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«I really wouldn't believe it if they told me she won,» Brandon Dent, 22, told AFP, referring to Trump's rival, Vice President Kamala Harris. «He'll take it in a landslide,» the delivery driver said, observing the thousands of fellow Trump supporters lining up to see the president speak in the Virginia city of Salem, nestled among gentle mountains brushed in red and orange by the fall foliage.

Kamala Harris's political manifesto, but the catchily titled "Progress 2028" is actually a fake document that a funding watchdog says was produced by a dark money group with ties to Donald Trump's billionaire backer Elon Musk. Researchers say Progress 2028 — purportedly a liberal counter to the conservative initiative Project 2025 — is riddled with misinformation and is behind a series of Facebook ads that distort the Democratic contender's policy positions about key issues such as immigration and gun control. Backing it is a group called Building America's Future, a conservative dark money network which has reportedly received funding from Musk, the world's richest man and a vigorous campaigner for Republican Trump's re-election bid.

Kamala Harris has surpassed Republican Donald Trump in a new poll in Iowa, with likely women voters responsible for the turnaround in a state that Trump easily won in 2016 and 2020, according to the Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll released on Saturday. The poll of 808 likely voters, who were surveyed Oct. 28-31, has Harris leading Trump 47%-44% in Iowa, which has been trending deeply Republican in recent years. It is within the 3.4 percentage point margin of error, but it marked a turnaround from a September Iowa Poll that had Trump with a 4-point lead, the newspaper reported.

Elon Musk's comment where he has called her a «puppet» for supporting Kamala Harris. «I’m not a puppet Elon… I’m a daughter of two immigrant parents that had to work their ass off to provide for me! I’m a product of welfare, I’m a product of section 8, I’m a product of poverty and I’m a product of what happens when the system is set up against you….But you don’t know nothing about that. You don’t know not one thing about the American struggle…. PS fix my algorithm,» said the rapper in response to Elon Musk's comment. While quoting a video of Cardi B where she is reportedly seen confused on the stage while campaigning for Kamala Harris over her teleprompter being broken, Elon Musk said «Another puppet who can’t even talk without being fed the words. The Kamala campaign has no authenticity or true empathy.»

US election 2024 polls to choose between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump as the country's next president. However, strikes in the aerospace industry depressed manufacturing employment while hurricanes shortened the collection period for payrolls, making it hard to get a clear picture of the labor market ahead of next week's presidential election, Reuters reported. «This is not the clarifying report on the economy that Americans and markets needed before next week's election to answer whether voters are better off than they were four years ago,» Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at FWDBONDS.

Donald Trump had spent the past several years deriding early and absentee voting. However, Elon Musk's political team, which was advising the Tesla CEO on his nascent pro-Trump super PAC, informed him that Republicans could win Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania only if they delivered on those kinds of votes, as per a report. Musk was aghast — and so he reached out to Trump, then the presumptive Republican nominee. You've got to stop telling people not to vote early, Musk texted, according to two people to whom Musk told this story. He was unsure his message was received, NYT News Service reported. But later that evening, Trump posted on Truth Social, «ABSENTEE VOTING, EARLY VOTING, AND ELECTION DAY VOTING ARE ALL GOOD OPTIONS.»

Peanut, star of the peanut_the_squirrel12 account, had delighted fans with his adorable exploits, such as nibbling on waffles and wearing tiny costumes. But New York's Chemung County Department of Health and the state Department of Environmental Conservation said Friday that Peanut, along with a racoon living with owner Mark Longo, were possessed illegally and had been euthanized to test for rabies.

Changes to U.S. immigration laws and/or policies under the new regime will be significantly important for Indian businesses and individuals. In this article we compare the different approaches of each candidate as gathered from information published by The Associated Press and the Council of Foreign Relations. We have also added a comment on each issue, as to what this means for Indian nationals and companies. Of the many areas that will be affected, one very important comparison is between the immigration policies of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump for the 2024 election.

Iranian-American journalist who once worked for a U.S. government-funded broadcaster is believed to have been detained by Iran for months now, authorities said Sunday, further raising the stakes as Tehran threatens to retaliate over an Israeli attack on the country. The imprisonment of Reza Valizadeh, acknowledged to The Associated Press by the U.S. State Department, came as Iran marked the 45th anniversary of the American Embassy takeover and hostage crisis on Sunday. It also followed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatening both Israel and the U.S. the day before with «a crushing response» as long-range B-52 bombers reached the Middle East in an attempt to deter Tehran. Valizadeh had worked for Radio Farda, an outlet under Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that's overseen by the U.S. Agency for Global Media. In February, he wrote on the social platform X that his family members had been detained in an effort to see him return to Iran.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Officials from China have avoided direct comment on North Korea’s despatch of thousands of troops to Russia, where they might help in a conflict that all three countries see as a contest against overweening American might. China itself is a crucial if undeclared backer of Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, providing technological support for Russia’s defence industries.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The four-year-long Galwan phase of India-China relations has come to an end. The two countries struck an agreement last week to disengage militarily and resolve “the issues in these areas." If the deal is implemented seriously, it could be the first step of a slow and wary movement towards better ties in the next phase of the relationship.

Foreign investors pulled out a massive Rs 94,000 crore (around USD 11.2 billion) from the Indian stock market in October, making it the worst-ever month in terms of outflows, triggered by the elevated valuation of domestic equities and attractive valuations of Chinese stocks. Before this, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) withdrew Rs 61,973 crore from equities in March 2020. The latest outflow came after a nine-month high investment of Rs 57,724 crore in September 2024.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies.

Swiggy stood at 5% or Rs 19 in the unlisted market three days ahead of its initial public offering (IPO), which will hit the Street on November 6 and will be available till November 8. However, a month ago, Swiggy shares were trading at Rs 515 in the unlisted market.

Kamala Harris appeared on the "Saturday Night Live" TV comedy show on Saturday, adding a surprise jolt to the U.S. presidential election just three days before her with showdown with Republican Donald Trump. «Keep Calm-ala and carry on-ala,» Harris said in unison with the actor who plays her on the show, Maya Rudolph.

US election, and global market dynamics—will likely shape market movements. On Friday, the Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex rose by 0.41% and 0.42%, respectively, during a special Diwali «muhurat» trading session. Auto stocks led this upward move, bolstered by strong monthly sales data. «The domestic market showed positive reversal signs this week, aided by festive sentiment, steady institutional inflows, and declining oil prices,» said Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services. Market sentiment was also uplifted by easing geopolitical tensions and positive India-China relations.

United States flew a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill with South Korea and Japan on Sunday in response to North Korea's recent test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the U.S. mainland, South Korea's military said. North Korea on Thursday tested the newly developed Hwasong-19 ICBM, which flew higher and stayed in the air longer than any other missile it has fired. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called it «an appropriate military action» to cope with external security threats posed by its rivals.

Kamala Harris' campaign Ajay Bhutoria said that Harris' presidential campaign is gaining momentum, with enthusiastic support from diverse communities across the United States and expressed confidence in the victory of Kamala Harris. With just three days to go for the election, Bhutoria noted that grassroots volunteers are knocking on 2,000 doors every minute in battleground states like Michigan, Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania. Bhutoria also said that under the Biden-Harris administration, the US-India partnership has seen growth in areas such as defence, healthcare, innovation, and semiconductors.

Donald Trump defied polls and expectations to defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election, he described the victory as «beautiful.» Not everyone saw it that way — considering that Democrat Clinton had received nearly three million more votes nationally than her Republican rival. Non-Americans were particularly perplexed that the second-highest vote-getter would be the one crowned president. But Trump had done what the US system requires: win enough individual states, sometimes by very narrow margins, to surpass the 270 Electoral College votes necessary to win the White House.

Women's march protesters gathered in Washington DC to rally for Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of upcoming presidential polls. Hundreds marched from Freedom Plaza towards the White House in Washington and across the country in support of Harris. While speaking with ANI, supporters shared their reasons for backing Harris, citing her commitment to women's rights, human rights, and democracy.