Harris heads to Pittsburgh for key debate
Good morning to all my US politics readers. Kamala Harris She leaves today for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to prepare for next week's presidential debate. Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is scheduled to speak at the Economic Club of New York and then appear remotely at the Republican Jewish Coalition gathering in Las Vegas.
ABC News announced on Wednesday that both Harris and Trump had accepted the rules for the Sept. 10 debate, ending a dispute between the two sides over debate guidelines, including whether candidates should turn off their microphones when it is not their turn to speak.
Other things we're keeping an eye on are:
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A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments today on how the special counsel's proceedings should proceed. Jack SmithElection interference lawsuit Donald Trump, This is the first hearing since the Supreme Court's exoneration ruling.
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Joe Biden He is scheduled to visit Westby, Wisconsin, to give a speech on economic policy.
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Jury selection for Biden's son is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles. Hunter BidenThis is his second federal tax trial this year since he was convicted of a felony firearms offense in June.
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ABC News said in a release that Harris and Trump “have qualified for the debate under the established criteria, and both have accepted the following debate rules”.
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The Trump and Harris campaigns had been in dispute over the debate guidelines, including over whether microphones should be shut off when it was not a candidate’s turn to speak. The Harris campaign had previously pushed for live, or “hot”, microphones, arguing that it would “fully allow for substantive exchanges between the candidates”. Trump’s campaign, meanwhile, had been pressing for them to be turned off.
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The statement released by ABC made it clear that candidates’ microphones would be live only for the candidate whose turn it is to speak – and muted when the time belongs to another candidate.
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It also said the debate would last 90 minutes and have two commercial breaks, and would be administered by two seated moderators, the ABC anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis, who would be the only people asking questions. There will be no audience in the room.
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Good morning US politics readers. Kamala Harris will travel today to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she will prepare for next week’s presidential debate with Donald Trump. Trump, meanwhile, is set to deliver remarks at the Economic Club of New York and later appear remotely before a gathering in Las Vegas of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
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On Wednesday, ABC News announced that both Harris and Trump had accepted the rules for the 10 September debate, drawing an end to a dispute between the two campaigns over the debate guidelines, including over whether microphones should be shut off when it was not a candidate’s turn to speak.
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Here’s what else we’re watching:
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A federal judge will hear arguments today to consider how to proceed with special counsel Jack Smith’s election subversion case against Donald Trump, in the first hearing since the supreme court’s immunity ruling.
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Joe Biden will travel to Westby, Wisconsin, to deliver remarks on his economic agenda.
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Jury selection is set to begin in Los Angeles for Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, in his federal tax trial, his second trial of the year after he was convicted on felony gun charges in June.
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Main Events
Abene Clayton
Donald Trump He showered me with the usual insults and accusations. Kamala Harris and Tim Waltz During a town hall meeting broadcast on Fox News, he falsely claimed that immigrants from all over the world are pouring into the United States.
In a pre-taped interview that aired Wednesday night, the former president took to the stage at an arena in Pennsylvania to cheers, applause and chants of “USA” from his supporters.
The Town Hall is Sean Hannity A week before Trump Kamala Harris As they faced off on the debate stage and the camps of both presidential candidates thoroughly researched six so-called battleground states in the United States, Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and ArizonaElection forecaster Nate Silver predicted Pennsylvania was likely to be a “tipping point” in the election.
Read the full report here: Trump hurls same insult at Harris and Walz at Pennsylvania rally
Donald Trump, In his usual mercurial fashion, he claimed he was not being given a fair chance and threatened to withdraw from the September 10 debate.
Last week, he posted on his Truth Social network that ABC News is “fake news” and attacked the “so-called Trump-hating panel” after watching Republican senators talk Trump. Tom Cotton Interviewed by Jonathan Karl on ABC's This Week.
On Wednesday, Trump appeared at a town hall event moderated by the Fox News host. Sean Hannity During the debate, he took the opportunity to poke fun at ABC News, which was hosting the debate.
“ABC is the worst network when it comes to fairness,” Trump said.
They are the most dishonest network. The meanest, the dirtiest, but that's what was presented to me. I was presented with ABC… I think a lot of people will tune in to see how dirty they are, how unfair they are. I agreed to it because they wouldn't do the other networks.
Harris and Trump accepted the debate rules, including allowing their microphones to be muted.
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump ABC announced Wednesday that both candidates have agreed to rules for next week's presidential debate in Philadelphia, including muting microphones when the other is speaking.
In a statement, ABC News said Harris and Trump “qualified to participate in the debate based on established criteria and have both agreed to the following debate rules.”
The Trump and Harris campaigns had been battling over debate guidelines, including whether microphones should be turned off when the candidates' turn isn't up to speak. Harris' campaign had previously argued for live, or “hot,” microphones, arguing they would “allow ample opportunity for substantive exchange between the candidates.” The Trump campaign, on the other hand, had been pushing for the microphones to be turned off.
A statement from ABC clarified that candidates' microphones would only be enabled for the candidate whose turn it was to speak, and would be muted when it was another candidate's turn.
He also said the debate would last 90 minutes, have two commercial breaks and be moderated by two ABC anchors. David Muir and Lindsay Davis This is the only person asking the question; there is no audience in the room.
Harris heads to Pittsburgh for key debate
Good morning to all my US politics readers. Kamala Harris She leaves today for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to prepare for next week's presidential debate. Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is scheduled to speak at the Economic Club of New York and then appear remotely at the Republican Jewish Coalition rally in Las Vegas.
ABC News announced on Wednesday that both Harris and Trump had accepted the rules for the Sept. 10 debate, ending a dispute between the two sides over debate guidelines, including whether candidates should turn off their microphones when it is not their turn to speak.
Other things we're keeping an eye on include:
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A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments today on how the special counsel's proceedings should proceed. Jack SmithElection interference lawsuit Donald Trump, This is the first hearing since the Supreme Court's exoneration ruling.
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Joe Biden He is scheduled to visit Westby, Wisconsin, to give a speech on economic policy.
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Jury selection for Biden's son is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles. Hunter BidenThis is his second federal tax trial this year since he was convicted of a felony firearms offense in June.
