By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-10-01 12:22:45 | Updated at 2024-10-07 22:19:40
6 days ago
The running mates in the 2024 race will take center stage tonight for the vice presidential debate in New York with just 34 days left of what could be one of the closest elections in history.
J.D. Vance and Tim Walz will face off on CBS at 9pm Eastern Time in what could be the last debate of the campaign.
Donald Trump has so far refused to take on Kamala Harris again as the race reaches October without a clear favorite.
The polls have the race on a knife-edge and both Trump and Harris have seen leads in the critical swing states.
For Vance and Walz, it could be one of the last chances for the campaign to take chunks out of each other in primetime.
Follow all the developments in our U.S. politics live blog
Exclusive:Insiders say they know Tim Walz is not a 'slick debater' as his low-key preparations for Vance showdown with pizza and hikes are revealed
Tim Walz took a break from his debate prep on Sunday to visit a local farm’s pumpkin patch, telling reporters things were ‘going great.’
But, behind the scenes, he is reported to be worried about Tuesday night's vice presidential debate.
Walz and his team have holed up in Northern Michigan, preparing for the event at a place they’ve dubbed ‘Camp North Star.’
The camp's name is about Walz ‘staying true to who he is, not turning him into a slick debater like’ Republican J.D. Vance, a source familiar with the preparations told DailyMail.com.
Exclusive:Voters think JD Vance is more weird than Tim Walz, but only just, as the two VP candidates prepare to debate
Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Walz will meet Tuesday in their only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election, and both have a point to prove: That they are not completely weird.
Walz may have deployed the term first to write off the entire Republican ticket, but a J.L. Partners/DailyMail.com poll of voters shows he has work to do too.
When 1000 likely voters were asked earlier this month who was the most weird of the two candidates, some 40 percent picked Sen. Vance, 40.
More than a third, 35 percent, nominated Walz, the 60-year-old governor of Minnesota.
But in an election that will go down to the wire, decided by the tiniest of margins, there are signs that there is everything to play for when the two running mates take the stage in New York on Tuesday evening.
Biden calls both sides to the table in dockworkers' strike
By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondent
President Joe Biden is closely monitoring the dockworkers’ strike at ports from Maine to Texas after they walked off the job to protest wages and automation plans.
The strike could result in supply chain issues and shortages that harken back to the days of the COVID pandemic.
Biden has called on both sides to sit down at the bargaining table and come to a fair agreement, the White House said in a statement.
Many of Biden’s senior officials – including Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard, Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su – are involved in the talks.
The contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association expired at midnight. The strike affects 36 ports along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico.
As the race enters October, there is still no clear favorite
Time is running out in the 2024 campaign.
The primary debates that saw Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy try and take chunks out of each seem a lifetime ago.
Even President Joe Biden’s monumental decision to drop out of the race is slowly becoming a distant memory.
Now it is October, and by this time next month we will be just five days from what could be one of the closest elections in history.
With 34 days to go, there is no clear favorite between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Polls show the candidates are at a virtual tie in the swing states, and each campaign is looking for a breakthrough to try and move the needle.
Voters are now bracing for an October surprise that could upend what has already been an unprecedented election.
Speaker Mike Johnson says Biden's 'failure' to avoid a dockworkers strike will 'only exacerbate economic pain'
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is blaming President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the massive dockworkers' strike.
The top Republican says that the administration's economy, which has made life 'harder for everyone' is the true reason why there is no resolution.
The strike is expected to have massive impacts on goods and services across the nation.
A lengthy shutdown of 36 ports - which handle half of America's cargo from ships - could raise cause shortages and price increases at big and small retailers alike as the holiday shopping season approaches.
He plans to speak at the New York Stock Exchange at 4:40 p.m. ET today to discuss the next 100 days forward for the House of Representatives.
US warns Iran of 'serious consequences' if it attacks Israel after IDF's invasion of Lebanon and reveals 'thousands' more troops will be sent to Middle East
Iran will face 'serious consequences' if it attacks Israel, the US has warned, as thousands of American troops have been sent to the region amid fears that fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon could escalate into all-out regional war.
US fighter jet squadrons are being deployed, including F-15E and F-16s - jets which played a significant role in shooting down Iranian drones when Tehran launched a missile and drone attack on Israel back in April.
F-22 jets and A-10 warplanes are also being sent, while the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier is already positioned in the Gulf of Oman, with the USS Harry S Truman on its way as part of a scheduled deployment.
A 'few thousand' more American troops are also being moved to the region, the Pentagon said last night, to bolster security for the 40,000 already based across bases in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere.
The Biden administration is hoping to avoid the situation spiralling into a broader war that could potentially drag in US forces, and has urged Israel to keep its incursion limited in scope.
Trump sees a huge surge among Latino voters as Kamala Harris' popularity gap drops to a 12-year low for Democrats
For decades, Democrats have enjoyed wide margins of support from the Latino population, but a new NBC/Telemundo poll shows a dip in support for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Support for Harris is at 54 percent, according to the poll while former President Donald Trump has 40 percent. Six percent said they were unsure who they wanted to be president or would not vote.
While Harris enjoys a healthy 14 point advantage from Latinos, it's much lower than past Democratic presidential candidates.
President Joe Biden had a 36 point lead with Latinos in 2020 and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a healthy 50 point lead over Trump. Former President Barack Obama led with 39 pointover his Republican opponent former Governor Mitt Romney.
Trump enjoys higher marks than Harris on the economy, dealing with inflation and the cost of living and security the border and controlling immigration.
Tonight, Tim Walz will debate JD Vance. But how on Earth can we trust a single word he says? Read our damning audit of all his misleading statements - and even outright lies
In a striking moment at the Democratic National Convention in August, sixteen former members of Mankato West High School's football team took the stage in a tribute to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
After all, Vice President Kamala Harris told the roaring crowd, he was their 'coach'.
Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar went even further, declaring: 'In Minnesota, we trust a coach who turned a team that was 0-27 into state champions.'
Americans watching might have been left with the distinct impression that Walz was the man behind the team's underdog triumph.
But not so.
In fact, the head coach of the all-conquering side known as the 'Scarlets' was a man named Rick Sutton.
Walz, a social studies teacher by day, was simply one of several assistant coaches under Sutton, working primarily with the defensive players.
For his part, Sutton has expressed no ill will for Walz getting the credit on the national stage. But he also has left no doubt as to who was really in charge.
'Tim was really great at selling his point of view and then accepting a different direction,' Sutton said in August. 'But at some point, somebody has to make that decision, and that's going to be the head coach.'
