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Trump wants ‘apology’ from 60 Minutes after dropping out of interview as Harris prepares for media blitz: Live

VP’s 60 Minutes interview with Bill Whitaker will air on Monday as her GOP rival groans about the program at a Wisconsin rally despite backing out of the interview

'As I was saying': Trump references assassination attempt on return to Butler

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Donald Trump is holding a rally in Juneau, Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon, where he demanded that 60 Minutes give him an “apology.”

Trump backed out of the interview on Tuesday, just ahead of the vice presidential debate on CBS, the same network that airs 60 Minutes.

Earlier this week, CBS said that Trump committed to the interview while the Trump campaign told CNN that the interview was never “locked in” and that the network had “insisted on cutting out of the interview to do fact-checking.”

Meanwhile, Kamala Harris will go on a media blitz this week as she sits down for interviews with 60 Minutes, The View, late-night host Stephen Colbert and radio host Howard Stern with just 30 days left until Election Day.

In a preview for her 60 Minutes interview, Harris was pressed about the US’s relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nearly one year after Hamas attacks on October 7 — questions she largely dodged.

Trump’s Wisconsin rally comes just one day after he held a lie-filled event at the venue in Butler, Pennsylvania where he survived an assassination attempt just three months ago. At Saturday’s rally, he suggested that his political opponents “maybe tried to kill me.”

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Harris to address Israel relationship in new interview

Kamala Harris will address the US relationship with Israel in a CBS 60 Minutes interview set to air on Monday.

In a sneak peek, Haris was asked by Bill Whitaker if the White House lacks influence over Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“The aid that we have given Israel allowed Israel to defend itself against 200 ballistic missiles that were just meant to attack the Israelis and the people of Israel,” Harris said.

“When we think about the threat that Hamas Hezbollah presents Iran, I think that it is, without any question, our imperative to do what we can to allow Israel to defend itself against those kinds of attacks.”

Graeme Massie6 October 2024 18:30
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Economists have blasted Trump's jobs and taxes plans as dangerous. Someone better tell the public

Though Trump often touts his economic experience as a successful businessman, economists worry his plans for a second term would be harmful, writes Ariana Baio.

Economists say Trump’s jobs and tax plans are dangerous. Better tell the voters

Though Trump often touts his economic experience as a successful businessman, economists worry his plans for a second term would be harmful

Graeme Massie6 October 2024 18:06
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ICYMI: Trump falsely suggests at assassination attempt site that his rivals ‘tried to kill me’

Donald Trump returned to the site where he was nearly assassinated this summer, but his brush with death doesn’t appear to have changed him in the slightest.

On Saturday evening, Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania — walking out to a live rendition of “God Bless the USA” by Lee Greenwood — and opened with the words “as I was saying,” referencing the fact that his previous rally at the site ended abruptly when a gunman fired an AR-15 toward the stage, grazing his ear and killing one attendee and injuring two others.

Rather than giving the former president a new perspective on the political temperature in the country, Trump’s rhetoric appears to have become more volatile; during the rally, he suggested that his political opponents “maybe tried to kill me.”

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Trump claims rivals ‘tried to kill me’ as he returns to site of assassination attempt

The former president makes dramatic return to Butler, Pennsylvania stage for first time since July shooting

Graig Graziosi6 October 2024 17:45
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Howard Stern to interview Harris this week

Graeme Massie6 October 2024 17:31
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Trump falsely suggests his rivals ‘tried to kill me’ as he rallies at site of assassination attempt

Trump claims rivals ‘tried to kill me’ as he returns to site of assassination attempt

The former president makes dramatic return to Butler, Pennsylvania stage for first time since July shooting

Graeme Massie6 October 2024 17:09
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Melania says Trump has always known her views on abortion

The former first lady gave an interview to Fox News on Sunday in which she said that her views on abortion came as no surprise to her husband.

“Yes, he knew my position and my beliefs since the day we met, and I believe in individual freedom,” she told host Maria Bartiromo.

“I want to decide what I wanted to do with my body. I think I don’t want government in my personal business,” she added.

Melania’s views on abortion have been included in her forthcoming memoir, despite the former president bragging that he brought an end to Roe v. Wade.

Graeme Massie6 October 2024 16:33
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Trump insinuates Democrats may have been behind his first assassination attempt

Trump insinuates Democrats may have been behind his first assassination attempt
Graeme Massie6 October 2024 16:28
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Trump boasts he does not need teleprompter while flanked by one at Butler rally

Trump boasts he doesn’t need teleprompter while flanked by one at Butler rally

Donald Trump took to the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he asked “Isn’t it nice to have a president that doesn’t need a teleprompter?” while speaking next to one on Saturday (5 October), repeating a line he used at a Michigan rally. Speaking at the site where he was nearly assassinated in July, the former president declared: “Not that I use the teleprompters too much... We don’t need it. This one was right smack in the sun.” Minutes earlier, Mr Trump appeared to read off the teleprompter as he introduced Elon Musk on stage in Butler, describing how the billionaire “created the first major American car company in generations.”

Graeme Massie6 October 2024 16:05
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Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates from the 2024 election

Here’s what the latest polls say about the 2024 presidential election, from The Independent’s data correspondent

Graeme Massie6 October 2024 15:32
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Elon Musk falsely claims Democrats will eliminate elections in US during Donald Trump rally in Butler

Musk falsely claims Democrats will eliminate elections in US during Trump rally

Elon Musk falsely claimed that elections would be eliminated in the US if Donald Trump does not win in November. Speaking at the former president’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania — where the Republican was nearly assassinated in July — the X and Tesla CEO warned “this will be the last election” if Mr Trump doesn’t win. "President Trump must win to preserve the Constitution. He must win to preserve democracy in America," Mr Musk, who does not have a background in politics, claimed.

Graeme Massie6 October 2024 15:04

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