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More than half of registered voters say the threat of political violence will be greater if Donald Trump is elected this November, according to a new poll.

While 58 percent of registered voters think the threat of political violence will be greater under Trump if he is elected, 21 percent say it will fall, a poll from CBS News released Sunday reveals. Another 21 percent say there will be no change.

Just over 40 percent of registered voters say the threat of political violence will be greater if current Vice President Kamala Harris is elected, while 27 percent say it will decrease and 30 percent expect it to stay the same, according to the poll.

Roughly 83 percent of Harris voters believe the threat of political violence will be greater under the former president, while 63 percent of Trump voters say it will rise under the vice president if she wins.

Katie Hawkinson reports.

JD Vance has been called out for “lying” over the price of eggs while on the campaign trail over the weekend.

The Republican vice presidential nominee was at a supermarket in Reading, Pennsylvania to draw attention to the high cost of groceries due to “Harris’s policies”.

Holding a carton of eggs, he said: “Eggs, when Kamala Harris took office, were short of $1.50 a dozen. Now a dozen eggs will cost you around $4. Thanks to Kamala Harris’s inflationary policies, Pennsylvania actually has seen some of the worst grocery price increases of the entire nation, and again, it’s because she cast a deciding what vote on the inflation explosion act.”

However, eagle-eyed viewers spotted the $2.99 price tag on a carton of eggs directly behind the Ohio senator.

TV producer and film maker, Morgan J Freeman, said: “Even in their own damn photo, it shows JD Vance is lying about the price of eggs.”

Embattled North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson is reportedly down to just a single-digit number of paid campaign staffers after the bulk of his team abandoned his bid for the governor’s office after a damaging CNN investigation.

Robinson was the focus of an investigation by the network’s KFile unit on Thursday.

A report published by CNN revealed an extensive history of comments made on a porn site called “Nude Africa” under an email address and username both known to be linked to him.

The comments, which touched on a wide range of topics, were outrageous and shocking — in one, he apparently referred to himself as a “Black Nazi.”

John Bowden has the story.

Alina Habba, attorney for Donald Trump, called the two assassination attempts against him this summer an “embarrassment” for President Joe Biden’s administration.

“No president in this country, and I mean, no president, Republican or Democrat should be in this situation, not once, but twice,” Habba told Fox News.

“It’s an embarrassment to our country. It’s an embarrassment to President Trump,” she continued. “It’s an embarrassment frankly, to Harris and Biden, because they’re the ones in charge right now, and denying assets to a president and future, frankly, future president and the candidate that’s doing the best right now is a serious concern of mine.”

After the second attempt on Trump’s life earlier this month, Biden said the Secret Service “needs more help.”

“Thank God the president is okay,” Biden said last week. “But one thing I want to make clear — the Service needs more help.”

Trump worries that his family could be targeted after two assassination attempts weeks apart

Donald Trump has revealed that he worries about the safety of his family after two assassination attempts against him in a matter of weeks.

The Independent’s Gustaf Kilander has the story:

A new national poll reveals Kamala Harris taking a clear lead for the first time, another sign the Democratic presidential candidate continues to enjoy an advantage in momentum over her opponent Donald Trump, with less than 50 days until the election.

An NBC News survey, published Sunday, shows Harris up five percentage points over Trump, boosted by what appears to be formerly undecided voters who had previously indicated they supported neither the Republican candidate nor his former opponent, Joe Biden.

The share of those so-called “double-haters” dropped from 12 percent in July to 7 percent in the September poll. Harris, meanwhile, has improved by six points from Biden’s standing in the July poll.

NBC’s last survey was released just a week before Biden announced that he was dropping out of the presidential race.

John Bowden reports.

Nearly 750 former high-ranking national security officials have endorsed Kamala Harris for president, warning against Donald Trump’s “scary authoritarian streak,” The Hill reports.

“We do not agree on everything, but we all adhere to two fundamental principles,” the endorsement letter reads. “First, we believe America’s national security requires a serious and capable Commander-in-Chief. Second, we believe American democracy is invaluable.”

Former President Donald Trump is selling commemorative coins for $100 as he continues to ask his supporters for cash by purchasing various merchandise.

The coins display Trump’s face and an image of the White House with the words “In God We Trust.”

Earlier this year, Trump launched golden Trump sneakers and Trump bibles. He has also been selling several batches of NFTs as well as physical Trump cards.

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Prominent election forecaster Nate Silver says Americans should be making “contingency plans” for the prospect of a Trump victory, as the presidential race remains a toss-up.

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