Elections 2024 Latest: With one week to go, Harris heads to Washington and Trump staggers into Pennsylvania

Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver her campaign’s “closing argument” on Tuesday from the same spot in Washington where the former president was Donald Trump helped organize a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol January 6, 2021.

One week off from now on Election DayHarris’ speech from the grassy Ellipse near the White House is intended to encourage Americans to visualize their alternative future if she or Trump takes over the Oval Office in less than three months.

Trump will deliver what his campaign calls “remarks to the press” at 10 a.m. at his private club and residence in Palm Beach, Florida. It is unclear whether the Republican will answer questions. He will head to Pennsylvania later in the day for a Building America’s Future event in Drexel and a rally Tuesday evening in Allentown.

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The Democratic presidential candidate commented during an interview with Charlamagne tha God, DJ Envy and Loren LoRosa for “The Breakfast Club” that aired Tuesday morning.

Both newspapers announced last week that they will not make statements of support in the presidential battle between Harris and Republican Donald Trump.

Harris tried to link the decisions to billionaires in “Donald Trump’s club.”

Both publications are owned by wealthy executives, Jeff Bezos of the Post and Patrick Soon-Shiong of the Times.

DEARBORN, Mich. — Bowls of labneh and platters of za’atar bread covered the tables at a Lebanese restaurant near Detroit, but no one seemed to be much hungry.

On the one hand were Kamala Harris ‘top envoys of the Arab-American community. On the other side were local leaders who explained – once more – why many in the community could not vote for the vice president because of the war in Gaza.

“I love this country, but I can tell you that we have never been more disappointed in this country than we are now,” said Nabih H. Ayad, president of the Arab American Civil Rights League. “We wanted to give the Democratic Party an opportunity to do something, and they didn’t do that.”

“The only line we cannot cross,” Ayad said, “is genocide.”

Read more about some Arab Americans say about the elections

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. – Rachel Weinberg calls herself first a religious Jew, then a proud American. She said she has only one choice as president: Donald Trump.

“I don’t like anything he says,” the 72-year-old retired Michigan kindergarten teacher said after volunteer campaigners from the Republican Jewish Coalition knocked on her door on Sunday. “But I vote for Israel. It’s our life. I support Israel. Trump supports Israel with his mouth and his actions.”

Weinberg’s home in West Bloomfield, in vote-rich Oakland County, was one of more than two dozen homes the Republican Jewish Coalition visited that morning. She also voted for Trump in previous elections.

The door-to-door outreach to Jewish voters with a history of supporting Republicans is part of a new effort the group is undertaking this year in five presidential battleground states in hopes of boosting Trump over Democrats. Kamala Harris in the November 5 elections.