Poll exhibits Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump in essential battleground states: Live
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Vice President Kamala Harris told pro-Palestine protesters at a rally in Arizona that “now is the time” to get a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza.
“So let me say I have been clear. Now is the time to get a cease-fire deal and get the hostage deal done. Now is the time and the President and I are working around the clock every day to get that cease-fire deal done and bring the hostages home. So, I respect your voices,” she said on Friday night.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump attended a rally in Bozeman, Montana, after his plane was diverted to Billings because of a mechanical issue as he flew to the state.
During the Friday night event he falsely claimed Harris would not debate him, before admitting they would face off on ABC in September.
Harris has surged to a five-point lead over Donald Trump in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, putting her at 42 percent to the Republican’s 37 percent nationally with less than three months to go to November’s presidential election.
Watch: Moment Trump polls Montana crowd about attack line on Biden — who is no longer running…
Should someone tell him? 🤔
John Bolton says Trump can’t even tell when he’s lying
Bolton, who served in the Trump administration, said the former president consistently told falsehoods throughout the nearly hour-long “general news conference” but said it was not deliberate lying, rather that Trump espoused what he believes in his mind.
Ariana Baio reports.
Trump persists in questioning Harris’s race as his campaign flounders since shooting
Donald Trump doubled down on his questions about Kamala Harris’s race – which have drawn a strong rebuke – saying “I think I was right.”
But, President Joe Biden dropped out of the race paving the way for Vice President Harris to ascend to the top of the Democratic ticket. It was a move that has put the Trump campaign on its heels as Harris has surged in polls and momentum.
The Trump campaign denied the Times’ report that the Republican nominee has seen struggles in his campaign. Still, several examples show the potential pitfalls Trump has encountered in recent weeks.
Alex Lang reports.
Arizona: Latest polling is good news for Democrats
With Kamala Harris taking her place at the top of the Democratic Party ticket and selecting Tim Walz as her running mate, on Thursday the Cook Political Report showed that the electoral race in Arizona, along with Nevada and Georgia, had flipped from “leaning Republican” to “toss-up” over just a few weeks.
When Joe Biden was top of the ticket, Donald Trump was leading him by approximately 2.5 per cent in the state.
Enthusiasm behind the Harris ticket and a quest to deny Donald Trump a second term in the White House has seen a movement by moderate Republicans to back the Democrat.
Here’s the Republican Mayor of Mesa, Arizona, endorsing Harris:
In the latest local polling, Harris now leads Trump by two per cent, while down-ticket in the Senate race, Democrat Ruben Gallego is leading MAGA loyalist Kari Lake by 11 points!
Trump Media sees $16m loss and falling revenue in latest filing
Donald Trump’s social media company Trump Media and Technology Group has reported a $16.4m loss and less than $1m in quarterly revenue, only months after it began trading publicly to much fanfare earlier this year.
The parent company of Truth Social said on Friday in its latest filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it had earned $837,000 in revenue for the second quarter of 2024 — down 30 per cent from the same period last year — and had also paid millions of dollars to cover legal expenses related to its stock market listing.
“Additionally, the Company incurred $3.1 million of IT consulting and software licensing expenses, primarily related to its software licensing agreement to power its new TV streaming service,” Trump Media said in a press release.
Trump Media said it ended the quarter with $344m in cash and cash equivalents, with no debt.
On March 27, shares in Trump Media closed at $66.22. On Friday at market close, they were $26.21.
The company has a market capitalization of nearly $5bn, an extraordinarily high valuation given its very modest sales.
Truth Social plays a major role in Trump’s campaign for reelection, with the former president usually posting several times a day. He has 7.5 million followers on the site, which he started having been deplatformed by both Twitter and Facebook following the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Trump called military veterans ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’, former Chief of Staff claims
Donald Trump’s former Chief of Staff John Kelly has confirmed some details about his former boss, including a 2020 The Atlantic story that stirred the media and left the former president fuming with rage. John Kelly said Trump turned towards him on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in 2017 and said “I don’t get it, what’s in it for them”. He also told how Trump insulted former Senator John McCain and former president George Bush because they are veterans and were shot down during Vietnam and World War II respectively. Kelly also described Trump as a person who has no respect for POWs as he thinks they are ’suckers’ because there is nothing in it for them. He added, Trump did not want to be seen in the presence of military amputees because it didn’t look good for him.
Harris calls for Gaza ceasefire at Arizona rally
By contrast, early in her speech at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, she received heckles from pro-Palestine protesters chanting “free, free Palestine.” In response, Harris tried to speak from a policy perspective.
Eric Garcia watched her remarks.
Inside JD Vance’s curious investment portfolio
The most recent financial disclosures of JD Vance have revealed an electic investment portfolio – from the right-wing streaming service, Rumble and a popular Catholic prayer app, to a controversial biotech firm.
The 2022 filings, made to the Senate Ethics Committee, shows that Trump’s running mate also had financial interests in a housekeeping services provider, legal technology developer and student loans assistance company, among others. The Ohio senator has requested an extension on his 2023 filings.
The investments have been made through different companies set up by Vance and his associates, some named in apparent reference to JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Mike Bedigan reports.
Pelosi says she didn’t think Biden would win
The former House speaker sat down with The New Yorker for an interview which published on Thursday; in it, she outlined a bleak outlook for the Biden campaign following the president’s concerning appearance at June’s presidential debate in Atlanta.
Pelosi told David Remnick that she didn’t see a path to victory for the incumbent president after he appeared lost on stage at points and could not complete his thoughts.
John Bowden reports.
Source: independent.co.uk
