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Harris brings in big bucks in 24 hours after debate with Trump

Harris brings in big bucks in 24 hours after debate with Trump

The Vice President Kamala Harris campaign says they hauled in $47 million from nearly 600,000 donors in the 24 hours after her debate with former President Donald Trump on Tuesday night in Philadelphia. “This historic, 24-hour haul reflects a strong and growing coalition of Americans united behind Vice President Harris’ candidacy that knows the stakes this November, and are doing their part to defeat Donald Trump this November,” Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a statement. Tuesday’s showdown was the first time that Harris and Trump had met in person, and the encounter came two and a half months after President Biden’s disastrous performance against Trump in their late June debate in Atlanta. 2024 SHOWDOWN: WHAT A POST-DEBATE POLL SHOWS  Biden’s unsteady appearance and uneven and meandering answers fueled questions about whether the 81-year-old president was physically and mentally up for another four years in the White House and fueled calls from within his own party to end his re-election bid. Less than a month later, Biden suspended his 2024 campaign and backed his vice president to replace him atop the Democrats’ national ticket. WHAT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POWER RANKING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE SHOW The latest Harris cash haul, which was first reported by the New York Times, is the latest sign of the vice president’s surge in fundraising since becoming her party’s standard-bearer. At the time this report was published, the Trump campaign had yet to announce any fundraising figures post-debate. The Harris campaign recently announced that they hauled in $361 million in August, nearly triple the $130 million raised by the Trump campaign. When asked about the fundraising deficit, Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley told Fox News Digital in the debate spin room that “the Democrats have a ton of money. The Democrats always have a ton of money.” However, he emphasized that “we absolutely have the resources that we need to get our message out to all the voters that we’re talking to and feel very comfortable that we’re going to be able to see this campaign through and we’re going to win on November 5.” Trump, in a social media post on Thursday, ruled out having another debate with the vice president. Harris, speaking about an hour later at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, said, “I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate. Because this election and what is at stake could not be more important.” Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.

Putin warns Ukraine use of long-range arms will put NATO at war with Russia

Putin warns Ukraine use of long-range arms will put NATO at war with Russia

President Vladimir Putin has warned that if Western nations allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons to strike inside Russia then it will mean NATO would be “at war” with his country. “This would in a significant way change the very nature of the conflict. It would mean that NATO countries, the US, European countries, are at war with Russia,” Putin told Russian state TV on Thursday. “And if this is so, then, bearing in mind the change in the very essence of this conflict, we will make appropriate decisions based on the threats that will be created for us,” he said. His comments come ahead of a meeting in Washington, DC, on Friday between British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Joe Biden, who are expected to discuss giving Ukraine the go-ahead to strike targets inside Russia amid mounting concerns over its losses on the battlefield. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly called for restrictions on Western-supplied, long-range weapons to be lifted so his forces can target airfields, ammunition depots and command centres deep inside Russia, also increasing the costs of the invasion for Moscow. Speaking to reporters en route to the US, Starmer said, “Russia started this conflict. Russia illegally invaded Ukraine. Russia can end this conflict straight away. Ukraine has the right to self-defence”, according to British media reports. It will likely be the last meeting between the US and British leaders before Biden leaves office and ahead of the US presidential election in November that will pit Democrat Kamala Harris against Republican Donald Trump. Trump repeatedly refused to take sides on the war, which started with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, during a debate with Harris this week, saying only: “I want the war to stop.” Biden said he was “working” on Ukraine’s request as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy made a rare joint visit to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, where they announced $1.5bn in additional aid. Blinken wrapped up a three-nation, Ukraine-focused European tour in Poland on Thursday after hearing repeated appeals from Ukrainian officials to use Western-supplied weaponry for long-range strikes inside Russia. “As what Russia’s doing has changed, as the battlefield has changed, we’ve adapted,” Blinken said at a news conference in Warsaw. Biden has allowed Ukraine to fire US-provided missiles across the border into Russia in self-defence but has largely limited the distance they can be fired. One of the key requests from Ukraine is to strike with US-produced Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS). But the Pentagon has said they wouldn’t be the answer to the main threat Ukraine faces from long-range Russian glide bombs, which are being fired from more than 300km (186 miles) away, beyond the ATACMS reach. On Friday, Donald Tusk, the prime minister of NATO member Poland, which shares a border with Ukraine, said he was not worried by Putin’s comments. “It is necessary to take all events in Ukraine and on the Ukrainian-Russian front very seriously, but I would not attach excessive importance to the latest statements from President Putin,” Tusk told a news conference. “They rather show the difficult situation the Russians have on the front.” Polish Foreign Minister Radowslaw Sikorski had previously said Kyiv should be allowed to use Western weapons in self-defence because “Russia is committing war crimes by attacking civilian targets”. “Missiles that hit these civilian targets are fired from bomber aircraft from over the territory of Russia. These bombers take off from airfields on Russia’s territory,” Sikorski said. Russian forces have ramped up pressure on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region and increased air attacks across the country. Ukraine was pressing on with attacks in western Russia’s Kursk region following its surprise cross-border incursion on August 6, but Zelenskyy confirmed on Thursday that Moscow’s troops were mounting a counteroffensive. Adblock test (Why?)

Trump says no more debates against Kamala Harris

Trump says no more debates against Kamala Harris

NewsFeed US Presidential candidate Donald Trump says he will not debate Kamala Harris again before November’s election, calling the Vice President a liar and lashing out against ABC’s debate moderators. Published On 13 Sep 202413 Sep 2024 Adblock test (Why?)

India’s top court grants bail to opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal

India’s top court grants bail to opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal

Supreme Court says while Delhi chief minister’s arrest was lawful he should be freed while contesting the charges. India’s highest court has granted bail to opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case, paving the way for his release almost six months after he was arrested. Kejriwal, a key leader in an alliance against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in elections this year, was first detained in March over a long-running corruption probe, which his colleagues described as a “political conspiracy” orchestrated by the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In a ruling issued on Friday, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court said that while Kejriwal’s arrest was lawful, he should be released from custody while contesting the charges against him. “Prolonged incarceration amounts to unjust deprivation of liberty,” Justice Surya Kant said in a verdict granting bail. Kejriwal’s release is expected to boost the morale of his decade-old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as it will allow him to campaign in regional elections next month in the northern state of Haryana, where AAP is trying to make inroads. The allegations against him stem from his administration’s decision to implement a policy liberalising the sale of liquor in 2021 and giving up a lucrative government stake in the sector. The Directorate of Enforcement, the federal financial crimes investigating agency, accused Kejriwal’s party and ministers of accepting 1 billion rupees ($12m) in kickbacks from liquor contractors. Kejriwal was first taken into custody in March, weeks before the general elections. In May, the same court granted him temporary release on bail to allow him to campaign but he returned to custody once voting concluded. Kejriwal, 55, and the AAP deny the allegations and say the cases are “politically motivated”. In its decision on Friday, the two-judge bench, however, was split on Kejriwal’s appeal challenging his arrest, with Justice Kant holding it lawful, while Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said the timing raised serious questions. The federal police “must not only be above board but must also be seen to remain so … in a functional democracy governed by the rule of law, perception matters,” Bhuyan said. Outside the Supreme Court, AAP party members and allies of Kejriwal were seen celebrating, as they welcomed the court’s decision, according to posts on social media. Manish Sisodia, an AAP member of the Delhi legislature, told reporters that the “truth has prevailed and lies have been exposed”. Opposition parties have been demanding Kejriwal’s release, saying his arrest was an attempt by Modi’s BJP to deny them a level playing field in the polls, charges denied by Modi and the BJP. Many countries, including the United States, had urged a “fair” and impartial trial. The BJP said on Friday that bail for Kejriwal did not mean he was innocent. Adblock test (Why?)