Biden not confident of peaceful 2024 election; Trump visits Georgia alongside Governor Brian Kemp: Live

Donald Trump continues to insist that he has nothing to do with Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s manifesto for a second Trump term, that reads like the backstory to a dystopian novel.

Here’s what the former president wrote on Truth Social this morning:

Lyin’ Kamal Harris, who refuses to do interviews or press conferences because she has no idea how to answer the questions, and is now losing in the polls, continues to make a thing called Project 2025 the central theme of her campaign, advertising and all. Lyin’ Kamala has been informed, legally, that I have, and had, nothing to do with it, NEVER READ IT, NEVER SAW IT, but her ads continue, full blast. When you see them talking about Project 2025, remember, Kamala is lying, just like she lied about working at McDonalds (she didn’t!), or added 818,000 new jobs that didn’t exist (a fraud!), and sooo many other lies. Just like San Francisco and California, itself, she would, if given the chance, COMPLETELY DESTROY OUR COUNTRY!

Donald Trump has broken his silence over his apparent rift with wife Melania Trump around abortion rights, insisting that he told her “I’m not going to tell you what to do.”

In her upcoming memoir, as well as a video posted on X this week, the former first lady has signaled her support for a woman’s right to choose – a stance that appears to put her at odds with her husband and the Republican party.

On Thursday, the former president – who admitted he hadn’t read his wife’s book at a campaign rally last month – was asked about their differences in opinion.

James Liddell reports.

Per the White House, on Saturday, October 5, Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to North Carolina to survey the impacts of Hurricane Helene and receive an on-the-ground briefing about the continued recovery efforts that are occurring in communities across the state.

Harris has previously visited Augusta, Georgia, to see the damage there, as well as received a briefing at FEMA headquarters regarding the extent of the impact of the storm across the southeast of the US.

Donald Trump will return to Butler, Pennsylvania, for a rally this Saturday — the site of the first attempt on his life back on July 13.

The former president will be joined by a host of special guests including the family of Corey Comperatore, the firefighter who was killed by one of the eight shots that shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks fired that day. Two other people were critically injured.

In addition to the Comperatore family, Trump will be joined by members of his own family, Elon Musk, running mate JD Vance, a host of Republican lawmakers, local law enforcement officials, and musician Lee Greenwood.

Here’s the full list, per the Trump Vance campaign:

Helen Comperatore, Wife of Corey Comperatore

Allyson Comperatore, Daughter of Corey Comperatore

Kaylee Comperatore, Daughter of Corey Comperatore

Douglas Meeder, Husband of Kelly Meeder

Kelly Meeder, Sister of Corey Comperatore

Dawn Comperatore-Schaffer, Sister of Corey Comperatore

Dr. Jim Sweetland, 7/13 Butler Rally Attendee & Doctor who served as first responder on 7/13

David Dutch, 7/13 Butler Rally Attendee who was injured

Lou Shear, 7/13 Rally Volunteer & Wife of Ed Shear

Tom Natoli, 7/13 Rally Attendee

Rene White, 7/13 Butler Rally Attendee

Malphine Fogal, 7/13 Butler Rally Attendee & Mother of Russian Prisoner Marc Fogal

Ed Lenz, 7/13 Butler Rally Paramedic

Eric Trump, Son of President Donald J. Trump & Executive Vice President, Trump Organization

Lara Trump, Daughter-in-Law of President Donald J. Trump & Co-Chair, Republican National Committee

Elon Musk, Founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer of SpaceX

Sen. JD Vance, Vice Presidential Nominee & U.S. Senator (OH)

Sen. Eric Schmitt, U.S. Senator (MO)

Rep. Ronny Jackson, U.S. Congressman (TX-13)

Rep. Dan Meuser, U.S. Congressman (PA-09)

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, U.S. Congressman (PA-14)

Rep. Glenn Thompson, U.S. Congressman (PA-15)

Rep. Mike Kelly, U.S. Congressman (PA-16)

Rep. Mike Waltz, U.S. Congressman (FL-06)

Rep. Cory Mills, U.S. Congressman (FL-07)

Comm’r. Sid Miller, Agriculture Commissioner of Texas

Mayor JD Longo, Mayor of Slippery Rock, PA

Sheriff Mike Slupe, Sheriff of Butler County, PA

Sheriff William McKenna, Sheriff of Montour County, PA

Sheriff Scott Neiswonger, Sheriff of Warren County, PA

Sheriff Frank Levindoski, Sheriff of Tioga County, PA

Sheriff Robert Fyock, Sheriff of Indiana County, PA

Sheriff William Carbaugh Jr., Sheriff of Forest County, PA

Sheriff Tony Guy, Sheriff of Beaver County, PA

Sheriff James Ott, Sheriff of Blair County, PA

Sheriff Shawn Zerfoss, Sheriff of Clarion County, PA

Sheriff Todd Caltagarone, Sheriff of Elk County, PA

Sheriff James Custer, Sheriff of Fayette County, PA

Sheriff Dave Powers, Sheriff of Crawford County, PA

Comm’r. Leslie Osche, Chair & Commissioner, Butler County

Comm’r. Kimberly Geyer, Vice Chair & Commissioner, Butler County

Comm’r. Ed Natali, Commissioner, Butler Township

Comm’r. Sam Zurzolo, Commissioner, Butler Township

Chairman Michael Whatley, Chairman, Republican National Committee

Christine Toretti, RNC National Committeewoman (PA)

Chairman Lawrence Tabas, Chairman, PAGOP

Vonne Andring, Senior Advisor, PAGOP

Dave McCormick, Candidate for U.S. Senate (PA)

Steve Witkoff, Founder, Witkoff Group

Jim Worthington, Campaign Bundler & Chairman, Pennsylvania RNC Delegation

Matt Coday, President & Founder, Oil and Gas Workers Association

Ranger Sean Parnell, Ranger, U.S. Army (RET.) & Best-Selling Author

Frog-X Parachute Team, Special Forces Sky Divers (RET.)

Lee Greenwood, American Musician

Scott Lobaido, Artist

Dan Newlin, Attorney, Dan Newlin Injury Attorneys and Donor to July 13 Victims

Rico Elmore, Captain, Trump Force 47, and 7/13 Rally Attendee and First Responder

Dr. Jim Sweetland, 7/13 Rally Attendee and First Responder

Ed Shear, 7/13 Rally Attendee and First Responder

Jim Jones, 7/13 Crane Owner

America’s wealthy classes are supporting Kamala Harris this November, according to new research, despite Donald Trump’s previous record of tax cuts for the rich.

The Arton Capital Affluence & Elections Survey polled 1,031 Americans with a net worth of at least $1m.

The survey found that 52 percent of millionaires will be voting for Harris next month, with just 42 percent for Trump.

Alicja Hagopian takes a closer look at the data.

Elon isn’t the only Silicon Valley kingmaker taking the Republican ticket seriously.

Zuckerberg, the CEO, chairman and controlling shareholder of Facebook’s parent company Meta says he wants to be “non-partisan”.

But that’s not so easy when you’re a monarch in all but name, writes Io Dodds.

Here’s a little more on the former first lady’s new book, in which she doesn’t menton the name Stormy Daniels once but does blame the media for making a furore out of the notorious “I Really Don’t Care, Do U?” coat she chose to wear to visit an immigration center at the Texas border, which, she feels, distracted from the seriousness of the issue in hand.

Which it did – but surely she could have foreseen that it might attract headlines and worn something without a provocative slogan emblazoned it, particularly given the sensitivity of the mission?

Rhian Lubin has the story.

Speaking to The Ruthless Podcast, Trump’s running mate addressed a viral moment from Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate with Tim Walz when he looked knowingly into the camera in a manner reminiscent of Jim Halpert in the US version of The Office.

“This thing that has gone super viral of me kind of doing the Jim from The Office thing, looking into the camera,  it’s because – I wish I could take credit for it – but it’s because I guess the timer is right by the camera,” Vance explained.

“I was trying to, like, you know, pay attention to what [Walz is] saying, but then you have to be ready for, like, when his time’s up because then it’s your turn to speak. And so I was looking at the timer.

“It spawned a million viral memes. So, I’m glad they did it like that.”

Interestingly, Vance also admitted to the show that he had been “nervous as hell” during the debate.

“My wife comes out at the very end… and I look at Usha’s face, and I just knew – I was like, oh s***, we must have done a very good job.

“Usha doesn’t lie to me, and her face especially doesn’t lie to me, and I knew that minute that we had a very good debate.”

Oh boy.

Here’s James Liddell on Mike Lawler.