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    Only four days until Election day.

    Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris both are rallying with supporters Friday in Wisconsin, one of the swing states that could decide the election. The Democratic and Republican candidates are even holding rallies in the same city, Milwaukee.

    Trump will also hold a rally early Friday in Warren, Michigan, north of Detroit. Over the weekend, Trump will return to the East Coast, making campaign stops in Gastonia and Greensboro, North Carolina, and Salem, Virginia.

    Harris is scheduled to return to Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday to hold a rally in the Peachtree State before heading to Charlotte, North Carolina, on the last day of early voting in the state before Nov. 5.

    Keep up with USA TODAY Network’s live coverage.

    Rep. Debbie Dingell says the 2024 election is the closest she’s seen

    Michigan Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell said Friday on CNN This Morning that she’s been through enough elections to say she’s “never seen a closer election.”

    Dingell warned Democrats during the 2016 election that then-candidate Hillary Clinton was having trouble with Michigan voters, and later wrote in an opinion piece that the party did not listen to.

    Both Trump and Harris are tied in the state, numerous polls show. A USA AZI/Suffolk University survey found Harris and Trump tied 47 percent to 47 percent among 500 likely voters.

    Dingell said Trump is working “very hard” in the state and said it was Michigan that offered her the presidency in 2016. She praised Harris for making “significant progress” with various groups, including union workers .

    “I think the African-American community is much more involved than I saw it a month ago. The Hispanic community, which frankly wasn’t as energized, became energized this week, but there are other issues on the ground, so we have a lot of work to do between now and Tuesday night when those polls close,” Dingell. said.

    — Sudiksha Kochi

    Brad Raffensperger warns of foreign interference in elections, debunks viral video

    Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger issued a statement Thursday night, addressing a viral video he said featured a Haitian immigrant claiming to have voted multiple times.

    “This is false and is an example of targeted disinformation that we have seen in this election and in other elections,” he said. “It is likely foreign interference seeking to sow discord and chaos on the eve of the 2024 presidential election.”

    He added that the Cybsecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency was investigating the origin of the video and said it was likely “a production of Russian troll farms”.

    Raffensperger also asked the leaders of social media platforms, including Elon Musk, to remove the video.

    — Sudiksha Kochi

    Senate poll summary: Democrats hold narrow edge in Rust Belt Southwest

    Democratic Senate candidates continue to poll ahead of their GOP opponents in tight races in the Rust Belt and Southwest.

    Incumbent Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pension, has pulled a 3-point lead over Republican Dave McCormick in a new poll from USA TODAY and Suffolk University performed between October 27 and 30 with a margin of error of +/- 5.65 percentage points.

    Casey also polled ahead of McCormick by 2 percentage points in a new poll from Marist conducted between October 27-30, with a margin of error of +/- 3.4 percentage points.

    Since both poll results are within the margin of error, that means the candidates could also be reasonably tied, or McCormick could be slightly ahead.

    Two other new polls from Marist conducted in the same time frame in Michigan and Wisconsin show the Democratic candidates there — Rep. Elissa Slotkin in Michigan and Sen. Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin — beating their GOP opponents former Rep. Mike Rogers and businessman Eric Hovde by 6 and 3 percentage points, respectively.

    The Michigan poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percentage points and the Wisconsin poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.4 percentage points.

    And incumbent Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is polling ahead of Republican nominee Sam Brown by 4 percentage points in the Nevadaaccording to a new poll from Emerson College, with a margin of error of +/- 3.6 percentage points. This survey was conducted between October 29-31.

    — Riley Beggin

    Jennifer Lopez Says ‘Every Latino in This Country’ Is Offended by Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally

    Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez said Thursday at Harris’ rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, that Trump has “consistently worked to tear us apart.”

    She referenced Trump’s rally in Madison Square Garden, during which comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash.” Lopez’s parents are both from Puerto Rico.

    “At Madison Square Garden, he reminded us who he really is and how he really feels,” Lopez said, referring to Trump. “It wasn’t just Puerto Ricans who were offended that day, okay? It was every Latino in this country, it was humanity and anyone of decent character.”

    She then urged the crowd to get out and vote.

    “You know what? We should be moved. We should be angry. We should be scared and outraged. We should. Our pain matters. We matter,” Lopez said. “Your voice and your vote matters.”

    — Sudiksha Kochi

    Liz Cheney slams Trump on X for ‘war hawk’ comment.

    Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney slammed Trump on X, the former Twitter, after calling her a “war hawk” and saying guns should be “trained on her face.”

    “This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten death to those who speak against them. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant,” Cheney wrote on X with the hashtags #Womenwillnotbesilenced and #VoteKamala.

    Trump made the comments during an interview with former Fox host Tucker Carlson at an event in Glendale, Arizona. He claimed she wanted to keep US troops in Syria and Iraq.

    “He is a radical war hawk. Let’s set her up with a shotgun, nine barrels shooting at her, okay?” he said. “Let’s see how she feels about it, you know, with guns pointed in her face.”

    Trump’s disparaging rhetoric about his political opponents has increased as the Nov. 5 general election approaches — Cheney’s comments being the latest. He is prior he labeled his opponents “garbage” and “people”. garbage.”

    Cheney, one of Trump’s most vocal critics, has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris and campaigned with her in recent weeks. She previously served as vice chair of the now-disbanded House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol and condemned the former president’s actions that day.

    — Sudiksha Kochi

    Former President Donald Trump is involved in four criminal casesbut the most important verdict in his legal future may be delivered Election Day, Tuesday. If he wins, all of his charges could be dropped or delayed for at least four years. If he loses, he faces summary judgment in one case and trials in the other three.

    If Trump wasn’t running for president, his legal problems would be inevitable. It is currently scheduled to be convicted Nov. 26 of 34 felonies in the case of New York hush money. Two attempts are looming − one in federal court in Washington, DC and one in Georgia state court − on charges of trying to steal the 2020 election. In Florida, a Trump-appointed federal judge denied allegations that Trump mishandled classified documents after leaving the White House. But that reprieve could be temporary, as prosecutors have appealed the decision.

    -Bart Jansen and Aysha Bagchi

    Days before Election Day on Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are neck and neck in Pennsylvania, one of many key swing states that could determine The winner, a new exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk poll shows.

    Harris and Trump are tied at 49 percent of the vote each, according to a statewide poll of 500 likely voters conducted Oct. 27-30, with a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.

    A poll of 300 likely voters in Erie County, which could indicate where the state is trending, was also tied 48 percent to 48 percent. Northampton County, another Pennsylvania hotbed, leaned slightly toward Trump, with 50 percent saying they supported him, to Harris’ 48 percent. The results of the county polls fall within the margin of error of 5.65 percentage points.

    –Cybele Mayes-Osterman and Karissa Waddick

    The 2024 race for the White House is set to be neck and neck until election day. In Real Clear Politics’ average of national polls, Donald Trump leads Kamala Harris by just 0.5 percentage points, well within the margin of error for each of the polls included.

    It’s even closer in some of the crucial battleground states. For example, Harris leads Trump by 0.2 percentage points in the Real Clear Politics average of Wisconsin polls.

    – Marina Pitofsky

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    Donald Trump is holding a rally on Friday afternoon in Warren, Michigan, located north of Detroit. Trump won Michigan in the 2016 race for the White House, but President Joe Biden carried it in the 2020 contest.

    Trump will hold a rally Friday night in Milwaukee, Wis., another key state he won in 2016 but lost in 2020.

    – Marina Pitofsky

    In it fifth visit to the Milwaukee area since he launched his presidential campaign, Kamala Harris will host a rally in Wisconsin city on Friday with a slate of musical performers.

    Cardi B is listed as a guest speaker for the event. Flo Milli, Isley Brothers, MC Lyte, GloRilla and more are set to perform for the swing state crowd.

    – Maia Pandey

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