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 23, 2024, 1:12 PM EDT

Harris: Trump's Hitler remarks 'deeply troubling and incredibly dangerous'

Harris, speaking at the vice president's residence, hammered Trump after his former chief of staff John Kelly's bombshell comments to the New York Times.

Kelly claimed Trump said he wanted generals like the ones Adolf Hitler had, and that, in his view as a retired general, the former president fell under the definition of a "fascist."

"It is deeply troubling and incredibly dangerous that Donald Trump would invoke Adolf Hitler, the man who is responsible for the deaths of 6 million Jews and hundreds of thousands of Americans," Harris said. "All of this is further evidence for the American people of who Donald Trump really is."

"The bottom line is this. We know what Donald Trump wants. He wants unchecked power," Harris added. "The question in the next 13 days will be: What do the American people want?"

Oct 24, 2024, 3:52 AM EDT

More than 26 million Americans have voted early

With less than two weeks before Election Day, some 26.5 million Americans have cast their vote through early voting methods, according to data from the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Mail ballots have been returned by 15.7 million voters as of Wednesday night, according to the data, with another 10.7 million voting early in person.

Several states are slated to begin early voting options in the coming days.

Oct 23, 2024, 12:58 PM EDT

Trump says he'll vote early while continuing to sow doubt about the process

As Republicans attempt to encourage early voting, Trump called into Fox News host Brian Kilmeade's radio show to say he'll vote early, but he continued to show reluctancy about the practice.

"I'm very mixed on it. I mean, I'm OK with the Tuesday voting, which they like doing, Republicans like, and I'm also, I say, the main thing I say is vote," he said.

Trump also reiterated his baseless claims about cheating in this election cycle, saying it was his biggest concern when he was asked which of the battleground states worried him most.

"All of them. I mean, did they cheat? All of them? I mean, the biggest risk to me," Trump said. "I think we win it easily."

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa

Oct 23, 2024, 12:31 PM EDT

Walz and family cast their votes early in Minnesota

Gov. Tim Walz, his wife Gwen Walz and their son Gus Walz voted early in St. Paul on Wednesday. The precinct cheered for Gus Walz as he voted for the first time.

"Exciting, an opportunity to turn the page on the chaos of Donald Trump and a new way forward,” Tim Walz said in brief remarks following the vote.

Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz casts his vote Oct. 23, 2024, in Saint Paul, Minn.
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Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, left, high-fives his son, Gus Walz, a first-time voter, as they cast their ballots during early voting at the Ramsey County Elections office in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.
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-ABC News' Isabella Murray