New poll shows trouble for Trump in Sun Belt states as Vance named least popular VP

Vice President Kamala Harris is now leading Donald Trump in several key Sun Belt states like Arizona, and North Carolina, according to new polling from The New York Times and Sienna College.

With Democratic energy revitalized thanks to Harris’s entry into the 2024 presidential race, Harris has caught up to the former president with the two candidates tied at 48 percent in Nevada, Georgia, Arizona and North Carolina.

The former president enjoyed leading in the Sun Belt states while campaigning against President Joe Biden. But polling numbers have changed since Harris became the Democratic nominee.

Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, is also seeing some polling trouble as he was named the least popular vice presidential candidate in modern history. 

Polling averages collected by FiveThirtyEight show Vance has a net approval rating of -9 percent, which is less than Sarah Palin had when she ran as the Republican VP nominee in 2008.

The new surveys give Democrats a boost in confidence heading into the Democratic National Convention, which is set to begin on Monday.

Key Points

• Harris promises to lower costs, slams Trump for having ‘no serious plans’ to help middle class

• Trump makes jaw-dropping comparison of medal he gave donor and medals given to soldiers

• Trump uses latest press conference to rehash Harris complaints but offers no vision for 2025

• Trump says he’s ‘entitled’ to personal attacks on Harris after she called him ‘weird’

• Joe Biden gets hero’s welcome as he joins Harris for first joint rally and derides ‘Donald Dump’

Where is Trump today?

17:00 , Ariana Baio

Donald Trump will return to Pennsylvania today, marking his second visit to the state since the assassination attempt on his life in July.

The former president will campaign in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania today and hold a rally at the Mohegan Sun Arena. The rally is expected to begin at 4 p.m.

Where is Harris-Walz campaign today?

16:45 , Ariana Baio

Vice President Kamala Harris is in Washington DC today and has no public appearances scheduled but vice presidential nominee Tim Walz will be campaigning in Omaha, Nebraska.

Harris says her dad taught her to be fearless, but he’s absent from her public rise

16:30 , Sheila Flynn

Family is at the forefront of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, and she speaks frequently and fondly of her late mother’s influence – but rarely is there mention of her father. A “Marxist” economics professor who left Jamaica for UC Berkeley, Donald J Harris has said little about his daughter during her meteoric rise – other than to scold her

Sheila Flynn reports:

Harris says her dad taught her to be fearless, but he has also scolded her publicly

JD Vance is now the least popular VP candidate in modern history

16:00 , Alicja Hagopian

JD Vance is now the least popular vice presidential candidate in modern history – even below Sarah Palin, according to polling averages collated by FiveThirtyEight.

Donald Trump’s Republican running mate has a net approval rating of -9 percent, with 33 percent of voters viewing him favorably and 42 percent unfavorably.

This is even lower than 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, whose popularity dropped to -2 percent.

New polling shows Harris catching up to Trump

15:20 , Ariana Baio

Vice President Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump in two key states and narrowing the gap in two other Sun Belt states, according to new polling from The New York Times and Sienna College.

The recent survey shows Harris leading Trump in Arizona 50 percent to 45 percent and in North Carolina 49 percent to 47 percent.

In Nevada, Harris and Trump are neck-in-neck 47 percent to 48 percent.

Meanwhile, Harris has narrowed the gap in Georgia. Across all four states, the two candidates are tied 48 percent.

The new findings show the positive impact Harris’s campaign is having compared to President Joe Biden.

How the presidential candidates compare on economic policy

14:50 , Gustaf Kilander

Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris want to claim the mantle as the greatest champion of the working class.

At the center of their pitches to those voters is economic policies. This week, the Vice President rolled out her plan to lower costs for American families including tax credits for children, price control efforts, and housing assistance. Many of the proposals aren’t strictly new but instead expand on the efforts of President Joe Biden.

One of the main cudgels that Trump has used to bash the Biden administration has been the high rate of inflation. Trump says that he will bring down prices when he’s back in the White House – but it remains unclear how he would do that, as a president can’t bring down prices on their own. And while prices remain high, inflation has been cooling in recent weeks.

Here’s a look at Trump and Harris’s economic plans.

Harris vs Trump: How the presidential candidates compare on economic policy

Harris promises to lower costs as she slams Trump for having ‘no serious plans’ to help middle class

14:20 , Oliver O’Connell

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris unveiled her economic plan in a speech in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday afternoon, warning that her rival, Donald Trump, would “make the cost of living go up for millions of Americans.”

The vice president’s plan is focused on economic initiatives that would benefit the middle class, with tax cuts she said would affect 100 million Americans, a federal ban on price gouging, lower drug prices, and the building of millions more homes. Harris compared each aspect of her agenda to that of Trump, promising a bright future in contrast to the former president’s dark vision of the past.

Kelly Rissman and Andrew Feinberg report.

Kamala Harris promises to lower costs as she slams Trump for ‘no serious plans’

13:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Tim Walz joins TikTok with guest appearance from dog Scout

Border arrests drop 33% to a 46-month low in July after asylum restrictions take hold

13:20 , AP

Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plummeted 33% in July to the lowest level since September 2020, a result of asylum being temporarily suspended, authorities said Friday.

The Border Patrol made 56,408 arrests last month, down from 83,536 arrests in June, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, its parent agency.

Asylum was halted at the border June 5 because arrests for illegal crossings topped a threshold of 2,500 a day, though a lack of deportation flights prevents authorities from turning away everyone. U.S. authorities say arrests dropped 55% after the measure, which followed a steep decline earlier this year that was widely attributed to Mexican authorities increasing enforcement within their borders.

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Border arrests drop 33% to a 46-month low in July after asylum restrictions take hold

Flustered Trump still has no answer to Kamala Harris’s campaign

12:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump summoned reporters to one of his properties for the second time in as many weeks to deliver a campaign message – but they would be hard-pressed to find something new or interesting to write about.

John Bowden reports.

Flustered Trump still has no answer to Kamala Harris’s campaign

Yikes — Vance is now the least popular VP candidate in modern history

12:20 , Oliver O’Connell

JD Vance is now the least popular vice presidential candidate in modern history – even below Sarah Palin, according to polling averages collated by FiveThirtyEight.

Donald Trump’s Republican running mate has a net approval rating of -9 per cent, with 33 per cent of voters viewing him favorably and 42 per cent unfavorably.

Alicja Hagopian looked at the numbers.

JD Vance is now the least popular VP candidate in modern history

Obama ‘HOPE’ artist creates new artwork for Harris

11:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Shepard Fairey, the artist behind the iconic “Hope” poster that became the symbol of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, has created a similar piece of artwork for Kamala Harris’s 2024 run for the White House.

In a statement on his website, Fairey said that Kamala Harris’s words “We are not going back” to him summarized the moment, and “in order not to go back, we must go FORWARD!”

“While we have not achieved all the goals we might be seeking, we are making progress – all in the face of expanding threats and regressive political adversaries,” he continued.

“But we are not going back. In fact, we have a very real opportunity to move forward. If we act we can move forward our desire for a healthy planet, for corporate accountability, toward equality and away from racism, sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia, for equitable access to opportunity, for full access to the medical care we want or need, for fair and just immigration policies.”

Fairey said he believes Harris and her vice presidential pick Tim Walz are the best chance to move forward and to “push back on encroaching fascism and threats to democracy, and our best chance for creating the world we all desire and deserve”.

He adds: “Politics is messy… but messy is no excuse for checking out. Messy is the work and the work can be joyful. Messy is what it takes to get through the daunting mess in pursuit of a better future. But we only win if we show up. Be ready for Nov 5. Check your voter registration status now.”

Fairey concludes by stating that the artwork is a tool of grassroots activism for everyone to use non-commercially and that he was not paid for it and would receive no financial benefit.

He concludes: “I created this work purely in pursuit of a better future. Let’s get there together!”

What impact will pro-Palestine protests have on the DNC?

11:20 , Oliver O’Connell

When the Democratic National Convention gets underway in Chicago next week, it is expected to be accompanied by the largest pro-Palestine protests in the city’s history, according to advocacy groups.

Pro-Palestine demonstrators aren’t new to Chicago. They have been marching on the city’s streets every weekend since last October, when Hamas attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking another 250 people hostage. An estimated 40,000 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza and 85 per cent of people displaced from their homes there since the war’s onset.

The DNC, where Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are expected to accept their nominations, faces significant disruption from protests, with Chicago home to the largest community of Palestinians in the country. Tens of thousands are anticipated to mobilize.

Kelly Rissman looks at what the impact might be.

What impact will pro-Palestine protests have on the DNC in Chicago?

Trump gets distracted by box of Cheerios

10:20 , Oliver O’Connell

Well, at least it wasn’t the Froot Loops.

Rhian Lubin reports.

Bizarre moment Trump is distracted by box of Cheerios at Bedminster press conference

CNN panel devolves into shouting match after Nancy Mace repeatedly mispronounces Harris’s name

09:20 , Oliver O’Connell

A CNN panel devolved into a shouting match on Thursday after a GOP representative refused to pronounce Kamala Harris’s name correctly.

The panel featured Republican Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina. She was joined by several other commentators, including Democratic strategist Keith Boykin and Vanderbilt University professor Michael Dyson

Katie Hawkinson watched what happened.

CNN panel erupts into chaos as Nancy Mace repeatedly mispronounces Harris’s name

ICYMI: Trump insults veterans again

08:20 , Oliver O’Connell

Former president Donald Trump on Thursday continued his pattern of insulting the country’s most revered military veterans by claiming a top civilian award is more prestigious than the Medal of Honor awarded to service members for “conspicuous gallantry” in the face of enemy fire.

Andrew Feinberg reports.

Trump insults veterans by saying civilian award is ‘much better’ than Medal of Honor

Jill Biden to honor Joe at DNC in Chicago

07:20 , Oliver O’Connell

First lady Jill Biden will have a “role” on the first day of the Democratic National Convention to honor and preserve the legacy of her husband, President Joe Biden despite having voiced her disappointment with those who encouraged the president to exit the 2024 race, according to a report.

The first lady will give a tribute to her husband on Monday, on the first night of the convention, NBC News reported Friday.

Kelly Rissman has the story.

Jill Biden to honor Joe at DNC amid dismay at those who pushed him aside

Secret Service members from Biden’s detail now protecting Trump

05:20 , Oliver O’Connell

After the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, last month, the Secret Service temporarily shifted some personnel from President Joe Biden’s protective detail to guard his predecessor.

An official with the agency told The New York Times that reassigning members of a president’s detail to a candidate is unusual, but the switch was made after the increased threat of violence against Trump, and because of Biden’s more limited travel schedule since dropping out of the presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.

Gustaf Kilander reports.

Secret Service members from Biden’s detail are now protecting Trump

What was revealed by Trump’s financial disclosure forms?

03:20 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump made $300,000 for endorsing $60 Bibles with singer Lee Greenwood and owns more than $1 million in cryptocurrency, a new financial disclosure reveals.

The financial disclosure — a Federal Election Commission requirement for candidates pursuing federal office — showed that the former president made millions in royalties and owns a considerable amount in cryptocurrency, which he once decried as a “scam.”

Kelly Rissman looks at what we found out.

Trump’s disclosure reveals $1m in crypto and a lucrative side hustle with Bibles

How Trump and Harris compare on economic policy

02:20 , Gustaf Kilander

Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris want to claim the mantle as the greatest champion of the working class.

At the center of their pitches to those voters is economic policies. This week, the Vice President rolled out her plan to lower costs for American families including tax credits for children, price control efforts, and housing assistance. Many of the proposals aren’t strictly new but instead expand on the efforts of President Joe Biden.

One of the main cudgels that Trump has used to bash the Biden administration has been the high rate of inflation. Trump says that he will bring down prices when he’s back in the White House – but it remains unclear how he would do that, as a president can’t bring down prices on their own. And while prices remain high, inflation has been cooling in recent weeks.

Here’s a look at Trump and Harris’s economic plans.

Harris vs Trump: How the presidential candidates compare on economic policy

Georgia officials will give election workers panic buttons

01:50 , Oliver O’Connell

A key swing county in Georgia has approved nearly $50,000 in funding toward panic buttons for election workers this November.

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved the funding on Tuesday as part of a $2.43 million package for the upcoming election presented by the director of the county’s Board of Elections and Registration.

Now, the Board of Elections has the funding to purchase some 200 devices for workers.

Katie Hawkinson reports.

Georgia officials will give election workers panic buttons amid rising threats

Biden signs order to establish 1908 Springfield race riot monument

01:20 , AP

President Joe Biden on Friday designated a national monument at the site of the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Ill., a seminal moment in the United States’ long and difficult history with racial violence targeting Black people.

Biden was joined in the Oval Office by lawmakers as well as civil rights and community leaders as he signed the proclamation establishing the monument on 1.57 acres of federal land.

Continue reading…

Biden signs order to establish 1908 Springfield race riot monument as he looks to burnish legacy

Harris promises to lower costs as she slams Trump for having ‘no serious plans’ to help middle class

Saturday 17 August 2024 00:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris unveiled her economic plan in a speech in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday afternoon, warning that her rival, Donald Trump, would “make the cost of living go up for millions of Americans.”

The vice president’s plan is focused on economic initiatives that would benefit the middle class, with tax cuts she said would affect 100 million Americans, a federal ban on price gouging, lower drug prices, and the building of millions more homes. Harris compared each aspect of her agenda to that of Trump, promising a bright future in contrast to the former president’s dark vision of the past.

Kelly Rissman and Andrew Feinberg report.

Kamala Harris promises to lower costs as she slams Trump for ‘no serious plans’

‘Russia is playing a special role in aggressively seeking to upend the status quo’

Saturday 17 August 2024 00:20 , Oliver O’Connell

John Kampfner meets Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy Inc, to hear why she thinks Western democracy could easily collapse in our lifetime.

‘The malign hand of Putin is everywhere – democracy could collapse in our lifetime’

ICYMI: Trump insults veterans again

Friday 16 August 2024 23:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Former president Donald Trump on Thursday continued his pattern of insulting the country’s most revered military veterans by claiming a top civilian award is more prestigious than the Medal of Honor awarded to service members for “conspicuous gallantry” in the face of enemy fire.

Andrew Feinberg reports.

Trump insults veterans by saying civilian award is ‘much better’ than Medal of Honor

Jill Biden to honor Joe at DNC despite ‘dismay’ at prior lack of support for his re-election

Friday 16 August 2024 23:20 , Oliver O’Connell

First lady Jill Biden will have a “role” on the first day of the Democratic National Convention to honor and preserve the legacy of her husband, President Joe Biden despite having voiced her disappointment with those who encouraged the president to exit the 2024 race, according to a report.

Kelly Rissman has the story.

Jill Biden to honor Joe at DNC amid dismay at those who pushed him aside

Should Kamala Harris fight fire with fire in the battle over economic policy?

Friday 16 August 2024 23:05 , Oliver O’Connell

Sean O’Grady predicts which of Trump and Harris’s pledges – populist or otherwise – will win over American voters.

Should Kamala Harris fight fire with fire in the battle over economic policy?

Plane carrying JD Vance makes emergency landing

Friday 16 August 2024 22:50 , Oliver O’Connell

A charter plane carrying Republican vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance conducted an emergency landing on Friday afternoon in Wisconsin, after its pilot reported potential mechanical issues.

The Eastern Air Boeing 737 charter jet conducted an emergency landing at Milwaukee International Airport around 1:30pm on Friday afternoon, airport officials told WISN.

Josh Marcus has the story.

Plane carrying JD Vance makes emergency landing in Milwaukee

Border arrests drop 33% to a 46-month low in July after asylum restrictions take hold

Friday 16 August 2024 22:28 , AP

Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plummeted 33% in July to the lowest level since September 2020, a result of asylum being temporarily suspended, authorities said Friday.

The Border Patrol made 56,408 arrests last month, down from 83,536 arrests in June, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, its parent agency.

Asylum was halted at the border June 5 because arrests for illegal crossings topped a threshold of 2,500 a day, though a lack of deportation flights prevents authorities from turning away everyone. U.S. authorities say arrests dropped 55% after the measure, which followed a steep decline earlier this year that was widely attributed to Mexican authorities increasing enforcement within their borders.

Continue reading…

Border arrests drop 33% to a 46-month low in July after asylum restrictions take hold

Yikes — JD Vance now least popular VP candidate in modern history

Friday 16 August 2024 22:20 , Oliver O’Connell

JD Vance is now the least popular vice presidential candidate in modern history – even below Sarah Palin, according to polling averages collated by FiveThirtyEight.

Donald Trump’s running mate has a net unfavorable rating of -9 per cent on average, with 33 per cent of voters viewing him favorably and 42 per cent unfavorably.

Alicja Hagopian takes a look at the numbers.

JD Vance is now the least popular VP candidate in modern history

Trump posts rails against Harris’s ‘Communist Price Caps’ that she didn’t announce

Friday 16 August 2024 22:07 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump has taken to Truth Social to respond to Kamala Harris’s speech today focused on the economy.

The former president wrote:

“If you think things are expensive now, they will get 100 times WORSE if Kamala gets four years as President. Under her plan, Kamala will implement SOVIET Style Price Controls. She will abolish private health care, and make California’s ridiculous tax policies the law of the land, meaning EVERY American will be taxed up to 80% of their income! If you want more CASH and less TAX, VOTE TRUMP!!!”

He continued:

Kamala Harris is allowing Venezuela’s dangerous criminals to freely enter our country through her WIDE OPEN Southern Border, and now she wants to bring Venezuela’s dangerous economic policies into our Nation as well. If Kamala is elected and implements her Communist Price Caps, there will be famine, starvation, and poverty, the likes of which we have never seen. America will NEVER recover!

And finally:

Kamala Harris wants to raise your taxes and make you pay for free healthcare and free housing in luxury hotels for her millions of illegal aliens. Meanwhile, our Veterans are sleeping on the streets and Kamala’s running mate, Weirdo Tim Walz, voted against my VA Mission Act that made healthcare more affordable and accessible for our Nation’s Heroes! Kamala and Walz will put Criminals, Terrorists, and Illegal Aliens FIRST. I will always put law-abiding, hardworking, patriotic AMERICANS First!

Perhaps the newest or biggest inaccuracy in his latest screed, is that the vice president didn’t actually announce any “SOVIET Style Price Controls” nor “Communist Price Caps”.

Her plan states she will work with Congress to:

• Advance the first-ever federal ban on price gouging on food and groceries;

• Set clear rules of the road to make clear that big corporations can’t unfairly exploit consumers to run up excessive profits on food and groceries.

• Secure new authority for the FTC and state attorneys general to investigate and impose strict new penalties on companies that break the rules.

Businessman, investor, and Shark Tank “shark” Marc Cuban noted the lack of price controls too:

Watch: Local Pennsylvania Republican says Trump is reason they keep losing

Friday 16 August 2024 22:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Harris stops at local business en route to airport after remarks on economy

Friday 16 August 2024 21:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Vice President Kamala Harris stopped at Bayleaf Market in Raleigh with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on her way to the airport having delivered remarks on the first part of her economic policy platform.

At the small art gallery and artisanal store Harris said she was buying pickles, barbecue sauce, and fig preserves.

Friday 16 August 2024 21:40 , Oliver O’Connell

Tim Walz shares ‘white guy taco’ recipe with Kamala Harris

‘Trump Force Two’ makes emergency landing with JD Vance on board

Friday 16 August 2024 21:30 , Oliver O’Connell

A Boeing 737 charter aircraft carrying Senator JD Vance made an emergency landing at Milwaukee International Airport on Friday afternoon after the Republican vice presidential nominee had given a press conference and accepted an endorsement from the Milwaukee Police Association.

WISN 12 reports that, according to airport officials, the plane, operated by Eastern Air, returned to the airport around 1.30pm due to a possible issue with the aircraft

The aircraft landed normally and taxied without incident under its own power.

“The pilot advised there was a malfunction with the door seal. After declaring an emergency, Trump Force Two returned to Milwaukee,” Taylor Van Kirk, a spokesperson for Vance, said. “As soon as the issue was resolved, the plane returned to its originally planned flight path back to Cincinnati.”

About 45 minutes later Vance and his team continued on their way.

Bizarre moment Trump distracted by box of Cheerios during Bedminster press conference

Friday 16 August 2024 21:20 , Oliver O’Connell

In a bizarre moment, Donald Trump veered off course during his press conference on Thursday when he got distracted by a box of Cheerios.

At his luxury New Jersey golf resort in Bedminster, the Republican presidential nominee spoke about the economy and hit out at his 2024 election rival Kamala Harris next to a table full of cereal boxes, pastries, milk, fruit, bacon and other grocery items.

But towards the end of his speech, the former president suddenly caught sight of one item on the table that grabbed his attention: a box of Cheerios.

Rhian Lubin reports.

Bizarre moment Trump is distracted by box of Cheerios at Bedminster press conference

Obama ‘HOPE’ artist creates new artwork for Harris

Friday 16 August 2024 21:05 , Oliver O’Connell

Shepard Fairey, the artist behind the iconic “Hope” poster that became the symbol of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, has created a similar piece of artwork for Kamala Harris’s 2024 run for the White House.

In a statement on his website, Fairey said that Kamala Harris’s words “We are not going back” to him summarized the moment, and “in order not to go back, we must go FORWARD!”

“While we have not achieved all the goals we might be seeking, we are making progress – all in the face of expanding threats and regressive political adversaries,” he continued.

“But we are not going back. In fact, we have a very real opportunity to move forward. If we act we can move forward our desire for a healthy planet, for corporate accountability, toward equality and away from racism, sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia, for equitable access to opportunity, for full access to the medical care we want or need, for fair and just immigration policies.”

Fairey said he believes Harris and her vice presidential pick Tim Walz are the best chance to move forward and to “push back on encroaching fascism and threats to democracy, and our best chance for creating the world we all desire and deserve”.

He adds: “Politics is messy… but messy is no excuse for checking out. Messy is the work and the work can be joyful. Messy is what it takes to get through the daunting mess in pursuit of a better future. But we only win if we show up. Be ready for Nov 5. Check your voter registration status now.”

Fairey concludes by stating that the artwork is a tool of grassroots activism for everyone to use non-commercially and that he was not paid for it and would receive no financial benefit.

He concludes: “I created this work purely in pursuit of a better future. Let’s get there together!”

Harris promises to lower costs as she slams Trump for having ‘no serious plans’ to help middle class

Friday 16 August 2024 20:51 , Oliver O’Connell

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris unveiled her economic plan in a speech in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday afternoon, warning that her rival, Donald Trump, would “make the cost of living go up for millions of Americans.”

The vice president focused on economic initiatives that would benefit the middle class, with tax cuts she said would benefit 100 million Americans, a federal ban on price gouging, lower drug prices, and the building of millions more homes. Harris compared each aspect of her agenda to that of Trump, promising a bright future in contrast to the former president’s dark vision of the past.

Kelly Rissman reports.

Kamala Harris promises to lower costs as she slams Trump for ‘no serious plans’

CNN panel devolves into shouting match after Nancy Mace repeatedly mispronounces Harris’s name

Friday 16 August 2024 20:40 , Oliver O’Connell

A CNN panel devolved into a shouting match on Thursday after a GOP representative refused to pronounce Kamala Harris’s name correctly.

The panel featured Republican Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina. She was joined by several other commentators, including Democratic strategist Keith Boykin and Vanderbilt University professor Michael Dyson

The conversation began with Mace pronouncing Harris’s first name correctly, before quickly correcting herself to the wrong pronunciation.

Katie Hawkinson has the story of what happened next.

CNN panel erupts into chaos as Nancy Mace repeatedly mispronounces Harris’s name

Watch: Harris supporters find new chant

Friday 16 August 2024 20:20 , Oliver O’Connell

US says Gaza peace talks are ‘in the end game’ and will reconvene next week

Friday 16 August 2024 20:04 , Oliver O’Connell

Talks between Israel, the United States, Qatar and Egypt meant to achieve a peace deal between Israel and Hamas will reconvene next week after two days of productive negotiations with the aim of finalizing an agreement to end nearly a year of war and arrange for the return of hostages held by the militant group, a US official has said.

Andrew Feinberg has the latest.

US says Gaza peace talks are ‘in the end game’ and will reconvene next week

Friday 16 August 2024 19:58 , Oliver O’Connell

Vice President Kamala Harris

Harris announces tax relief for 100 million Americans

Friday 16 August 2024 19:57 , Oliver O’Connell

Kamala Harris told supporters at today’s rally: “There’s one more way I will help families deal with rising costs, and that’s by letting you keep more of your hard-earned money. Under my plan, more than 100 million Americans will get a tax cut, We will do this by restoring two tax cuts designed to help working Americans.”

Here’s what the campaign is promising as part of its economic platform:

Friday 16 August 2024 19:56 , Oliver O’Connell

Kamala Harris tells the crowd in North Carolina: “There’s a serious housing shortage. In many places, it’s too difficult to build, and it’s driving prices up. As president, I will work in partnership with industry to build the housing we need, both to rent and to buy. We will take down barriers and cut red tape, including at the state and local levels.”

“Some corporate landlords, some of them, buy dozens if not hundreds of houses and apartments,” Harris continued. “Then they turn them around and rent them out at extremely high prices. And it can make it impossible then for regular people to buy or even rent a home.”

Harris says she will tackle housing crisis with 3 million new homes and help for buyers

Friday 16 August 2024 19:51 , Oliver O’Connell

Vice President Kamala Harris

Harris vows to tackle food prices, calling Trump’s tariff proposal ‘in effect a national sales tax’

Friday 16 August 2024 19:46 , Oliver O’Connell

Kamala Harris says one focus of her economic plan is to tackle the cost of living by addressing prices in grocery stores.

“We all know that prices went up during the pandemic when the supply chains shut down and failed. But our supply chains have now improved. And prices are still too high. Many of the big food companies are seeing their highest profits in two decades.”

She says Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariff proposal is the “Trump tax” — “what is in effect a national sales tax on everyday products and basic necessities that we import from other countries.”

Harris tells North Carolina rally she wants to grow ‘opportunity economy’

Friday 16 August 2024 19:37 , Oliver O’Connell

Vice President Kamala Harris