Harris team wasted no time in tweeting about Trump’s warm relationship with Robinson

Oliver O'Connell19 September 2024 22:40
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S&P 500 surges to record high close on euphoria over Fed rate cut

The S&P 500 surged to a record high close on Thursday, the day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 50 basis points and indicated more rate cuts were on the horizon.

Heavyweight stocks that have enjoyed much of this year's stock market rally made fresh gains, with Tesla, Apple and Meta Platforms up sharply.

AI powerhouse Nvidia rallied, helping lift the PHLX semiconductor index.

Better-than-expected jobless claims data further stoked global risk appetite.

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced a rate cut at the high end of expectations, and said it had greater confidence inflation was under control. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the US economy remained strong and the central bank would decide on the appropriate pace of future rate cuts.

Here’s our report on the rate cut decision and how it affects you:

Fed slashes interest rates for first time in years. Here’s what that means for you

The major move signals end to inflation fight while shoring up job market for ‘soft landing’ as borrowing to get cheaper

Oliver O'Connell19 September 2024 22:20
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‘I ain’t see no Haitian eat no cat’: Kodak Black reacts to Trump’s claims about Haitians eating pets

The Florida-born rapper, 27, is the son of Haitian immigrant Marcelene Octave and has been a longtime Trump supporter.

Kevin E G Perry reports on what he said.

Kodak Black reacts to Donald Trump’s claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets

The Florida-born rapper is the son of a Haitian immigrant

Oliver O'Connell19 September 2024 22:10

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