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Kamala Harris poked fun at an answer to a debate question given by Donald Trump while speaking at an awards dinner in Washington on Saturday night.
“We actually have a plan for health care. Not just concepts of a plan,” the vice president told attendees at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix Awards to raucous laughter.
Harris was introduced by President Joe Biden who received a lifetime achievement award and gave a brief rundown of his accomplishments on behalf and alongside the Black community.
Speaking glowingly of Harris, he said: “I will be proud to stand on the steps of the Capitol and watch her being sworn in as president of the United States of America.”
Outrage continues following Trump’s claim during Tuesday’s likely-only presidential debate that the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio (who are there legally, and at the town’s invitation), were stealing and eating domestic pets
While the city officials and the governor have denied this is happening, Trump’s running mate, Ohio senator JD Vance has further stoked tensions by reposting an unverified video as alleged evidence.
Footage of what appears to be the Proud Boys on a main thoroughfare has surfaced and bomb threats have been called into hospitals, schools, and offices.
Biden’s blunt response when asked what he thinks of Putin during White House meeting
President Joe Biden gave a blunt response when asked what he thought about Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Biden stated: “I don’t think much about Vladimir Putin” as Sir Keir Starmer joined the US President for talks about the conflict in Ukraine. The pair sat in the Blue Room at the White House on Friday (13 September) as the Prime Minister spoke of how the UK and US are “strategically aligned” in their attempts to resolve the war. Sir Keir said the next weeks and months will be “crucial” in Ukraine and said it was “important” the two countries continued to support the eastern European nation in its fight against Russia.
People respond to JD Vance sharing video he claims shows migrants grilling cats: ‘Clearly chicken you weirdo’
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.
Watch: Walz says Trump spent debate time ‘whining, crying’, Harris ‘talked about you’
US denies involvement in plot to to overthrow Maduro as three Americans arrested in Venezuela
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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Watch: Trump fails to denounce bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio
In depth: Trump’s ties to ‘toxic’ far-right activist Laura Loomer are causing a MAGA civil war. But they go way back
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.
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.
Feature: Can Kamala Harris win Pennsylvania? Just ask the mayor of Scranton
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.
Trump gives evasive answer on why far-right activist Laura Loomer has joined his entourage
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.
Walz hails ‘fellow cat owner Taylor Swift’ as he quotes ‘Tortured Poets’ song
“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.
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Scathing Secret Service probe details haphazard securing of Butler rally
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.