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US presidential election heads for a photo finish, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, has been counting on groundswell of support from the Indian-American community in most of the pivotal battleground states. For a sizable number of Indian Americans, Vice President Harris's race to the White House is a momentous occasion as it is propelling the community into a notable force in the American political discourse. «It is a matter of pride that a leader of Indian-descent is fighting the US presidential election,» said Dr Vasudev Patel, general secretary of the Federation of Indian-American Association of Georgia. Georgia is one of the seven key battleground states and Patel says the Indian-American community could play a significant role in swinging the election in Harris's favour.

Four days before Election Day, the government will issue its final snapshot of hiring and unemployment in the United States after a presidential race in which voter perceptions of the economy have played a central role

Powered by consumer spending, the U.S. economy likely kept expanding at a healthy pace from July through September despite the pressure of still-high interest rates

The result? Hundreds of people can be disenfranchised. That would shock politicians, voters and activists in any swing state, but it's garnered relatively little attention outside the 49th state.

Ivanka Trump has been surfing. She's posed in front of the Eiffel Tower, and attended a Formula One party in Miami in a race-car red dress. She's hung out with her children in a hot tub, with Kim Kardashian in Malibu, and with her husband, Jared Kushner, at the Acropolis, according to a report on NYT News Service. The one place Trump hasn't been, however, is the campaign trail. And though she has been upfront about her absence, politically speaking, it remains somewhat mysterious. During former President Donald Trump's last two bids for office, Ivanka Trump appeared at rallies, in television ads and on national convention stages, often with the implicit role of appealing to female voters, as per a report on NYT News Service. Also Read: Netflix November 2024 Lineup: Here’s the complete list

AccuWeather meteorologist Paul Pastelok highlighted that snow in northern Arizona could deter voters from polling sites, while northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula may also experience snowfall. He noted that the weather could affect older voters who might be less inclined to brave the elements. Pastelok mentioned that a low-pressure system might deliver rain and snow early in the day, complicating voting plans. Also Read: Another subprime crisis in the making? American banks sitting on $750 billion in losses on realty debt-related securities; here are sectors most vulnerable

Donald Trump. Yet, there's an even chance that he'd emerge victorious from the Nov 5 US presidential election. How do Trump and his team manage to distort reality so well? A big part of the problem is what sociobiologist Edward O Wilson identified: humans have palaeolithic emotions, mediaeval institutions and godlike technology. Trump is tall, walks taller, talks loud, is rich, and projects power. That is enough to make him leader for 21st-century cavemen in MAGA tees and baseball caps. He feeds fear of the outsider, with his charge that illegal immigrants are rapists, killers and drug peddlers, and promises to undertake the largest deportation of aliens the world has seen. The tribe, forever wary of strangers, rallies around this protector.

Missouri Gov_ Mike Parson has rescinded an executive order that set modest goals for state agencies to make purchases from businesses owned by minorities and women, claiming the goals carried “legal concerns.”

Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump traded bitter attacks while racing to woo the voters in key battleground states that could decide the outcome of the razor-tight contest. On Monday, Trump, the Republican nominee, addressed a rally at the McCamish Pavilion on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta where he rejected attempts by Democrats to compare him with the Nazis. «The newest line from Kamala and her campaign is that anyone who isn't voting for her is a Nazi,» he said at the capital city of Georgia. Georgia is one of the seven key battleground states that could decisively swing the November 5 election in favour of either candidate.

Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in critical swing states. Experts believe that narrow margins in these battlegrounds could lead to recounts, especially if vote tallies fall within the threshold triggering an automatic or candidate-requested recount. Key states like Arizona, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, which determined the election’s outcome in 2020, are once again in focus, with both candidates showing neck-and-neck numbers, as mentioned in a report by Forbes.

Bezos, the billionaire owner of the Washington Post, said on Monday that his choice for the US newspaper not to endorse a candidate in the presidential election was «a principled decision» and denied it was linked to personal interests. In an op-ed posted to the newspaper's website, Bezos argued that with trust in news media falling, steps needed to be taken to address accusations of partisanship. «What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence. Ending them is a principled decision,» he wrote.

Donald Trump told supporters Monday he is «not a Nazi,» using a rally in the final week of a bitter White House race to push back on accusations of authoritarianism, including from a former chief of staff who branded him a fascist. As he and rival Kamala Harris entered the final stretch of one of the closest US presidential elections in modern times, each candidate and their teams have ramped up the political rhetoric, bringing an already simmering campaign to a boil. Democrat Harris, who has accused Trump of stoking divisions, was crisscrossing Michigan on Monday while Republican Trump headed to Georgia, another of the decisive swing states, where he said critics are accusing him of being a modern-day «Hitler.»

The Washington Post has reportedly lost more than 200,000 subscribers following a decision announced last week not to endorse a candidate in the presidential race

Donald Trump has amazed everyone by bouncing back in the US election race like a king, fitting of a former President. Many had written him off in this election battle after Kamala Harris began steadily rising ahead in the elections with data from top pollsters favoring her for the last few months.

actor and comedian Billy Eichner recently expressed his severe alarm regarding the current state of the US Presidential race specifically regarding the rising momentum of former US President Donald Trump in the poll surveys. According to Fox News, Billy Eichner in a very passionate Instagram video urged all the liberals in the country to go out and vote while emphasizing on the fact that they cannot really afford to repeat the same mistake of US Presidential Elections 2016 which eventually resulted in Hilary Clinton losing to Donald Trump. Fox News reported in the video, Billy Eichner described the political climate of US as extremely dire while stating that it is a time to panic extremely. He also highlighted the fact that Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump and US Vice President Kamala Harris are in a very tight race in the national sphere with Donald Trump gaining grounds just weeks before the US Presidential Election day. Also Read: Queer Eye Season 9: Here’s release date, fab five lineup and what to expect

Kamala Harris, it has been a very mixed election campaign run, as she was a hotshot favorite when she began in the US election 2024 race, but slowly began faltering in the last couple of weeks against her very formidable opponent Donald Trump of the Republicans. She, however, was offered a lot of help from other Democratic Party leaders including the likes of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama as well as Michelle Obama. In a latest speech on Saturday, Michelle appealed to male voters in a rather moving speech, which even made some of her followers call for her own Presidential run. Over time, Michelle has made herself very popular among the Democrat bracket, and not only as a former First Lady, but also as a visionary. In her latest speech, Michelle tried to drive male voters towards Harris, in the last leg of the election campaign run, with the polls set to begin in the first week of November. Also Read: That Christmas: Netflix animated film’s plot, release date, cast and characters

material wealth and happiness. The saints speak of another race — the race to God that leads to lasting joy and spiritual riches. We have been given this human existence so that our soul can find its way back to the Almighty, and we are all in a race to get there. The aim of a race is to reach the finish line in the shortest possible time. In the race to the Divine, the finish line is the merger of our soul with God. Yet, it is not a race in which we compete with fellow travellers to be the only winner. Instead, it is a race that each of us will eventually win. For this race, we embark on the inner spiritual journey through meditation to experience the Supreme's love and light for ourselves.

US election 2024 witnessed a crucial twist when President Joe Biden's revealed that he was going to drop out of the 2024 White House race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee triggered one of the most remarkable transformations in American politics, as per a report on AFP. Harris was previously saddled with record low approval ratings for a 'veep'. Within a few short weeks she created an election campaign out of nothing. She held rapturous rallies, raised more than $1 billion in funds and brought what she called a burst of joy to a party that had given up hope.

Kamala Harris on the campaign trail in Michigan, urging people to elect «America's first female president». Former President and Republican nominee Donald Trump seems to be racing ahead of Harris in the last leg of the campaign. The United States presidential election will be held on Tuesday, November 5. Harris' popularity is declining compared to a month ago after she got a big summertime boost. Various polls and estimates show Trump tied in or ranking ahead of Harris. The race had started tightening a few weeks ago.

Donald Trump delivered a speech at a Turning Point Action rally, focusing on tax cuts and taking aim at Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign. Trump described Harris’s campaign as «imploding,» citing what he claims to be his substantial lead in key battleground states. The speech not only rallied his supporters but also coincided with shifts in the presidential betting odds, reflecting changing perceptions among voters. «She's actually imploding, if you take a look. Because, look, I'm not supposed to say it, but we are leading by so much,» Trump remarked to an enthusiastic audience, as per a report by USA Today.

The Republican ex-president, who is in a dead heat with Democrat Kamala Harris in the race for the White House, has never acknowledged the legitimacy of his election defeats — from the 2016 Iowa primary to his presidential contest in 2020. His denialism deeply polarized the country last time around, and his continued attempts to sow distrust in US democracy have sparked fears of a repeat of the violence seen during the 2021 storming of the US Capitol.