Trump to host New York rally following false reports of explosives nearby spread online: Live updates

Turns out the cat, Miss Sassy, had been hiding in the basement the whole time, and Anna Kilgore had apologized to her neighbors for the mix-up with the help of a translation app, she told The Wall Street Journal this week.

Katie Hawkinson has the full story.

PENNSYLVANIA: Harris 51%, Trump 45%, Stein 1%, Oliver 1%

MICHIGAN: Harris 50%, Trump 45%, Stein 2%

WISCONSIN: Harris 48%, Trump 47%, Stein 1%

One week after the presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, the 2024 presidential race in three critical battleground states shows Harris leading Trump in Pennsylvania, holding a slight lead in Michigan, and the two candidates essentially tied in Wisconsin, according to Quinnipiac University polls of likely voters in each of the states released today.

Pennsylvania: Presidential Race

In Pennsylvania, viewed as a must-win state in the path to the White House, Harris receives 51 percent support among likely voters, Trump receives 45 percent support, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver each receive 1 percent support. This compares to a Quinnipiac University poll of likely voters in Pennsylvania on August 14 when Harris received 48 percent support and Trump received 45 percent support.

Michigan: Presidential Race

In Michigan, Harris receives 50 percent support among likely voters, Trump receives 45 percent support, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein receives 2 percent support. All other listed third-party candidates receive less than 1 percent support.

Democrats 98 percent back Harris, while Republicans 94 – 5 percent back Trump. Among independents, 47 percent back Harris, while 44 percent back Trump.

In a hypothetical two-way race between Harris and Trump, Harris receives 51 percent support and Trump receives 46 percent support.

Wisconsin: Presidential Race

In Wisconsin, Harris receives 48 percent support among likely voters, Trump receives 47 percent support, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein receives 1 percent support. All other listed third-party candidates receive less than 1 percent support.

In a hypothetical 2-way race between Harris and Trump, Harris receives 49 percent support and Trump receives 48 percent support.

From September 12-16, after the first presidential debate, the Quinnipiac University Poll surveyed:

• 1,331 likely voters in Pennsylvania with a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points;
• 905 likely voters in Michigan with a margin of error of +/- 3.3 percentage points;
• 1,075 likely voters in Wisconsin with a margin of error of +/- 3.0 percentage points.

Law enforcement officials on Long Island worked quickly on Wednesday to publicly knock down social media posts falsely reporting that explosives had been found in a car near former President Donald Trump’s planned rally in New York.

The false reports of an explosive began circulating hours before the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign event at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, just days after he was apparently the target of a second possible assassination attempt.

Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said police questioned and detained a person who “may have been training a bomb detection dog,” near the site of the rally and “falsely reported explosives being found.”

Lt. Scott Skrynecki, a spokesperson for the county police, said in follow-up messages that the person, who police have not yet identified, was a civilian and not a member of a law enforcement agency.

He also said the person was not working at or affiliated with the event, which is expected to draw thousands of Trump supporters to the arena that was formerly the home of the NHL’s New York Islanders.

The rally is Trump’s first on Long Island, a suburban area just east of New York City, since 2017.

Earlier Wednesday, Skrynecki and other county officials responded swiftly to knock down the online line claims, which appear to have started with a post from a reporter citing unnamed sources in the local police department.

“False,” Skrynecki texted the AP as the claims spread on X, formerly Twitter.

“No. Ridiculous. Zero validity,” said Christopher Boyle, spokesperson for Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.

The former president appeared on stage in Flint on Tuesday for the event which was moderated by his former White House press secretary and current Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

James Liddell tries to make sense of things as Trump says: “We just have the best. We have Bagram in Alaska.”

A new poll released on Wednesday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows that Kamala Harris and Donald Trump locked in a tightening race for Georgia with just 48 days left until the election.

Trump currently has 47 per cent of the vote, while Harris is on 44 per cent, with a 3.1 per cent margin of error, signaling we may be in for another nailbiter in the Peach State come November.

Seven per cent of voters are undecided, and third-party candidates drew less than one per cent of support from those surveyed.

Trump draws his support from 90 per cent of Republicans and just under two-thirds of white voters.

Harris has support from just over half of independents (versus one-third who support Trump) and 77 per cent of Black voters (12 per cent said they were undecided).

The poll was conducted for the paper by the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs between September 9-15 among 1,000 likely voters.

And if you think that’s premature, the First Nail Ceremony for the Presidential Inauguration platform took place outside the Capitol this morning at which lawmakers ceremoniously bang in the first nails:

Senator Amy Klobuchar quipped: “I think at its very least, it will be therapeutic.”

The presidential inauguration is 124 days away, on January 20, 2025.

It’s the first time the ceremony has taken place since 2016 as in 2020 it would have conflicted with the memorial ceremonies for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Representatives for former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris ‘ transition teams met for the first time at the White House, the Biden administration announced Wednesday, as the outgoing administration plans to smooth the handoff to whomever wins in November.

Chief of Staff Jeffrey Zients hosted a meeting Tuesday of the White House Transition Coordinating Committee — the government’s senior-most transition planning group — and for the first time this year included Harris and Trump aides. The meeting and invitation to both parties’ representatives are required under the Presidential Transition Act, which mandates that the designated candidate representatives serve in an advisory capacity.

JD Vance once penned a furious blog post sharing his disdain for the Republican party’s hostility toward immigrants – then urged his professor to delete it years later as he sought to enter politics.

In it, the more youthful and progressive Vance slammed Republicans for being “tone deaf” on immigration and “openly hostile to non-whites.”

12pm — Vice President Kamala Harris at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute 2024 Leadership Conference

3pm — Senator JD Vance campaigns in Raleigh, North Carolina

4.30pm — Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff campaigsn in New York, New York

7pm — Former President Donald Trump campaigns in Uniondale, New York

7.25pm — Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff campaigns in Brooklyn, New York