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Trump calls for death penalty for anyone who kills a cop as he visits Michigan in latest campaign stop: Live

While both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have events in Michigan today as Barack Obama and Bill Clinton campaign for vice president in Arizona and North Carolina

Oliver O'Connell,Joe Sommerlad
Friday 18 October 2024 19:10
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Kamala Harris speaks in Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 18, 2024

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Donald Trump found himself confronted by a collection of friends and foes as he attended the Al Smith Memorial Dinner on Thursday, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and New York Attorney General Letitia James among his enemies in attendance.

Accompanied by his wife Melania Trump, the Republican presidential nominee was roasted by host Jim Gaffigan before delivering the Catholic charity gala’s keynote speech, in which he derided election rival Kamala Harris, former president Barack Obama, and Schumer, and commiserated with city mayor Eric Adams on his recent indictment.

While Trump complained about Harris’s absence, the vice president did send in a short comedic video in lieu of appearing, featuring comic Molly Shannon.

Harris spent her evening rallying supporters in Green Bay, Wisconsin, remarking: “When you listen to Donald Trump talk, it becomes increasingly clear, he has no idea what he’s talking about.”

She also declared that “the American people are exhausted with his gaslighting” and sent two MAGA activists out when they heckled her.

Meanwhile, Fox News host Bret Baier admitted to a mistake with a video clip during his interview with Harris this week — something that she was able to play to her advantage.

Both candidates will be in battleground Michigan on Friday.

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Watch: Harris joined by former SNL star for Al Smith dinner skit

Harris makes digs at Trump with SNL comedian in pre-recorded skit at Al Smith dinner
Oliver O'Connell18 October 2024 18:10
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Four mystery accounts forked out $30m of crypto on bets on Trump winning in November

Four mysterious accounts have reportedly bet $30 million on Trump to win the presidency in November.

Bettors on Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction market, have increased their wagers that the Republican nominee would win the election in recent weeks.

While National polling averages by FiveThirtyEight show Harris with a 2.5-point lead over Trump, on Friday, Trump had 60 per cent betting odds on Polymarket compared to Harris’ 39 per cent.

Kelly Rissman took a look at what’s happening.

Four accounts put $30 million of crypto on bets that Trump will win White House

‘There’s strong reason to believe they are the same entity,’ a crypto expert said

Oliver O'Connell18 October 2024 17:50
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Lizzo and Usher to join Harris at Saturday campaign events

CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez reports that Kamala Harris will be joined by Lizzo in Detroit on Saturday for a get-out-the-vote event. Later that day Usher will be on hand for her rally in Atlanta rally.

Oliver O'Connell18 October 2024 17:36
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Eric Trump claims his dad was ‘locked in’ for rambling Bloomberg interview. The internet disagrees

Eric Trump has claimed his father Donald Trump has “never been better than he is right now” and insisted the Republican presidential nominee is “locked in” as the race for the White House enters its final weeks – an assessment that invited a storm of derision on social media.

The younger Trump appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show following the former president’s rambling interview with Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait at the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday.

Joe Sommerlad reports.

Eric Trump claims dad was ‘locked in’ for Bloomberg interview. The internet disagrees

Donald Trump ‘absolutely on point’ during midweek economics grilling in Chicago, his son insisted – inviting a storm of disagreement and derision on social media

Oliver O'Connell18 October 2024 17:30
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81-year-old woman goes viral after voting for first time — her reason is really something...

One 81-year-old woman became a first-time voter after years spent obeying her late husband, who didn’t want her to vote.

Kaleigh Werner has the story.

81-year-old woman votes for first time because late husband wouldn’t let her

Betty Cartledge, 81, voted for the first time in the 2024 US presidential election

Oliver O'Connell18 October 2024 17:15
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Watch: Harris reacts to hecklers at rally

Harris shuts down rally hecklers with 2-sentence Trump jab
Oliver O'Connell18 October 2024 17:04
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Judge unseals appendix to special counsel immunity brief in Trump’s election inteference case

Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case in Washington, DC, agreed to unseal nearly 2,000 pages of heavily redacted pages of evidence submitted by the special counsel’s office, with handfuls of pages across four massive filings tracing the history of the former president’s election denialism.

The filings included transcripts of his remarks, interviews from the House select committee that investigated the January 6 attack, campaign emails, and the so-called “coup memo” outlining the legally dubious attempt to reject the electoral college certification — most of which was previously made public. But the documents are baked into roughly 1,800 pages of appendices to bolster Jack Smith’s case against the former president.

Alex Woodward18 October 2024 16:51
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Trump says he will consider religious exemptions to covering IVF

Donald Trump has indicated he would consider religious exemptions to his IVF mandate that would require insurance companies to cover the costs of the fertility treatment.

“It sounds, to me, like a pretty good idea, frankly,” Trump told the Catholic news channel EWTN on Thursday evening while attending the annual Al Smith dinner in New York City.

“Certainly if there’s a religious problem I think people should go with that. I really think they should be able to do that but we’ll look at that,” Trump said.

Ariana Baio reports.

‘Father of IVF’ Trump will consider religious exemptions to covering procedure

Former president is trying to walk the line between anti-abortion supporters and the general population who favor abortion rights and IVF

Oliver O'Connell18 October 2024 16:50
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Democratic governors on parade for Harris in western Michigan

Oliver O'Connell18 October 2024 16:39
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Watch: The Daily Show mocks Trump for audience reactions to his Univision town hall answers

Oliver O'Connell18 October 2024 16:35

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