Trump and Harris will be with the stars; latest polls

Vice President Kamala Harris And former President Donald Trump spent months courting key voters in the state who could ultimately decide elections. Trump will return to one of those states on Friday and hold a rally in Traverse City, Michigan. He will also come to an interview with Joe Rogan on his mega-popular podcast.

Harris is set to appear on rally in Houston, Texason Friday. Many expect the Lone Star State to ultimately vote for Trump, but the vice president is expected to take the stage with Beyoncé support Democratic Senate candidate Colin Allred, who is trying to unseat Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.

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New poll shows Harris and Trump tied in voting

Trump and Harris are tied in the popular vote, according to the poll. New York Times and Siena College released on Friday. The poll of 2,516 voters across the country found the candidate split was 48% to 48%. Results are within the poll’s margin of error of +/- 2.2 percentage points.

Trump lost the popular vote Hillary Clinton despite winning the Electoral College in 2016. He also lost the popular vote Joe Biden in 2020.

— Rachel Barber and Kinsey Crowley

Trump: ‘I’m not a dictator’ (and my former military officials are lying)

It’s not just John Kelly. Trump has to defend himself against a slew of former military leaders – his appointees – who say the former president has fascist and authoritarian tendencies.

“If I fire somebody, every newspaper in the world will talk to them to see if they can get them to say something bad,” Trump told WABC/New York radio hosts John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby in an interview broadcast Thursday. .

Kelly, a retired general who served as Trump’s White House chief of staff, told The New York Times that “he certainly fits the general definition of a fascist.” Kelly also said, “He definitely prefers a dictatorial approach to governing.”

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, asked on CNN if he thought Trump was a fascist, told CNN: “He definitely has those inclinations.”

And Mark Milley, whom Trump appointed as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the book’s author Bob Woodward: “We have to stop him! … He is the most dangerous man in the world. When I spoke to you, I had suspicions about his mental decline and so on, but now I understand that he is a real fascist.”

Trump’s response: insult.

In his radio interview on “Cats and Cosby,” Trump used personal terms to attack Kelly (“stupid man”), Esper (“weak guy”) and Milley (“total fool”).

As for his election opponent Harris, Trump said of one of her recent interviews: “All she could do was talk about Trump whenever she was asked the question, ‘Well, I think Trump is a dictator’… I not a dictator. . This is simply incredible. This is their new thing.”

–David Jackson

How to watch Beyoncé perform at Harris’ rally

Superstar BeyoncéHe is expected to take the stage at Vice President Kamala Harris’ rally in Houston, Texas, on Friday night.

When Harris launched it first campaign video adBeyoncé’s 2016 hit “Freedom” played in the background. Beyonce’s mother Tina Knowles. supported Harris in July.

USA TODAY will broadcast the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer’s performance live on your YouTube channel.

— Rachel Barber

What other presidential candidates has Beyoncé performed for?

Beyoncé has previously endorsed former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Joe Biden in their presidential bids.

The iconic pop star performed the national anthem at Obama’s inauguration for a second term in office in 2013. Beyoncé also performed alongside other artists at a concert and get-out-the-vote rally for Clinton in 2016, when the Democrat was running against Trump.

She is expected to appear at Harris’ rally in Houston on Friday.

— Sudiksha Kochi

Differences between how men and women assess the state of the nation, The issues that matter and the candidates are the defining narrative in American politics today, determining the outcome of the presidential race now just 10 days away.

In the last USA TODAY/Suffolk University National Poll, women strongly supported Democrat Kamala Harris (53% to 36%). This mirrors Republican Donald Trump’s overwhelming male support (53% to 37%). If this difference persists until Election Day, it would be the largest disparity since the gender gap began more than four decades ago in 1980.

—Susan Page, Sudiksha Kochi and Maya Marcelle Hoff

New poll finds peer pressure may be key to mobilizing young voters

From podcast appearances to celebrity endorsements, V.P. Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump in the final days of the 2024 presidential campaign, they are doing everything they can to get young voters to the polls.

For Harris, these efforts appear to be working.

The Harvard Youth Poll, released Friday, showed Harris leading Trump nationally by 20 points among registered voters under 30. major swing states – Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Wisconsin – where the race is more competitive, Harris’ lead fell to 9 points.

–Carissa Waddick

When will Trump appear on Joe Rogan’s podcast?

Former President Donald Trump set to appear on podcast giant “The Joe Rogan Experience” on Friday. Rogan going to an interview Trump in his studio in Austin, Texas, Politico reports.

This will mark Trump’s first appearance on Rogan’s wildly popular podcast. Vice President Kamala Harris also appears on her own podcasts, including Call Her Daddy, hosted by Alex Cooper.

— Sudiksha Kochi and Fernando Cervantes Jr.

Survey results released Thursday confirm what’s been clear for weeks is that it’s an incredibly close race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. The portion of the electorate that candidates can influence is getting smaller and smaller as more people across the country go to the polls to early voting.

A Wall Street Journal poll released Thursday showed Trump leading Harris by two percentage points, within the poll’s margin of error. However, Harris led Trump by three percentage points in the Tipp poll.

— Kinsey Crowley

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Harris will be in the Republican state of Texas.. Will join her Senate candidate Colin Allred at a rally in Houston that will focus on the loss of reproductive freedom, a central issue in both candidates’ campaigns.

The global superstar is expected to join Harris on the campaign trail. Beyoncéwho is from Houston.

– USA TODAY Network

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Trump to hold rally in Traverse CityMichigan on Friday, delivering a speech on the decisive battleground.

Trump also set to appear on podcast giant The Joe Rogan Experience. Initially Politico reportsRogan will interview Trump at his studio in Austin, Texas.

– Fernando Cervantes Jr., Marina Pitofski