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☆ The final undecided voters could sway the election. They’re not wild about the choice.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Seitz-Wald-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alex Seitz-Wald | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

In NBC News’ early October national survey, just 4% of registered voters said they didn’t want to make a choice between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. One said they plan to vote for Trump, another that they are likely to vote for Harris, and another plans to not vote at all. How anyone could still be undecided a week out from a critical election can be difficult to fathom for supporters of either Trump or Harris. Eric Bush, a systems administrator from Florida, said he’s waiting until he is in the voting booth to make his final choice. But he is still weighing backing Harris, acknowledging a vote for Harris could lead to bigger-government policies that could help others.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, Trump, Eric Bush, he’s, “, ” Bush, ”, Deshaun, ” Hall, Helen Peppas, Biden, ” “ Trump, I’m, ’, Rachel Naiziurski, Jill Stein, Naiziurski, Chase Oliver, Mike Pence, Oliver, Rob Czaplewski, Nikki Haley, Marco Rubio, ” Czaplewski Organizations: NBC, ’, NBC News, Trump, Green Party, Biden, Israel, Capitol, Nebraska Republican, United Nations, GOP Locations: Florida, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Idaho, New York, Gaza, Amarillo , Texas

Krasner said that his "patriotic" team was prepared to handle any issues on Election Day and called any attempts to undermine or influence the vote in Philadelphia "utterly unacceptable." "As they say in Philly, if somebody wants to come and do that, they can F around and find out," he added. A man demonstrates in favor of letting all ballots be counted on Nov. 6, 2020, in front of the Convention Center in Philadelphia. During a 2020 presidential debate, Trump warned that "bad things happen in Philadelphia." “Thing two, of course, is that the most diverse and most Democratic — capital 'D,' Democratic — city in Pennsylvania is Philadelphia.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Larry Krasner, we’ve, ” Krasner, Krasner, Jennifer Huxta, Donald Trump, George H.W, Trump, Rudy Giuliani, —, Joe Biden, Biden, Mike Roman, “, I'm, they've, I've, holler, everybody's, he's, Elon Musk, Stewart Rhodes, Enrique Tarrio, Jan, Antonio Lamotta Organizations: WASHINGTON, NBC News, Convention Center, Bloomberg, Getty, Democrat, Republican, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, New, New York City, Trump, Democratic, FBI, Philadelphia Convention, Proud Boys, Capitol Locations: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, America’s, Philly, New York, Erie , Pennsylvania, Detroit, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Democratic —, U.S

☆ The U.S. has a new strategy for combating foreign election interference, but will it work?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Last week, a video popped up on social media falsely claiming to show someone ripping up ballots in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Instead of relying on flagging suspected foreign disinformation posts to social media companies, U.S. authorities are declassifying information about foreign election interference in an unprecedented way, seizing web domains and issuing indictments that have exposed the mechanics of Russian and Iranian information warfare, officials and researchers said. U.S. intelligence officials later said Russian “influence actors” were behind the false story. And social media companies, under intense legal and political pressure from Republican critics, have scaled back or scrapped teams in recent years that used to take down inflammatory or conspiratorial content. The combination of homegrown falsehoods about “stolen” election conspiracies, surging foreign disinformation campaigns and a laissez-faire approach by tech firms threatens to undermine the foundations of American democracy, experts and lawmakers said.

Persons: “, ”, Paul Kolbe, ” Kolbe, haven’t, Biden, Yuri Kadobnov, Donald Trump’s, Matthew Olsen, — we’ve, Bret Schafer, ” Schafer, Esteban Ponce de, Tim Walz, Walz, Trump, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, ” Jamieson Organizations: FBI, Justice Department, Central Eurasia, CIA, Media, Russia, Getty, Kremlin, Alliance, Securing Democracy, NBC, Atlantic Council, Forensic Research, Democratic, Gallup, Republican, Democracies, University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication Locations: Bucks County , Pennsylvania, Russia, Iran, China, Cuba, Moscow, Tehran, Tennessee, United States, AFP, Esteban Ponce de León, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Russian, Vietnam

Voter turnout among this group is low — less than 8% in the 2020 presidential election, according to FVAP, compared with almost 67% overall. Overseas voters “can sway an election, especially in the swing states,” said James Lockett, chair of Democrats Abroad Hong Kong. During the 2022 midterm elections, overseas voters also made the difference in close races in Connecticut, New Hampshire and North Carolina, the DNC said. Even as Republicans raise concerns about overseas voters, their presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, appears to be seeking their support. “You can’t treat overseas Americans as second-class citizens, and I don’t care if they are Republicans, Democrats or independents.”

Persons: ”, James Lockett, Lockett, Abhi Rahman, “ We’re, ” Lockett, we’re, Biden, Lloyd Austin, “, Donald Trump, ” Trump, Solomon Yue, Trump, Kamala Harris, Yue, “ It’s, “ You’ve Organizations: U.S, Republicans, Voting, Overseas, Democratic National Committee, Republican National Committee, ” Reuters, Wall Street, Republicans Overseas, Democratic, RNC Locations: HONG KONG, United States, U.S, Hong Kong, Texas, Arizona , Georgia, Michigan, Nevada , North Carolina , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Connecticut , New Hampshire, North Carolina, Michigan , North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Eritrea, Oregon

NCRI identified 951 accounts that engaged in “coordinated inauthentic activity” associated with a pro-Harris campaign called #BlueCrew. Researchers have repeatedly documented how propagandists have used automated accounts, or bots, to spread false narratives on social media. NBC NewsNot all accounts that engage in coordinated inauthentic behavior are bots. “These highly inauthentic accounts do more than spread misinformation; they establish a self-reinforcing cycle,” the NCRI report says. “This means that a relatively small subset of orchestrated, inauthentic accounts is responsible for a disproportionately large share of the misleading information being circulated.

Persons: Donald Trump, ”, “, Joel Finkelstein, netizens, BlueCrew, Trump, Butler, NCRI, Harris, Mike Johnson, Kamala Harris Organizations: Rutgers University’s Network, Research, Democratic, Trump, NBC, MSNBC Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Ohio, Russia, Iran, China, Springfield , Ohio

Charlotte Kates, a New Jersey native and Rutgers Law School graduate who co-founded the pro-Hamas organization Samidoun, has become the focus of an ongoing legal debate: When does free speech cross the line into breaking federal anti-terrorism laws? Germany banned the organization last November, and Israel designated it a terrorist organization in 2021. Kates’ open support of terrorist organizations puts her in the middle of a growing legal dispute: When does free speech cross the line into breaking federal anti-terrorism laws? “As far as I’m concerned, this is legitimate political advocacy, unpleasant as it may be.”What is ‘knowingly’ coordinating with a terrorist organization? “You don’t have a right to pick and choose which law to follow.”Not all federal law enforcement experts agree with Burns’ approach.

Persons: Charlotte Kates, Kates, “, ” Kates, Samidoun, Tom Petrowski, ” Petrowski, Dr Basem Naim, Odysee Petrowski, David Goldberger, Goldberger, ”, —, Basem Naim, Naim, Israel “, Andrew Lichtenstein, they’re, John Roberts, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “ We’re, “ It’s, Frank Figliuzzi, ” Figliuzzi, Daniel Richman, webinars, ” Richman, “ Definitionally, Khaled Barakat, Barakat, ” Samidoun, Lara Burns, Burns, George, ” Burns, Barbara McQuade, ” McQuade, McQuade, webinar Organizations: Rutgers Law School, NBC News, Treasury, Canadian, Republican, Justice Department, FBI, Civil, Terrorism Task Force, Hamas, Samidoun, Odysee, Palestine Islamic, American Civil Liberties Union, YouTube, ”, Columbia University, Supreme, Kurdistan Workers ’ Party, Liberation Tigers, NBC, Columbia, Treasury Department, Front, Liberation, PFLP, Palestine, Palestinian, Columbia University Apartheid, World Trade, Patriot, Brandenburg, Land Foundation, George Washington University’s Program, Extremism, Islamic State, Eastern, Eastern District of Locations: New Jersey, Vancouver , British Columbia, U.S, South Africa, Germany, Israel, Vietnam, Dallas, Palestine, American, Skokie , Illinois, New York, Chicago, New York City, Kurdistan, Tamil Eelam, webinars, Swiss, Instagram, Brandenburg v . Ohio, Texas, Eastern District, Eastern District of Michigan

☆ New York state officials seize Instagram-famous squirrel named Peanut from owner
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Longo brought Peanut home and cared for him for eight months before trying to release the squirrel into the great outdoors. Longo determined that Peanut lacked the survival skills to live in the wild and would remain an indoor squirrel. Longo is aware that it’s against New York state law to own a wild animal without a license. “If we’re not following the rules, guide us in the right direction to follow the rules, you know?” Longo said. Longo is not the first animal owner to protest the confiscation of a pet by New York authorities.

Persons: Fred, —, Mark Longo’s, Longo, ”, “, Mark Longo's, Mark Longo, ” Longo, Instagram, Peanut, Daniela, we’re Organizations: of Environmental, of Environmental Conservation, DEC, New York City, USA Locations: York, Pennsylvania, Pine City, N.Y, New York, Norwalk , Connecticut, Buffalo

☆ If Trump declares victory before votes are counted, 'it will fail,' Harris campaign says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former US President Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives, more than 3 hours late, to a campaign rally in Traverse City, Michigan on October 25, 2024. A senior official in the presidential campaign of Kamala Harris said Friday they "fully expect" Donald Trump to declare victory before votes are fully counted on Election Day evening. It failed," said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity in a press call, according to NBC News. The official said Republican nominee Trump "lies all the time" and is already seeking "to sow doubt about a loss that he anticipates is coming" on Tuesday against Harris, the Democratic nominee and current vice president. The call came on the heels of baseless claims by Trump that there is large-scale "cheating" going on in voting in Pennsylvania, a key swing state in the election.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Trump, Harris Organizations: US, Republican, NBC News, Democratic, Trump Locations: Traverse City , Michigan, Pennsylvania

☆ Hugh Hewitt quits The Washington Post after storming off newspaper’s live show
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt resigned from his contributing columnist role at The Washington Post on Friday after storming off the newspaper’s live show over a disagreement with his colleagues. “No election can be fair in Donald Trump’s mind unless Donald Trump wins it,” Marcus said before Hewitt interjected. It’s got to be reported — Bucks County was reversed by the court and instructed to open up extra days because they violated the law and told people to go home,” Hewitt said. “So yes, he’s upset about Bucks County, but he was right, and he won in court. After storming off the show, Hewitt confirmed to Fox News that he had parted ways with The Post.

Persons: Hugh Hewitt, Hewitt’s, Jonathan Capehart, Ruth Marcus, Donald Trump, Capehart, Marcus, Hewitt, “, Donald Trump’s, ” Marcus, Hewitt interjected, “ I’ve, It’s, ” Hewitt, Trump, ” Capehart, Hugh, ” “, Jonathan, how’s, Fox, Trump’s MAGA, Jeff Bezos Organizations: New, New York CNN — Conservative, Washington, Republican National Committee, RNC, Tuesday’s, Fox News, Salem Media Locations: New York, Pennsylvania, Bucks, Philadelphia, Bucks County

Ms. Harris starts out with 226 likely electoral votes compared with 219 for Mr. Trump, with 93 votes up for grabs. Scenario 6 Or by winning Pennsylvania, Michigan and either Georgia … Or by winning Pennsylvania, Michigan and either Georgia … Scenario 7 … or North Carolina. Ms. Harris and Mr. Trump have been campaigning hard and often there, and Democrats hope that the favorable governor’s race could help them. Scenario 5 … like Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin … … like Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin … Scenario 6 … or Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania. The Harris campaign is taking a similar approach, focusing on white college-educated women, who currently favor Ms. Harris by 29 points.

Persons: Brandon Bell, Harris, immovably, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Biden, Trump, Trump’s, Harris –, Trump’s resiliency, Harris’s, William Frey, Michael Dukakis, Josh Shapiro, JD Vance, Mr, Bill McInturff, there’s, –, Joe Rogan’s, Doug Sosnik, Bill Clinton Organizations: Trump, Electoral, Democrats, Republicans, Democratic, Mr, Sun, Electoral College, NBC, Black, Brookings Institution, Michigan, …, Republican, Biden Locations: Virginia, Minnesota, Georgia, Arizona , Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona , Georgia, Nevada , North Carolina , Pennsylvania, Wis, Mich, Pa, Nev, N.C, Ariz . Ga, Ariz ., Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin . Pennsylvania, …, … Georgia, Arizona , Michigan, Pennsylvania , Michigan

☆ Black business leaders make a final push for Harris' economic plans to Black men
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Frank Holland | In Frank-Holland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris greets a supporter as she stops at LegendErie Records and Coffee House, a Black-owned small business, in Erie, Pennsylvania, Oct. 14, 2024. Signs supporting Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, hang inside the restaurant in a predominantly Black neighborhood in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. This cycle, Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has made inroads, although polls vary widely on precisely how much. "I think it's very important to not operate from the assumption that Black men are in anybody's pocket," Harris said. "Black men are like any other voting group.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Cortez Johnson, She's, Johnson, Harris, Joe Biden, It's, Donald Trump, Trump, You've Organizations: Democratic, LegendErie Records, Coffee, CNBC, Jim's West, Republican, National Association of Black Journalists Locations: Erie , Pennsylvania, Jim's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In the previous presidential election, more than 3 million Pennsylvanians requested mail-in ballots and 85% – just over 2.6 million – voted by mail. To date, more than 2 million people have requested mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania and so far, 71% – over 1.5 million – have returned them. In one transaction, voters apply for, complete and submit their mail-in ballot at a designated election site before Election Day. “A handful of people were allegedly turned away from early voting lines in Bucks County. The county responded by agreeing in court to additional days, not just hours, of early voting,” the senior official said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump’s, it’s, ” Jon Sherman, Trump, “ There’s, ”, Dan Mallinson, Vance, ” Vance, Harris Organizations: Pittsburgh CNN, Elections, Republicans, Republican, Penn State, Democratic Locations: Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Philadelphia, Keystone, Pennsylvania’s, Penn State Harrisburg, Allegheny County, Bucks

☆ American Battleground: The fight to the finish — and what lies beyond the 2024 campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Tom Foreman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +25 min

“Do you think Donald Trump is a fascist?” Anderson Cooper asked her in a CNN town hall just two days earlier. They are indeed the ‘enemy from within.’”Former President Donald Trump addresses the crowd during his campaign rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden on October 27. You’re a sh*t vice president.’”It’s crude, it’s rude, but for Trump’s campaign it is right on target. “We know what Donald Trump wants,” Harris says in DC just outside the vice presidential residence. As Trump’s 2020 campaign communications director Erin Perrine puts it, “Donald Trump is a political anomaly.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Read, Trump, Kamala Harris, ” Anderson Cooper, “, ” Harris, Rebecca Wright, John Kelly, Trump “, Defense James Mattis, John Bolton, Mark Esper, Bob Woodward, Staff Mark Milley, Republican Sen, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, Mike Johnson, ”, Harris, ” “, Tony Hinchcliffe, Puerto Rico, ’ ”, Anna Moneymaker, ” Trump, Ezra Klein, Maggie Haberman, He’s, Edward, Isaac Dovere, …, ” Demonizing Harris, Frank Luntz, CNN’s, Michael Duncan, you’ve, Erick Erickson, Arnold Palmer’s, ’, Jenny Kane, Jeff Zeleny, Gloria Borger, he’s, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong, “ She’s, Eva McKend, ” Zeleny, CNN’s Laura Coates, Biden, ” Coates, Julia Roberts, Eminem, Oprah, Beyonce, Michelle Obama, CNN’s Dovere, Barack Obama, Jonathan Drake, Reuters Trump, ” McKend, Erin Perrine, “ Donald Trump, Daniel Dale, Hurricane Helene, Mike Pence, “ Let’s, Let’s, Sinéad O’Connor, Hillary Clinton, We’ve, Norm Eisen, Eisen, – Trump, –, Stephanie Cutter, Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters Harris, Abraham Lincoln Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, ABC, ”, Trump, Trump’s, New York Times, Defense, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Republican, Marxist, Madison, Democratic, Puerto Ricans, New, Garden, GOP, Fox, WIN, Political, Illegal Voters, The New York Times, ” CNN, Fox News, Reuters, Biden, Univision, Capitol, “, United States Capitol Locations: Delaware County , Pennsylvania, York City, Puerto, Mexico, Portland , Oregon, Pennsylvania, DC, Georgia, In Michigan, Detroit, Charlotte , North Carolina, Trump, Hurricane, Madison, Washington ,

☆ Elon Musk $1 million voter lottery suit sent back to state court
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk, who supports Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump, gestures as he speaks about voting during an America PAC Town Hall in Folsom, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 17, 2024. A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Friday sent back to state court a lawsuit against billionaire Elon Musk and his political action committee seeking to halt their $1 million daily giveaway to voters in the swing state. The order returning the case to state court in Philadelphia came a day after the suit by the city's District Attorney Larry Krasner was removed to federal court at the request of the Tesla CEO Musk and his America PAC. Krasner's lawsuit accuses Musk and the PAC of running an illegal lottery by offering a random cash prize to registered voters in Pennsylvania. Friday's ruling sets the stage for Krasner to potentially obtain a quick order in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas blocking America PAC from awarding any more $1 million prizes to registered voters in the state.

Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Larry Krasner, Musk, Krasner, Gerald Pappert, Pappert, John Summers Organizations: PAC Town Hall, America PAC, PAC, District Attorney, America Locations: Folsom , Pennsylvania, U.S, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, city's

☆ Dominion Energy is discussing small nuclear reactors with other tech companies after Amazon agreement
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Dominion Energy is talking with other tech companies about developing small modular nuclear reactors, after the Virginia utility entered into an agreement with Amazon last month to look at advancing the next-generation technology. Tech companies are investing in nuclear power as they hunt for carbon-free, reliable electricity to support the growing energy needs of artificial intelligence data centers. Alphabet 's Google agreed last month to purchase power from the startup Kairos Power, a developer of small modular reactors. Small modular reactors promise to reduce capital costs and speed the deployment of nuclear plants. There is no operating small modular reactor in the U.S. right now.

Persons: Robert Blue, Blue, It's, we've Organizations: Dominion Energy, Amazon, Dominion, Tech, Talen Energy, Susquehanna, Microsoft, Constellation Energy, Google Locations: Saint Paul , Virginia, Virginia, Louisa County , Virginia, Virginia . Virginia, Pennsylvania, U.S

☆ Instagram-famous squirrel named Peanut seized by New York state authorities
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Mark Longo with his pet squirrel, Peanut. Longo brought Peanut home and cared for him for eight months before trying to release the squirrel into the great outdoors. Longo is aware that it’s against New York state law to own a wild animal without a license. “If we’re not following the rules, guide us in the right direction to follow the rules, you know?” Longo said. Longo is not the first animal owner to protest the confiscation of a pet by New York authorities.

Persons: Fred, –, Mark Longo’s, Longo, Mark Longo, ”, “, ” Longo, Instagram, Peanut, Daniela, we’re Organizations: of Environmental Conservation, AP, DEC, New York City, USA Locations: York, Pennsylvania, Pine City, New York, Norwalk , Connecticut, Buffalo

☆ Thousands of ballots are at stake as the Supreme Court considers Pennsylvania voting rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Marc Meredith | Michael Morse | Marc Meredith Is A Professor Of Political Science At The University Of Pennsylvania | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Together, Pennsylvania’s mail ballot rules have generated an entire vocabulary for rejected mail ballots — ballots that are unsigned, undated or misdated, or even “naked,” if they are not clothed in a secrecy envelope. The latest update from Oct. 31 — after the general statewide deadline to request a mail ballot — shows there were 2,193,578 mail ballot applications ever approved. Combined with the deficient returned ballots that we already know about referenced above, that comes to about 8,000 deficient mail ballots that have been returned to date. Although this general election will likely see more mail ballots returned than the previous midterm, the trend so far suggests we might have fewer mail ballots rejected. Moreover, the experience in 2022 suggests there will also be thousands of provisional ballots cast by voters who return deficient mail ballots.

Persons: — Organizations: U.S, Supreme, NBC, Philadelphia Board, Democratic, Senate Locations: Pennsylvania

☆ Two parties, two very different closing arguments: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. Closing arguments in battle for Congress focus on abortion and immigrationBy Bridget BowmanBoth parties are zeroing in on very different issues as they make their closing arguments to voters in the battles that will determine control of the closely divided House and Senate. Meanwhile, immigration is the top topic in Republican ads, followed by Vice President Kamala Harris, taxation, President Joe Biden, and candidate character. Jon Tester and Sherrod Brown are looking to win over voters who will likely be supporting former President Donald Trump. Follow live updates from the campaign trail →That’s all from the Politics Desk for now.

Persons: Bridget Bowman, Jonathan Allen, Katherine Doyle, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Democratic Sens, Jon Tester, Sherrod Brown, Read, Bridget →, Henry J, Gomez, Ali Vitali, Brown, Barack Obama, Republican Bernie Moreno, Jon Ossoff, David Perdue, Moreno, MAGA, Donald Trump Jr, Sen, Lindsey Graham, Henry, Ali → Harris, Trump, Yamiche Alcindor, Megan Lebowitz PHOENIX, Donald Trump’s, “, ” Harris, ” Trump, ”, ” “, ’ I’m, → Trump, Katherine Doyle Donald Trump, Virginia —, haven’t, —, Harris, Hal e y on, lon Musk tran, lea Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, White, Abortion, Democratic, Bridget → Buckeye, Republican, Senate, NBC News, Trump, GOP, North Carolina —, Electoral College, idate Dav, McC Locations: Montana and Ohio, Ohio, Green Bay , Wisconsin, New Mexico, Virginia, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Michigan , Wisconsin , Arizona , Nevada , Georgia, North Carolina, Georgia , Arizona, Wisconsin, York, Florida

☆ Full transcript: Vice President Kamala Harris interviewed by NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

NBC News’ Yamiche Alcindor interviewed Vice President Kamala Harris just before her rally at the Talking Stick Amphitheatre in Phoenix on Thursday afternoon. And I’m going to be all over the country pretty much — especially in the swing states — talking with folks about the issues that relate to them and the contrast between me and Donald Trump. And this, again, is a big contrast between me and Donald Trump. ALCINDOR: Former President Donald Trump has said that he would be a protector of women, whether they like it or not. ALCINDOR: Former President Trump also rode around in a garbage truck to call attention to President Biden’s comments about his supporters and their rhetoric.

Persons: Yamiche Alcindor, Kamala Harris, HARRIS, Donald Trump, Michelle Obama, Trump, Biden’s, I’ve, Biden, you’re, you’ve, Kamala, it’s, That’s Organizations: NBC, Madam, ALCINDOR, United Locations: Phoenix, Arizona, Wisconsin , Pennsylvania, America, United States

In an interview with popular podcaster Joe Rogan, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance suggested that he and Donald Trump can win the “normal gay guy vote” and that families with transgender children are looking for an edge in Ivy League college admissions. An early portion of the interview focused heavily on transgender people and transition-related medical care, which Vance described as “pharmaceutical conversion therapy” for gay people. “I mean that’s what to me is so crazy about some of the hyper-left-wing reaction,” Vance responded. “Well, I think I’m probably going to pick you, but I don’t know, and I’m not ready to make a decision,” Vance recalled Trump saying. “We’re sitting there watching, like, some stupid show, ‘Emily in Paris’ on Netflix or something,” Vance said, before catching himself.

Persons: Joe Rogan, Vance, Donald Trump, Trump, ” Vance, “, Rogan —, ”, Kamala Harris, Rogan, ” Rogan, I’ve, you’ve, “ I’ve, ” Trump, Butler, I’m, who’s, —, “ We’re, Emily Organizations: Ivy League, Harvard, Yale, Yale Law School, “, Human Rights, Trump, Republican, Netflix, Service Locations: Minneapolis, Toronto, Butler , Pennsylvania, Cincinnati , Ohio, Cincinnati, Paris

☆ Key inflation rate hits 2.1% in September, as expected, closing in on Fed target
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Jeff Cox | Jeff Cox Is A Finance Editor With Cnbc.Com Where He Covers All Aspects Of The Markets | Monitors Coverage Of The Financial Markets | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Inflation increased slightly in September and moved closer to the Federal Reserve’s target, according to a Commerce Department report Thursday. The personal consumption expenditures price index showed a seasonally adjusted 0.2% increase for the month, with the 12-month inflation rate at 2.1%, both in line with Dow Jones estimates. Fed officials target inflation at a 2% annual rate, a level it has not achieved since February 2021. The annual rate was 0.1 percentage point higher than forecast but the same as in August. Consumer spending rose 0.5%, topping the outlook by 0.1 percentage point.

Persons: Dow Jones Organizations: Commerce Department, Fed, Energy, Labor Department, of Labor Statistics

Abortion is the most-mentioned topic in Democratic closing ads, followed by immigration, health care, bipartisanship, and taxation, according to an analysis of more than 300 TV ads from candidates and joint ads they ran with party committees. The analysis looked at ads, tracked by AdImpact, that aired Wednesday in competitive House and Senate races. Immigration is the top topic in Republican ads, followed by Vice President Kamala Harris, taxation, President Joe Biden, and candidate character. Larry Hogan and Wisconsin businessman Eric Hovde — had TV ads mentioning the issue on Wednesday. In Ohio, one of businessman Bernie Moreno’s closing ads features Trump saying, “Sherrod Brown is a radical left politician.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Democratic Sens, Jon Tester, Sherrod Brown, Donald Trump, Tester, “ Tim Sheehy doesn’t, Sheehy, It’s, ”, Larry Hogan, Eric Hovde —, Hogan, Democratic Sen, Tammy Baldwin, “, ” Hovde, Amy Walter, Don Bacon, Brandon Williams, Marc Molinaro, California’s Matt Gunderson, Virginia’s Derrick Anderson —, John Tester, Harris, Biden, Trump, Bernie Moreno’s, “ Sherrod Brown, Bernie Moreno, ” Harris, Maryland Democrat Angela Alsobrooks, Pennsylvania Democratic Sen, Bob Casey’s, Casey “ Organizations: Democratic, GOP, Maryland Gov, National Republican, Nebraska, Republican, America, Republicans, ” Immigration, Trump, Maryland Democrat, Democrat, Pennsylvania Democratic, NAFTA Locations: Montana and Ohio, Washington, Wisconsin, New York, In Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, China

The early votes of new voters — voters who did not show up in 2020 — are of particular interest because they are votes that could change what happens in 2024 relative to the last presidential election. The data out of Pennsylvania shows large differences in the number of votes cast by new voters, both by party registration and by gender. More new voters are registered Democrats than Republicans, and new female voters are driving this partisan gap. The new male voters are only slightly more likely to be Democrats than Republicans, but among new female voters, Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 2 to 1. But the Republican advantage in new Arizona voters so far is being driven largely by male voters.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Donald Trump ., Biden, Kamala Harris, Josh Clinton Organizations: NBC, Democratic, Trump, don’t, Republicans, Biden, New, Democrats, Arizona voters Locations: Pennsylvania, Arizona, Arizona , Nevada , North Carolina, Georgia , Michigan, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada

PHILADELPHIA — Elon Musk’s legal team filed court papers that delayed a potential ruling on a lawsuit over his super PAC's $1 million lottery-style giveaways. The federal court filing automatically blocked any immediate action in state court, where Judge Angelo Foglietta had already scheduled Thursday’s hearing. Summers said he planned to argue in federal court to have the case returned to state court. “We will proceed to federal court, and we will address the issues there and seek to have the matter remanded back to the state court,” he told reporters outside the state courtroom Thursday. “Let’s be serious.”“If anyone could land a rocket ship in Philadelphia, it’s Elon Musk,” Summers replied.

Persons: PHILADELPHIA — Elon, Larry Krasner, Musk, —, John Summers, Krasner, Matthew Haverstick, Angelo Foglietta, Foglietta, Jerry Pappert, Barack Obama, Summers, “, ”, ” Summers, DA Krasner, Elon Musk, ” Foglietta, Haverstick, He’s, it’s Elon Musk, David Ingram, Daniel Barnes Organizations: PHILADELPHIA, America PAC, District, . America PAC, Elon Jet, SpaceX, DA, U.S . Justice Department Locations: Philadelphia, U.S, Austin , Texas, Pennsylvania, San Francisco

☆ L.A. Dodgers win World Series and Trump targets blue states in the campaign's last days: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Another Trump campaign official said that if it is going to a state, it’s because the campaign sees movement there. Los Angeles Dodgers win the World SeriesThe Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate as they defeat the New York Yankees 7-6 in Game 5 to win the World Series on Oct. 30. This marks the Dodgers’ second World Series in the last five years. More World Series coverage:Ohtani is a national hero across Japan — and especially in his rural hometown , where fans gathered for a World Series watch party to witness the “once-in-a-century” talent. , where fans gathered for a World Series watch party to witness the “once-in-a-century” talent.

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