Kamala Harris says she’d shoot an intruder in her home during star-studded interview with Oprah Winfrey: Live
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on cost of living, reproductive rights, and immigration during event with Oprah Winfrey
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Kamala Harris said during an event alongside Oprah Winfrey on Thursday evening that she would shoot an intruder in her home.
During a discussion about gun violence, Winfrey brought up the fact that Harris revealed herself to be a gun owner during the debate against former President Donald Trump on September 10.
“I did not know that,” Winfrey said to laughter from the in-studio audience at the event entitled “Unite for America.”
“If somebody breaks into my house they’re getting shot,” Harris said, laughing, and added: “I probably should not have said that... my staff will deal with that later.”
A star-studded cast took part in the event in Michigan, including Bryan Cranston, Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Lopez, Tracee Ellis Ross, Julia Roberts, and Meryl Streep.
Harris took the stage in Michigan alongside Winfrey to address the cost of living, reproductive rights, immigration, and gun violence during an event calling on people to register to vote.
Meanwhile, the latest AP/NORC poll shows Harris pulling ahead of Donald Trump as the candidate of whom voters have a more positive view.
Giddy NYU students are sharing blurry videos of Barron sightings on social media
Barron Trump, youngest son of the former president, started his freshman year at New York University earlier this month - sparking a flurry of TikTok videos of the 18-year-old making his way around campus, trailed by Secret Service agents.
Fellow NYU students have been taking and sharing videos of Barron, aptly described by WIRED as “Sasquatch-esque”: short, frantic, blurry clips of the elusive 6’9” freshman making his way to class. Many of these videos are posted then reposted, with users making their own edits and setting them to background music.
Katie Hawkinson reports.
Giddy NYU students share videos of Barron Trump sightings on TikTok
Barron Trump is a freshman at the Manhattan school
ICYMI: Doug Emhoff’s ex-wife leaps to Kamala Harris’s defense again
The ex-wife of Kamala Harris’s husband has yet again defended the vice president on social media after she was attacked for not having biological children.
Kerstin Emhoff rushed to Harris’s defense after Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders appeared to sneer at the Democratic presidential candidate for not having biological children at a town hall event in Flint, Michigan with Donald Trump on Tuesday.
“My kids keep me humble,” Sanders, who also served as White House Press Secretary under Trump, said at the event. “Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesn’t have anything keeping her humble.”
Emhoff was quick to speak out against the comments on social media on Tuesday night.
Katie Hawkinson reports on what she had to say.
Emhoff’s ex-wife defends Harris after Huckabee ‘childless’ attack
Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Harris doesn’t ‘have anything keeping her humble’ because she does not have biological kids
Trump asked New Yorkers ‘what have you got to lose’ by voting for him — he didn’t get the answers he wanted
When former President Donald Trump asked a loyal crowd of supporters in Uniondale, New York on Long Island what the state has to lose by voting for him, he faced nothing but cheers. Online, however, it was a different story.
“I say to the people of New York, with crime at record levels, with terrorists and criminals pouring in, and with inflation eating your hearts out, vote for Donald Trump. What the hell do you have to lose?” Trump asked the cheering crowd.
Gustaf Kilander reports on the answers he received.
Trump asked New Yorkers ‘what have you got to lose’ by voting for him
‘With crime at record levels, with terrorists and criminals pouring in, and with inflation eating your hearts out, vote for Donald Trump,’ Republican nominee pleads
More voters say Harris is ‘tough enough’ to be president than Trump, new poll shows
There are just 47 days until November’s presidential election and the latest AP/NORC poll shows Kamala Harris pulling ahead of Donald Trump as the candidate of which 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”.
Capping the poll off, a larger share of registered voters believe Harris will win on November 5 (40 per cent) over Trump (28 per cent). One-fifth of respondents think both candidates have an equal shot at the White House.
Majorities of both Democratic registered voters and Republican registered voters think their respective candidate will win, while there independent registered voters favor Harris over Trump, but with almost a quarter saying they do not know enough.
In July, after the Republican convention but before Harris was officially designated as the Democratic nominee, the public was more likely to think Trump would prevail over Harris.
While registered voters are divided on whether Harris would make a good president (47 per cent to 41 per cent), a majority think Trump would not (59 per cent to 36 per cent). These views are heavily influenced by partisanship, with about 8 in 10 Democratic voters and Republican voters believing their respective party’s nominees would make a good president.
Registered voters also have more positive views of Harris than Trump as a candidate. While Harris narrowly beats Trump on whether they are each tough enough to be president (43 per cent versus 42 per cent), slightly more think Harris would fight for people like them and would change the country for the better compared with Trump. And six in 10 think Trump will say anything to win the election compared with four in 10 who think the same about Harris.
Currently, about half of registered voters have a favorable opinion of Harris compared with 37% who have a favorable opinion of Trump. The candidates’ favorability ratings are currently similar to August. Last month, the August 2024 AP-NORC Poll found that 48 per cent of the public had a favorable opinion of Harris and 41 per cent had a favorable opinion of Trump.
The latest poll found that 88 per cent of Democratic voters have a favorable view of Harris, while 77 per cent of Republican voters have a positive opinion of Trump.
The nationwide poll was conducted between September 12-16, 2024 using the AmeriSpeak® Panel, the probability-based panel of NORC at the University of Chicago. Online and telephone interviews using landlines and cell phones were conducted with 2,028 adults, including 1,771 self-reported registered voters. The overall margin of sampling error is +/- 3.1 percentage points; +/- 3.5 percentage points for registered voters.
Watch: Another clash in the House Oversight Committee between Comer and Moskowitz
House Oversight Committee Republican Chairman James Comer and Democratic Rep Jared Moskowitz have clashed again over the failure of the GOP to impeach President Joe Biden.
Comer is only nine years older than Moskowitz.
Authors claim ‘The Apprentice’ was heavily edited to stop Trump looking like ‘complete moron'
Donald Trump was so bad at picking who to fire during his stint hosting The Apprentice that the producers of the show would retroactively edit the show to make him look better.
“Our job then was to reverse-engineer the show and to make him not look like a complete moron,” a member of the production team told the authors of new book Lucky Loser, New York Times journalists Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig.
Gustaf Kilander has the story.
Producers edited The Apprentice to stop Trump from looking like a ‘complete moron’
‘That quality that was really bad for him in business was solid gold on the show,’ author says
Zelensky’s office says he will meet with Trump during DC visit
The office of President Volodymyr Zelenksy says that in addition to meeting President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris next week during his visit to Washington, DC, and the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the Ukrainian leader will also meet with former president Donald Trump.
A statement released today reads:
Next week, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the United States. The President of Ukraine will address the UN General Assembly, meet with representatives of American defense and energy companies, and the Ukrainian community. The Head of State will hold bilateral negotiations with leaders of countries and international organizations on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden to present the Plan for Victory. The President of Ukraine expects to discuss the details of this Plan, as well as the United States' support for Ukraine in its fight for freedom.
In addition, the President of Ukraine plans to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris, representatives of the U.S. Congress from both parties, and the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.
Trump classified documents case: Judge under fire for failing to disclose attendance at right-wing banquet
The Florida federal judge who dismissed the special counsel classified documents case against Donald Trump failed to properly disclose her attendance at a 2023 banquet funded by a conservative law school.
The May 5, 2023, event at George Mason University was held in honor of the late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and included attendees from the conservative legal group the Federalist Society and right-leaning judges from across the country.
Josh Marcus reports.
Judge in Trump classified documents case didn’t disclose right-wing banquet
Trump-appointed federal judge Aileen Cannon tossed classified documents case against former president in July
Trump ‘so busy’ he hasn’t read Melania’s book
Donald Trump indicated during a rally on Wednesday night that he has not read Melania Trump’s new memoir even as he pushed his followers to buy it.
“People love our First Lady. Go out and get a book. She just wrote a book. I hope she said good things about... I don’t know. I didn’t... so busy,” Trump said at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York on Long Island.
He added: “She just wrote a book called Melania. Go out and buy it, and if she says bad things about me, I’ll call you all up and I’ll say, don’t buy it.”
The former first lady has not been seen with her husband since the Republican National Convention.
Gustaf Kilander has the story.
Trump indicates he hasn’t read Melania’s new book: ‘So busy’
‘Go out and buy it, and if she says bad things about me, I’ll call you all up and I’ll say, don’t buy it,’ former president says
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