Special counsel filings reveal allegations of Trump’s ‘increasingly desperate efforts’ to overturn 2020 election: Live

Let’s take a look back at some of the key interludes from last night’s head-to-head.

First up, here’s Josh Marcus on the Democrat having to backtrack on his past comments about his stay in China in 1989.

Donald Trump pulled out of an election season interview with CBS News’s 60 Minutes that was set to air on Monday, with the Republican’s camp citing fact-checking provisions and a long-running dispute over the Hunter Biden laptop story as reasons why.

60 Minutes announced the cancellation over X.

“After initially accepting 60 Minutes’ request for an interview with Scott Pelley, former President Trump’s campaign has decided not to participate,” the show wrote in a statement.

The Trump campaign denied he was ever set to appear on the program, where Harris will also sit for an in-depth interview.

“There were initial discussions, but nothing was ever scheduled or locked in,” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung wrote on X.

“They also insisted on doing live fact checking, which is unprecedented.”

Josh Marcus has more on the no-show.

The Republican’s attack on the Biden administration for allowing clean energy jobs to go to China yesterday, part of an attempt to pitch himself as a dynamic job creator, has invited a slew of derision online, with many film fans noting the sad lack of work coming the way of the award-winning Amy Adams since she starred in the Netflix adaptation of his memoir Hillbilly Elegy in 2020.

Greg Evans reports.

Here’s James Liddell with the view from late-night.

The day after the night before, JD Vance will be “delivering remarks” in Auburn Hills and Marne, Michigan, today while Tim Walz will be undertaking a bus tour of Pennsylvania.

The Minnesota Governor had expected Kamala Harris to join him on that trip but, instead, she will be travelling to Georgia to visit communities devastated by Hurricane Helene in recent days.

Her replacement on the Walz bus ride will be none other than Senator John Fetterman.

President Joe Biden will also be visiting Helene victims in North Carolina, a state Harris is expected to visit too “in the coming days”.

And Trump?

He doesn’t appear to be doing anything today but does have a rally planned in Saginaw, Michigan, tomorrow, followed by a town hall event in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Friday and a return to Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, the scene of the first attempt on his life back on July 13.

MAGA social media is having a field day with this clip of Davis, one of ABC’s moderators in Philadelphia three weeks ago, trashing Tim Walz’s performance last night by comparing it to the night that ended the president’s pursuit of a second term on June 27.

Since Trump’s running mate does not appear to enjoy being fact-checked, here’s Rhian Lubin and Alex Woodward to do precisely that.

I thought it was the libs who were supposed to be easily triggered?

This was the moment she was so incensed by.

The CNN correspondent hung Don Jr out to dry in the spin room last night after he attempted to blame the media for the two recent assassination attempts against his father.

Here’s a quick recap if you’re just joining us or waking up bleary-eyed in the United States.