Live

2024 election updates: Trump blasts Harris ahead of her trip to the border

Trump says Harris is 'playing right into the hand of her opponent.'

ByAlexandra Hutzler, Ivan Pereira, Oren Oppenheim, and Tal Axelrod
Last Updated: September 25, 2024, 4:54 PM EDT

With less than six weeks until Election Day, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are campaigning in battleground states this week and making their case for why they should lead the country.

Harris will be in Washington on Thursday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and deliver remarks on gun violence. On Friday, she will travel to Arizona for some campaign events and to visit the southern border, according to a source familiar with her plans.

Latest headlines:

Here's how the news is developing:
Sep 25, 2024, 4:54 PM EDT

Comer launches investigation into Zelenskyy's trip to Pennsylvania

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer launched an investigation into the Biden-Harris administration for allowing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fly on a military plane to Pennsylvania earlier this week.

“The Committee seeks to determine whether the Biden-Harris Administration attempted to use a foreign leader to benefit Vice President Harris’s presidential campaign and, if so, necessarily committed an abuse of power,” Comer said in a statement Wednesday.

The committee sent letters to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and White House Counsel Edward Siskel. Chairman Comer is requesting documents, information and communications about Zelenskyy’s visit to the U.S. in September.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

Sep 25, 2024, 10:07 AM EDT

Trump stumps in North Carolina, Vance in Michigan

Trump will deliver remarks in Mint Hill, North Carolina, at 1 p.m. He will speak about the economy, according to a campaign release.

Later, his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, will speak in Travers City, Michigan. The event is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

Sep 25, 2024, 9:50 AM EDT

Harris to outline 'pragmatic' view on the economy to voters

As Harris seeks to gain ground on the economy, she will outline on Wednesday what her campaign is calling a "pragmatic" view on the issue.

Harris plans to tell voters that "as a capitalist she understands the limitations of government" and that the government must "work in partnership with the private sector and entrepreneurs," according to the senior official, granted anonymity to preview Harris's speech. The official noted Harris will make clear "she is unafraid to hold bad actors accountable if she needs to."

Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during an event at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre September 20, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The vice president will also argue that her economic philosophy is "rooted in her middle-class upbringing" and contrast that with Trump's "gilded path to wealth," as part of a larger values argument, the official said.

Read more about Harris' upcoming speech here.

Sep 25, 2024, 9:34 AM EDT

Harris to be interviewed by MSNBC

Harris is participating in an interview with MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle on Wednesday, which will air on the cable network on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET, MSNBC announced Wednesday morning.

The network frames it as her first solo network interview since she became the nominee.

Harris has done solo interviews with other news outlets: radio stations and local TV stations. Her first media interview since announcing her candidacy took place last month when she did a joint interview with Tim Walz on CNN.

-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim