Trump safe after shots fired at his West Palm Beach golf club while ex-president there: Live

Multiple gunshots have been fired at Trump National Golf Club in West Palm Beach where the former president is playing golf today, according to reports.

Sources told The New York Post that two people exchanged gunfire with one another outside the golf course and that they were not targeting Trump.

Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement that Trump is safe. “President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity. No further details at this time,” he said in a statement.

A Secret Service spokesperson said on X: “The Secret Service, in conjunction with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, is investigating a protective incident involving former President Donald Trump that occurred shortly before 2 p.m. The former president is safe. @pbso will have more details soon.”

The incident comes two months after Trump survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, back on July 13.

Gunman Thomas Crooks opened fire on the former president with an AR-style rifle from a rooftop of a nearby building. A bullet struck Trump in the ear while one rallygoer was killed before Crooks was shot dead by Secret Service snipers.

Key Points

• BREAKING: Shots fired at Trump National Golf Club while ex-president golfing

• JD Vance appears to admit tale about Haitian immigrants eating pets is made-up

• Trump: ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT'

• Trump’s lead drastically shrinks in state he won in 2016 and 2020

• Laura Loomer hits out at Bill Maher for suggesting affair with Trump

• Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

Press briefing to be held shortly

20:27 , Andrea Cavallier

White House briefed about ‘security incident’ at Trump International Golf Course

20:25 , Andrea Cavallier

“The President and Vice President have been briefed about the security incident at the Trump International Golf Course, where former President Trump was golfing,” according to a White House spokesperson.

“They are relieved to know that he is safe. They will be kept regularly updated by their team.”

‘He’s in good spirits,’ Lindsey Graham tweets about Trump

20:23 , Andrea Cavallier

Donald Trump Jr. tweets ‘SHOTS FIRED at Trump Golf Course'

20:21 , Andrea Cavallier

‘I don’t like those comments’: JD Vance, married to an Indian-American, distances himself from Laura Loomer’s racist slur

20:20 , Rachel Sharp

JD Vance, who is married to an Indian-American wife, has tried to distance himself from far-right activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer and her racist slur about Kamala Harris.

Controversial Trump crony Loomer has faced backlash in recent weeks after she shared a post on X claiming that the White House “will smell like curry & White House speeches will be facilitated via a call center” if Harris wins the election in November – an obviously racist reference to the vice president’s Indian heritage.

The conspiracy theorist later deleted the message, but has aggressively fought back against members of both parties who called it a racist remark.

Read the full story:

JD Vance, married to an Indian-American, responds to Laura Loomer’s racist slur

Secret Service opened fire after spotting suspicious individual with possible gun: sources

20:15 , Andrea Cavallier

Agents with the Secret Service opened fire after spotting a suspicious individual with what may have been a gun, law enforcement sources told the New York Post.

Sources said the agents saw what appeared to be the barrel of a gun while Trump was on the Trump International Golf Course West Palm Beach.

It’s not clear whether the man was on the course or near it.

WATCH: Melania Trump hits out at FBI’s Mar-a-Lago raid in latest memoir ad

20:00 , Rachel Sharp

Shooting not targeting Trump: sources

19:59 , Rachel Sharp

Sources told The New York Post that two people exchanged gunfire with one another outside the golf course and that they were not targeting Trump.

Secret Service releases statement about shooting at Trump golf club

19:53 , Rachel Sharp

Trump campaign says ex-president is safe after gunshots fired ‘in his vicinity'

19:40 , Rachel Sharp

“President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity. No further details at this time,” Steven Cheung, Trump Campaign communications director said in statement.

BREAKING: Shots fired at Trump National Golf Club while ex-president golfing

19:39 , Rachel Sharp

Trump mistakenly introduces male Latin singer Nicky Jam as a woman: ‘She’s hot’

19:20 , Rachel Sharp

Trump mistakenly introduces male Latin singer Nicky Jam as a woman: ‘She’s hot’

Harris campaign responds to Trump’s attack on Taylor Swift

19:00 , Rachel Sharp

The Harris campaign has responded to Donald Trump’s attack on Taylor Swift – using the star’s hit songs:

Trump’s Bad Week (Taylor’s Version)

We’re pretty sure it’s Safe (& Sound) to say Donald Trump’s week has him Down Bad.

Mr. Not-at-all Fine has spent this week working through his feelings, whining about his Champagne Problems, and spending exactly none of his time addressing the issues facing the American people.

His rambling, yelling, and constant conspiracy theories have many asking if The Man is “too emotional” to be president.

Call it What You Want, but it’s Nothing New for the Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.

After a “seething, unhinged, incoherent” debate performance that Republicans deemed “a disaster,” Trump and his inner circle of extremists can’t seem to Shake it Off as the Bad Blood between Trump, his running mate, and his own party boils.

Don’t take our word for it, though – listen to Trump himself, who spent his time on and off the debate stage with no plans and no solutions for the American people, acting like nothing is Better Than Revenge.

JD Vance admits he doesn’t approve of Laura Loomer’s comments about Harris

18:40 , Rachel Sharp

More than dozen Republicans who worked under Reagan endorse Harris

18:20 , Rachel Sharp

More than a dozen Republicans who worked under president Ronald Reagan have announced that they are endorsing Kamala Harris for president – not Donald Trump.

The group includes Ken Adelman, the US ambassador to the United Nations and US arms control director under Reagan, and B. Jay Cooper, Reagan’s special assistant and deputy press secretary.

In a statement, they said:

President Ronald Reagan famously spoke about a “Time for Choosing”. While he is not here to experience the current moment, we who worked for him in the White House, in the Administration, in campaigns and on his personal staff, know he would join us in supporting the Harris-Walz ticket.

The time for choosing we face today is a choice between integrity and demagoguery, and the choice must be Harris-Walz.

The choice between truth and lies demands support for Harris-Walz.

The choice between freedom and suppression of freedoms means support for Harris-Walz.

The choice between serving the people and serving the few leads us to support Harris-Walz.

We join our friends and colleagues from the George W. Bush White House, his Administration, and his campaigns, and those from the McCain and Romney campaigns in supporting Vice President Harris and Governor Walz.

Our votes in this election are less about supporting the Democratic Party and more about our resounding support for democracy.

It’s our hope that this letter will signal to other Republicans and former Republicans that supporting the Democratic ticket this year is the only path forward toward an America that is strong and viable for our children and grandchildren for years to come.

Full story: Trump says ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT’ in all-caps Truth Social post

18:00 , Rachel Sharp

Former president Donald Trump went off on Taylor Swift online as he declared that he hates the singer, days after she endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Independent’s Andrea Cavallier has the full story:

Trump says ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT’ in all-caps Truth Social post

Josh Shapiro says JD Vance ‘should be ashamed’ about pushing pet-eating lies

17:40 , Rachel Sharp

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has said that JD Vance “should be ashamed of himself” for about pushing the false claims about immigrants eating pets in his own constituency.

“There is a causal connection between the BS that JD Vance and Donald Trump spew, and the safety and security of the American people,” he said on State of the Union on Sunday.

“When they go out and they lie about this stuff, they put their fellow Americans at risk.

“JD Vance should be ashamed of himself. He knows better.”

He added: “He just doesn’t understand the power of his words, the power of his lies, and those lies are putting people at risk. This is dangerous stuff.”

Laura Loomer hits out at Bill Maher for suggesting she’s in an ‘arranged relationship’ with Trump

17:20 , Rachel Sharp

Laura Loomer has said she should sue comedian Bill Maher after he suggested that she was in an “arranged relationship” with former president Donald Trump.

“I should sue Bill Maher @billmaher for Defamation. This is beyond the pale and it’s a complete and blatant lie,” she wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Loomer, a notorious far-right conspiracy theorist long known for her outrageous comments, has regularly been seen close to Trump in recent weeks – sparking anger among some of his most prominent supporters.

Her comments about Maher came after the comedian mocked her on his Friday show HBO Show Real Time with Bill Maher over her comments that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were in an arranged relationship with the aim of influencing the 2024 election.

Maher said: “I think maybe Laura Loomer’s in an arranged relationship to influence the election because she’s very close to Trump.”

Read the full story here

JD Vance appears to admit tale about Haitian immigrants eating pets is made-up as he loses cool with CNN host

17:00 , Rachel Sharp

An ugly week of racist fearmongering kicked off by Donald Trump’s viral debate claim that Haitain immigrants were “eating the dogs” of pet owners in an Ohio town came to a head on Sunday as JD Vance, the ex-president’s top surrogate, faced journalists’ questions about the spiraling chaos.

Tuesday’s debate between Trump and his opponent Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had several eyebrow-raising moments but none moreso than when Trump, echoing his latest online-born conspiracy, baselessly accused thousands of legal migrants in Springfield, Ohio, of stealing, killing, and eating pet dogs off the street.

The conspiracy was fact-checked in real time by ABC’s David Muir, who noted that city officials had looked into the claim and found it to be baseless. But the damage was already done.

Nearly a week later, Vance found himself once again answering for his running mate’s actions after days of shocking fallout in Springfield, where residents have reported fliers dropped by the Ku Klux Klan as well as several threats of bombings or mass shootings — the latest of which, at Wittenberg University, occurred Saturday night just hours before Vance would go on the air.

The Independent’s John Bowden has the full story:

JD Vance appears to admit tale about Haitian immigrants eating pets is made-up

Trump: ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT'

16:41 , Rachel Sharp

Donald Trump appears to be in a bad mood today.

On Sunday morning, he took to Truth Social to share an all-caps rant, reading: “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT.”

The post comes after the pop star endorsed Kamala Harris for president in the immediate aftermath of the presidential debate.

WATCH: Tim Walz calls Donald Trump ‘smallest man in the world’

16:25 , Rachel Sharp

Trump details economic plans in local news interiview

16:05 , Oliver O'Connell

KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas scored an interview with Donald Trump last night while he was in town for his latest rally.

Reporter Steve Sebelius quizzed the former president predominantly about economic issues most important to Las Vegans — specifically the “no tax on tips”, “no tax on overtime”, and “no tax on social security benefits” policies.

Trump claimed that lost tax revenue would be covered by “enormous growth” and more drilling for oil — though the US currently produces more oil than it ever has before and more than any other nation in the world, ever.

Asked if any personal economic gains would be curtailed by his plan to increase tariffs through foreign nations passing on increased costs to consumers, Trump said his plan was to force foreign companies to open production in the US to avoid tariffs. That of course could take years.

Finally, Trump said Republicans who have thrown their support behind Kamala Harris might have a “personality problem” before inferring that they are somehow beholden to China...

You can watch the full interview here at KTNV Channel 13.

Martha Stewart has spoken.

15:45 , Rachel Sharp

While all the talk of campaign endorsements revolved around Taylor Swift this week, earlier on Tuesday, before the presidential debate, home and hospitality magnate Martha Stewart made her choice.

Read on...

Martha Stewart makes her endorsement in the 2024 presidential race

WATCH: JD Vance continues to double down on debunked pet-eating migrants claims

15:25 , Rachel Sharp

Trump’s lead drastically shrinks in Iowa

15:05 , Rachel Sharp

Donald Trump’s lead in the red state of Iowa has plummeted, according to a new poll.

The new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll finds that the former president is leading Kamala Harris by just four percentage points in Iowa, with 47 percent to 43 percent of likely voters.

This is a drastic change from the 18-point lead Trump had over President Joe Biden in June, when the Republican had 50 percent to the Democrat’s 32 percent of votes.

Iowa was won by Republicans in 2016 and 2020.

Walz hails ‘fellow cat owner Taylor Swift’

14:15 , Oliver O'Connell

“Coach” Tim Walz took a moment during a fired-up speech in Superior, Wisconsin, to give a shout-out to the Harris-Walz campaign’s most high-profile supporter — and reference a song off her Tortured Poets Department album.

Kamala Harris’s vice presidential running mate, accompanied by his wife Gwen, was in full pep-talk oratorical flow on Saturday afternoon when he decided to share some advice with the men in the crowd.

Read on...

Walz hails ‘fellow cat owner Taylor Swift’ as he quotes ‘Tortured Poets’ song

Watch: Harris takes jab at Trump’s ‘concept’ of a health care plan

13:45 , Oliver O'Connell

IN FOCUS: Days after his debate drubbing by Harris, Donald Trump is still flailing

13:15 , Oliver O'Connell

Andrew Feinberg writes:

Days after a debate that he hoped would restore his 2024 election lead over Vice President Kamala Harris, former president Donald Trump has found himself digging deeper and deeper into a hole of his own making.

He is trailing Harris in fundraising, in most polls taken following their face-off in Philadelphia on Tuesday, and now in the poll-of-polls averages that political forecasters look to when making their predictions of who will win the November presidential election.

Perhaps most importantly, he is beginning to fall behind Harris in nearly all of the key states where voters will, under America’s byzantine electoral system, determine who shall serve atop the country’s executive branch for the next four years.

It’s a stunning and quick reversal of fortune for the former president, who has spent most of the time since he announced his third presidential campaign leading in those same polls.

Despite the candidate’s messaging troubles, the Trump campaign still believes they are ahead.

Continue reading...

Days after his debate drubbing by Harris, Donald Trump is still flailing

In rare political intervention, Pope Francis strongly criticises both Harris and Trump

12:15 , Oliver O'Connell

Pope Francis has waded into US politics in a rare intervention, criticising both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris as being “against life” and urging American voters to pick “the lesser evil” between the two.

Francis criticised Mr Trump’s policies towards migrants and Ms Harris’s stance on abortion, as he spoke to reporters on board his return flight after a historic Asia-Pacific tour.

While stressing that he was not an American and would not be voting. he expressed himself in stark terms when asked to weigh in on their positions on two hot-button issues in the US election that are also of major concern to the Catholic Church.

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Pope Francis reveals his views on Trump and Harris in rare political intervention

11:15 , Oliver O'Connell

Biden’s blunt response when asked what he thinks of Putin during White House meeting

People respond to JD Vance sharing video he claims shows migrants grilling cats: ‘Clearly chicken you weirdo’

10:15 , Oliver O'Connell

Republican vice-presidential candidate Senator JD Vance continues to stoke outrage against foreign-born members of his own constituency, sharing video footage with his 1.9 million social media followers that he claimed showed African migrants in Dayton, Ohio “eating cats” — but instead appears to show nothing more than poultry cooking on an outdoor grill.

Justin Rohrlich has the story.

JD Vance shares vid claiming migrants ate cats, but appears to show grilling poultry

Watch: Walz says Trump spent debate time ‘whining, crying’, Harris ‘talked about you’

09:15 , Oliver O'Connell

US denies involvement in plot to to overthrow Maduro as three Americans arrested in Venezuela

08:15 , Oliver O'Connell

The State Department has said any claims of US involvement in a plot to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro were “categorically false” after the arrests of three Americans, two Spanish citizens, and a Czech citizen on Saturday.

According to the Venezuelan government, the group was detained on suspicion of plotting to destabilize the country through “violent actions”, adding that hundreds of weapons had been seized.

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US denies involvement in plot against Maduro as 3 Americans detained in Venezuela

Watch: Trump fails to denounce bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio

07:15 , Oliver O'Connell

In depth: Trump’s ties to ‘toxic’ far-right activist Laura Loomer are causing a MAGA civil war. But they go way back

06:15 , Oliver O'Connell

Laura Loomer, a notorious far-right conspiracy theorist long known for her outrageous comments, has regularly been seen close to Donald Trump in recent weeks – sparking anger among some of his most prominent supporters.

Online, she has been attacking his 2024 Democratic rival Kamala Harris with racial slurs — and upsetting several prominent MAGA supporters in the process.

Offline, Loomer flew to Pennsylvania with the former president ahead of his debate. Trump also let her accompany him to events to mark the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks – a surprising decision given her 9/11 conspiracy theories.

Now Trump supporters like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lindsey Graham – hardly strangers to controversy themselves – are sounding the alarm that Loomer’s influence could end up costing the Republican Party dearly.

Kelly Rissman reports.

Trump’s ties to ‘toxic’ far-right activist Laura Loomer are causing a MAGA civil war

Feature: Can Kamala Harris win Pennsylvania? Just ask the mayor of Scranton

05:15 , Oliver O'Connell

When Paige Cognetti first ran to become mayor of Scranton, she was told she couldn’t win because she did not have an Irish last name. She also had to overcome the fact that no woman had held the position in the city’s history.

Her victory in a special election in 2019, and again two years later, was seen by many as a sign of shifting tides.

Richard Hall reports from Scranton.

Can Kamala Harris win Pennsylvania? Just ask the mayor of Scranton

Trump gives evasive answer on why far-right activist Laura Loomer has joined his entourage

04:45 , Oliver O'Connell

When Donald Trump was asked about the concerns voiced by his Republican colleagues regarding his recent associations with far-right activist Laura Loomer, the former president stumbled to provide a concrete answer, instead calling her a “supporter” five times.

Kelly Rissman reports.

Trump gives evasive answer on why Laura Loomer has joined his entourage

Walz hails ‘fellow cat owner Taylor Swift’ as he quotes ‘Tortured Poets’ song

04:30 , Oliver O'Connell

“Coach” Tim Walz took a moment during a fired-up speech in Superior, Wisconsin, to give a shout-out to the Harris-Walz campaign’s most high-profile supporter — and reference a song off her Tortured Poets Department album.

Kamala Harris’s vice presidential running mate, accompanied by his wife Gwen, was in full pep-talk oratorical flow on Saturday afternoon when he decided to share some advice with the men in the crowd.

Read on...

Walz hails ‘fellow cat owner Taylor Swift’ as he quotes ‘Tortured Poets’ song

Scathing Secret Service probe details haphazard securing of Butler rally

04:15 , Oliver O'Connell

A scathing report from the Secret Service details failures by agents in the hours leading up to the shooting of Donald Trump -including breakdowns in communication and haphazard securing of the site.

The findings are part of a Secret Service probe into the July 13 shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The shooting wounded Trump in the ear. It also left one spectator dead and two more hurt.

Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to climb onto the roof of a building only a few hundred yards away and fire at Trump with an AR-style rifle. Crooks was shot dead by snipers, but not before wounding the Republican nominee for president.

Alex Lang reports.

Secret Service probe details haphazard securing of Butler rally

03:45 , Oliver O'Connell

Trump tells people to call him ‘Mr Border President’ as he holds rally in Las Vegas

IN FOCUS: Days after his debate drubbing by Harris, Donald Trump is still flailing

03:15 , Oliver O'Connell

Andrew Feinberg writes:

Days after a debate that he hoped would restore his 2024 election lead over Vice President Kamala Harris, former president Donald Trump has found himself digging deeper and deeper into a hole of his own making.

He is trailing Harris in fundraising, in most polls taken following their face-off in Philadelphia on Tuesday, and now in the poll-of-polls averages that political forecasters look to when making their predictions of who will win the November presidential election.

Perhaps most importantly, he is beginning to fall behind Harris in nearly all of the key states where voters will, under America’s byzantine electoral system, determine who shall serve atop the country’s executive branch for the next four years.

It’s a stunning and quick reversal of fortune for the former president, who has spent most of the time since he announced his third presidential campaign leading in those same polls.

Despite the candidate’s messaging troubles, the Trump campaign still believes they are ahead.

Continue reading...

Days after his debate drubbing by Harris, Donald Trump is still flailing

Walz rally crowd trolls Trump with chants of ‘we don’t eat cats’

02:45 , Oliver O'Connell

The crowd at Tim Walz’s rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Thursday trolled Donald Trump over his false claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets, breaking out into chants of: “We don’t eat cats!”

The Democratic vice presidential nominee reflected on Tuesday’s presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Trump, teasing the former president with his now-classic buzzword for the Republican ticket: “weird.”

“He said a lot of weird stuff too, so I’m just going to say that,” the Minnesota governor told the crowd.

“You tell me that you had this on your bingo card: ‘And they’re eating cats’.”

A chorus of “we don’t eat cats” erupted from the crowd, as Walz jubilantly looked on from his podium.

James Liddell has the story.

Tim Walz rally crowd trolls Trump with chants of ‘we don’t eat cats’

Watch: Harris takes jab at Trump’s ‘concept’ of a health care plan

02:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Watch: Biden condemns Trump and Vance over attacks on Haitian Americans in Ohio

02:10 , Oliver O'Connell

President Joe Biden has joined the chorus of condemnation of Donald Trump and JD Vance over their attacks on migrants — specifically the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio.

“Trump says black and brown immigrants poison the blood of our country. Right now, his running mate is attacking Haitian Americans in Ohio. It is wrong. It has got to stop,” said the president.

Truck parades are back!

02:00 , Oliver O'Connell

At first glance, you might think it was one of the many Trump truck parades put on by supporters across the country in 2020.

It’s not.

It’s a Harris-Walz truck parade in San Antonio, Texas, in 2024.

For context, Biden carried Bexar County 58.3% - 40.3% versus Trump in 2020, and Clinton won the county 54.5% - 41% in 2016.

Despite Texas going to Trump in 2020 52.1% - 46.5% overall with its 38 Electoral College votes, Biden carried all of the major cities (except for Fort Worth and Corpus Christi) — and by significant margins.

The final popular vote tally was 5.89 million to Trump and 5.26 million to Biden.

Watch LIVE: Biden and Harris deliver remarks at 2024 Phoenix Awards Dinner

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01:45 , Oliver O'Connell

Robert De Niro issues seven-word warning if Donald Trump wins presidential election

Watch: Walz says Team Trump ‘mad as hell’ Project 2025 authors ‘said the quiet stuff out loud’ before election

01:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Martha Stewart has spoken.

01:15 , Oliver O'Connell

While all the talk of campaign endorsements revolved around Taylor Swift this week, earlier on Tuesday, before the presidential debate, home and hospitality magnate Martha Stewart made her choice.

Read on...

Martha Stewart makes her endorsement in the 2024 presidential race

Watch: Walz asks which Trump proposal his supporters like best

01:00 , Oliver O'Connell

Trump details economic plans in local news interiview

Sunday 15 September 2024 00:52 , Oliver O'Connell

KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas scored an interview with Donald Trump last night while he was in town for his latest rally.

Reporter Steve Sebelius quizzed the former president predominantly about economic issues most important to Las Vegans — specifically the “no tax on tips”, “no tax on overtime”, and “no tax on social security benefits” policies.

Trump claimed that lost tax revenue would be covered by “enormous growth” and more drilling for oil — though the US currently produces more oil than it ever has before and more than any other nation in the world, ever.

Asked if any personal economic gains would be curtailed by his plan to increase tariffs through foreign nations passing on increased costs to consumers, Trump said his plan was to force foreign companies to open production in the US to avoid tariffs. That of course could take years.

Finally, Trump said Republicans who have thrown their support behind Kamala Harris might have a “personality problem” before inferring that they are somehow beholden to China...

You can watch the full interview here at KTNV Channel 13.

Trump’s rhetoric has Haitians in Springfield in a full-blown ‘panic’ after months of simmering racial tensions

Sunday 15 September 2024 00:45 , Oliver O'Connell

“It’s creating so much panic in the community,” Springfield resident Viles Dorsainvil told The Independent. “... The words that come out of their mouths matter. They are looking for the highest office in America. They have the obligation to do better, because words are powerful.”

Justin Rohrlich reports.

Trump’s rhetoric has Springfield, Ohio’s Haitian refugees in a full-blown ‘panic’

Watch: Second Gentleman leads golf cart parade through The Villages

Sunday 15 September 2024 00:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff led a golf cart parade of Harris-Walz supporters through the traditional Trump stronghold of The Villages, the vast retirement community in Florida.

Sunday 15 September 2024 00:28 , Oliver O'Connell

Harris just gave her first solo interview as the presidential nominee. Here’s what we learned

Sunday 15 September 2024 00:15 , Oliver O'Connell

Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first solo interview since she was selected as the Democratic nominee for president, pitching herself as “a new generation of leadership”.

In the exclusive interview on Friday, Harris sat down with 6ABC during her campaigning in the swing state of Pennsylvania where she discussed the economy, gun control, and reaching undecided voters.

Andrea Cavallier reports.

Harris just gave her first solo interview as the nominee. Here’s what we learned

Watch: Footage appears to show Proud Boys marching in Springfield, Ohio

Sunday 15 September 2024 00:00 , Oliver O'Connell

The group was spotted on South Burnett Road, a major thoroughfare in the city.

Former Trump staffer mockingly asked someone to ‘track down’ victims of abortion bans

Saturday 14 September 2024 23:45 , Oliver O'Connell

...then more than 17,000 women responded with their heartbreaking stories.

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Project 2025 adviser unwittingly highlights cruelty of abortion bans with glib TikTok

COMMENT:

Saturday 14 September 2024 23:15 , Oliver O'Connell

Catherine Pepinster writes:

Where does politics end and religion begin? Pope Francis has stoked that debate once again with his recent intervention in the US presidential campaign, where he commented on the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

Voters, he told journalists on his plane back to Rome from a tour of Asia, will have to choose between the “lesser” of two evils: that of Donald Trump’s anti-migrant policies, and Kamala Harris’s support for women’s abortion rights.

This may seem puzzling to some, who view being anti-migrant and supportive of abortion as at opposite ends of the political spectrum. But from the Pope’s point of view, they are part of a continuum of being “pro-life” – thinking that has seen Francis also speak out passionately against the death penalty and the Catholic Church being opposed to assisted dying.

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The Pope’s election intervention could be bad news for Catholics – and democracy

Bomb threats prompt lockdowns at Springfield hospitals in aftermath of Trump’s migrant conspiracies

Saturday 14 September 2024 23:07 , Oliver O'Connell

Two hospitals in Springfield – the Ohio city at the center of Trump’s false pet-eating claims – were placed on brief lockdowns after receiving bomb threats Saturday morning.

Both medical centers have resumed normal operations after police and hospital security found nothing suspicious during their search.

Andrea Cavallier has the detail of what happened today.

Bomb threats prompt lockdowns at two Springfield hospitals after Trump conspiracy

Watch: Walz tells men ‘surround yourself with smart women’

Saturday 14 September 2024 22:45 , Oliver O'Connell

...with a shoutout to fellow cat owner Taylor Swift.

“It’s really great to have all of these women help us beat the smallest man in the world... Donald Trump,” said vice presidential nominee Tim Walz.

People respond to JD Vance sharing video he claims shows migrants grilling cats: ‘Clearly chicken you weirdo’

Saturday 14 September 2024 22:30 , Oliver O'Connell

Republican vice-presidential candidate Senator JD Vance continues to stoke outrage against foreign-born members of his own constituency, sharing video footage with his 1.9 million social media followers that he claimed showed African migrants in Dayton, Ohio “eating cats”.

In the eyes of many though, it appears to show nothing more than poultry cooking on an outdoor grill.

Justin Rohrlich has the story.

JD Vance shares vid claiming migrants ate cats, but appears to show grilling poultry

Watch LIVE: Tim Walz holds election campaign event in Wisconsin

Saturday 14 September 2024 22:06 , Oliver O'Connell

Seth Meyers jokes RFK Jr might not be the best person to defend Trump’s debate meltdown about eating pets

Saturday 14 September 2024 22:11 , Oliver O'Connell

Seth Meyers joked that Robert F Kennedy Jr might not be the best person to defend Donald Trump’s debate meltdown over eating pet dogs and cats – given his own very colorful history with dead animals.

On his show on Thursday night, the late-night host waded into the damage control efforts by Republicans and Trump allies following his showdown with Kamala Harris on Tuesday night.

RFK Jr was one of many trying to defend Trump’s performance.

Myriam Page reports.

Seth Meyers jokes RFK Jr isn’t best person to defend Trump’s eating pets claim

Racial tensions in Springfield have simmered for months. Trump’s rhetoric now has Haitians there in a full-blown ‘panic’

Saturday 14 September 2024 21:00 , Andrea Cavallier

After Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance helped supercharge a false, racist rumor that Haitian refugees in small-town Ohio were stealing and consuming people’s household pets, the fiction was duly parrotted by running mate Donald Trump during a nationally televised debate against Democratic opponent Kamala Harris.

The compounding myths, which the leader of notorious neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe gleefully took credit for having helped popularize, were swiftly debunked by, among others, the Springfield mayor, city manager, and police department.

But the claims have not only inflamed existing tensions in Springfield, they have also managed to further traumatize a group of people who fled civil war and ceaseless gang violence for the sleepy Rust Belt town of 58,000.

Justin Rohrlich reports:

Trump’s rhetoric has Springfield, Ohio’s Haitian refugees in a full-blown ‘panic’