Obama calls Trump 'wannabe king' at Harris event

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

Last Updated: October 25, 2024, 6:37 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.

Oct 25, 6:54 am

More than 31 million Americans have voted early

As of Friday morning, more than 31 million Americans cast an absentee ballot or voted early in person, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Roughly 13.7 million people voted early in person, the lab reported, and more than 17.7 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 21, 2024, 6:49 PM EDT

Trump pushes false claims that Democrats are trying to cheat in election

Rallying in Greenville, North Carolina, on Monday, Trump launched baseless claims about possible fraud in the 2024 election -- despite earlier in the day saying he hadn't seen evidence of it.

At one point during the rally, Trump turned to Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley to ask him about election security.

"He'll stop the cheating. He's going to stop the cheating," Trump said to Whatley. "Are they cheating? Michael, they're trying, but are they? They're not going to get away with it, right? ... They got away with it in plenty of places."

Earlier in Asheville, North Carolina, Trump told his supporters that he hasn't seen any evidence of cheating in the election thus far, but added, "I know the other side and they are not good."

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

Oct 21, 2024, 5:16 PM EDT

More than 1.5M have voted early in battleground Georgia

The office of the Georgia Secretary of State announced Monday that more than 1.5 million voters have voted early in person in Georgia as of Monday afternoon.

“Georgia voters know we’ve made it easy to cast a ballot. It’s really that simple,” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement.

In-person early voting started in the key battleground state on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

As of Monday afternoon, more than 15 million early votes have been cast nationally, including almost 5 million in-person early votes, according to an analysis by the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim

Oct 21, 2024, 3:52 PM EDT

Harris reiterates she worked at McDonald's after Trump stunt

On her way to her moderated conversation in Michigan, Harris was asked if she had worked at a McDonald’s while deplaning Air Force 2.

“Did I? I did," she said.

Her past experience at McDonald's has become a fixation of Trump's, who over the weekend worked the fryer at one of the chain's restaurants in the Philadelphia area.

Trump has claimed Harris never worked at the fast food giant. Harris, in introducing herself to voters this campaign, has told the story of working there between her freshman and sophomore years at Howard University in an effort to contrast her working-class roots with Trump's background.

-ABC News' Gabrielle Abdul-Hakim

Oct 21, 2024, 3:42 PM EDT

Cheney gives Harris backup on abortion

Harris got backup on a hot-button cultural issue from an unlikely source Monday -- conservative former Rep. Liz Cheney.

Cheney -- who has broken with Trump over the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot -- still boasts a conservative record. But Monday, she waded into an issue that Democrats hope will help them win over voters on Election Day.

"I think there are many of us around the country who have been pro-life but who have watched what’s going on in our states since the Dobbs decision and have watched state legislatures put in place laws that are resulting in women not getting the care they need," Cheney said, referencing the Supreme Court decision that scrapped federal abortion protections.

"In places like Texas, for example, the attorney general is talking about suing, is suing, to get access to women’s medical records. That’s not sustainable for us as a country, and it has to change."

The remarks, made in a Philadelphia suburb, were notable as Harris looks to cement support among suburban female voters.