Trump rides high after MSG rally as he and Harris near one week to Election Day

On Monday, Former President Trump held events in Georgia while Vice President Harris campaigned in Michigan.

Trump spoke at a gathering of more than 1,000 pastors in Atlanta Monday afternoon before hosting a rally in the city later in the day. Trump's running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, spoke in Wisconsin Monday afternoon.

Harris, meanwhile, held a rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. First lady Jill Biden and Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz made a joint campaign stop in Traverse City, Michigan.

Former President Barrack Obama also stumped for Harris at a rally in Philadelphia.

USA Today announced it will not endorse a candidate in next week's presidential race, which comes after The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post each declined to endorse a candidate, enraging those two papers' respective editorial boards.

Notably, USA Today offered its first-ever endorsement to President Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

More than 200 U.S. outlets under USA Today's parent company, Gannett, will also not support candidates in presidential or national races.

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Election swing state Michigan will be decided by which campaigns can get the most voters out to the polls in the final week of the race, according to multiple experts.

"The campaign’s No. 1 priority and the party’s priority right now is getting our people out to vote," Jimmy Keady, the founder and president of Republican consulting firm JLK Political Strategies, told Fox News Digital.

The comments come with just one week to go in a dramatic election season, with just a handful of battleground states in play that will decide the fate of the race.

Perhaps the most important of those states is Michigan, a swing state that narrowly went to Donald Trump in 2016 before flipping back to Joe Biden in another close race in the 2020 election.

Polls indicate yet another tight race brewing in the state, with the RealClearPolitics polling average showing a razor-thin 0.1 point lead for Trump as of Monday. Meanwhile, the latest Fox News Power Rankings lists Michigan as a toss-up, and Trump is only a slight betting favorite in the state, with ElectionBettingOdds.com showing the former president with a 53.2% chance of carrying the state as of Monday.

According to Keady, the part of the race in which candidates attempt to persuade voters is mostly over, with Michigan coming down to who has the ground game to get the numbers out between now and next Tuesday. Republicans will also be focused on turning out low propensity voters, Keady said, a demographic the party has targeted in the hopes the group could potentially push them over the top.

"A lot of these campaigns are going to be focused a lot on low propensity voters … voters that are voting in like one out of four elections, making sure that they’re hit several times, making sure we’re dragging people out to the polls to vote," Keady said.

Jason Roe, a GOP strategist working in Michigan, echoed a similar sentiment, telling Fox News Digital that the time to persuade undecided voters is mostly over.

"There’s not a lot of undecided voters left, but there’s untapped voters who've never heard from a Republican campaign," Roe said. "In addition to getting mail-in ballots returned and people to vote early, finding and mobilizing low propensity voters and getting them to the polls is everyone’s focus."

Read the full article by Fox News' Michael Lee.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday addressed pro-Palestinian demonstrators who interrupted her campaign speech in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Protesters have interrupted several of her recent campaign speeches to criticize the Biden-Harris administration's handling of the war in Gaza.

"On the subject of Gaza — hey guys, I hear you — on the subject of Gaza, we all want this war to end as soon as possible and get the hostages out and I will do everything in my power to make it so," Harris said on Monday.

"We're not about the enemy within, we know we’re all in this together. That's what we are fighting for," she continued, referring to former President Trump's recent claim that the "enemy from within" want "to make this country unsuccessful."

Several prominent media outlets faced backlash last week for inaccurately suggesting that Beyoncé would perform at Vice President Kamala Harris' rally in Houston, Texas.

The Houston-born singer, whose hit song "Freedom" has been adopted by the vice president as her campaign trail anthem, spoke ahead of Harris and introduced her at the event, which leaned heavily into reproductive rights.

Ahead of the event, USA Today published a headline, "Watch live: Beyoncé returns to hometown of Houston to perform at Kamala Harris rally." The article also included a video livestream counting down to the singer's performance — which never materialized.

A similar claim came from NPR, which touted the coalition of Beyoncé fans and Harris supporters.

"BeyHive meets KHive: Beyoncé set to perform at Houston rally for Harris," the headline read.

Vanity Fair also highlighted a source outside the Harris campaign who claimed Beyoncé was expected to perform "Freedom" for those in attendance.

Voices on MSNBC also hyped up a performance from the pop star, often citing an NBC News report that highlighted sources close to the rally.

Read the full article by Fox News' Nikolas Lanum.

USA Today has announced that it, too, is choosing not to endorse any candidate in the 2024 presidential race, following other high-profile newspapers like The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times.

"While USA TODAY will not endorse for president, local editors at publications across the USA TODAY Network have the discretion to endorse at a state or local level," USA Today spokesperson Lark-Marie Antón told Fox News Digital.

"Why are we doing this? Because we believe America's future is decided locally – one race at a time. And with more than 200 publications across the nation, our public service is to provide readers with the facts that matter and the trusted information they need to make informed decisions," the spokesperson added.

Notably, USA Today previously offered its first-ever endorsement to President Biden in the 2020 presidential election and sided with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016, although stopping short of making an official endorsement in opposition to former President Trump.

This comes just days after both The LA Times and The Washington Post announced they would refrain from offering an endorsement ahead of Election Day.

Read the full article by Fox News' Joseph A. Wulfsohn.

Podcast host Joe Rogan said Vice President Kamala Harris has not passed on his offer to appear on his podcast, but that her team had proposed an alternative venue and a shorter conversation than his typical three-hour episodes.

This comes after former President Trump sat down with Rogan on Friday for a three-hour conversation on the podcast "The Joe Rogan Experience" in Austin, Texas.

"[For] the record the Harris campaign has not passed on doing the podcast," Rogan wrote Tuesday morning on the social media platform X.

"They offered a date for Tuesday, but I would have had to travel to her and they only wanted to do an hour," he continued. "I strongly feel the best way to do it is in the studio in Austin. My sincere wish is to just have a nice conversation and get to know her as a human being. I really hope we can make it happen."

Former President Barrack Obama told a crowd at a rally in Philadelphia while stumping for Vice President Kamala Harris not to give former President Donald Trump credit for sending out stimulus checks during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

Obama noted that Congress first approved the checks and that President Biden also sent stimulus checks out amid the pandemic after he took office in 2021.

"I often hear folks say, 'Donald Trump sent me a check during the pandemic,'" Obama said.

"I want to make sure you understand this: Congress sent you a check," he continued. "By the way, Joe Biden also sent you a check during the pandemic, just like I gave people relief during the Great Recession. The difference is that we didn't put our names on it – because it wasn't about feeding our egos or advancing our politics, it was about helping people."

Obama added: "So don't be giving him credit for that. And don't give him your vote, either. There's only one candidate in this election who cares about you, and that's Kamala Harris."

Twenty-six Republican attorneys general joined Virginia on Monday in urging the Supreme Court to halt a lower court decision that restored the voting rights of 1,600 residents.

The amicus brief backs Virginia’s contention that the ruling is overly broad and lacks standing under a provision of the National Voter Registration Act (NRVA), which orders states to halt all "systematic" voter roll maintenance 90 days before an election. It now has the support of every Republican-led U.S. state, giving it outsize attention in the final stretch before the election.

In the amicus brief, attorneys general urged the court to grant Virginia’s emergency motion and "restore the status quo," noting that doing so "would comply with the law and enable Virginia to ensure that noncitizens do not vote in the upcoming election."

The states also sided with Virginia in objecting to the Justice Department’s reading of NVRA protections, which they said was overly broad.

Moreover, they said, the law in place in Virginia was not designed to "systematically" remove residents from the voter rolls, as Justice Department officials cited in their lawsuit earlier this month.

The Justice Department had argued the removals were conducted too close to the Nov. 5 elections and violated the "quiet period" provision under NVRA. That contention was backed by a federal judge in Alexandria, which ordered the affected voters back on the rolls, and upheld by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Justice Department had argued the removals were conducted too close to the Nov. 5 elections and violated the "quiet period" provision under NVRA. That contention was backed by a federal judge in Alexandria, which ordered the affected voters back on the rolls, and upheld by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Read the full article by Fox News' Breanne Deppisch.

Former President Barack Obama headlined a Monday stump speech in support of Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, spending most of his remarks criticizing former President Trump and at one point appearing to admonish men who, as a voting bloc, are more favorable to him than the Democratic nominee.

Speaking at the Liacouras Center, home of the Temple Owls in North Philadelphia, Obama followed a slew of speakers and performers, including Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, Philadelphia Democratic Mayor Cherelle Parker and Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr., D-Pa.

"Do not dilly or dally… get out there," Obama said, addressing Pennsylvanians yet to cast a ballot on the penultimate day of early voting.

Obama slammed Trump for what he called the "Muslim ban" and claims the Republican denies that he had once referred to fallen American soldiers as "losers and suckers."

"I've noticed this, especially with some men who seem to think Trump's behavior is somehow a sign of strength. You know, sort of the macho; fake-macho thing – I'm here to tell you that's not what real strength is," Obama said near the close of his speech, after criticizing Trump's New York City rally for featuring crude comic Kill Tony, who referred to Puerto Rico as an "island of garbage."

"How can you tell yourself that it's OK [to vote for Trump] as long as our side wins?" he said, later adding, "Real strength is about working hard. Real strength is about taking responsibility and real strength is about telling the truth even when it's inconvenient. Real strength is about being comfortable enough to treat everybody with dignity and respect. Real strength is about helping people who need it, and standing up for those who can't always stand up for themselves."

Springsteen, who also notably performed on Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway for then-Illinois Sen. Obama during the 2008 cycle, ripped into Trump during his breaks.

At one point, the septuagenarian Jersey rocker declared "Donald Trump is running to be an American tyrant."

"This election is about a group of folks who want to fundamentally undermine an American way of life. Donald Trump doesn’t understand this country, its history or what it means to be deeply American," "The Boss" added.

Read the full article by Fox News' Charles Creitz.

A family trying to attend the San Francisco 49ers-Dallas Cowboys game on Sunday is alleging Levi's Stadium security wouldn't allow one of them to enter due to wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat.

In a video posted to TikTok, one of the women in the family explains that her son-in-law was told he cannot wear his red MAGA hat into the stadium, which led to an argument with security.

"We were about to enter, and they stopped us because my son-in-law is wearing this hat," the woman says in the video. "They don’t want to let us in."

The TikTok user’s caption explained the situation further, saying that tickets were scanned in for the game and they passed security checkpoints. However, a separate security duo had issues with the hat.

A new survey analyzed how much Trump and Harris merchandise was bought on Amazon this election season — and the difference is stark.

Omnisend, a marketing automation platform, recently published its findings in a report called "Multimillion-dollar election merch industry: What will happen to it after elections?" The research was conducted by Cint, a technology research firm, in August 2024.

Researchers organized a survey with 1,000 participants across America with a margin of error of +/-3%, and analyzed merchandise sales trends from April to September 2024 using Jungle Scout software.

The report found that pro-Trump merchandise generated more than five times more cash than pro-Harris merchandise. Amazon sellers made $140 million selling Trump merchandise from April to September, while Harris merchandise sellers made $26 million. 

Former President Trump accused his 2024 rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, of running on a message of "hate" during a rally just over a week before Election Day.

Trump is delivering his closing message to voters this week, spending Monday in the key battleground of Georgia for back-to-back events.

"I'm running a campaign of solutions to save our country," the former president said in Atlanta. "Kamala is running a campaign of demonization and hate. She really does, she's a hater."

It's a shot at the Democratic vice president after she said Trump "fans the fuel of hate and division" over his massive rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

FIRST ON FOX: The Harris-Walz campaign is deploying former House Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., in a final appeal to Republicans in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin.

Cheney and political commentator Charlie Sykes are featured in a pair of new radio ads being launched on Monday, taking aim at former President Trump and promoting Vice President Kamala Harris. Fox News Digital was the first national outlet to preview the clips.

"I am a Ronald Reagan conservative. Never voted for a Democrat. But we've never faced a threat like this before – what Donald Trump is proposing in terms of withdrawing from NATO, welcoming Vladimir Putin to attack our NATO allies, praising President Xi of China. America will find our very freedom and security challenged and threatened. It's a risk we just simply can't take as a nation," Cheney said in the ad.

Tim Walz committed a fumble on Sunday. The Minnesota governor, a former high school defensive coach, was widely mocked for misusing a common football term after livestreaming himself playing video games.

Walz was playing the latest edition of the Madden video game series on Twitch with Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., trying to appeal to young male voters just days before the election. During the game, both Democrats urged voters to support Vice President Kamala Harris' White House bid.

Afterward, Walz, who was wearing a camouflage Minnesota Vikings cap, posted on X that Ocasio-Cortez "could run a mean pick 6," meaning when a defender returns an interception for a touchdown.

"And we both know when you take the time to draw up a playbook, you’re gonna use it," Walz also wrote. The post was later deleted, but critics quickly jumped on the mistake.

I attended the Trump rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night, and let me tell you, what I saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears was nothing like what you’ve read in the mainstream media. Not even close.

Contrary to reports painting the event as a gathering of racism, rage, and misogyny, I observed a crowd brimming with joy and camaraderie. Ears ringing from all the chants of "USA! USA! USA!," I left the venue reflecting on Trump’s latest slogan: "Make America Dream Again." And, I have to admit, for the first time in a long time, it felt like better days might still be possible. Others there that night, however, walked away with much darker and foreboding interpretations of the very same event.

It’s as if there were two rallies for Trump on Sunday night: one for those who love him and one for those who hate him. Thanks to modern psychology, we now know that’s exactly what happened.

The leading super PAC funding Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is warning Democratic political operatives that messaging that focuses too narrowly on former President Donald Trump's "fascist" label and character flaws is far less effective than messaging that focuses on policy differences between the two presidential candidates.

Future Forward USA Action, which has contributed more than $56 million to the Harris campaign, reportedly circulated an email Friday insisting that "attacking Trump's fascism is not that persuasive," according to the New York Times. The email was part of weekly "Doppler" messages that the fundraising behemoth sends out with guidance on messaging strategies and other tactics that the group has insight on.

"Purely negative attacks on Trump’s character are less effective than contrast messages that include positive details about Kamala Harris’s plans to address the needs of everyday Americans," the Doppler email read. 

A recent poll shows Latino voters, a historically reliable voting bloc for Democrats, appear more likely to cast their ballot for former President Trump than Vice President Kamala Harris.

A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll taken among Latinos between October 14-18 saw Trump boasting an 11-point lead at 49% compared to Harris' 38% with a +/-9% margin of error.

Despite Latino voters trending toward Democratic candidates in the past, Goya Foods CEO Bob Unanue isn't surprised.

"We are the No. 1 exploited community in the world," he told Fox News on Tuesday.

Republican VP candidate JD Vance fired back at VP Kamala Harris' comments during a Wisconsin campaign stop Monday after she likened former President Trump to a "fascist" leader. Meanwhile, other Democrats and liberal outlets on Sunday compared the Madison Square Garden rally to a "Nazi" event.

"She is a disgrace. She is endangering the life of Donald J. Trump, and we are going to send her back to California, where she belongs. And with that, let's have a few questions from the media," Vance told a crowd of supporters Monday as cheers erupted. 

"And how dare Kamala Harris call her fellow citizens Nazis for loving this country enough to call her a bad vice president," Vance railed. "And that's exactly what she is. How dare Kamala Harris call her fellow citizens racists for not wanting their their communities overwhelmed with fentanyl? How dare Kamala Harris call parents bad people for wanting their children to grow up in safe neighborhoods? How dare Kamala Harris call the American people bad for wanting an economy where they could afford to buy groceries and afford to put a nice roof over the heads of their children?"

MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski said former President Trump "forced" the Washington Post editorial board to not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris in the race during an interview on ABC's "The View."

"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin asked Brzezinski about why the Washington Post declined to endorse Harris in an election that is so high-stakes.

The Post announced on Friday that its editorial board wouldn't be endorsing either presidential candidate, and said they wouldn't be giving presidential endorsements in any future elections, either. 

"That everything that Trump is threatening, you need to believe, and it’s already happening. If billionaires bend to his will … He threatens, disparages, demeans people, but he also makes things happen for himself," Brzezinski began.