Obama calls Trump 'wannabe king' at Harris event

“That's not what you need in your life," he said.

ByAlexandra Hutzler, Ivan Pereira, Tal Axelrod, and David Brennan
Last Updated: October 27, 2024, 8:15 AM EDT

The race for the White House is heading into the final stretch with most polls showing Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump neck-and-neck in key states with less than two weeks to go.

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Oct 27, 8:12 am

More than 40 million Americans have voted early

As of Saturday night, more than 40 million Americans cast an absentee ballot or voted early in person, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Roughly 19.3 million people voted early in person, the lab reported, and more than 20.9 million returned their ballot by mail.

A man votes on the second day of early voting in Wisconsin at the American Serb Hall Banquet in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 23, 2024.
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Oct 24, 2024, 4:54 AM EDT

Musk election giveaway misses beat amid DOJ questions

Elon Musk's super PAC -- which had promised to give out a $1 million prize every day to a random swing state voter who signed its petition -- has yet to announce its fifth winner amid the Justice Department's questioning of the legality of the offer.

SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk speaks at a town hall at the Roxain Theater on Oct. 20, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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America PAC announced on Tuesday night its fourth recipient of a $1 million prize -- Andy Steinle of Holly Spring, North Carolina. The first three recipients were all Pennsylvania voters.

No winner was announced by the America PAC's website or social media pages on Wednesday.

A source familiar with the matter told ABC News Wednesday that the Justice Department had sent a letter to the America PAC warning that Musk's giveaway may violate federal law.

-ABC News' Soo Rin Kim

Oct 24, 2024, 4:31 AM EDT

Trump says Harris raising rhetoric because 'she is losing'

In a Wednesday social media post, former President Donald Trump suggested that Vice President Kamala Harris criticized him as a "fascist" because she is losing ground in the presidential race.

"She is a Threat to Democracy, and not fit to be President of the United States -- And her Polling so indicates!" Trump fired back at the vice president.

"Now she is increasingly raising her rhetoric, going so far as to call me Adolf Hitler," Trump added.

Trump did not mention why Hitler's name emerged. The New York Times reported this week that the former president allegedly praised Hitler, according to former White House chief of staff John Kelly.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh, Lalee Ibssa and Soo Rin Kim

Oct 24, 2024, 4:12 AM EDT

'Be a little careful': Trump floats baseless election claims in Georgia

Former President Donald Trump addressed a packed 13,000-seat arena in Duluth just outside of Atlanta on Wednesday, suggesting to supporters -- without evidence -- that vote counting might not be secure.

"Got to get out there and vote, but most importantly, just vote whichever way you want to do it," Trump said at the rally hosted by Turning Point USA.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally, Oct. 23, 2024, in Duluth, Ga.
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"I've been one that says whichever way. Just get out and vote. Be a little careful. Make sure your vote gets counted. There are ways of doing that too."

Trump also again floated a conspiracy theory that Vice President Kamala Harris did not hold a public campaign event on Wednesday because she already knew the results of the coming election.

"Maybe she knows something we don't know," Trump said. "That's bad, right? Maybe she knows something we don't know."

"Does everybody understand that? Maybe," he added, to supportive responses in the crowd.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Soo Rin Kim and Kelsey Walsh

Oct 23, 2024, 9:58 PM EDT

Harris says 'yes' Trump is a fascist during town hall

During Wednesday's town hall, moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Vice President Kamala Harris was asked point-blank if she believes former President Donald Trump is a fascist.

"Let me ask you tonight, do you think Donald Trump is a fascist?” Cooper said.

“Yes, I do. Yes, I do. And I also believe that the people who know him best on this subject should be trusted,” Harris replied, referencing the recent statements made by John Kelly, Trump's former chief of staff.